All set for the #SantaDash in Glasgow tomorrow 🌲⛄🎀🎁🎅 Great to raise cash for the Beatson cancer charity 👏

Scotland's largest anti-racist demonstration takes place this weekend. If you want to oppose the poison of the far-right; if you want to stand up for those in need and value unity over division, then join us: 📅29/11 ⏲️10.30am 📍Barrowlands Park

Excellent Kilbrandon lecture tonight at university of Strathclyde. This year's lecture from @Professor Carlene Firmin. Stunning venue and great to catch up with #socialwork and Education colleagues on all things contextual safeguarding and reform.

Fantastic result for the #Scotland mens football team 😁 #WorldCup 🙌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

How beautiful is Oban in Scotland? 😍🪟 Such a lovely weekend with the best weather and hospitality that Scotland can offer

🙌 Huge double digit lead for Scottish independence in a latest poll. 🔎 This is a (+3%) boost in a month, from the same pollster. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The harder we work, the stronger the movement.

Join us for the Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Social Work. This meeting will hear from Children First on Family Group Decision Making and from Palliative Care social workers on the role of social work in palliative care. This meeting also includes the AGM. Sign-up form: buff.ly/CT24qWq

How lovely is Glasgow university around this time of year? #autumn #glasgow

Come join our national standing committee in Scotland for social work 👇 We're a friendly bunch who want to amplify the voices of our members 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🚨 Thousands of children go hungry at school every day. That’s unacceptable. ⏱️ In 30 seconds, you can help change this. Sign the @nochildbehinduk.bsky.social petition for #FreeSchoolMealsForAll in England. ➡️ Go to freeschoolmealsforall.org.uk/take-action

myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/gla... Glasgow HSCP are recruiting for team leaders across children's services, see link 🔗 for information #socialwork

photos.app.goo.gl/Gw8vREzBASow... Lovely event to celebrate my long service to the fine people of Glasgow yesterday at the Glasgow city chambers. Celebrating #socialwork Twenty five years plus and counting 😁🙌

Our manifesto being covered in Health and Care Scot. Read the article below. buff.ly/SzxHu3D.

Can social work save democracy? That was the question posed to an expert panel at the Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics. Sponsored by the Cross-Party Group on Social Work, the event took a deeper look at how social work can support democracy, empower people to take control of their lives.

Join the next Social Work Policy Panel to hear how what started as an Advanced Practice Framework for Social Work and is now evolving into a Social Work Career Resource. 📆 Tuesday 2 September, 1200-1300 🆓 Free 🔗 basw.co.uk/events/socia...

I'm looking forward to contributing to this discussion panel on how social work can empower communities and democracy. Join us at this year's Festival of Politics at the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh. Tickets below #socialwork @scotssocialwork.bsky.social

Are you: ⭐a care experienced adult (16+years) OR the supporter (e.g. foster parent) of a care experienced child/adult in Scotland? ⭐ free on Fri 5th Sept 2-4pm? Come to the Sibling Cafe to chat about how sibling relationships could be better supported. More info & sign up: edin.ac/4cIYdcs

📣 If you are a social care professional involved in the delivery of child protection conferences, we would like to hear from you! 📣 @researchip.bsky.social are undertaking a scoping study of arrangements for child protection conferences More here- ow.ly/feln50WwA7P

Do you have experience working with families and a good understanding of Glasgow’s childcare landscape? As a Childcare Connector, you’ll support single parents facing barriers to work, learning or progression. 🔗 Apply now: opfs.org.uk/get-involved... #CharityJobs #SingleParents

📣WE'RE HIRING📣 x3 brand new roles for our National Interagency Referral Discussion (IRD) team: x2 IRD Project Officers socialworkscotland.org/vacancies/na... x1 IRD Project Coordinator socialworkscotland.org/vacancies/na... Please share with networks where relevant🤝

1️⃣ We're calling for Fair Employment Practises. Good social work requires employment practises that support their complex roles and enable them to deliver effective support for individuals, families and communities. Let’s make it happen 👉 basw.co.uk/about-basw/c...

festivalofpolitics.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festi... Excited to take part in this panel discussion at Edinburgh's festival of politics. 'Can social work save communities and democracy?' Cracking line up of speakers including Joe Hanley, Vivien Thomson and the chair of the CPG Fulton MacGregor.

We’re delighted to hear next from @carlenefirmin.bsky.social who will be guiding us through Scotland’s road to contextual safeguarding - a concept that involves targeting the social conditions where harm occurs. Thank you to Carlene for delivering this year’s Day 1 keynote address. #YJConf25

I thoroughly enjoyed the Social Work Scotland conference today in sunny Glasgow 😎 Excellent workshops and great to connect with colleagues from adult services across Scotland #socialwork #oneprofession #SWSAdultsConf25

A brilliant morning in Manchester

Huge thanks to @basw-uk.bsky.social for having us along to share our workshop on 'Community Orientated Practice Makes a Difference'. We appreciated having one of our parents come along to contribute to our presentation! Lived experience is so powerful ❤️

💬 A powerful opening plenary and panel session at #BASWConf25 focused around how we make safeguarding meaningful for Adolescents and Young Adults. Thank you to all our speakers and delegates for a valuable in-depth discussion on such an important issue.

