To mark this year's World Social Work Day (20 March) Community Care asked consultant, trainer and BASW member Guy Shennan to tell us about his recent trip to see how social work operates in Palestine. Last autumn I went to Palestine with fellow BASW Read More...
Posted to
The Social Work Blog
on 19 Mar 2012
Filed under: child protection, international, BASW, israel, childrens rights, childrens services, Palestine social work
The College of Social Work was launched last week and there are probably lots of social workers out there pondering whether to join it. If you are one of those social workers and need a bit of help, Mithran Samuel has written an analysis of some of the Read More...
Posted to
The Social Work Blog
on 12 Jan 2012
Filed under: social workers, workforce, BASW, social work, unions, Unison, college of social work
I am not going to add anything to this post. After I wrote a post explaining why I left BASW, I was sent this as a response and agreed to publish it. I’ll leave the questions and comments for others and I have asked that someone from BASW respond to any Read More...
Posted to
Fighting Monsters
on 8 Sep 2011
Filed under: social work, work, health, local government, Trade union, Employment, personal, British Association of Social Workers, basw, Association
I felt a tinge of sadness when I finally decided to quit BASW (British Association of Social Workers). I’ve been an advocate and member for a good few years and I have a great deal of respect for a lot of people who work there. I advised colleagues to Read More...
Posted to
Fighting Monsters
on 6 Sep 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, work, health, Trade union, Unison, British Association of Social Workers, basw, college of social work, Professional association, leaving basw