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Jul 08

New campaign aims to provide better mental health care for most vulnerable in society

SWU and BASW are working together on a new campaign to highlight the challenges facing mental health workers in the UK.

Jul 05

BASW and SWU react to the 2024 election results: “Resource social care, tackle poverty and work with us to make urgent change”

BASW and SWU are urging the new government to work with us to “hit the ground running” in improving social work and social care.

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

Jun 28

We are delighted to announce the winners of the SWU Assignment: World Social Work Day 2024 Essay Competition

Four social work students / apprentices have each won a prize of £500 for their outstanding essays on reflective supervision.

SWU General Secretary John McGowan welcomes a crowd of international social workers to the launch of the Reflective Supervision Guide at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh on 17 June 2024.

Jun 24

Reflective Supervision: A Best Practice Guide launched to international crowd of social workers in Edinburgh

Be sure to download your free copy of the Reflective Supervision Guide which is now available on the SWU website.

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Jun 14

SWU and BNU to launch Reflective Supervision Guide

SWU and BNU have worked closely with social workers across the UK to develop a comprehensive approach to best practice for reflective supervision sessions.

Jun 10

SWU endorses Energy For All

Social workers are witnessing the toll of a cost-of-living crisis that is far from over, and SWU supports the Energy For All demand for a universal energy guarantee.

Wooden blocks on a table that spell out "Full / Part TIME"

Jun 10

Part-time roles make up almost a quarter of social work job ads

Part-time working helps to improve working conditions, provide opportunities for those who need part-time work and improve the retention of social workers.

SWU General Secretary John McGowan's quote regarding the GFTU's Make Equality Real campaign: “In a recent survey of our members 61% of them witnessed young people living in conditions with excessive level of mould. Whether it be the increase of those living in poor conditions of housing, a rise in fuel poverty and child poverty, austerity has been a hugely damaging political choice of successive Governments.”

May 31

GFTU launches the Make Equality Real campaign calling for the inclusion of socio-economic duty into the Equality Act 2010 and the end of austerity

Join us in calling on all political parties in Westminster to introduce the socio-economic duty of the Equality Act 2010 and help make austerity unlawful

A photo of materials in the SWU Conference 2024 pack including a flyer for the SWU Assignment essay competition, a SWU lanyard, and a SWU notebook

May 30

SWU Conference – 27th April 2024, Manchester

Edith Till reflects on how the SWU Conference has inspired her and benefited her as a social work student.

Campaign to increase the Social Work Student Incentive Scheme: "The Case for Change" Press Release | British Association of Social Workers Northern Ireland (BASW NI) and the Social Workers Union (SWU)

May 22

Social workers call for an increase in student social work bursaries

BASW NI and SWU research highlights the dire financial circumstances of social work students in Northern Ireland.