Wayne's Weekly - March 2023 | Week 4

Dear all

I hope you are having an effectual week.

Below are the usual links, resources and opportunities which may be of interest.

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Announcements & reports

• BASW England | Thematic groups landing page - https://www.basw.co.uk/what-we-do/groups-and-networks/basw-england-committee-groups
• BASW & SWU landing page for Social Work England consultations - https://www.basw.co.uk/what-we-do/around-uk/england/social-work-england/consultations
• BASW Annual Survey of membership highlights investment needed for social work - https://www.basw.co.uk/media/news/2023/mar/basw-annual-survey-membership-highlights-investment-needed-social-work
• BASW UK Statement: National Age Assessment Board - https://www.basw.co.uk/media/news/2023/mar/basw-uk-statement-national-age-assessment-board
• BASW UK Statement on ‘Illegal Immigration Bill’ - https://www.basw.co.uk/media/news/2023/mar/basw-uk-statement-%E2%80%98illegal-immigration-bill%E2%80%99
• BASW unveils the Adoption Enquiry report and key findings - https://www.basw.co.uk/media/news/2018/jan/basw-unveils-adoption-enquiry-report-and-key-findings
• Metropolitan Police | Baroness Casey Review | An independent review into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police Service - https://www.met.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/met/about-us/baroness-casey-review/update-march-2023/baroness-casey-review-march-2023.pdf
• Professional Standards Authority | Safer care for all - https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/safer-care-for-all
• Social Work England | Board changes at Social Work England - https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/news/resignation-of-lord-patel/
• Social Work England | Our strategy for 2023 to 2026 - https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/about/publications/our-strategy-for-2023-to-2026/
• Social Work England | Social work in England: State of the nation 2023 - https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/about/publications/social-work-in-england-state-of-the-nation/
• Social Workers Union | March Newsletter – Download from here
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Delays to processing asylum claims in the UK - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9737/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Illegal Migration Bill 2022-23 - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9747/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Mental health policy in England - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7547/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Mental health statistics: prevalence, services and funding in England - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06988/

