Wayne's Weekly | November 2023 - Week 3

Dear all

I hope you are having a buoyant week.

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

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Announcements & reports

• BASW calls for Illegal Migration Act to be repealed by the next UK Government - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-calls-illegal-migration-act-be-repealed-next-uk-government
• BASW England & SWU landing page for Social Work England consultations - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-basw/social-work-around-uk/basw-england/social-work-england
• BASW England | Mental Health Bill omittance from King's Speech "deeply concerning" - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/mental-health-bill-omittance-kings-speech-deeply-concerning-basw-england
• BASW England | Professional Capabilities & Development group position statement – October 2023 - https://new.basw.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-11/Professional%20Capabilities%20%20Development%20group%20-%20draft%20position%20statement%20-%20October%202023.pdf
• BASW England responds to report on state of the adult social care workforce - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-england-responds-report-state-adult-social-care-workforce
• BASW England | Response to Care Workforce Pathway call for Evidence - https://new.basw.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-11/BASW%20England%20response%20-%20Care%20workforce%20pathway%20call%20for%20evidence%20-%20May%202023%20v2_0.pdf
• BASW England | Response to Social Work England: Readiness for professional practice consultation - https://new.basw.co.uk/sites/default/files/resources/swe-readiness-for-professional-practice-consultation.pdf
• BASW England | Thematic groups landing page - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/groups-and-networks/thematic-groups-basw-england
• Department of Health and Social Care | Professor Chris Whitty's annual report recommends actions to improve quality of life for older adults and prioritise areas with the fastest growth in older people – Click here
• End Violence Against Women | An open letter from white women on EVAW’s board to white women in the VAWG movement - https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/an-open-letter-from-white-women-on-evaws-board-to-white-women-in-the-vawg-movement/
• International Federation of Social Workers | World Social Work Day 2024 - https://www.ifsw.org/social-work-action/world-social-work-day/world-social-work-day-2024/
• Law Commission | Disabled Children’s Social Care - https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/disabled-childrens-social-care/
• Social Workers Union (SWU) newsletter - Nov 2023 - Download from here
• South London Refugee Association (SLRA) | Immigration support pledge - https://www.slr-a.org.uk/campaigns/immigration-support-pledge/
• The Sutton Trust | Speaking Up: Accents and social mobility - https://www.suttontrust.com/our-research/speaking-up-accents-social-mobility/
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Anti-Racism in the workplace - 10 Actions for workplace reps - https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/anti-racism-workplace-10-actions-workplace-reps
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | BME women nearly three times as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men - https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/bme-women-nearly-three-times-likely-be-zero-hours-contracts-white-men
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Adult social care workforce in England - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9615/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Debate on the Address: Reducing serious violence and violence against women and girls, and raising confidence in policing and the criminal justice system - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2023-0205/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Parental responsibility in England and Wales - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8760/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | The immigration health surcharge - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7274/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Unemployment – National: Key Economic Indicators - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02797/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | University strike action in the UK - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9387/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Victims and Prisoners Bill: Progress of the Bill - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9887/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Youth unemployment statistics - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05871/

