The British Association of Social Workers ( BASW ) is the largest professional association of registered social workers in the United Kingdom . The association has a members' code of ethics that outlines best social work practice and works to support social workers and care managers through education and resources. Headquartered in Birmingham , BASW has regional offices in England (Birmingham), Northern Ireland ( Belfast ), Scotland ( Edinburgh ), Wales (Swyddfa Cymru) ( Cardiff ), and North Wales (Cymru Gogledd) ( Colwyn Bay ).
6-770: BASW was formed in 1970 by the amalgamation of the Association of Child Care Officers , the Association of Family Case Workers , the Association of Psychiatric Social Workers , the Association of Social Workers , the Institute of Medical Social Workers , the Moral Welfare Workers' Association , and the Society of Mental Welfare Officers . These were all members of the Standing Conference of Organisations of Social Workers ( SCOSW ), which had been formed in 1962 to bring together
12-630: The British Association of Social Workers. McDougall retired from her work that year. The chair of the new organisation was hospital almoner Enid Warren . In October 2011 BASW launched a trade union arm (called the Social Workers' Union). This was its second foray into this territory, as far back as 1978 it launched the British Union of Social Work, which later merged with the NUSW and is now part of
18-583: The different branches of the profession and which was wound up on the formation of BASW (the National Association of Probation Officers was also a member, but decided against joining the new association). The Standing Conference of Organisations of Social Workers had been led by Kay McDougall from 1965. She led the Social Work department at the London School of Economics . She became the first member of
24-540: The trade union Community . As a certified independent trade union it will have the legal right to accompany individual members to hearings (grievance, disciplinaries etc.) held by employers. BASW publishes The British Journal of Social Work , Practice: Action in Social Work journal and the monthly magazine Professional Social Work . This social work related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Association of Child Care Officers The Association of Child Care Officers ( ACCO )
30-577: Was called to consider the setting up of a professional association and in November 1949 the Association of Child Care Officers was formed. In 1970 the association merged with six other social workers' organisations to form the British Association of Social Workers , having been a member of the Standing Conference of Organisations of Social Workers since 1962. This social work related article
36-529: Was the main professional body for social workers looking after the welfare of children in the United Kingdom from 1949 to 1970. In 1946 the interim report of the Curtis Committee on Children Deprived of a Normal Home Life recommended that training courses for fieldworkers in child care be set up at universities, and four such courses were established. In July 1948 a meeting of students on these courses
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