It is time that we stand up for social workers

It is critical that the next government defines what we should expect of social workers working with our most vulnerable children, young people and families.

The five main political parties in England and Wales revealed their manifestos in April outlining plans for the country if elected on 7 May 2015. Unfortunately, the collective manifestos were hardly bursting at the seams with social care and social work-related policy; there was precious little written on ‘social work’ or ‘social workers’, for example.

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BASPCAN: a congress of ideas for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, locally and globally.

The BASPCAN Congress 2015 might have been the 9th such congress, but it was my first – first for me as a professional who is passionate about safeguarding vulnerable people whatever their age, and a first for my company as an exhibitor.

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