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Articles & blogs

• BASW | Difference between British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and Social Workers Union (SWU) - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/difference-between-british-association-social-workers-basw-and-social-workers-union-swu
• BASW England | Embracing Neurodiversity | Exploring the Endless Opportunities Collaboration Can Bring - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/embracing-neurodiversity-exploring-endless-opportunities-collaboration-can-bring
• BASW England | Systematic changes needed for how we care for adults with learning disabilities in hospital settings - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/systematic-changes-needed-how-we-care-adults-learning-disabilities-hospital-settings-basw
• Community Care | Does discrimination play a role in fitness to practise processes? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/14/does-discrimination-play-a-role-in-fitness-to-practise-processes/
• Community Care | DHSC rejects experts’ plan to curb ‘inhumane’ solitary confinement of disabled people in hospital - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/15/dhsc-rejects-experts-plan-to-curb-inhumane-solitary-confinement-of-disabled-people-in-hospital/
• Community Care | ‘Very bad’ employers exploiting overseas social care staff, warns government migration adviser - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/08/01/very-bad-employers-exploiting-overseas-social-care-staff-warns-government-migration-adviser/
• Metro | Eight key moments that led to Suella Braverman being sacked as Home Secretary - https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/13/eight-suella-braverman-controversies-sacked-home-secretary-19815094/
• Metro | I’m the first Black female swimmer for Team GB – it shouldn’t have taken this long - https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/08/im-the-first-black-female-swimmer-for-team-gb-its-taken-too-long-19708024/
• Metro | ITV signing up Nigel Farage for I’m A Celebrity isn’t just shameful – it’s dangerous - https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/14/nigel-fararge-on-im-a-celebrity-is-a-terrifying-prospect-heres-why-19757336/
• Metro | Refugee kids are being made to feel unwelcome – so I’m giving every last one a present - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/02/jenrick-doesnt-want-refugee-kids-to-feel-welcome-so-im-giving-them-gifts-19588230/
• Mushtag (via Medium) | Shadowing an NHS CEO - https://medium.com/@mskahin1/shadowing-an-nhs-ceo-670bd22236fb
• Professional Social Work | Ten concerns about the Illegal Migration Act every social worker should know - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/ten-concerns-about-illegal-migration-act-every-social
• Professional Social Work | ‘When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression’ - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/when-youre-accustomed-privilege-equality-feels-oppression
• Skills for Care | #SalutingOurSisters: Francesca Darby shares her career story this Black History Month - https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/news-and-events/blogs/salutingoursisters-francesca-darby-shares-her-career-story-this-black-history-month
• The Guardian | Across the globe, compassion for migrants has given way to cruel, performative politics - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/12/across-the-globe-compassion-for-migrants-has-given-way-to-cruel-performative-politics
• The Guardian | Austerity is behind the mouldy housing imperilling people’s health - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/15/austerity-is-behind-the-mouldy-housing-imperilling-peoples-health
• The Guardian | Black babies in England three times more likely to die than white babies - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/09/black-babies-in-england-three-times-more-likely-to-die-than-white-figures-show
• The Guardian | Big business benefited from slavery – let it pay reparations - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/10/big-business-benefited-from-slavery-let-it-pay-reparations
• The Guardian | Braverman’s sacking brings down curtain on turbulent tenure as UK home secretary - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/13/suella-braverman-sacking-brings-down-curtain-on-turbulent-tenure-as-uk-home-secretary
• The Guardian | Cleverly ‘determined’ to get removal flight to Rwanda before general election - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/16/james-cleverly-determined-removal-flight-rwanda-before-general-election
• The Guardian | Compassion, not cruelty, is the answer to rough sleeping – we have the proof in Milton Keynes - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/07/rough-sleeping-milton-keynes-rehousing-suella-braverman
• The Guardian | Delays, rows and legal challenges: inside the stalled new NHS gender identity service - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/27/delays-rows-and-legal-challenges-inside-the-stalled-new-nhs-gender-identity-service
• The Guardian | Desperate, delusional, defeated: the Tory right are coming for Rish! after Rwanda - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/15/desperate-delusional-defeated-the-tory-right-are-coming-for-rish-after-rwanda
