The plea has been issued in a bid to persuade politicians to amend the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill, which is currently passing through the House of Lords.
The private members' bill, introduced by Labour MP for Rhondda Chris Bryant and backed by the government, aims to create a new offence of assault on emergency workers, which doubles the maximum penalty from six to 12 months in prison.
But while non-emergency frontline NHS staff and prison escorts have been added to the list of "emergency workers", social workers are not included.
BASW has this week issued research from Northern Ireland to highlight the scale of violence against social workers.
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