Wayne's Weekly | March 2023 - Week 5

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Announcements & reports

• BASW England statement on Government’s proposed standards for unregulated accommodation - https://www.basw.co.uk/media/news/2023/mar/basw-england-statement-government%E2%80%99s-proposed-standards-unregulated-accommodation
• 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
• Joseph Roundtree Foundation | JRF: annual figures show unacceptable increase in poverty - https://www.jrf.org.uk/press/jrf-annual-figures-show-unacceptable-increase-poverty
• 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 | The Authority publishes its review of Social Work England’s performance for 2021/22 - https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/news-and-blog/latest-news/detail/2023/03/29/the-authority-publishes-its-review-of-swe-performance-for-2021-22
• Social Workers Union | March Newsletter – Download from here
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Autism: Overview of policy and services - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7172/
• 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/
• University of Hull & Wilberforce Institute | The Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement Report - https://www.hull.ac.uk/research/institutes/wilberforce/the-scott-trust-legacies-of-enslavement-report

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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
• BBC News | Lancashire's 'overlooked' Black history told in exhibition - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-65064316
• BBC News | Police strip-searched children as young as eight - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65081765
• 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 | ‘Outstanding’ or ‘inadequate’: should a single word define the quality of social work services? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/28/poll-single-word-judgement-social-work-services/
• Community Care | ‘Pandemic, pay cuts and poor press: is it worth staying in social work?’ - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/23/pandemic-pay-cuts-and-poor-press-is-it-worth-staying-in-social-work/
• Community Care | Readers’ Take: do social workers want to take strike action? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/23/readers-take-social-workers-strike-action/
• Community Care | Readers’ Take: How well are overseas social workers supported to work in the UK? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/29/readers-take-overseas-social-workers-support/
• Community Care | Social Work England bids to tackle systemic causes of fitness to practise issues in new strategy - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/27/social-work-england-bids-to-tackle-systemic-causes-of-fitness-to-practise-issues-in-new-strategy/
• 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 | Social workers seeing increasing poverty and greater need on back of cost of living crisis, finds BASW - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/24/social-workers-seeing-increasing-poverty-and-greater-need-on-back-of-cost-of-living-crisis-finds-basw/
• 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 | Rishi and Suella told ‘go away’ by shouting heckler during Essex walkabout - https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/27/rishi-sunak-and-suella-braverman-told-go-away-by-heckler-in-essex-18507484/
• New Milton Advertiser & Lymington Times | Ian Wright Twitter row: Alexis McEvoy stands down from Conservative Party and New Forest National Park Authority, among others - https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/forest-councillor-quits-tories-npa-and-other-public-roles-o-9304472/
• 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 | Our profession is facing a workforce crisis: Social Work England - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/our-profession-facing-workforce-crisis-social-work-england
• 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 | There's no such thing as an illegal immigrant - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/theres-no-such-thing-illegal-immigrant
• Professional Social Work | We have every right to be on strike too, say social workers - Download from here
• Professional Social Work | What’s race got to do with it? - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/what%E2%80%99s-race-got-do-it
• Social Work News | Goodbye social work, it’s been a crazy ride - https://www.mysocialworknews.com/article/goodbye-social-work-it-s-been-a-crazy-ride
• 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 Conversation | How Black children in England’s schools are made to feel like the way they speak is wrong - https://theconversation.com/how-black-children-in-englands-schools-are-made-to-feel-like-the-way-they-speak-is-wrong-198830
• The Guardian | As Caversham parents, Ruth Perry’s death has opened our eyes to the realities of Ofsted inspections - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/24/caversham-primary-school-parents-ruth-perry-death-realities-ofsted-inspections
• The Guardian | Asylum seekers in UK face being moved to army bases or disused ferries – reports - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/25/asylum-seekers-uk-face-being-moved-to-army-bases-disused-ferries-reports
• The Guardian | Asylum seekers will get the most basic housing possible, says Robert Jenrick - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/29/asylum-seekers-housed-portakabins-maybe-ships-robert-jenrick
• The Guardian | A tragic accident should not have landed Auriol Grey in prison. The UK justice system is stuck in the dark ages - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/28/prisons-uk-justice-jail-sentences-penal-system
• The Guardian | BFI accused of taking limited steps to address systemic racism - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/27/bfi-accused-of-taking-limited-steps-to-address-systemic-racism-faisal-qureshi-british-film-institute
• The Guardian | Black children 11 times more likely to be strip-searched in England and Wales than white peers - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/26/race-disparity-police-strip-searches-of-children-england-and-wales
• The Guardian | Boats, barges and big bills – the asylum options being chewed over in Whitehall - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/29/boats-barges-and-big-bills-the-asylum-options-being-chewed-over-in-whitehall
• The Guardian | Boy handcuffed in Superdrug targeted because of his race, mother says - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/23/boy-handcuffed-civilian-security-staff-shop-chichester-superdrug - (TRIGGER WARNING)! ??
