Getting COVID-19 hits you mentally as well as physically For Mental Health Awareness Week, social worker Sam Lally shares her experience of the emotional impact of contracting the coronavirus Viewpoint 21 May 2020
The changing perception of care in the wake of coronavirus Mental health social worker Daniel Wilding says the pandemic has seen a seismic shift in how social care is viewed Viewpoint 11 May 2020
Why we must join in civil disobedience over climate change Social worker Deborah Mitchell argues activism against fossil fuels is in keeping with social work’s values In focus 18 Aug 2022
Latest three authorities to vote on making care experience a protected characterstic Key votes at Edinburgh, Scottish borders and Nottinghamshire as movement gathers pace News 21 Nov 2022
Social workers to face greater press and public scrutiny as more family courts open up Pilots allowing journalists and bloggers to report on proceedings expanded across England and Wales News 29 Jan 2024
‘We are not administrators, we’re there to be alongside people’ The role of social work in supporting refugees and asylum seekers News 22 Jun 2022
MPs told why pressure on children's services is increasing Sector leaders including BASW chair Dr Ruth Allen address government inquiry News 1 Mar 2019
Social workers join outcry over children vanishing from Home Office hotels Social Workers Without Borders is urging the government to take action over the hundreds of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who have gone missing from Home Office hotels. News 9 Feb 2023
Social workers among arrested in Hong Kong violent clashes The International Federation of Social Workers condemns brutal police crackdown News 22 Nov 2019