SASW National Director, Alistair, interviews Professor Lena Dominelli on Green Social Work. Lena Dominelli, Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Academician in the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences, is an experienced educator, practitioner and researcher and has published extensively in the fields of sociology, social policy and social work.

Join BASW Head of Policy and Research, Luke Geoghegan, who is joined by Dr Louise Bunce(Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer from Oxford Brookes University) and Jill Childs (Experienced social worker, Principal Lecturer and Programme Lead of Social Work from Oxford Brookes University). Read the referenced article on "Emotional Intelligence and Self-Determined Behaviour Reduce Psychological Distress: Interactions with Resilience in Social Work Students in the UK" via BJSW online. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz008.

Join us for the BASWTalk Podcast discussing the Adoption Enquiry; one year on. Freelance journalist Louise Tickle chairs a panel discussion including BASW chief executive Ruth Allen, the author’s co-author Professor Brid Featherstone and former local authority adoption team manager, Jon Dudley.

As part of the 16 days of activism against domestic abuse, Professional Officer Sarah McMillan from our Scotland Office met with Nel Whiting of Scottish Women’s Aid, to discuss how best social workers can support victims and survivors.

Luke Geoghegan, Head of Policy and Research at BASW catches up with Professor Brigid Featherstone on her new book. Brid is an experienced social worker and social work academic and together with Anna Gupta, Kate Morris and Sue White is the author of a new book ‘Protecting Children: A Social Model’, published by Policy Press.

Join BASW Chief Executive, Ruth Allen, to discuss the recent report by Ofsted on 'Neglected older children missed' with guest speaker, Yvette Stanley, National Director of Social Care for Ofsted.

Find the report at bit.ly/neglected-older-children

Listen in to Episode 2 with guest speakers Paul Bywaters (University of Huddersfield), Kate Morris (University of Sheffield) and Brid Featherstone (University of Huddersfield). This podcast summarises the UK 4 nation Child Welfare Inequalities Research Project. The project was focussed on the relationships between poverty, deprivation and social work decisions to intervene in children's lives; specifically in relation to care and protection proceedings.

We encourage listeners to refer to the accompanying supporting resources here; https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/child-welfare-inequalities-resource-sheet

We also welcome feedback on the podcast in this short survey https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BR8PV8L

A recording of the BASW Chair Hustings Webinar from the 9 April 2018. The BASW Chair Hustings was a chance to ask BASW's three candidates Donna Peach, Hilary Tompsett and Gerry Nosowska questions to help BASW Members use their vote to choose their next BASW Chair.

BASW has launched our first ever podcast where BASW Chief Executive, Ruth Allen, talks with Siobhan Maclean about her new book "Share: A New Model for Social Work" and student, Clare Bailey.