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BASW NI's Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to Ms Liz Stevenson at the 2019 Social Work Awards.

Read SASW's views on the Children (Scotland) Bill, which makes changes to how disputes are settled when families break down.

The Scottish Government has announced a new 'Scottish Benefit Take-up Fund'

The Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee is to put new proposals on managing disputes over children when families break down under the microscope.

The Scottish Government is consulting on the implementation of Section 11 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015: the appointment and role of child trafficking guardians.

Our Communications & Policy Officer, Emily Galloway, writes about the importance of evidence informing planning post-Brexit - and how a Private Members Bill could help make that happen for health and social care.

During Challenge Poverty Week, SASW are raising awareness of the impact of poverty on families - and the BASW Anti-Poverty Practice Guide.

The Scottish Government has announced that the Named Person and Child's Plan Proposals will no longer go ahead as planned.

SASW supports the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, which MSPs are due to vote on on Thursday 3rd October.

BASW England and SWU have completed our survey of members and formulated our response for both, the Department for Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) ‘Children Cases in the Family Court consultation’ on public law, and for private law.