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Gerry Nosowska, BASW chair reflects on the social worker response to the coronavirus pandemic.

This Ethical Guidance for Social Workers aims to respond to the very specific circumstances generated by COVID-19 which disrupts health, care, safeguarding and support services.

To mark Human Rights Day on 10th December 2019 BASW has launched two documents

Since the government announced the plan to publish a green paper in 2017 on adult social care, BASW England has continued to develop a response. This consultation document summaries ideas and seeks feedback.

There have been a couple of events in recent weeks that have sharpened (my already sharp) focus on the identity of social workers in Wales and how the profession communicates this

BASW CEO, Dr Ruth Allen comments on successful Court of Appeal case against removal of student from social work MA course following anti-homosexuality public social media posts

BASW England and the Brain Injury Social Workers Group (BISWG) are delighted to jointly launch revised practice guidance for social workers titled ‘Understanding People Affected by Brain Injury’.

Read the latest blog post from our social worker of the year and Committee Member, Ian Jeffries, who reflects on his ten years in the profession.

This time the Chair’s Blog post is a collaboration between myself and colleagues from the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists.