BASW - The College of Social Work has clarified some of the issues surrounding its proposed trade union arm, The Social Workers Union, after CareSpace users raised a number of questions about how the project would work as part of a long-running thread on the two-college issue. 

BASW - The College of Social Work provided the following information after Community Care put CareSpace users' questions to the organisation:

Next steps - The launch of the union is subject to a ballot of BASW - The College of Social Work members. "The College of Social Work is driven by its members and members will decide if we are to pursue this by voting at our AGM on 26 May."

Eligibility - "Any person who is or seeks to be a qualified social worker in the UK is eligible to be a member of the union."

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2011/02/questions-on-social-workers-un.html