⭐ BASW Conference Spotlight ⭐ Conference delegate, Kath, shares what she's looking forward to at the #BASWConf25

I had such a great time at the @basw-uk.bsky.social conference. I enjoyed bringing a Scottish perspective to contextual safeguarding and transitions across young adulthood in the plenary discussion!

We’re thrilled to welcome @SSSCnews as the sponsor of this year’s SASW Annual Conference: From the Frontline: Activism, Action and the Future of Social Work Members attend FREE – book your place now: 👉 basw.co.uk/events/sasw-...

It was a pleasure to share an excellent practice example at the #prideinpractice conference 2025 at Dundee university #socialwork

🧠 To mark #ActionForBrainInjuryWeek we're re-sharing a recent episode of Let's Talk Social Work exploring how social workers can best support people with a brain injury to ensure their rights are upheld. 🔗 Listen here: shows.acast.com/lets-talk-so... #ABIWeek | #BrainHealth

Finalists announced! The BASW Social Work Journalism Awards 2025 celebrate powerful, informed reporting on social work across the UK. Congrats to all shortlisted journalists. Winners revealed at our 10 June conference! 🔗Find out the full list of finalists here: basw.co.uk/articles/fin...

myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/gla... Glasgow HSCP is recruiting for children and families social workers. See link 🔗 for more details #socialwork

📢 Join us for the next Social Work Policy Panel! 🗓 Tuesday 6 May | 🕛 12:00 – 13:00 🔍 Topic: Public Protection 👉 Book your free place now basw.co.uk/events/socia... Everyone is welcome!

Join the next Cross-Party Group on Social Work 🗓 Tuesday 17 June 🕕 18:15 – 20:00 📍 Focus: Family Group Decision Making & Palliative Care Social Work Join us for discussions on FGDM and Palliative Care Social Work 🗣 Open to all — email [email protected] to join

💡Spotlight Live from Child Poverty & The Public Debt Crisis: A National Conference: Political Panel Featuring: 🗣️@alex.scotlibdems.org.uk 🗣️@blairanderson35.bsky.social 🗣️Miles Briggs MSP 🗣️@pfokane.bsky.social 🗣️@sa4dunfermline.bsky.social Panel Host: @kezdugdale.bsky.social 🎧 uofgspotlight.com 1/2

Are you a children & families social worker, team leader, student, manager, practice educator or social work academic in Scotland? This free conference is made for you 🥳 Call for presentations, deadline 31/3/25. Come along to this brilliant conference to celebrate #socialwork

Really interesting read 👀 #socialwork #scotland

This morning @scotssocialwork.bsky.social and SWU have launched our new report "Flexible working in Scottish social work" which outlines how #FlexibleWorking can help support social workers to enter and flourish in the profession: swu-union.org.uk/2025/03/sasw... #FlexibleWorkingForSocialWork

Another excellent event to celebrate World Social Work Day 2025. #WSWD2025

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again, of Community Social Work in the UK Date: 18 mar • 12:00 Location: 131 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a... #WSWD2025 #communitysocialwork

As part of our World Social Work Day offering, SASW invites social workers across the UK to come together and reflect on compassionate, community-based practices that support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Book now: https://buff.ly/4hCIUUx

Caring Scotland is a new listening project the National Theatre of Scotland is working on to bring together care experienced people’s stories in an artistic and interactive way 📖 🎨 If you work with a young person who would be interested, find out more: https://buff.ly/4g4uWJE

How lovely 😍 a homemade pavlova for family visiting tonight 😋

"We need to get the basics right for the profession, starting with pay levels." Alison Bavidge, National Director, emphasised the importance of fair pay and financial support during her address to the Education, Children and Young People Committee at the Scottish Parliament.

🙌 Our Independents Digital Toolkit is live! 🙌 A new comprehensive guide exclusively for BASW Independent members, providing resources and support to navigate the complexities of running a business in the social work sector. 🔗 basw.co.uk/support/inde...

Paul Heaton at the hydro in Glasgow last night was absolutely brilliant. Thoroughly enjoyed The Zutons as the supporting act too👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Last call for deadline 1st Dec: CfP Criminal Justice Social Work - Probation Journal Special Issue - submissions via emailing us directly (see call below). ⬇️

Excellent way to spend St Andrews Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 marching with social work colleagues @scotssocialwork.bsky.social & @swu-uk.bsky.social standing against racism and fascism #Solidarity #socialwork