Wayne's Weekly | November 2023 - Week 4

Dear all

I hope you are having a momentous week.

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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• BASW calls for Illegal Migration Act to be repealed by the next UK Government - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-calls-illegal-migration-act-be-repealed-next-uk-government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 | 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 repeats call for long term funding solution for social care - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-england-repeats-call-long-term-funding-solution-social-care
• 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 statement on the Care Quality Commission's State of Care 2022/23 Report - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-england-statement-care-quality-commissions-state-care-202223-report
• BASW England | Thematic groups landing page - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/groups-and-networks/thematic-groups-basw-england
• BASW responds to Supreme Court's Rwanda Judgement - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-responds-supreme-courts-rwanda-judgement
• 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
• 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/
• Local Government Authority | A maturing approach to children’s services improvement: updating the key enablers of progress - https://www.local.gov.uk/publications/maturing-approach-childrens-services-improvement-updating-key-enablers-progress
• Social Workers Union (SWU) newsletter - Nov 2023 - Download from here
• 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
• 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 | An overview of child protection legislation in England - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06787/
• 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 | Duties to report child abuse in England - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06793/
• 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/
• Youth Endowment Fund | Children, violence and vulnerability 2023 - https://youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/children-violence-and-vulnerability-2023/

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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
• Community Care | 15th consecutive rise in care population in England over past year, DfE data shows - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/20/15th-rise-in-care-population-england/
• 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 | Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/16/social-care-staff-carrying-out-tasks-previously-undertaken-by-nhs-without-extra-funding-say-directors/
• 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 | 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/
• Professional Social Work | A short history of social work regulation in England - Download from here
• Professional Social Work | Children first, offenders second (2 pages) - Download from here
• Professional Social Work | Don’t ‘trust the process’ and wait until it’s too late before you call us - Download from here
• Professional Social Work | Ethnic minority experience of child protection can be ‘hostile’ - Download from here
• Professional Social Work | Rules to curb over-reliance on costly agency staff outlined - Download from here
• Professional Social Work | We must speak out against ‘oppressive’ Migration Act that challenges our ethics - Download from here
• Professional Social Work | Who’s helping the helpers? (2 pages) - Download from here
• 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
• Research in Practice | Anti-racist supervision matters - https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/psw-main-landing-page/adults-network-landing-page/blogs-news-and-information/anti-racist-supervision-matters/#
• 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 | A law saying Rwanda is safe doesn’t make it so - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/17/a-law-saying-rwanda-is-safe-doesnt-make-it-so
• 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 | Child prisons in England and Wales ‘significantly more violent’ than adult jails - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/21/child-prisons-violent-chief-inspector-young-offender-institutions
• The Guardian | Cleverly says he hopes to close Wethersfield asylum centre as soon as he can - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/21/james-cleverly-wethersfield-asylum-centre-essex
• The Guardian | Disabled people must work from home to do ‘their duty’, says UK minister - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/21/disabled-people-work-from-home-laura-trott-benefits
• 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 | 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 | I used to do anything to avoid talking to people. But now I’ve stopped hiding my stammer - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/20/stopped-hiding-my-stammer-shame
• The Guardian | Last love: a romance in a care home - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/23/last-love-a-romance-in-a-care-home
• 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 | ‘Levelling up is a gimmick’: life in the northern town with the lowest life expectancy - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/19/levelling-up-is-a-gimmick-life-in-the-northern-town-with-the-lowest-life-expectancy
• The Guardian | Life expectancy lower in north of England than the south, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/19/life-expectancy-lower-in-north-of-england-than-the-south-study-finds