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Articles & blogs

• BASW | Difference between British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and Social Workers Union (SWU) - https://www.basw.co.uk/media/news/2022/oct/difference-between-british-association-social-workers-basw-and-social-workers
• Community Care | 175% rise in number of overseas social workers applying to work in England in past three years - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/13/175-rise-in-number-of-overseas-social-workers-applying-to-work-in-england-in-past-three-years/
• Community Care | Asylum bill passes first hurdle as commissioner issues stark warning over safeguarding of children - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/17/asylum-bill-passes-first-hurdle-as-commissioner-issues-stark-warning-over-safeguarding-of-children/
• Community Care | BASW urges social workers not to take jobs with Home Office age assessment body - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/16/basw-urges-social-workers-not-to-take-jobs-with-home-office-age-assessment-body/
• Community Care | Children’s social care bodies unite against asylum bill that ‘profoundly undermines Children Act’ - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/10/childrens-social-care-bodies-unite-against-asylum-bill-that-profoundly-undermines-children-act/
• Community Care | Quarter of those who quit register last year had been on it for less than a year, reveals Social Work England - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/16/quarter-of-those-who-quit-register-last-year-had-been-on-it-for-less-than-a-year-reveals-social-work-england/
• Community Care | Social work leaders come together to tackle mounting workforce issues - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/03/social-work-leaders-come-together-to-tackle-mounting-workforce-issues/
• Community Care | Unions threaten strike action over councils’ ￡1,925 pay offer - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/08/unions-threaten-strike-action-over-councils-1925-pay-offer/
• Community Care | World Social Work Day: the social workers crossing oceans to practise in the UK - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/21/world-social-work-day-the-social-workers-crossing-oceans-to-practise-in-the-uk/
• Metro | Eni Aluko on ‘rising above’ the online backlash against women’s football - https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/19/eni-aluko-on-rising-above-backlash-against-womens-football-18462392/
• Metro | ‘I was in care as a child, and now I’m a parent. It’s really scary.’ - https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/19/i-was-in-care-as-a-child-and-now-im-a-parent-its-really-scary-18451773/
• Metro | Met Police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic, damning review finds - https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/20/met-police-is-institutionally-racist-misogynistic-and-homophobic-18473155/
• Metro | Police officer guilty of gross misconduct over Dalian Atkinson death to keep job - https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/17/pc-who-hit-dalian-atkinson-with-baton-guilty-of-gross-misconduct-18460745/ (TRIGGER WARNING!)??
• Mirror | Suella Braverman REFUSES to accept Met is institutionally racist despite damning report - https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-suella-braverman-refuses-accept-29514130
• Open Justice Court of Protection Project | Where shall P live? - https://openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2023/03/16/where-shall-p-live/
• Probation Institute | Probation Quarterly | Previous issues - https://www.probation-institute.org/probation-quarterly
• Professional Social Work | Massive support for BASW stand on asylum age assessment recruitment - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/massive-support-basw-stand-asylum-age-assessment-recruitment
• Professional Social Work | Social Work England sets out its vision for the next three years - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/social-work-england-sets-out-its-vision-next-three-years
• Professional Social Work | Social workers in England - who they are and where they work - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/social-workers-england-who-they-are-and-where-they-work
• Professional Social Work | We have every right to be on strike too, say social workers - Download from here
• Social Work News | "STRIKE!" - Too many social workers are living close to the poverty line, our readers tell us - https://www.mysocialworknews.com/article/strike-too-many-social-workers-are-living-close-to-the-poverty-line-our-readers-tell-us
• The Guardian | AI makes plagiarism harder to detect, argue academics – in paper written by chatbot - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/19/ai-makes-plagiarism-harder-to-detect-argue-academics-in-paper-written-by-chatbot
• The Guardian | ‘A legacy of contribution’: photo series pays tribute to Windrush generation - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/17/photo-series-tribute-windrush-generation-britain-called-we-answered-anniversary
• The Guardian | A pay rise for NHS staff was inevitable. The government’s delay has caused irreparable damage - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/16/pay-rise-nhs-staff-governments-delay-irreparable-damage
• The Guardian | A third of care homes in England have considered closing due to rising energy bills - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/23/a-third-of-care-homes-in-england-have-considered-closing-due-to-rising-energy-bills
