⏩ Next Friday, BASW will be hosting a webinar with Asylum Matters on the proposed changes to support for children and families without secure immigration status. Learn more here 👉 basw.co.uk/events/depor...

🚨 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞! 🚨 The Home Office is proposing to remove local authority autonomy over age assessments, and although the proposals are in its early stages, the potential implications for safeguarding, children’s rights and social work practice are too serious to wait and see what happens.

🌞TOMORROW 10-11:30am!🌞 UK registered social workers and social work students, join us to learn more about SWWB & our volunteering opportunities. actionnetwork.org/events/volun...

Our next online info session about volunteering with SWWB is coming up on Sat 23rd May 10-11:30am. If you’re a social worker or social work student committed to social justice, human rights, and solidarity with people impacted by borders, we’d love to meet you! Book your spot: tinyurl.com/3sumk4v2

Social workers! The govt is currently consulting on major policy changes that are designed to increase the number of children & families they remove from the UK. ‼️We have until 28th May to respond to the consultation. Check out @gmiau.bsky.social guides outlining the key changes being proposed.

📣 We are hiring a CEO! 🗓️ Closing date: Applicants are encouraged to apply without delay. We will interview suitable candidates as applications come in and will keep the post open until we appoint the right person. For full details: socialworkerswithoutborders.org/vacancies/ 1/

Our Educators have been out and about this week in Burnley and Preston, facilitating two Skills Days with social work students at the University of Central Lancashire. It's always an honour to educate, and learn from, future social workers.

📣 We are hiring a CEO! 🗓️ Closing date: Applicants are encouraged to apply without delay. We will interview suitable candidates as applications come in and will keep the post open until we appoint the right person. For full details: socialworkerswithoutborders.org/vacancies/ 1/

Please read this post from @ecpatuk.bsky.social about how the Govt's plans to facilitate more removals from the UK could impact children in care. ❗This is very important for social workers. We strongly recommend that SWs working with children in care & care-leavers engage with the consultation.❗

Yesterday 100s of people from across the UK came together in Parliament to meet with their MPs about the Govt.'s disastrous earned settlement plans. Together, we shared our concerns directly with 80+ MPs. A massive thank you to everyone who joined & helped make it happen. This is just the start.

Tomorrow, we will be travelling to Westminster to join over 300 people for the Mass Lobby for Migrant Rights. We are deeply concerned about the impact of the Government's plans to introduce an "earned settlement" immigration system. 1/

Check out our events page for our upcoming events: socialworkerswithoutborders.org/events/ Coming up soon ... 1/

🗣️ UK registered social workers & social work students! Our first online volunteering info session of the year is happening on Sat 24th Jan 10-11:30am Come along to find out more about SWWB & how you can get involved! 👉 For more details & the registration link: tinyurl.com/3r8amybv See you there!

📣ONE WEEK TO GO! ⚡We're recruiting our next Managing Director- a dynamic, values-led, strategic leader ready to drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity 👀Could this be you or someone you know? Find out more & apply: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue 📅Closing date: 12th Jan at 9am

💫We are excited about what the new year has in store for SWWB and the direction we are heading in. If you feel inspired by the opportunity to help lead the organisation and shape its future, we’d love to hear from you. Closing date for applications: 9am on 12th January 2026 tinyurl.com/mvyadpue 2/

🗓️ As the year draws to a close, many of us reflect on what lies ahead: new opportunities, fresh challenges, and where we want to focus our energy and commitment in the year to come. Perhaps this is the year you take the step to become our next Managing Director... 1/

‼️An exciting opportunity. Could you be our next Managing Director? ⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy! Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan

Our dedicated and inspirational Managing Director, Naomi, has decided it is time to hand the baton to someone new. 📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.

New research reveals that thousands of children in the UK are having life changing decisions made about them without being heard. Read the joint report 'Raising Children: Safeguarding Children in Parental Deportation Decisions' here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/research...

‼️New research reveals that thousands of children in the UK are having life changing decisions made about them without being heard. This is the first empirical study of the legal and procedural protections afforded to children with a parent facing deportation. Full report: tinyurl.com/46m9n5r8 1/

✨Wear and share your social work solidarity!✨ How about gifting someone with a SWWB t-shirt, tote bag or sticker this festive season? Order by Friday for Christmas delivery! social-workers-without-borders.teemill.com Every purchase supports our work! #WeAreSocialWorkersWithoutBorders

UK registered social workers & SW students.. Want to stand in social work solidarity with people impacted by borders? We are holding an online info session about volunteering THIS SATURDAY 10-11:30am. We'd love to see you there! Find out more & register: socialworkerswithoutborders.org/917-2/

More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared in the care of Kent county council are still missing. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

📣 We are looking for a UK registered social worker to join our small but effective, friendly, and supportive staff team! 👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt 🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November

Recently, we have seen an increase in protests and demonstrations outside asylum hotels, driven by misinformation and fear. Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have written a statement to respond directly to the concerns and questions they’ve heard from local communities.

📣 We are looking for a UK registered social worker to join our small but effective, friendly, and supportive staff team! 👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt 🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November

We are looking forward to holding two of our core volunteer training sessions this Saturday! SWWB volunteers, there are still spaces available. Book your spot via your Volunteer Login area. See you there!

❗ACT NOW At the time of writing, you can still submit refugee family reunion applications. However new applications will not be considered after 3pm on Thursday 4th September. If you're eligible + planned to apply, we urge you to submit an online application as soon as possible, before this time.

