Social work with children and families in the United Kingdom is enduring a profound existential crisis — one forged in the crucible of political austerity, managerialist dogma, and the systematic erosion of anti-oppressive values.

In this BASW PSW essay, Dr Charles Mugisha describes a profession hollowed out by neoliberal reform, leaving a workforce that is overburdened, underpaid, and increasingly silenced — and calls for the radical imagination needed to reclaim social work’s ethical core.

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Once upon a time in social work – a profession under siege