📢 Social work students demand publication of bursary funding report. Find out more ➡️ socialworktoday.co.uk/News/social-wo… @joannamacdona16 Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser (OCSWA) Iona Colvin SASW Social Workers Union GCU Social Work Social Work Scotland SocialWorkUnivEdin D.Grm Camille Warrington @LucyChalloner SWstudentsunite

The campaign team are still here. We are still working with the Scottish Government to try and implement Bursaries for social work students while their on placements. We haven't forgotten you and hopefully we will have more news soon. You're all amazing. Social Workers Union SASW

SWU is proud to have supported the Wales The MASW Bursary Campaign 2020 bursary campaign alongside BASW Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 which achieved a brilliant result for students, and we are also working with SASW to support the current SWstudentsunite bursary campaign in Scotland: swu-union.org.uk/2024/02/studen…

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A government leading by example

Any English students, help @zara_clench_CEP out? 😊

Happy social work week you absolute legends x

Today is world social work day. 4 years ago, we all started to work from home and my whole working world changed. Today and tomorrow I'm with social workers in Cornwall face to face. I am so looking forward to it. Enjoy the day. It's a great day to reflect and revisit our core.

SWU GS John McGowan is delighted to join the SASW #WSWD2024 "Still We Rise" panel of local & national change makers to discuss the importance of activism & the different avenues open to social workers. Register for this free webinar on March 20th here: basw.co.uk/events/still-w…

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coming soon, for employers / educators of social work. throughout your team will be people with neuro diverse brain types. This will influence their work and their learning...influence, not hinder. Have you considered how you will support them to be the absolute best?

Social work employers are invited to take the #NeurodiversityPledge! In the Neurodivergent Social Workers Group's video series for this campaign, neurodivergent social worker Max Walker discusses how Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) informs his practice as a social worker: youtu.be/KNxfWydbLhI?si…

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Say hello today at the SWU booth at BASW's #BASWConf24 in Edinburgh, and be sure to download your free copy of the new SWU & @_BNUni "#ReflectiveSupervision: A Best Practice Guide": swu-union.org.uk/resources-trai… Jermaine Paula McFadden paulamcfadden.bluesky.social Dr Caroline J Bald

Was delighted to read this review of Insiders Outsiders which is such an important book. All the hidden narrative series shows the experiences of social workers in what is supposedly an anti oppressive profession!celcis.org/application/fi…

Congratulations to One Deal for Social Work surpassing 1000 signatures! SWU & SASW will work together with our members, colleagues in professional bodies, other unions, & affiliates to accomplish sustainable changes for social work in Scotland: swu-union.org.uk/2024/10/one-de…

The SWstudentsunite campaign, backed by SWU & SASW, is about 2 basic principles: fair compensation for doing frontline work in the public sector and students on social work courses being treated like their peers on nursing & paramedic degrees: communitycare.co.uk/2024/10/29/boo…

📈Bursaries for social work students will increase by almost 50% on average. The Scottish Government is committed to supporting the skilled future social care workforce.