• The Guardian | Britain, be warned: with ‘stop the boats’ policies you brutalise migrants – and damage yourselves - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/27/britain-be-warned-with-stop-the-boats-policies-you-brutalise-migrants-and-damage-yourselves
• The Guardian | Broke and disabled in Tory Britain: the reality of life on one meal a day - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/27/broke-and-disabled-in-tory-britain-the-reality-of-life-on-one-meal-a-day
• The Guardian | ‘Children put at risk’ as NHS autism assessments are cut back - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/26/children-put-at-risk-as-nhs-autism-assessments-are-cut-back
• The Guardian | Council takes legal action to stop asylum seekers being sent to Essex airfield - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/26/council-takes-legal-action-to-stop-asylum-seekers-being-sent-to-essex-airfield
• The Guardian | Diana Evans: ‘The Tory rhetoric asks us to forget, I’m trying to make sure that we don’t’ - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/25/diana-evans-the-tory-rhetoric-asks-us-to-forget-im-trying-to-make-sure-that-we-dont
• 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 is wrong: refugees do not come to the UK for the hotels - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/29/dominic-raab-refugees-hotels-safety
• The Guardian | English councils spent ￡480m on ‘inadequate’ care homes in four years - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/23/english-councils-spent-480m-on-inadequate-care-homes-in-four-years
• The Guardian | Europe’s human rights watchdog warns UK over illegal migration bill - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/29/europe-human-rights-watchdog-warns-uk-over-migration-bill
• The Guardian | Expanding food banks is no substitute for tackling poverty, charities warn - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/26/expanding-food-banks-is-no-substitute-for-tackling-poverty-charities-warn
• The Guardian | Five care chains thought to make ￡150m a year for low-rated homes in England - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/25/five-care-chains-thought-to-make-150m-a-year-for-low-rated-homes-in-england
• The Guardian | Funeral of Black second world war veteran moved as large crowds expected - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/25/funeral-black-second-world-war-veteran-peter-brown-moved-large-crowds-expected
• The Guardian | Guardian article on US woman’s hair salon ruined by racism prompts police investigation - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/25/angel-pittman-hair-salon-north-carolina-police-reopen-case
• 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 | ‘How would you like to be in this dump?’: families’ horror at privately run UK care homes - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/23/families-horror-at-privately-run-uk-care-homes
• The Guardian | Hunger, neglect, unnecessary sedation: this is reality inside profit-hungry UK care homes - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/27/social-care-britain-business-plan-elderly-mistreated-homes-profit
• The Guardian | ‘I cried for a long time’: Black hair stylist’s dream crushed by racist neighbour - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/21/north-carolina-racism-stylist-driven-from-her-land-white-neighbor
• The Guardian | Illegal migration bill could topple world refugee system, lawmakers told - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/29/migration-bill-could-topple-world-refugee-system-mps-told
• The Guardian | Junior doctors in England to strike for four days in April - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/23/junior-doctors-england-strike-four-days-april
• The Guardian | Labour tells 19 Leicester councillors they cannot stand in May election - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/23/labour-tells-19-leicester-councillors-they-cannot-stand-in-may-election
• The Guardian | Listening to the descendants of slaves must be the first step in restorative justice - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/27/listening-to-the-descendants-of-slaves-must-be-the-first-step-in-restorative-justice
• The Guardian | London to pay tribute to victims of slave trade with memorial, says mayor - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/24/london-pay-tribute-victims-slave-trade-memorial-mayor
• The Guardian | Louise Casey: Met police chief accepting term ‘institutional’ would mean so much - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/28/louise-casey-met-police-chief-accepting-term-institutional-would-mean-so-much
