Policy Lead for BASW Northern Ireland Andy McClenaghan represented Cliff Edge Coalition NI on BBC Radio Ulster on Saturday making the case for why the Universal Credit two-child limit must be removed. This cruel, punitive policy cannot be allowed to continue inflicting hardship on children & families ⬇️

Fascinating to join colleagues from IFSW Europe, partner unis & SWers in practice in excellent conference r exploring the ‘Responsive’ social services & social work research-into-practice project #EU funded, universally useful. A few pics to give a flavour! #ResponsiveIFSWE

Great afternoon session at Horizon Europe🇪🇺 funded #Responsive Conference on service users participation and its impact on design and implementation of #SocialWork Practice and Policy. #StrongerTogether for impactful #Participation. responsive-europe.eu Ruth Allen Anna Rurka

#OnThisDay in 1949, the Council of Europe was founded, uniting nations under a vision of unity and progress. Explore our photo series of the historic signing by leaders across Europe 🇧🇪🇩🇰🇫🇷🇮🇪🇮🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇴🇸🇪🇬🇧. Celebrate 75 years of #Democracy #HumanRights and #RuleOfLaw. #CoE75

Today marks a decade since the Care Act received Royal Assent. Our new report sets out reflections, key context and recommendations for change. It captures the serious challenges facing adult social care and how we can tackle them⤵️ #FutureofASC local.gov.uk/publications/c…

General election time! Full steam ahead. Time to promote democracy through social work #promotethevote with the help of this marvellous work 👇🏼

So #BASWConf24 is almost here in #Edinburgh! Our theme is #sustainability - for planet, people, practice, profession - and all the connections between #BuenVivir You can still join online 😊 👇🏼 new.basw.co.uk/about-basw/soc…

Fabulous venue Dynamic Earth Community for the BASW conference #BASWConf24 ~Russ Creative Communities Group ‘Let's make a difference together’ #Communities #Education #SustainableFuture #SocialWork

What a wonderful 2 days in Edinburgh at #BASWconf24 - over 300 of us came together around themes of sustainability - eco-social work practices & knowledge; sustaining social work through cuts & pressures; creating a flourishing profession for the future in UK & globally BASW

Absolutely - so important to have you there and to open our conference up in the beautiful language of BSL.

This is where I am today #RestoreNatureNow

And for those of you who were at our BASW conference this week I just bumped into our plenary speaker Daze an amazing young climate activist who held us spellbound #BASWConf24 in #Edinburgh

I should have said - we were both at #RestoreNatureNow march in central London and Daze was about to speak in the main stage following Chris Packham and many others. A wonderful event with up to 100k people

Delighted to be at #JUSWC UK universities annual social work conference kicking off with Prof Liz Belloe on social education ‘Holding the line and pushing forward for social justice’ Indeed👍🏼

#JUSWAC2024

Delighted to present on PCF evaluation & have initial discussion with academic colleagues at #JUSWAC2024 on 28/6 - the beginning not the end of a process of refreshing, valuing, developing the #PCF & engaging colleagues and stakeholders over coming months.

From the front cover to the editorial and the content, this months edition of Professional Social Work is full of hope, activism, change and social workers making a difference. A reminder to anyone who isn’t a BASW member to join up & join in. #BetterTogether