• The Guardian | England stop and search pilot scheme does not cut violence, thinktank finds - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/13/england-stop-and-search-does-not-cut-violence-thinktank
• The Guardian | English charities ‘near insolvency’ after subsidising public sector contracts - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/13/charities-near-insolvency-after-subsidising-public-sector-contracts
• The Guardian | Government policy is trapping refugees into becoming homeless - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/29/government-policy-is-trapping-refugees-into-becoming-homeless
• The Guardian | Half of teenagers in England and Wales have witnessed or been victims of violence, study reveals - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/11/teenager-victims-violence-knife-crime-gangs
• The Guardian | Home Office barred charity over claims it encouraged asylum seeker ‘complaints’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/10/home-office-barred-refugee-charity-for-encouraging-asylum-seeker-complaints
• The Guardian | How harmful is damp and mould in UK homes and who is most at risk? - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/12/how-harmful-is-damp-and-mould-in-uk-homes-and-who-is-most-at-risk
• The Guardian | Hundreds seek council help every day in UK youth homelessness crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/05/hundreds-seek-council-help-every-day-in-uk-youth-homelessness-crisis
• The Guardian | Independent Scotland would let asylum seekers work, says SNP - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/03/independent-scotland-would-let-asylum-seekers-work-says-snp-immigration-depopulation
• The Guardian | Let’s be clear on children seeking asylum - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/05/lets-be-clear-on-children-seeking-asylum
• The Guardian | Magistrates in England not following law on remand decisions, charity finds - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/nov/09/magistrates-in-england-not-following-law-on-remand-decisions-charity-finds
• The Guardian | Migrant workers face exploitation as result of post-Brexit scheme, says report - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/14/migrant-workers-face-exploitation-as-result-of-post-brexit-scheme-says-report
• The Guardian | Most British people hold positive view of immigration, survey reveals - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/03/most-british-people-hold-positive-view-of-immigration-survey-reveals
• The Guardian | Rightwing Tories meet in wake of Suella Braverman’s sacking - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/13/suella-braverman-sacked-home-secretary
• The Guardian | Rwanda dreams and the wokerati: the many controversies of Suella Braverman - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/10/invasions-and-hate-marches-suella-bravermans-controversial-statements
• The Guardian | Showing support for young asylum seekers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/showing-support-for-young-asylum-seekers
• The Guardian | Suella Braverman has gone, but she proved that hateful xenophobia is never far from the surface in Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/13/suella-braverman-islamophobia-britain-muslim-home-secretary
• The Guardian | Thousands of babies and toddlers falling sick from damp homes in Britain, NHS doctor warns - https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/nov/12/thousands-of-babies-and-toddlers-falling-sick-from-damp-homes-in-britain-nhs-doctor-warns
• The Guardian | ‘They’re demonised, labelled as criminals’: a lifeline for the young on one of London’s most violent estates - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/11/lifeline-young-london-stonebridge-estates
• The Guardian | Tory turmoil hits efforts to fix staffing crisis in adult social care - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/10/tory-turmoil-hits-efforts-to-fix-staffing-crisis-in-adult-social-care
• The Guardian | UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/05/uk-poverty-levels-simply-not-acceptable-says-un-envoy-olivier-de-schutter
• The Guardian | UK ministers’ efforts to revive Rwanda policy likely to fail, lawyers say - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/16/uk-ministers-efforts-to-revive-rwanda-policy-likely-to-fail-lawyers-say
• The Guardian | UK police report domestic abuse victims to immigration, shows data - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/09/police-report-domestic-abuse-victims-immigration-officers-when-they-ask-for-help-data
• The Guardian | Unflinching hologram installation tells stories of UK’s ‘war on the poor’ - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/10/unflinching-hologram-installation-tells-stories-of-uks-war-on-the-poor
• The Guardian view on class: the Tories represent their social base, Labour less so - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/03/the-guardian-view-on-class-the-tories-represent-their-social-base-labour-less-so
• The Guardian view on destitution: poverty on this scale should be a national priority - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/05/the-guardian-view-on-destitution-poverty-on-this-scale-should-be-a-national-priority
• The Guardian view on reforming Ofsted: at last, the inspectorate’s failings are being admitted - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/06/the-guardian-view-on-reforming-ofsted-at-last-the-inspectorates-failings-are-being-admitted