• The Guardian | Met chief may have ‘missed his moment’ to overhaul force, says Louise Casey - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/25/met-police-chief-mark-rowley-louise-casey-report
• The Guardian | Metropolitan police chiefs must face up to institutional failings - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/24/met-chiefs-must-face-up-to-institutional-failings
• The Guardian | Mindfulness better than CBT for treating depression, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/27/mindfulness-better-than-cbt-for-treating-depression-study-finds
• The Guardian | ‘My colleague had a heart attack in front of me’: horrific toll of Ofsted inspections - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/26/colleague-had-heart-attack-in-front-of-me-horrific-toll-of-ofsted-inspections
• The Guardian | My family owned 1,000 slaves and profited from the trade: this is how I am trying to make amends - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/25/slaves-trade-amends-grenada-laura-trevelyan
• The Guardian | Nelson Piquet fined ￡780k for racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/25/nelson-piquet-fined-lewis-hamilton-comments-f1
• The Guardian | NGOs, MPs and academics call for withdrawal of UK’s illegal migration bill - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/28/ngos-mps-and-academics-call-for-withdrawal-of-uks-migration-bill
• The Guardian | Ofsted can be summed up in one word: inadequate - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/26/ofsted-can-be-summed-up-in-one-word-inadequate
• The Guardian | One of the biggest safeguarding risks to Black children is the Metropolitan police - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/28/metropolitan-police-safeguarding-risk-black-children-schools-strip-search-child-q
• The Guardian | ‘People will be disturbed’: Steve McQueen on airing his Grenfell film - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/27/steve-mcqueen-grenfell-tower-film-serpentine-gallery
• The Guardian | Police in England and Wales ‘evading public scrutiny’ by deleting misconduct outcomes from websites - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/25/police-england-wales-deleting-outcomes-misconduct-hearings
• The Guardian | Police strip searching children as young as eight, damning report finds - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childrens-commissioner-report-rachel-de-souza-b2308486.html
• The Guardian | Prospect of more teachers’ strikes in England as union ‘insulted’ by pay offer - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/27/prospect-of-more-teachers-strikes-in-england-as-union-insulted-by-pay-offer
• The Guardian | Punishing Ofsted regime is driving us out of education, say school leaders - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/24/punishing-ofsted-regime-driving-out-education-school-leaders
• 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 | Revealed: stress of Ofsted inspections cited as factor in deaths of 10 teachers - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/25/revealed-stress-of-ofsted-inspections-cited-as-factor-in-deaths-of-10-teachers
• The Guardian | Rishi Sunak could face major rebellion by his MPs over illegal migration bill - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/24/rishi-sunak-major-rebellion-tory-mps-over-migration-bill
• The Guardian | Rishi Sunak raises doubt over asylum flights to Rwanda this summer - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/28/rishi-sunak-raises-doubt-over-asylum-flights-to-rwanda-this-summer
• The Guardian | Rishi Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ bill is an election gamble fraught with risk - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/27/rishi-sunaks-stop-the-boats-bill-is-an-election-gamble-fraught-with-risk
• The Guardian | Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/mar/26/rwanda-scheme-would-completely-erode-uks-standing-on-world-stage
• The Guardian | Scrapping the Met isn’t enough. There are radical – and proven – alternatives - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/23/met-police-uk-radical-alternatives-policing
• The Guardian | ‘Shaming’ level of misery caused by UK social care uncovered by major survey - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/26/shaming-misery-of-uk-social-care-uncovered
• The Guardian | Should Ofsted behave like swooping hawks? How can schools thrive in a climate of fear? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/23/ofsted-schools-teachers-inspection
