Professor Samantha Baron

Team BASW Cymru is excited to be at the @BASW_UK conference in Manchester! If you see us, come and say "Hi!" #BASWConf25

Team BASW Cymru busy preparing ahead of our annual conference (which has sold out) tomorrow! #BASWCymru2025 @BASW_UK

Looking forward to welcoming a sell out crowd for our annual conference later today!!! @BASW_UK #BASWCymru2025

Great to welcome the Minister for Children & Social Care, Dawn Bowden MS, and Chief Social Care Officer for Wales, Albert Heaney CBE, pictured with BASW Cymru Director, Prof Sam Baron, to our annual conference. #BASWCymru2025 @BASW_UK @BASWCymruSam

Thank you Prof Fiona Verity for a wonderful keynote speech at our annual conference: Beating Hearts - Progressing community social work and prevention. Very well received and triggered much debate. #BASWCymru2025

We’re really pleased to be at the @BASW_Cymru #BASWCymru2025 conference. We support unpaid carers and train Social Workers to be @CarerAware to assist their work with carers. Looking forward to discussions on the future of social work in Wales.

We are thrilled you could join us @CarersWales!!! #BASWCymru2025

Consultant social worker, Ian Rees, addressing our main plenary with his speech at our annual conference: To look to the future, we sometimes need to look to our past! #BASWCymru2025 @BASW_UK

A very warm welcome to @BASW_UK CEO @ruthallenonline to the BASW Cymru annual conference. Enjoy! #BASWCymru2025

Interactive session led by our Director, Prof Sam Baron and @BASW_UK ‘s Roseanna Palmer, at our annual conference Themes: - Sustainable investment for young people/ families - More central hub ideas - Invest in SWs - LAs in Wales should produce a Children & Adult Charter 1/4

Interactive session led by Director, Prof Sam Baron and @BASW_UK ‘s Roseanna Palmer, at our annual conf Themes: - Shared records across multi-disciplinary teams - Adequate resourcing (prevention) - Better workforce readiness - Recognition of impact of poverty on communities 2/4

Interactive session led by Director, Prof Sam Baron and @BASW_UK ‘s Roseanna Palmer, at our annual conf Themes: - Staff wellbeing (meaningful) - Real co-production (we hear a lot of positive talk, but…) - All SWs in Wales experience the same pathways and developments opps 3/4

Interactive session led by Director Prof Sam Baron and @BASW_UK ‘s Roseanna Palmer, at our annual conference Themes: - Better £ support for student SWs - Better multi-disciplinary team working - Embrace the possibilities of AI - Connect people and communities together 4/4

Great to have the amazing Dr @Carolinehickma at our annual conference, delivering a keynote speech: Climate Breakdown and Child Safeguarding - Understanding the climate crisis as a child’s rights crisis. #BASWCymru2025 @BASW_UK

That’s a close from our annual conference! An amazing day and lots more pictures tomorrow… #BASWCymru2025 @BASW_UK

🎧 ICYMI: Our latest episode of Let's Talk Social Work was made to celebrate #WSWD2025 the theme of which was ‘Strengthening Intergenerational Solidarity for Enduring Wellbeing’. Listen again below! Apple Podcasts🔗apple.co/3g7YcE0 Spotify🔗spoti.fi/2QjefE6

🔹Dawn Bowden MS, Minister for Children and Social Care has a message of thanks to social workers across Wales. 🔹 @WGHealthandCare

***SOLD OUT***SOLD OUT***SOLD OUT***SOLD OUT*** Due to HIGH demand, our annual conference (tomorrow) as now sold out! You can still follow this event by using the hashtag #BASWCymru2025 on social media on Wednesday 19 March.

🎉Today we’re celebrating World Social Work Day! 🎉 📅This morning’s #SocialWorkWeek session will be looking at AI in social work and this afternoon, we’ll be discussing relationships and professional boundaries. We’re looking forward to a great day!