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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'

Share your views on Stage 3 of the Independent Review of Learning Disability and Autism in the Mental Health Act.

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.

BASW CEO Ruth Allen reflects on the state of mental health and social policies in the UK and argues for the pressing need to shift to social and relationship-based approaches and a social justice paradigm in policy and professional practice

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

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.

BASW Cymru deeply is deeply concerned by and condemns the news of violence towards a social worker by a client in Bridgend. Social worker Gail Cotten was assaulted in the car park of the Bridgend council offices in June.