• The Guardian | Braverman accused of ‘dangerous’ complacency in tackling police failings - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/suella-braverman-accused-of-dangerous-complacency-police-failings-casey-report
• The Guardian | Braverman criticised for shutting out Guardian and BBC from Rwanda trip - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/18/braverman-criticised-for-shutting-out-guardian-and-bbc-from-rwanda-trip
• The Guardian | British man deported to Jamaica launches action against Home Office - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/19/richard-wallace-british-man-deported-to-jamaica-launches-action-against-home-office
• The Guardian | Cambridge college to create fellowship to examine slavery links - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/18/cambridge-trinity-college-to-create-fellowship-to-examine-slavery-links
• The Guardian | Channel crossings scheme costs ‘could top ￡9bn in three years’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/22/channel-crossings-scheme-costs-could-top-9bn-in-three-years
• The Guardian | Conference highlights racial disparity in UK maternal healthcare - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/20/conference-highlights-racial-disparity-in-uk-maternal-healthcare
• The Guardian | Cruel Tory migration bill will erode basic right to seek asylum - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/19/cruel-tory-migration-bill-will-erode-basic-right-to-seek-asylum
• The Guardian | Discrimination, funding, public trust: what Casey says about the Met police - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/discrimination-funding-public-trust-what-casey-says-about-the-met-police
• The Guardian | Dominic Raab defends Met police as damning Casey report looms - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/17/dominic-raab-defends-met-police-as-damning-casey-report-looms
• The Guardian | Doreen Lawrence says Metropolitan police are ‘rotten to the core’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/doreen-lawrence-says-metropolitan-police-are-rotten-to-the-core
• The Guardian | ‘Draconian’ migration bill could leave tens of thousands destitute or locked up - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/22/draconian-migration-bill-could-leave-tens-of-thousands-destitute-or-locked-up
• The Guardian | Experts cast doubt on Braverman’s hopes of ECHR rule change on Rwanda - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/20/experts-dispute-uks-claim-of-possible-echr-reforms-on-rwanda
• The Guardian | Good riddance to the work capability assessment, the cruellest social policy of modern times - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/22/good-riddance-tories-work-capability-assessment-cruellest-social-policy
• The Guardian | Government ‘to cut ￡250m from social care workforce funding’ in England - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/17/government-to-cut-250m-from-social-care-workforce-funding-in-england-report-says
• The Guardian | Headteacher withdraws request for public support to help stop Ofsted inspection - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/20/headteacher-will-refuse-ofsted-inspection-after-ruth-perry-death (TRIGGER WARNING!)??
• The Guardian | Health unions hail victory after government’s new pay offer for NHS staff in England - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/16/government-confirms-new-pay-offer-for-nhs-staff-in-england
• The Guardian | Home Office accused of ‘shunting’ Afghan child refugees around UK ‘like cattle’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/18/home-office-accused-of-shunting-afghan-child-refugees-around-uk-like-cattle
• The Guardian | ‘High stress, high demand, high burnout’: life as a social worker in England - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/23/high-stress-high-demand-high-burnout-life-as-social-worker-england
• The Guardian | Home Office delays Windrush grants amid row over social media posts - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/home-office-delays-windrush-grants-amid-row-over-social-media-posts
• The Guardian | How can the Met police change its rotten culture if its leaders refuse to see it? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/21/met-police-rotten-culture-failings
• The Guardian | How the death of Ruth Perry has reignited Ofsted inspections row - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/21/how-the-death-of-ruth-perry-has-reignited-ofsted-inspections-row
• The Guardian | I believed readers only wanted trauma stories from writers of colour. Then I became an author - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/19/i-believed-readers-only-wanted-trauma-stories-from-writers-of-colour-then-i-became-an-author
• The Guardian | ‘I’m scared of the police’: Met report unearths misogyny, homophobia and racism - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/im-scared-of-the-police-met-report-unearths-misogyny-homophobia-and-racism
• The Guardian | Khan criticises Rowley’s refusal to describe Met as institutionally biased - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/khan-criticises-rowley-refusal-describe-met-police-institutionally-misogynistic-racist-homophobic
• The Guardian | Laura Trevelyan quits BBC to campaign for reparative justice for Caribbean - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/16/laura-trevelyan-quits-bbc-to-campaign-reparative-justice-slavery-caribbean
