As part of the SWU Campaign Fund activity on the media portrayal of social workers, SWU met with broadcast regulator Ofcom last week to discuss media portrayal of the profession.
“We need MSPs to come together and unite on a programme that will tackle the long term causes of Scotland’s cold homes crisis and provide emergency support to those most at risk next winter.”
SWU and BASW support the Campaign Action Pack and encourage social workers to make use of this brilliant and accessible resource.
Politicians are mistaken if they feel that the level of support currently on offer is enough – or will be enough.
SWU Assistant General Secretary Calum Gallacher reports on the first Diaspora Social Worker Conference in the UK.
SWU spoke at the 2024 BASW Student Conference, Compass Birmingham Jobs Fair, and SASW “Still We Rise” WSWD webinar.
Councils and other employers of social workers will soon be able to sign up to a new pledge to celebrate neurodiversity in the profession.
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.
Exclusive research lays bare a social services sector on the brink of a breakdown and Dickensian living conditions.
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.