• The Guardian | Sixty-six children still missing after vanishing from Brighton asylum hotel - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/29/revealed-66-children-still-missing-from-just-one-uk-local-authority-after-vanishing-from-asylum-hotel
• The Guardian | Slavery and the Guardian: the ties that bind us - https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/mar/28/slavery-and-the-guardian-the-ties-that-bind-us
• The Guardian | Social landlord in England said mould was ‘acceptable’ in refugees’ homes - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/28/social-landlord-england-said-mould-acceptable-refugees-homes
• 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 | Stephen Lawrence’s father says lack of change in Met disrespects family’s loss - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/24/stephen-lawrences-father-says-lack-of-change-in-met-disrespects-familys-loss
• The Guardian | ‘Stop demonising them’: the trafficking victims left behind by UK’s new illegal migration bill - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/27/trafficking-modern-slavery-victims-the-migration-bill-will-leave-behind
• The Guardian | Stop this illegal migration bill, in the name of humanity and common decency - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/22/stop-this-migration-bill-in-the-name-of-humanity-and-common-decency
• The Guardian | Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures, statistics watchdog says - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/25/sunak-used-incorrect-asylum-backlog-figures-statistics-watchdog-says
• The Guardian | Teachers live in fear of Ofsted’s punitive inspections. It needs reforming now - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/24/teachers-ofsted-inspections-schools-children
• The Guardian | The ex-headteacher: school leaders need support, not punitive Ofsted judgments - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/24/the-ex-headteacher-school-leaders-need-support-not-punitive-ofsted-judgments
• The Guardian | The Guardian and slavery: what did the research find and what happens next? - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/mar/28/the-guardian-and-slavery-what-did-the-research-find-and-what-happens-next
• The Guardian | The inspector: Ofsted is vital – but not its culture of hitting targets at any cost - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/24/the-inspector-ofsted-is-vital-but-not-its-culture-of-hitting-targets-at-any-cost
• The Guardian | The Observer view on the serial failings of the Metropolitan police - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/26/the-observer-view-on-the-serial-failures-of-the-metropolitan-police
• 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 | Tory MPs push to toughen migration bill as rights chief sounds alarm - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/27/tory-mps-push-to-toughen-migration-bill-as-rights-chief-sounds-alarm
• The Guardian | UK’s migration bill could put thousands of children ‘into arms of criminals’ - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/24/uk-migration-bill-could-thousands-children-arms-criminals
• The Guardian | Union leader urges TUC to unite in defying planned anti-strike law - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/25/unions-anti-strike-laws-minimum-service-levels-bill
• The Guardian view on hotels and asylum: a cycle of failure - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/29/the-guardian-view-on-hotels-and-asylum-a-cycle-of-failure
• The Guardian view on our links to slavery: a necessary reckoning with the past - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/28/the-guardian-view-on-our-links-to-slavery-a-necessary-reckoning-with-the-past
• The Guardian view on teacher shortages: signs of a profession in crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/26/the-guardian-view-on-teacher-shortages-signs-of-a-profession-in-crisis
• 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 Guardian | We thought we’d won the fight to stop child detention in the UK. We need to win it again - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/27/children-detention-uk-illegal-migration-bill-asylum
• The Guardian | ‘You walked in and your heart sank’: the shocking inside story of Manston detention centre - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/25/inside-story-of-manston-detention-centre
• 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 | Civilian security guards condemned after teenager pinned to Superdrug floor in handcuffs - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/superdrug-chichester-sussex-arrest-security-police-b2306757.html (TRIGGER WARNING)! ??