• The Guardian | Like it or not, we all bear some responsibility for slavery - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/20/like-it-or-not-we-all-bear-some-responsibility-for-slavery
• The Guardian | London Bridge heroes among 15 honoured in Queen’s last bravery awards - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/17/fifteen-britons-risked-lives-for-others-recognised-bravery
• The Guardian | Louise Casey accuses Met police chief of ‘hollow’ reasoning on failings - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/22/louise-casey-accuses-met-police-chief-of-hollow-reasoning-on-failings
• The Guardian | Louise Casey’s report on the Met police: the fall of a British institution - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/louise-caseys-report-on-the-met-police-the-fall-of-a-british-institution
• The Guardian | Met chief needs time to turn things around – but patience is in short supply - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/met-chief-needs-time-to-turn-things-around-but-patience-is-in-short-supply
• The Guardian | Met has ‘nowhere to hide’ after damning Casey report, say campaigners - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/met-police-damning-casey-report-campaigners-misogyny-racism-homophobia
• The Guardian | Met police found to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/metropolitan-police-institutionally-racist-misogynistic-homophobic-louise-casey-report
• The Guardian | Mother of disabled woman who killed herself wins appeal for new inquest - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/17/disabled-woman-jodey-whiting-new-inquest
• The Guardian | NHS union members step up campaign to reject ‘paltry’ pay deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/19/health-union-members-ramp-up-campaign-to-reject-paltry-pay-deal
• The Guardian | Priti Patel ‘threatened to sue Suella Braverman’ over asylum overcrowding claims - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/priti-patel-sue-suella-braverman-asylum-b2303833.html
• The Guardian | Protests against illegal migration bill held in London, Glasgow and Cardiff - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/18/protests-against-migration-bill-held-in-london-glasgow-and-cardiff
• The Guardian | Refugees like myself want to contribute to UK society, but we aren’t allowed to - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/06/refugees-like-myself-want-to-contribute-to-uk-society-but-we-arent-allowed-to
• The Guardian | Remember the Casey review next time Suella Braverman talks about ‘woke’ policing in the Met - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/21/casey-review-suella-braverman-woke-metropolitan-police-failures
• The Guardian | ‘Right now, there is not a great deal of trust in the police’: why TV is filled with bent coppers - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/16/better-karen-pirie-the-capture-why-tv-is-filled-with-bent-coppers
• The Guardian | Rishi Sunak fails to say if his daughters could trust Met in wake of shocking report - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/rishi-sunak-fails-to-say-if-his-daughters-could-trust-met-police-in-wake-of-shocking-report
• The Guardian | Rishi Sunak preparing for fresh concessions to end public sector strikes - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/17/rishi-sunak-preparing-for-fresh-concessions-to-end-public-sector-strikes
• The Guardian | San Francisco backs reparations plans, including $5m to eligible Black adults - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/14/san-francisco-reparation-plans-black-residents
• The Guardian | Social workers should not assess asylum seeker ages for Home Office, professional body says - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/15/social-workers-should-not-assess-ages-of-asylum-seekers-professional-body-says
• The Guardian | Social workers in England quitting in record numbers - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/23/social-workers-in-england-quitting-in-record-numbers
• The Guardian | Staff at 150 UK universities begin three days of strikes - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/20/staff-at-150-uk-universities-begin-three-days-of-strikes
• The Guardian | Suella Braverman’s ‘stop the boats’ plan would bar 45,000 children from UK - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/19/suella-bravermans-stop-the-boats-plan-would-bar-45000-children-from-uk
• The Guardian | The NHS pay offer is a significant victory for striking workers - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/16/the-nhs-pay-offer-is-a-significant-victory-for-striking-workers
• The Guardian | The ‘Sunday scaries’ are all too real for many workers – but there are simple ways to help - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/19/sunday-scaries-workers-end-of-the-weekend
• The Guardian | Top police chief says Met has no ‘God-given right’ to exist without public trust - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/20/top-police-chief-martin-hewitt-met-has-no-god-given-right-to-exist-without-public-trust
• The Guardian | UK asylum seekers who complain about conditions ‘threatened with Rwanda’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/23/uk-asylum-seekers-who-complain-about-conditions-threatened-with-rwanda
• The Guardian | US calls conditions in Rwanda’s detention centres harsh to life-threatening - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/21/us-describes-conditions-in-rwandas-detention-centres-as-harsh-to-life-threatening