• The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy: empty slogans are no substitute for good government - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/15/the-guardian-view-on-rishi-sunaks-asylum-policy-empty-slogans-are-no-substitute-for-good-government
• The Guardian | ‘We don’t have a choice’: Bradford’s rough sleepers dismayed by Braverman’s tent attack - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/07/bradford-rough-sleepers-suella-braverman-tent-lifestyle-choice (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | What does supreme court rejection mean for Sunak’s Rwanda policy? - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/15/what-does-supreme-court-rejection-mean-rishi-sunak-rwanda-policy
• The Guardian | What my interracial marriage has taught me: ‘We would both know one of us was viewed as more worthwhile’ – Click here
• The Guardian | With bursting jails and Europe’s longest sentences, the last thing the UK needs is more rightwing ‘reforms’ - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/09/bursting-jails-europe-longest-sentences-uk-rightwing-reforms
• The Guardian | Working-class people in UK ‘paid ￡6,000 less for same professional roles’ - https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/nov/17/working-class-people-in-uk-paid-6000-less-for-same-professional-roles
• The Independent | Attacking rough sleepers is a low point, even for Suella Braverman - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/suella-braverman-homelessness-rough-sleeping-uk-b2441613.html
• The Independent | Black and Asian women ‘three times as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/black-asian-women-zerohours-contracts-b2440470.html
• The Independent | Criminals released from prison ‘left free to kill’ as overstretched probation service in crisis - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/probation-safety-prisons-overcrowding-union-b2440550.html (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Independent | Esther McVey as ‘minister of common sense’ is more bad joke than anti-woke... - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/esther-mcvey-minister-of-common-sense-woke-b2447090.html
• The Independent | I joined the probation service as a job for life. But after five years, I’ve had enough - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/probation-staff-quitting-burnout-prisons-b2441117.html
• The Independent readers have their say as Rishi Sunak sacks home secretary Suella Braverman - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sunak-sacked-suella-braverman-protests-b2446268.html
• The Independent | Renters are being let down by racist landlords - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/generation-rent-landlords-racism-suella-braverman-b2444491.html
• The Independent | Urgent warning over ‘squalid overcrowded’ prison where inmate escaped and was found cycling to London - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bedford-prison-urgent-notification-justice-b2448627.html
• The Voice | Code of the elites - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/features-news/2023/11/03/code-of-the-elites/
• The Voice | Foster parent of 30 years calls for more Black people to take up fostering - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/10/26/foster-parent-of-30-years-calls-for-more-black-people-to-take-up-fostering/
• The Voice | Labour still labouring on race - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/10/10/labour-still-labouring-on-race/
• The Voice | Leading domestic abuse charity opens UK’s first specialist refuge for Black women - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/community/2023/11/04/leading-domestic-abuse-charity-opens-uks-first-specialist-refuge-for-black-women/
• The Voice | New ￡2 million fund for Black community groups who support young people - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/11/07/new-2-million-fund-for-black-community-groups-who-support-young-people/
• The Voice | Sacked Braverman’s ‘divisive rhetoric’ will haunt UK politics say Black MPs - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/11/13/sacked-bravermans-divisive-rhetoric-will-haunt-uk-politics-say-black-mps/
• The Voice | Slave owning families ‘profiting all over again’ - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/features-news/2023/11/02/slave-owning-families-profiting-all-over-again/
• The Voice | UK-wide survey unveils racism faced by NHS international doctors - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/11/14/uk-wide-survey-unveils-racism-faced-by-nhs-international-doctors/
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | TUC slams “zero progress” on disability pay gap in last decade - https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-slams-zero-progress-disability-pay-gap-last-decade
• UNISON | Migrant care staff in UK ‘exploited and harassed’ by employers, says UNISON - https://www.unison.org.uk/news/press-release/2023/07/migrant-care-staff-in-uk-exploited-and-harassed-by-employers-says-unison/
• University College London | Lives less ordinary: why government should embrace human complexity - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/news/2023/oct/lives-less-ordinary-why-government-should-embrace-human-complexity