• The Independent | ‘Farcical and appalling’: Military chiefs join call to stop Afghan war hero being deported from UK to Rwanda - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farcical-army-chiefs-deport-afghan-rwanda-b2310261.html
• The Independent | Guardian apologises after founders’ link to transatlantic slavery revealed - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/guardian-apology-founder-slavery-b2309490.html
• The Independent | Home Office planning to house asylum seekers in former prison - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/asylum-seeker-housing-prison-bexhill-northeye-b2310413.html
• The Independent | I have tabled an amendment to the Illegal Migration Bill – and it could change everything - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/illegal-migration-bill-small-boats-crossing-b2308193.html
• The Independent | Migrants ‘set to be moved out of hotels into disused ferries and military bases’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migrants-hotels-ferries-military-bases-b2307877.html
• The Independent | More than 130,000 civil servants to strike next month in pay row - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/civil-servant-strike-date-pcs-b2308926.html
• The Independent | Ofsted is not only failing headteachers, but parents and children too - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ofsted-headteachers-parents-children-ruth-perry-b2306594.html
• The Independent | Police officer charged with beating and strangling mixed-race girl in back of van - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-beating-mixed-race-girl-nottingham-b2310381.html (TRIGGER WARNING)! ??
• The independent | Racism is ‘commonplace’ in UK journalism with more senior Black staff needed across industry, report warns - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/black-journalists-racist-report-rowntree-b2308806.html
• The Independent | Rishi Sunak pledges ‘quick and visible’ justice to crackdown on anti-social behaviour ‘once and for all’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/antisocial-behaviour-crackdown-rishi-sunak-b2307655.html
• The Independent | Rishi Sunak warned giving in to Tory right on asylum bill will ‘erode trust’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/small-boats-immigration-suella-braverman-tories-b2308146.html
• The Independent | Sunak answers our call: I’ll ask Home Office to investigate deportation of Afghan war hero - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sunak-afghan-pilot-deportation-rwanda-b2309583.html
• The Independent | ‘This is not who we are’: Tory MP’s impassioned plea to stop Afghan pilot being sent to Rwanda - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/afghan-pilot-small-boat-rwanda-ellwood-b2309304.html
• The Independent | Tory right-wing ‘very optimistic’ Braverman will toughen asylum bill to block European judges - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/suella-braverman-small-boats-tories-b2308606.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 shouldn’t my dad have had the right to die on his own terms? - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/uk-assisted-dying-dad-parliament-goverment-b2309603.html
• The Voice | BBC presenter slammed for “extremist” attack on Black union leader - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/03/28/bbc-presenter-slammed-for-extremist-attack-on-black-union-leader/
• The Voice | Grassroots power - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/features-news/2023/03/27/grassroots-power/
• The Voice | Mum’s rage at ‘shop rangers’ arrest of teen son - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/03/23/mums-rage-at-shop-rangers-arrest-of-teen-son/ (TRIGGER WARNING)! ??
• The Voice | New Black adoption media campaign, we’d like to hear your story. Please get in touch - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/sponsored-news/2023/03/28/new-black-adoption-media-campaign-wed-like-to-hear-your-story-please-get-in-touch/
• The Voice | The Guardian apologises for founder’s historical links to slave trade - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/03/28/the-guardian-apologises-for-founders-historical-links-to-slave-trade/

Consultations, petitions & surveys

• Choose Love | Urge your MP to oppose the refugee ban bill - https://act.chooselove.org/page/123387/action/1?locale=en-GB
• 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)
• Department of Health and Social Care | Adult Social Care Workforce Support Survey - https://forms.microsoft.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=MIwnYaiRMUyMH-9N6Jc6HERIadBTMatNqzZTBnL8HQlUM0g4M1dYNjRPR1dHQ09VSjgwVjVVODJOVS4u (ends 31/03/23)
• 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
• Co-POWeR | 'Children, Young People and Families' Report Launch | 25/05/23 at 1:30pm – 4:30pm (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/co-power-children-young-people-and-families-report-launch-tickets-563578186527
• 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/
• Friends of Portland Works | Stepping out from the shadow | 19/04/23 at 7:00pm – 9:00pm (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stepping-out-from-the-shadow-tickets-596843032577
• Mandala Theatre Company | MAD(E) | Multiple dates (in-person) - https://www.mandalatheatre.co.uk/book
• 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/
• 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 BPM Debate Show - Mental Health | 30/03/23 at 7:00pm – 10:30pm (online) – Download flyer from here ?
