“Each and every member continues to be at the forefront of our union. I hear constantly from members why they have joined a specialist union rather than one of the large generic unions – so thank you.”
A Christmas message from the Social Workers Union (SWU):
Dear Members,
As another year comes to an end, I wanted to say, thank you. Thank you for everything you have done in 2022.
This has been a difficult year and the government’s austerity measures are clearly having a disproportionate impact on the very people we work with and on our own personal circumstances. Like many other professions, social workers have had to cope with budget cuts and recruitment difficulties. We have been asked to do more with less, and it became increasingly difficult to deliver a social work service which our service users need and deserve.
I would also like to thank the engine of SWU which is the hard working, knowledgeable and skilful Advice and Representation team who are by far the reason a lot of members join SWU and BASW. No other organisation or union can guarantee that you will have a Social Worker providing advice and, if needed, representation at the highest level.
We are obviously doing something right as we push towards the 16,000-member milestone which will be a great achievement for 2023 – please spread the word about the only specialist union for Social Workers.
Thank you sincerely for your continuing membership and engagement with SWU. Have a great festive break and somewhere there will be social workers working hard over the festive period providing a side to Social Work that the public rarely sees or media reporting on the great work we do 24hr, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year.
John McGowan, General Secretary
