Fitness to practice rules consultation Share your views with BASW England on the Social Work England consultation Rules will govern the way Social Work England (SWE) will work. They set out SWE’s processes and procedures and make clear what you can expect from them when regulating social workers in England. SWE’s rules outline what they will do, and their standards set out what they expect those they regulate to do.The fitness to practise rules set out how SWE will handle concerns raised with them about a social worker. The aim of these rules is to enable SWE to secure public protection through a proportionate and collaborative means of assessing a social worker’s fitness to practise. Some of the fitness to practise requirements are already set out in The Social Workers Regulations (2018). You may find it helpful to read these regulations alongside the rules to understand how they relate to each other. The rules are set out on pages 8-25 of the Fitness to Practice consultation documentThe Social Work regulations 2018 are set out here. Next