We are hiring a Business Development & Engagement Officer. This is a permanent part-time role (17.5 hours per week) Salary £14,768 (Grade C £29,536 - £40,277 prorata to hours) + pension + benefits Click here to apply 👉 buff.ly/3JG0lEs

World Social Work Day 2024 has passed, but the issues affecting our members here in Scotland remain top of our agenda. A big thanks to Fulton MacGregor MSP for laying this important motion and to all those who signed it.

See the motion here: buff.ly/44dYiAV

We're so looking forward to this year's BASW Conference including a plenary session on sustainable practice w/ Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Adviser at Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser (OCSWA)

Huge discounts for members and student member tickets. Grab your tickets here👉buff.ly/43Snf4v

Join us for our next Skills and Knowledge session, which will focus on providing supervision for NQSWs.

From October supporting NQSWs will become mandatory in Scotland.

Free for members & £10 plus VAT for non-members.

Register here: buff.ly/3VzE16v

Families are making huge sacrifices to visit their loved ones in prison. We join Families Outside in calling for action address the financial barriers of travel to prisons and support families to continue contact.
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#NoEasyJourney

In this month's blog Alison Bavidge explores what SASW does to support members and the social work profession. This blog looks at our activities from public policy to conferences and professional development.

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The next SASW MHO community of practice will focus on the new adolescent forensic service provided at Foxgrove (National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service for Scotland).

Join us Thursday 9 May 2024 14:30 - 16:30 👉 buff.ly/3xwrBT6

👩‍🎓 #SocialWork students...are you looking to land your dream job?

Join us this Thursday 1800-1930. Develop skills in drafting applications, strategies for managing the application process & how to showcase your knowledge and experience.

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'SASW offers you opportunities to be, contribute to that social work voice in the key decisions that are happening in Scotland.' SASW acting as an activist and advocate for all social workers

Join us this Thursday for the new UK-wide Special Interest Group for Ageing.

The group will be a social work voice for policy and practice change, alongside older people.

25 April 1730-1830 (online)

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Join us for the next session of our Skills and Knowledge series - Supervision – your lifeline in social work practice.

Thursday 23rd May - 5pm - 7pm

Free to Members £10 + VAT fee for non-members, Online

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In this month's blog, Alison Bavidge, SASW National Director, explores what SASW does to support members and the social work profession. This blog looks at our activities from public policy to conferences and professional development.

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The next SASW MHO community of practice will focus on the new adolescent forensic service provided at Foxgrove (NHS Ayrshire & Arran). We'll discuss pathways in and out of Foxgrove, the clinical model, links w/ Social Work & MHO’s, + more

Join us Thursday, 9 May 2024👉buff.ly/3xwrBT6

This week Scottish Parliament Information Centre published a briefing on the Scottish Government's #ChildPovertyTargets . This is a fascinating but concerning read. We welcome signs that policies are starting to work but time is running out to meet these essential targets.

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In this month's blog Alison Bavidge explores what SASW does to support members and the social work profession. This blog looks at our activities from public policy to conferences and professional development.

Read here👉 buff.ly/3JnH8XX

Missed the final session in our Skills & Knowledge Series?💡We're offering this session again!

Join tomorrow to explore the theories and values which underpin supervision in social work & learn tools to make the best use of your supervision.

Register👉 buff.ly/3VzE16v

🏡 Specialist forms of supported housing play a vital role in providing for those who have specific needs.

📣 That's why our #GE24 Manifesto is calling for ongoing investment in good-quality specialist and/or supported housing.

🔗 Find out more: new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-…