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Consultations, petitions & surveys

• All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Race and Community (via Runnymeade Trust)| Call for Evidence to support an upcoming report linking global systemic racism and the environmental emergency, planned for publication in Spring 2024 – Click here
• Community Care | Negative media coverage survey - https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7540994/Community-Care-negative-media-coverage-social-work
• Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman | Complaint handling code consultation - https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/information-for-organisations-we-investigate/complaint-handling-code (ends 23/11/23)
• Skills for Care | New survey launched to capture the experiences of those working in adult social care - https://skillsforcare-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/new-survey-launched-to-capture-the-experiences-of-those-working-in-adult-social-care
• The Guardian | Tell us: do you work in a youth service in the UK? - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/18/tell-us-do-you-work-in-a-youth-service-in-the-uk
• The Guardian | Tell us which Black British figures you’d like to see on a postage stamp - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/28/tell-us-which-black-british-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-a-postage-stamp

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Events & training

• BACC and BBSA | Missing You event | 30/12/23 at 7:00pm – 3:00am (in-person) - https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Huddersfield/Hudawi-Cultural-Centre/MISSING-YOU---Hosted-By-BACC-and-BBSA/37119168/
• BAMEed Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Network | Stories Untold - A talk by Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh | 22/11/23 at 5:30pm – 6:30pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-untold-a-talk-by-dr-afua-twum-danso-imoh-tickets-752793033227
• BASW England and the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse | Identifying and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse | Multiple dates (online - ends 14/12/23) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/identifying-and-responding-child-sexual-abuse
• BASW England | "Ask an AMHP" Forums | Multiple dates (online - ends 06/03/24) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/ask-amhp-forums
• BASW England | Greater Manchester branch: Social Work Student Symposium | 12/12/23 at 6:30pm – 8:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/social-work-student-symposium
• BASW England | North Yorkshire branch event | Social Prescribing: What is it all about and how does it fit with social work? | 05/12/23 at 6:00pm – 7:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/social-prescribing-what-all-about-and-how-does-it-fit-social-work
• BASW England | Worcestershire branch event: Social Works relationship with food | 29/11/23 at 7:00pm – 8:30pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/social-works-relationship-food
• Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy and Society | Adult Safeguarding: Past, Present and Future | 23/11/23 at 12:00pm – 4:00pm (online) - https://ticketpass.org/event/EKBCDT/adult-safeguarding-past-present-and-future-2
• ExChange | On the Journey: Navigating Mental Health | 1 – 24/11/23 (multiple dates & resources) - https://www.exchangewales.org/on-the-journey-navigating-mental-health/
• King’s College London | A data-driven approach to inform service implementation for people experiencing homelessness | 14/12/23 at 10:00am – 11:00am (online) – Click here
• Kingston University London | New Directions in Mental Health Social Work | 29/11/23 at 9:45am – 1:00pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rescheduled-new-directions-in-mental-health-social-work-tickets-654756021887?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
• London Metropolitan University | Live Social Work Podcast Event: The Social Worker & the Mentor | 24/11/23 at 6:30pm – 8:00pm (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-social-work-podcast-event-the-social-worker-the-mentor-tickets-674592834327
• Lucia Sarmiento Verano | Webinar - Social Inequalities & Mental Health | 27/11/23 at 4:30pm – 5:30pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-social-inequalities-mental-health-tickets-730393295007?aff=oddtdtcreator
• PSSRU, University of Kent | CIRCLE Community of Practice 3 | 23/11/23 at 2:00pm – 3:30pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/circle-community-of-practice-3-tickets-713594118217
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Tackling racism and the far-right - a trade union response | 25/11/23 (in-person – TBC) - https://www.tuc.org.uk/events/tackling-racism-and-far-right-trade-union-response
• University of Leeds (via FutureLearn) | Social Model of Disability | Flexible (online course) - https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/social-model-of-disability
• University of Manitoba, Birmingham City University & Universite St-Boniface | Intersectionality: Is Poverty the Missing Link? | 20/03/24 at 2:00pm – 5:00pm (online) – Click here & download Call for Abstracts here