• The Guardian | ‘Vanity project’: Braverman under fire for taking only right-wing press to Rwanda - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/18/vanity-project-braverman-under-fire-for-taking-only-rightwing-press-to-rwanda
• The Guardian view on reforms to disability benefits: exacerbating misery - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/20/the-guardian-view-on-reforms-to-disability-benefits-exacerbating-misery
• The Guardian view on the Casey report: the Met is rotting from within - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/21/the-guardian-view-on-the-casey-report-the-met-is-rotting-from-within
• The Independent | As a former headteacher and Ofsted inspector, I know the system is not fit for purpose - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ofsted-inspection-school-teachers-ruth-perry-b2305237.html
• The Independent | Brexit is clearly failing – it’s time to stop lying about immigration - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-immigration-figures-rishi-sunak-b2302297.html
• The Independent | European judges ‘close to backing down’ on blocking Rwanda flights as Braverman hails ‘constructive talks’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rwanda-flights-suella-braverman-deportation-echr-b2304053.html
• The Independent | Finally, there’s a film which accurately depicts disability - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/disability-film-oscars-documentary-ableism-b2299908.html
• The Independent | Headteacher killed herself while waiting for negative Ofsted report, sister says - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ofsted-reading-south-east-labour-b2302643.html (TRIGGER WARNING!)??
• The Independent | It is shocking how little the Met has changed since the murder of Stephen Lawrence - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/met-police-racism-casey-report-b2304516.html
• The Independent | Met Police has got a problem, Dominic Raab says as force braced for damning report - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/casey-report-met-police-dominic-raab-b2302799.html
• The Independent | Predatory officers are problem nationwide not just Metropolitan Police, ex home secretary Priti Patel warns - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/casey-report-police-predators-patel-b2305040.html
• The Independent | Revealed: ￡30m navy patrols in Channel failed to deter small boats - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/small-boat-crossings-navy-patrols-b2303173.html
• The Independent | ‘South London is changing, that’s why having this film is important’: the director and stars of Rye Lane on the joys of setting a romcom in Peckham - https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/rye-lane-interview-david-jonsson-vivian-oparah-b2302447.html
• The Independent | Suella Braverman plans to deport migrants to Rwanda by summer as country ‘ready to take thousands’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rwanda-suella-braverman-asylum-seekers-migrants-b2303704.html
• The Independent | The biggest welfare shake-up in a generation could come at a huge cost - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/disabilty-benefits-pip-welfare-b2305002.html
• The Independent | What are the ‘safe and legal routes’ the government says refugees must take to Britain? - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/immigration-uk-small-boats-channel-asylum-b2303591.html
• The Independent | Why is migration to the UK on the rise? - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migration-rise-uk-economy-brexit-b2302159.html
• The Independent | ‘You just have to be female - someone will come after you’: What it’s really like as a woman in the Met Police - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/women-met-police-sexism-misogyny-racism-b2305193.html
• The Voice | Casey Review: Action must start today - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/03/21/casey-review-action-must-start-today/
• The Voice | Dalian Atkinson family ‘disappointed’ as officer keeps her job despite ‘excessive’ use of force - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/03/18/dalian-atkinson-family-disappointed-as-officer-keeps-her-job-despite-excessive-use-of-force/ (TRIGGER WARNING!)??
• The Voice | Just 1% of police recruits in Manchester are Black - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/exclusive-news/2023/03/17/just-1-of-police-recruits-in-manchester-are-black/
• The Voice | Met Police still failing to root out racism and sexism - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/03/17/met-police-still-failing-to-root-out-racism-and-sexism/
• The Voice | Prime Minister urged to address ethnicity pay gap - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/03/20/prime-minister-urged-to-address-ethnicity-pay-gap/
• The Voice | Suella Braverman flies to Rwanda to grandstand about asylum - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/03/17/suella-braverman-to-fly-to-rwanda-to-hash-out-plans-on-asylum-policy/
• The Voice | White nationalist attacks race equality veteran outside Scotland Yard - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/03/21/white-nationalist-attacks-race-equality-veteran-outside-scotland-yard/
• Yahoo! News | Convicted murderer among Fishmongers’ Hall attack heroes honoured for bravery - https://uk.news.yahoo.com/convicted-murderer-among-fishmongers-hall-223000119.html

