Social workers deserve a safe and healthy workplace and SWU will continue to campaign for this on behalf of our members, and to fight for better resources for people who use social services.
Let’s talk about stress and burnout in social work.
If the current Government is not prepared to act on the issues social work students have raised, Labour must.
The students also now have the backing of Social Work Scotland, alongside the existing support from SWU and SASW.
SWU has launched a new rapid reporting mechanism for social workers concerned about media coverage, following a discussion of the topic by the IPSO Readers’ Panel.
Senior Lecturer in Social Work Allison Hulmes shares Romani history, past and contemporary struggles, and a call for allyship.
These awards will recognise outstanding reporting of social work and build on the new guidelines on media reporting of social workers launched by SWU.
Dr Pete Unwin and SWU Vice Chair and AAG Chair Angi Naylor will be joining up with The Blakenhall Writers once again at this BASW Black Country Branch Event in Wolverhampton.
In my view Trade Unionism and Social Work are markedly intertwined as social movements, both are concerned with the challenge of inequalities while seeking change and improvement by redress of power imbalances.
SWU Executive Committee UK Representative Chrissie Beatty writes about her experience of menopause and the importance of workplace support and inclusion.