1/ 🧵Family reunion is one of the only safe routes for refugees to reach the UK, yet the Gov is making it harder. This shortsighted policy will only force people onto dangerous journeys to be with their families when the safe, legal option is taken away.

📣 New resources for social workers! The brilliant @gmiau.bsky.social has launched 2 key, practical guides to support social workers helping children in care with resolving their immigration status: tinyurl.com/5shm8smz LAUNCH & FREE TRAINING EVENT: Thurs 11th Sep 10-11:30am: tinyurl.com/6a35yr3s

🚨 New guides launched! Two practical tools for social workers supporting children in care with immigration + citizenship issues. 🔗 Download both here: gmiau.org/new-guides-f... 🗓️ Free online launch & training – 11 Sept, 10am: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gmiau-chil...

We have a shop! Check out SWWB t-shirts, tote bags and stickers: social-workers-without-borders.teemill.com Wear your solidarity. #WeAreSocialWorkersWithoutBorders

📣 Free online, participatory training session for social workers & other local authority staff 🛣️ Children's journeys to secure immigration status and British citizenship 📆 Monday 30th June 11am-1pm 🗣️ SWWB & @supportkind.org Find out more & book your place: tinyurl.com/mr44whjp 1/

📣 Free online, participatory training session for social workers & other local authority staff 🛣️ Children's journeys to secure immigration status and British citizenship 📆 Monday 30th June 11am-1pm 🗣️ SWWB & @supportkind.org Find out more & book your place: tinyurl.com/mr44whjp 1/

TODAY 12-1pm: actionnetwork.org/events/child... ⚖️Children’s rights in the context of parental deportation: Pushing back on the attack of Article 8 📆 TODAY 12-1pm 🗣️ SWWB & @biddetention.bsky.social

Next week, two SWWB webinars are coming your way as part of the #StandUpSpeakOut series, and we would love for you to join us! 🙅🏽 Social Work Resistance to the Hostile Environment 📆 Weds 11th June 7-8pm 🗣️ Members of SWWB Campaigns & Education groups Book your spot: tinyurl.com/mrxvfa5c 1/

📢 Hundreds of you have joined us for the #StandUpSpeakOut series - we need all public sector workers to stand up and speak out in solidarity with migrants! The webinar series draws to a close this month - sign up for the last sessions! Sign up sknb.org/take-action/...

Next week, two SWWB webinars are coming your way as part of the #StandUpSpeakOut series, and we would love for you to join us! 🙅🏽 Social Work Resistance to the Hostile Environment 📆 Weds 11th June 7-8pm 🗣️ Members of SWWB Campaigns & Education groups Book your spot: tinyurl.com/mrxvfa5c 1/

Today, the House of Lords will begin its evaluation of the Border Security, Asylum & Immigration Bill. We've been outlining to Peers why the government must use this legislation to abolish the NAAB, sharing with them this powerful evidence from @gmiau.bsky.social ⬇️ gmiau.org/the-national...

June is here and we're in the final two weeks of this year's SUSO! This week: 🔢When age is more than a number: best practice for safeguarding unaccompanied children assessed as adults by the Home Office. 📅 Tues 3rd June 11am-12pm 🗣️ @justrightscot.bsky.social & PAFRAS Book here: tinyurl.com/3775e6w6

The Social Workers Union and @basw-uk.bsky.social have published a joint statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. Read it in full 🔗 swu-union.org.uk/2025/05/basw... @scotssocialwork.bsky.social @baswni.bsky.social @baswcymru.bsky.social

This GMIAU blog is a vital read for understanding children's experiences of the National Age Assessment Board: tinyurl.com/2j8d5xnm 📣 A hostile and harmful approach to non-independent assessments - the NAAB must be abolished. 1/

Join us for this week's #StandUpSpeakOut sessions! Opportunities for Local Authorities 📆 Weds 28th May 10-11am 🗣️ @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @carolewilliams.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4e2mx7t3 Learn about the power that LAs hold (and can share) to support migrant residents. 1/

We are deeply concerned about what the immigration white paper means for children and their right to a family life. Read our statement: tinyurl.com/4yefhbuc "The Government need to be clear that ‘public interest’ also includes promoting family life, the care of children, and children’s rights."

Coming up this week on #StandUpSpeakOut: actionnetwork.org/event_campai... ✅ Good practice for using community interpreters 📆 Weds 21st May 12-1pm 🗣️ Manuel Bravo Project Book here: tinyurl.com/3mwr4e5c 1/

Are you a UK based social worker or social work student who is passionate about human rights and social justice? Do you want to help increase people's access to justice? Join this online session to find out about our volunteering opportunities! tinyurl.com/mr2h9sm5 1/

📢 Social workers: Join us in challenging the Spring Statements disability benefits cuts that will push an additional 250,000 into poverty. 🖊️ Sign our open letter to Chancellor Reeves by the 31st of May: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @basw-uk.bsky.social @socialworkerswb.bsky.social

📢 Help us find our new trustees! Maybe it is you, or someone you know? socialworkerswithoutborders.org/vacancies/ 👀 We are looking for 4 new Trustees, to join us and help lead and shape the future of SWWB 1/

Let's stand up and speak out together! Important practical SUSO sessions coming up in May 👇 actionnetwork.org/event_campai...