Consultations, petitions & surveys

• Department for Education | Child and family social worker workforce consultation - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/child-and-family-social-worker-workforce (ends 11/05/23)
• Department for Education | Children's social care national framework and dashboard - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/childrens-social-care-national-framework-and-dashboard (ends 11/05/23)
• Freedom from Torture | Tell this government: We oppose the Refugee Ban Bill - https://secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/124500/petition/1?locale=en-GB
• National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) | New research on widening care options - https://www.ndti.org.uk/news/new-research-on-widening-care-options (ends 31/03/23)
• The Guardian | Asylum-seekers: share your experience of temporary accommodation after reaching the UK - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/04/asylum-seekers-share-your-experience-of-temporary-accommodation-after-reaching-the-uk
• The Guardian | Tell us how you are being affected by UK social care shortages - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/14/tell-us-how-you-are-being-affected-by-uk-social-care-shortages
• The Guardian | Tell us: have your perceptions of the Metropolitan Police service changed? - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/tell-us-have-your-perceptions-of-the-metropolitan-police-service-changed
• TUC | Treatment of BME workers since the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns - https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZDJ8CCJ

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Events & training

• BASW England Black Country Branch Event | Poverty: A Black Country Perspective | 18/04/23 at 6:30pm – 9:00pm (in-person) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/basw-england-black-country-branch-event-poverty-black-country-perspective
• BASW England North Yorkshire Network presents: Adult social care reform exploring the impact on social work | 04/04/23 at 6:00pm – 7:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/basw-england-north-yorkshire-network-presents-adult-social-care-reform-exploring-impact
• BASW England Pan Dorset Branch & Wiltshire Network Event | Poverty in a cost-of-living crisis | 19/04/23 at 6:30pm – 8:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/basw-england-pan-dorset-branch-wiltshire-network-event
• BASW England Peer Support Forum for Social Workers in Health Organisations | 17/04/23 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/basw-england-peer-support-forum-social-workers-health-organisations
• BASW England Student & NQSW Group Event | Child Exploitation - with guest speaker Lisa Finch | 18/04/23 at 7:00pm – 8:30pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/basw-england-student-nqsw-group-event-0
• BASW England West Yorkshire Branch presents: End of life care cultural competency and bereavement support for the diverse populations of West Yorkshire | 06/04/23 at 6:30pm – 8:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/basw-england-west-yorkshire-branch-presents
• BASW Neurodivergent Social Workers Special Interest Group | 28/03/23 at 7:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/neurodivergent-social-workers-special-interest-group-nsw-sig
• Centre for Death & Society | Deprivation of Liberty in Care Homes | 28/03/23 at 2:00pm – 4:00pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deprivation-of-liberty-in-care-homes-tickets-547292174627
• Disability Expo | Putting the I in disability…because I matter! | 6-7/07/23 at 9:00am – 5:00pm (in-person) - https://www.thedisabilityexpo.com/
• IMSET, Bournemouth University | Beyond Safeguarding: A Conceptual Approach | 22/03/23 at 9:30am – 4:30pm (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-safeguarding-a-conceptual-approach-tickets-528388463117
• MHA | Dementia training for friends & family of people living with dementia | Multiple dates (online) - https://www.mha.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/dementia-training-friends-family-people-living-dementia/
• Professor Jermaine Ravalier (via Ticket Source) - 'At first they clapped: what has happened to our public sector and how do we fix it? | 23/03/23 at 6:00pm (in-person) - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/ustinov-studio/public-professorial-lecture-professor-jermaine-ravalier/e-avdxea
• Skills for Care | Registered Manager webinar - New CQC inspection | 28/03/23 at 2:00pm – 3:00pm (online) - https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lgD_vCGBTVa7weY78qTV2w
• Social Scientists Against the Hostile Environment | Children and the Hostile Environment | 17/04/23 at 5:00pm – 6:30pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-date-ssahe-webinar-children-and-the-hostile-environment-tickets-558616616337?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
• Social Work Education Anti-racist Network (SWEARN) | The Inaugural National Anti-racist Practice Conference: Moving from Words to Action | 25/04/23 (in-person) – Download from here & https://twitter.com/ShantelThomas77/status/1633220069294522368?s=20?
• Social Workers Union | Talk to SWU: workplace issues webinar | 30/03/23 at 6:00pm – 7:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/talk-swu-workplace-issues-webinar-30-march-2023
• The British Museum | Teaching African and African diaspora history | 28/04/23 at 10:00am – 4:30pm (in-person) - https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/teaching-african-and-african-diaspora-history?fbclid=IwAR1gm1KtrLZdDf8xSOTjEzQwom_FcJTLjgzhG5eYCVGUjTlczvganAQcfGU (Paid event)
• The Fair Immigration Reform Movement Charter | Stand Up! Speak Out! Solidarity Knows No Borders Training Series: A Toolkit to Resist the Hostile Environment | Multiple dates (online) - https://firmcharter.org.uk/stand-up-speak-out/
• The Transformed You | The Black Care Experience Charter | 25/04/23 at 10:00am – 12:00pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-black-care-experience-charter-tickets-593651747357
• University of Plymouth | Plymouth Social Work Symposium 2023 | 21-23/06/23 (in-person) - https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/plymouth-social-work-symposium-2023

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Opportunities & vacancies

• BASW | Advice and Representation service - https://www.basw.co.uk/membership/basw-advice-and-representation-service
• BASW | Committee vacancies - https://www.basw.co.uk/committee-vacancies (ends 31/03/23)
• BASW | External job vacancies webpage - https://www.basw.co.uk/home/vacancies
• BASW | Social Work Journalism Awards - https://www.basw.co.uk/basw-social-work-journalism-awards (ends 28/04/23)
• BASW | Professional Social Work magazine | Guidance for contributors - https://www.basw.co.uk/professional-social-work-guidance-contributors
• BASW | Social Work Professional Support Service (SWPSS) - https://www.basw.co.uk/professional-support-service & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ6gmx7DsUc
• Brunel University London | Lecturer in Social Work - https://careers.brunel.ac.uk/vacancy/lecturer-in-social-work---13351-1-517454.html (ends 29/03/23)
• Brunel University London | Professor of Social Work - https://careers.brunel.ac.uk/vacancy/professor-of-social-work-11044-517135.html (ends 29/03/23)
• Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) | Head of Service (bottom of the page) - https://www.cfab.org.uk/about-us/our-team (ends 27/03/23)
• Community Care | Write for Community Care - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/write-for-community-care/
• European Association of Schools of Awards 2023 | Launch of Social Work Education Awards - https://ecswe2023.eventqualia.net/en/home/eassw-awards-2023/ (ends 24/04/23)
• Social Workers Union | SWU University assignment competition - Download from here (ends 23/06/23)
• Sparks Fostering | Working with Sparks Fostering - https://sparksfostering.org/working-with-sparks-fostering/
• The Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust – Bursaries - https://tavistockandportman.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/financial-support/bursaries/
• University of Sheffield | Community Researcher Project - Download from here (24/03/23) (x2 documents)

