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This should give pause to those social work employers promoting social workers’ use of commercial AI products. Worth noting the generative AI being banned in this Aus govt dept undergirds a great many of the AI products being peddled to LAs and trusts... BASW Social Work England

Our Chief Executive, Alicia Toal, was at Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Health this afternoon. With our #Reimagine colleagues, our message is clear- it has been 471 days since the Children's Social Care Services Independent Review was published. What’s changed? We need action now. #DontLetUsDown

It was great to meet the Parents Forum at Shantallow Family Centre. Thank you for your honesty and openness in sharing your experience with social services. I learned a lot from hearing your stories. Máiréad McGilloway

Our Community of Practice for Student Social Workers on 23 October is a fantastic opportunity for students to come along & meet the BASW NI Team to find out how we can help & support you throughout your student journey. Register to attend at basw.co.uk/events/basw-no…

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt is pleased to support the Regional Social Work Awards 2025. Nominations for the awards are now open & will close on Sunday 20 Oct. ‘Now’s the time to nominate a worthy colleague or team’. More details here 👉westerntrust.hscni.net/about-the-trus…

On this 17th October, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, I encourage all social workers to commit to anti poverty practice. This framework will support you to do so. It's available at health-ni.gov.uk/publications/d…

Fantastic morning with colleagues from across the profession discussing the incredible work social workers take forward day in, day out & how we can better communicate the difference we make #wearesocialwork

It's absolutely essential Communities NI & NI Executive extend the Benefit Cap mitigation beyond 31 March 2025. In 2022/23 18% of the NI population & 24% of NI children were in relative poverty. Ending the mitigation will make this worse, further limiting life opportunities.

There are still places available on our FREE Mindfulness-based social work & self-care programme. The online programme will run weekly from 7 November to 12 December & is available to anyone employed as a registered social worker in NI. Find out more at basw.co.uk/mindfulness-ba…

Efforts to tackle #childpoverty just aren’t working. Children and families are no better off now than 5 years ago. We need to bring forward a new Anti-Poverty Strategy. @McCrossanMLA opening the launch of the Public Accounts Committee report on Child Poverty in Northern Ireland.

Pleased to be at the launch of the Assembly's Public Accounts Committee Inquiry into Child Poverty report. It recognises the cross-cutting impacts of poverty & the importance of early intervention & prevention, calling on Communities NI to produce an Anti-poverty strategy by the end of the financial year.

In partnership with the Department of Health we're seeking three non-executive directors for the Northern Ireland Social Care Council. For full details and to apply click here - health-ni.gov.uk/node/71110 Applications close 12 noon, Tuesday, 10 December. #PublicAppointments #Boardmembers

Delighted to meet 68 student social workers today commencing their placements with us Belfast Trust across children’s, adults, learning disability & mental health services. We look forward to supporting you and welcoming you into the workforce in the near future! Tracy Reid

We were pleased to submit our response to the Northern Ireland Assembly Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Health Committee inquiry into access to palliative care services. You can read our response on the BASW NI website ⬇️ basw.co.uk/sites/default/…

We were pleased to meet today with Dept of Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald MLA to highlight the severe impacts poverty has on public services and seek an audit of the total public service costs associated with poverty. More details in our press statement ⬇️ basw.co.uk/articles/socia…

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Today we had a positive meeting with Department of Health Minister Mike Nesbitt in which BASW NI highlighted a number of priority issues for our members & the wider social work profession. Find out more about the issues we discussed in our press release ⬇️ basw.co.uk/articles/basw-…

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