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Opportunities & vacancies

• BASW | Advice & Representation support - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/advice-representation
• BASW | Chair nominations 2024 - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/basw-chair-nominations-2024 (ends 19/01/24)
• BASW | Council elections 2024 - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/council-elections-2024 (ends 19/01/24)
• BASW | Current vacancies - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw
• BASW | External job vacancies webpage - https://www.jobsbasw.co.uk/
• BASW | International Committee vacancies 2023 - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/international-committee-vacancies-2023 (ends 28/11/23)
• BASW | Policy Ethics and Human Rights (PEHR) Committee vacancies 2023 - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/policy-ethics-and-human-rights-pehr-committee-vacancies-2023 (ends 28/11/23)
• BASW | Professional Development and Education Committee vacancies - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/professional-development-and-education-committee-vacancies (ends 24/11/23)
• BASW | Professional Social Work magazine | Guidance for contributors - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/professional-social-work-psw-magazine/guidance-contributors
• Community Care | Write for Community Care - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/write-for-community-care/
• Coram Voice | Be a part of our story (multiple vacancies) - https://jobs.coram.org.uk/vacancies
• Coram Voice | The Voices 2024 Creative Writing Competition - https://coramvoice.org.uk/get-involved/voices-writing-competition/
• Herefordshire Council (via Community Care Jobs) | Head of Adult Social Care Operations - https://jobs.communitycare.co.uk/job/1401751750/head-of-adult-social-care-operations (ends 26/11/23)
• Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust | Social Worker – AMHP – Click here (ends 21/11/23)
• London Borough of Barnet | Early Help Team Manager - part-time - https://app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Careers/CareersPage.aspx?e=LMo8nnTwYNaGuhT8VUm5vHoFvb2A_tQLy53XDqOhyr2ODb-ZA1TU-gk-2tHtlGz5Mk11K22CkKw (ends 26/11/23)
• Make It Plain (via Twitter/X) | To our Black radical family, @makeitplainorg is constantly on the look out for original, witty, groundbreaking, fearless, Black radical commentary on various topics. If you fit the description and have something to say, email us at [email protected] or click here
• NHS West London NHS Trust | Vacancies (“social worker”) – Multiple roles - https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk/careers/vacancies#!/job_list/ns?JobSearch_q=social%20worker&JobSearch_QueryIntegratedSubmit=Search&_tr=JobSearch&_ts=1
• SEEN | Improving outcomes for children and young people of African, Asian and Caribbean heritage - https://weareseen.org.uk/
• Sheffield Museums | Research opportunity - Download from here (ends 01/12/23)
• Social Workers Without Borders (SWWB) (via Twitter/X) | Have you thought about volunteering with SWWB? Here's some information about how you can get involved… - https://twitter.com/SocialWorkersWB/status/1667162086001065988
• The Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations (FEMHO) | FEMHO is based in the UK and brings together self-governed ethnic minority health and social care organisations - https://www.femho.co.uk/
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | TUC Black Activist Development Course - https://www.tuc.org.uk/BlackActivistCourse
• University of Essex | The NEW Routledge International Handbook of Criminal Justice Social Work | Call for Chapters - https://www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2023/10/19/the-new-routledge-international-handbook-of-criminal-justice-social-work (ends 31/12/23)