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Research & resources

• Angela Davis (via Goodreads) | “We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.” - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/101677-we-have-to-talk-about-liberating-minds-as-well-as
• BASW England | Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS) | Resources webpage - https://www.basw.co.uk/black-ethnic-minority-professionals-symposium-bps
• BASW England | Criminal Justice group | Resources webpage - https://www.basw.co.uk/criminal-justice-group
• BASW England | Criminal Justice group (via YouTube) | A discussion with John Crilly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4LLMSwU5SE
• BASW England | Criminal Justice group | "Youth Justice - the forgotten social work space" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ZKALENCmY?
• BASW | Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) refresh 2022 - https://www.basw.co.uk/system/files/resources/peps-review.pdf?& promotional video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1c-Eld7Fh8?
• BASW | Quality Assurance in Practice Learning (QAPL) refresh 2022 - https://www.basw.co.uk/system/files/resources/qapl-fourth-edition.pdf????
• BASW (via YouTube) | Contextual Safeguarding webinar with Professor Carlene Firmin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAIrlaEA-Vw
• Contextual Safeguarding | Resources - https://www.contextualsafeguarding.org.uk/resources/
• Femi Oluwole (via YouTube) | The Met Police is officially Racist, but Suella Braverman disagrees - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoU_WF03GAg
• Helen Whately (via Twitter) | This #WorldSocialWorkDay, I’d like to thank all social workers… - https://twitter.com/Helen_Whately/status/1636786003108036610?s=20
• Laura Nissen (via Twitter) | Some see tech...I see capitalism/colonialism's long arm… - https://twitter.com/lauranissen/status/1636805795798224897
• Luke Clements | Resources - https://www.lukeclements.co.uk/resources/
• Mallence Bart-Williams (via YouTube) | Why the wealth of Africa does not make Africans wealthy? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPqMxRO8_2U
• MTD Training Group - Types of Unconscious Bias - Download from here
• North London Social Work Teaching Partnership (via YouTube) | Refreshed Practice Education Standards (BASW) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFi_10TRKjQ
• PoliticsJOE (via YouTube) | MPs shocked as the full extent of the Met's racism, sexism, and homophobia is revealed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnfmw3aiS2Y
• Research in Practice | Anti-racist supervision matters - https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/news-views/2023/march/anti-racist-supervision/
• Research in Practice | Respecting diversity through joint social action - https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/news-views/2023/march/supporting-diversity-through-joint-social-action/
• SAGE journals | Parents’ views on improving relationships with their social workers - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14680173221101244
• Social Work Sorted: The Podcast | Challenges of working in multi-disciplinary teams with Nana and Rob @thesocialworkerandthementor Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/challenges-of-working-in-multi-disciplinary-teams/id1611439813?i=1000598620321
• Social Work Sorted: The Podcast | Episode 7: Immigration Social Work with guest Jo Schofield (@immigration_social_workers) - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-7-immigration-social-work-with-guest-jo/id1611439813?i=1000557972542
• Social Work Sorted: The Podcast | From Social Work to Social Work Sorted - About me - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/from-social-work-to-social-work-sorted-about-me/id1611439813?i=1000589355384
• Social World Podcast (via Blubrry) | Episode 94 Black Lives Matter. Wayne Reid. BASW - https://content.blubrry.com/davidniven/Social_World_Episode_094_MP3.mp3
• Wayne’s Weekly | So, let me get this right... image - Download from here??

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