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Month: April 2024

Three silhouettes of people marching in protest while holding a sign that says "BOOT OUT AUSTERITY!" with the text underneath it: Social Workers Union (SWU) Austerity Action Group
Apr 23

SWU AGM 2023 Update: Motion 5 Digital Poverty

SWU CommsAAG, AGM, Blog, EDI, News

Angi Naylor brings you up to date with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) Motion 5 and asks for your support and action. “This AGM recognises that the Austerity Action Group (Boot Out Austerity Marches On) continues to identify and lobby Read more

BUEN VIVIR: shared future for transformative change | World Social Work Day, 19th March 2024, #WSWD2024 | IFSW, Social Workers Union (SWU)
Apr 22

Meet the markers for the SWU Assignment: World Social Work Day 2024 Essay Competition

SWU CommsBlog, Events, News, Previous Events, Working Conditions, WSWD

Social work students and apprentices be sure to submit your entries by the end of day Sunday 16th June 2024 for the chance to win £500.

Social Workers Union (SWU), Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP), British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
Apr 12

Party leaders warned of household mould crisis

SWU CommsBlog, News, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU Research, SWU-BASW UK

Politicians are mistaken if they feel that the level of support currently on offer is enough – or will be enough.

A group photo of attendees of the 2024 Diaspora Dialogues: Celebrating Social Worker on the Move Conference. The Conference was held on 18 March 2024 at Brunel University in London, organised by the BASW Diaspora Social Workers Special Interest Group, and sponsored by the SWU Campaign Fund
Apr 09

Diaspora Dialogues Conference – A Momentous Event

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, Events, News, Previous Events, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU-BASW UK, Working Conditions

SWU Assistant General Secretary Calum Gallacher reports on the first Diaspora Social Worker Conference in the UK.

BUEN VIVIR: shared future for transformative change | World Social Work Day, 19th March 2024, #WSWD2024 | IFSW, Social Workers Union (SWU)
Apr 09

SWU at events during World Social Work Month 2024

SWU CommsBlog, Events, News, Previous Events, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU International, SWU-BASW UK, SWU-SASW, WSWD

SWU spoke at the 2024 BASW Student Conference, Compass Birmingham Jobs Fair, and SASW “Still We Rise” WSWD webinar.

Social Workers Union (SWU) - Celebrating Neuro-inclusive Social Work
Apr 09

Countdown is on to neurodiversity pledge launch

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, Events, News, Previous Events, SWU Campaign Fund, Working Conditions

Councils and other employers of social workers will soon be able to sign up to a new pledge to celebrate neurodiversity in the profession.

BATTLING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS CAMPAIGN ACTION PACK | Social Workers Union (SWU), British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
Apr 08

Updated Austerity Action Group “Campaign Action Pack” to be launched at the SWU Conference

SWU CommsAAG, Blog, EDI, Events, News, Previous Events, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU-BASW UK

SWU and BASW are proud to support the updating of this activism toolkit and hope you will join us for its launch on April 27 in Manchester.

Social Workers Union (SWU) & The Independent
Apr 05

SWU and Independent survey highlights how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting social workers and the people they support

SWU CommsBlog, News, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU Interviews, SWU Research, Working Conditions

Exclusive research lays bare a social services sector on the brink of a breakdown and Dickensian living conditions.

Social Workers Union (SWU), Association of Education Psychologists (AEP), End Fuel Poverty Coalition, Warm This Winter
Apr 04

Social workers report children living in dangerous conditions

SWU CommsBlog, News, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU Research

Children living in cold, damp, mouldy homes is a national scandal and we need to see drastic action being taken to fix Britain’s broken energy system.

Social Workers Union (SWU) & The Independent
Apr 01

Social workers’ concerns about welfare not dealt with by authorities

SWU CommsBlog, News, SWU Interviews, SWU Research, Working Conditions

The everyday struggles of social workers trying to do their best for the vulnerable people they support are clear to see in this shocking research.

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