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Research & resources

• 4Hero (via YouTube) | Hold It Down (Bugz In The Attics Co-Operative Mix) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU3VKscXeM0
• BASW England | Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS) | Resources webpage - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/groups-and-networks/basw-england-thematic-groups/black-ethnic-minority-professionals (updated)
• BASW England | CPD opportunities presentation - Download from here
• BASW England | Criminal Justice group | Resources webpage - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/groups-and-networks/basw-england-thematic-groups/criminal-justice-group
• BASW England | Homes not Hospitals landing page - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-basw/social-work-around-uk/basw-england/campaigns/homes-not-hospitals
• BASW England | Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) refresh 2022 - https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-practice/standards/practice-educator-professional-standards-peps? & promotional video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1c-Eld7Fh8?
• BASW England | Quality Assurance in Practice Learning (QAPL) refresh 2022 - https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-practice/standards/quality-assurance-practice-learning-qapl
• BASW | PCF/PEPS/QAPL - By the profession, for the profession banner – Download from here
• Black History Studies (via Twitter/X) | “Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." —James Baldwin - https://twitter.com/BlkHistStudies/status/1723765145837371494
• Clive Lewis MP (via Twitter/X) | Suella Braverman is using the oldest trick in the book… - https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1706605686333821265
• Commission for Racial Equality | There are lots places in Britain where racism doesn't exist image - Download from here
• Defkline and Red Polo (via Soundcloud) | https://soundcloud.com/iljarest/defkline-and-red-polo-too-lateToo Late -
• Do the Test (via YouTube) | Test Your Awareness : Whodunnit? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA
• Heirs of Enslavement (via Apple podcasts) | The Return - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast-episode/podcast//id1714812668?i=1000634331599&ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=lt_p
• Hope Not Hate | Clothing - https://hopenothate.bigcartel.com/category/clothing
• ITV X | Firefighters suffered racism that drove them to take their own lives, families tell ITV News - https://www.itv.com/watch/news/firefighters-suffered-racism-that-drove-them-to-take-their-own-lives-families-tell-itv-news/y4rfpsd (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• Learning Disability England (via YouTube) | Impact of Advocacy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRQsJCxIbEQ
• Maris Stratulis (via Twitter/X) | Congratulations to Janet Foulds, long standing BASW member. Janet receiving Honorary Master of? University of Derby in recognition of her significant 46 year career in social work… - https://twitter.com/MarisMstratulis/status/1725210824099196970
• NHS Providers | Reducing health inequalities faced by children and young people - https://nhsproviders.org/reducing-health-inequalities-faced-by-children-and-young-people
• Ofsted | The multi-agency response to children and families who need help - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-multi-agency-response-to-children-and-families-who-need-help
• Policy Partners Project | Research and Report briefings - https://www.policypartnersproject.co.uk/free-resources/research-and-report-briefings/
• Rick Bowler (via University of Sunderland) | Whiteness, Britishness? and the Racist Reality of Brexit. Working Paper - https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/8463/1/Bowler%202017%20Whiteness%20Britishness%20and%20Brexit%20FINAL%20VERSION%20(2)%20(002).pdf
• Sage Journals | Forming a new and unexpected relationship through digital technologies: Lessons for child and family social work - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/03085759231195936
• Science Direct | Children and Youth Services Review | The voice of the child in social work practice: A phenomenological analysis of practitioner interpretation and experience - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740923001007
• Sheva Guy - Antiracist vs. Not racist infographic - Download from here
• Social Work England & BASW England (via YouTube) | CPD registration requirements workshop - 31/10/23 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGlKIqf2c8
• The British Journal of Social Work | The Relationships between Stress, Burnout, Mental Health and Well-Being in Social Workers - https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bcad232/7379806
• The Guardian | Is There Anybody Out There? review – how to keep calm and deal with ableism - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/15/is-there-anybody-out-there-review-how-to-keep-calm-and-deal-with-ableism
• The Guardian | The Audio Long Read | ‘Incoherence and inconsistency’: the inside story of the Rwanda deportation plan – podcast - https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/nov/10/incoherence-and-inconsistency-the-inside-story-of-the-rwanda-deportation-plan-podcast
• The Guardian | The word that will get you out of any situation! - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/jun/24/the-word-that-will-get-you-out-of-any-situation
• The Guardian | Today in Focus podcast | How the UK government’s Rwanda asylum plan came unstuck - https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/nov/16/how-uk-government-rwanda-asylum-plan-fell-apart-podcast
• The Portal podcast | British racism and anti-oppressive practice - A conversation with Rick Bowler - https://portalpodcastcouk.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/podcast-s1e2.mp3
• The Social Matters podcast (via Apple podcasts) | Episode 11 (S3). Anti-Racism in social work (feat. Wayne Reid) - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-11-s3-anti-racism-in-social-work-feat-wayne-reid/id1436421996?i=1000511046781
• Tony Benn | The way a government treats refugees is very instructive... quote - Download from here
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Jobs and pay monitor - disabled workers - https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/jobs-and-pay-monitor-disabled-workers-23
• Unknown | Being Black in the Workplace poem - Download from here
• Unknown | If this child was strong enough to survive it, your child is strong enough to learn about it... image - Download from here
• WW advert | Alien vs Predator vs R31D5T4R image - Download from here
• WW advert | All praises due to the ancestors! Image - Download from here
• WW advert | BASW England Annual Meeting and Conference 2023 bus image - Download from here
• WW advert | Shortcut through the Peace Gardens image - Download from here
• WW advert | The Hearts & Minds Dancehall image - Download from here
• WW advert | The Whataboutery Press Conference image - Download from here
• WW advert | Unconventional, but always mentionable image (Autumnal park run) - Download from here ?
• WW advert | Walking the Walk aka The WW tightrope image - Download from here

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