📆 Tuesday, 25 August, 12:00-13:00, Teams
Member-only event, book now: basw.co.uk/events/shapi...
Resource, it’s more than the ability to keep people safe.
It means having the facilities to support the incredible bonds children and young people have through sibling and sibling-like relationships, and being able to help children stay together, when safe to do so.
Resource, it’s more than money, bricks and mortar.
It means having options to support families and places for children to call home, when where they live isn’t safe.
To keep the Promise by 2030, we need to invest in... People. The Promise. Social Work.
Resource, it’s more than caseloads or vacancies in teams
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It means having time to spend with a child or young person so that they are understood and the practitioner is known and trusted by them. Being able to build that professional relationship is vital to keeping children and young people safe.
Pride in Practice is in full swing in Dundee, Chaired by SASW ND Jane Shears. And our Professional Officer, Susan Dobson, is in Edinburgh for The Reflective Practitioner Conference for CEC colleagues. A busy few days promoting best practice. Building connections, and supporting social work.
On 2 June 2026, the Social Work Policy Panel hosted its final session of the current term. Awais Mashkoor, Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland, presented findings from his research on health and social care integration
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SASW and SWS' initial statement on the Cheshire West ruling.
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Read more in the Community Care article here: buff.ly/oGUCnGa
The Pride in Practice conference kicked off in excellent style this morning.
“Valuing the profession means acknowledging the reality and responding to it, social workers are excellent at this.” - Joanna Macdonald, National Chief Social Work Adviser to the Scottish Government and NSWA Chief Exec.
