Apr
11
Regulator’s Readers’ Panel discusses coverage of social workers
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.
Category: Blog
Apr
07
International Romani Day 2023: A time for celebration, a call for solidarity
Senior Lecturer in Social Work Allison Hulmes shares Romani history, past and contemporary struggles, and a call for allyship.
Apr
04
The BASW Social Work Journalism Awards are open for nominations until April 28th
These awards will recognise outstanding reporting of social work and build on the new guidelines on media reporting of social workers launched by SWU.
Apr
03
Austerity Action Group at “Poverty: A Black Country Perspective” event in Wolverhampton on April 18
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.
Apr
03
Meet Calum Gallacher, SWU’s newly appointed Assistant General Secretary
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.
Apr
03
The “Hormotional” Social Worker
SWU Executive Committee UK Representative Chrissie Beatty writes about her experience of menopause and the importance of workplace support and inclusion.
Mar
31
Special BASW NI Community of Practice with the Social Workers Union on April 27
SWU General Secretary John McGowan will visit BASW Northern Ireland to discuss the work of the Union and the SWU Campaign Fund.
Mar
27
Learning to Deliver Affirmative Care to LGBTQ+ people in later life
This new framework offers us an opportunity to identify and articulate key topics that should underpin best practices with LGBTQ+ older people and their carers in social care.
Mar
24
SWU and BASW England at the Birmingham COMPASS Jobs Fair 2023
New SWU Assistant General Secretary announced and “How in 2023 do we improve on stress and working conditions for UK social workers?”
Mar
22
MSPs back social work bursaries petition
A powerful cross-party committee of MSPs has agreed to take action to support the need for social work university students’ to be provided with bursaries during the final years of their courses in Scotland.