• 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 Westminster | Grief in the Black Community- Hushed Harbours | 19/04/23 at 6:00pm – 7:00pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grief-in-the-black-community-hushed-harbours-tickets-529479526517
• University of Westminster | Westminster Conversations: BME Film Screening - The Great Debaters | 13/04/23 at 5:30pm – 9:00pm (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/westminster-conversations-bme-film-screening-the-great-debaters-tickets-490396016687
• 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
• Unspoken Pleasures Conference | Philosophy and Social Work | 09/06/23 at 9:00am – 1:00pm (online) - https://unspokenpleasures.square.site/conference

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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 & YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@BASW_UK/videos
• 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)
• Gaddum | Practice Educator role - Download from here ?(ends 31/03/23)
• Lincolnshire County Council | Social Work Area Manager - Area Teams - https://jobs.lincolnshire.gov.uk/vacancy/social-work-area-manager---area-teams-520510.html (ends 17/04/23)
• The Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust – Bursaries - https://tavistockandportman.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/financial-support/bursaries/
• Unspoken Pleasures Conference | Philosophy and Social Work | Submit abstract / podcast proposal - https://unspokenpleasures.square.site/podcast

Research & resources

• @heidipsychology | Black Men's Mental Health infographic - Download from here ?
• @stopworkplacebullies | “The moment you put a stop to people taking advantage of you…” quote - https://twitter.com/Stopworkplacebu/status/1641137196378750982?s=20
• @TherapyWithLee | Internalised Capitalism infographic - Download from here ?
• AboutFace Training | Training and resources - https://aboutfacetraining.co.uk/
• AFRUCA | Resources, training and other services - https://afruca.org/
• Amy True (via YouTube) | Elevate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-bE2Xwjnnc
• Amy True (via YouTube) | Live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ5Pn0hH908
• Amy True (via YouTube) | Out the Box (feat. Nate) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkrnFDDn_DM
• 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 | "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 ????
• BBC 1Xtra | 1Xtra Talks with Richie Brave | Policing by consent - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001k55x?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
• Ben Jennings cartoon on Rishi Sunak’s ‘immediate justice’ scheme – The Guardian - Download from here ?
• BMJ Leader | Speaking truth to power: why leaders cannot hear what they need to hear - https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/5/4/270#main-content
• Frontline | Stories of Change | "If anti-racism doesn’t exist for social workers, can it exist for service users?" with Wayne Reid - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/if-anti-racism-doesnt-exist-for-social-workers-can/id1512128075?i=1000519278009
• HR Rewired | Equity, anti-racism and kindness - https://hr-rewired.com/
• Jack Zenger & Joseph Folkman | What great listeners actually do infographic - Download from here ?
• North London Social Work Teaching Partnership (via YouTube) | Refreshed Practice Education Standards (BASW) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFi_10TRKjQ
• Nova Reid (via Twitter) | “I remain perplexed at why white folks I work with get bent out of shape when I highlight their racism…” - https://twitter.com/novareidoffic/status/1638685294525284353?s=20
• 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/
• Ruby Payne | Culture of Poverty infographic- Download from here ?
• Shereen Daniels | “Inclusion, DEI etc does not mean the same thing as systemic racism…” - https://twitter.com/shereen_daniels/status/1638839870620663808
• Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (via YouTube) | Dismantling institutional racism in social work two decades after Macpherson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swUVNK_QayE & https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/news-and-events/conferences-events/dismantling-institutional-racism-social-work-two-decades-after-macpherson/ & https://twitter.com/wayne_reid79/status/1367876155148210180?s=20
• Unknown | How to nurture a child's mental health infographic - Download from here ?
• Unknown | School to Prison Line infographic - Download from here ?
• UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work (via YouTube) | Claudia Bernard: "Safeguarding Black Children: Good Practice in Child Protection" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRBlk2KlMw
• Wayne’s Weekly | So, let me get this right... image - Download from here ?
• Winning Pathways Coaching | Coaching mainly, but not exclusively, women managers in the social work profession facing complex delicate demands - https://www.winningpathwayscoaching.com/

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