• The Guardian | Minister warned about mental pressure of benefits system after applicant kills himself - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/18/minister-warned-about-mental-pressure-of-benefits-system-after-applicant-kills-himself (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• 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 | ‘More athletes should do films!’ Savanah Leaf, the volleyball Olympian turned Ken Loach-style director - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/22/savanah-leaf-volleyball-olympian-earth-mama-ken-loach-style-director
• 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 | MP Bob Stewart to stand down after racial abuse conviction - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/19/tory-mp-bob-stewart-to-stand-down-after-racial-abuse-conviction
• The Guardian | Police county lines strategy ‘cruelly targets’ Black youth in UK - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/19/police-county-lines-strategy-cruelly-targets-black-youth-in-uk
• The Guardian | Police ‘enabling dangerous officers’ with high rate of complaint failures in England and Wales - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/19/police-enabling-dangerous-officers-with-high-rate-of-complaint-failures-in-england-and-wales
• The Guardian | Political attack on human rights is a ‘dangerous’ assault on UK democracy, says HRW director - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/21/political-attack-on-human-rights-is-a-dangerous-assault-on-uk-democracy-says-hrw-director
• The Guardian | ‘Shocking’ scale of UK government’s secret files on critics revealed - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/18/shocking-scale-of-uk-governments-secret-files-on-critics-revealed
• The Guardian | Showing support for young asylum seekers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/showing-support-for-young-asylum-seekers
• The Guardian | Soaring special needs school transport costs ‘unsustainable’, say councils - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/nov/18/soaring-special-needs-school-transport-costs-unsustainable-say-councils
• The Guardian | Sunak could block Human Rights Act to force through Rwanda asylum plan - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/19/rishi-sunak-could-block-key-human-rights-law-force-through-rwanda-asylum-plan
• The Guardian | Sunak had no plan B for the Rwanda scheme – now tens of thousands are in desperate limbo - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/17/rwanda-rishi-sunak-illegal-migration-bill-asylum
• The Guardian | Tackling the grim reality of food poverty in Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/21/tackling-the-grim-reality-of-food-poverty-in-britain
• The Guardian | The Observer view: the Rwanda asylum seeker plan was destined to fail - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/18/supreme-court-rishi-sunak-asylum-policy
• The Guardian | Theresa Ikoko on Grime Kids: ‘This was not just music. It was a way of life’ - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/19/theresa-ikoko-grime-kids-dj-target-bbc-three
• 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 | Third of UK carers with bad mental health have thoughts of self-harm, survey finds - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/22/third-of-uk-carers-with-bad-mental-health-have-considered-self-harm-survey-finds (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | Thousands on disability benefits to lose extra ￡5,000 a year in autumn statement - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/22/thousands-on-disability-benefits-to-lose-extra-5000-a-year-in-autumn-statement
• 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 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 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’re going to see people dying on the streets’: homeless refugee crisis grips Liverpool - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/21/were-going-to-see-people-dying-on-the-streets-homeless-refugee-crisis-grips-liverpool
• 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 | Where did they all go? How Homo sapiens became the last human species left - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/18/where-did-other-human-species-go-vanished-ancestors-homo-sapiens-neanderthals-denisovans
• 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 Independent | Afghan who helped British forces threatened with Rwanda deportation for second time after Home Office blunder - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rwanda-afghan-asylum-seeker-home-office-b2451078.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 | I’m a Celebrity launch loses two million viewers after ‘Nigel Farage boycott’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/nigel-farage-im-a-celeb-ratings-viewing-figures-b2450852.html
• The Independent | Is the term ‘coconut’ controversial, racist – or both? - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coconut-racist-palestine-march-sunak-braverman-b2447123.html
• The Independent | Revealed: 16 years in prison for stealing a bike and no hope of release – as 7 trapped in jail kill themselves - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-prisoners-sentence-jail-term-justice-secretary-b2450233.html
• The Independent | Send asylum seekers to remote Scottish islands if Rwanda deal fails, says Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lee-anderson-tory-rwanda-asylum-rishi-sunak-b2451600.html
• The Independent | Sending prisoners abroad to cost at least ￡200m and won’t happen until 2026, government’s own report warns - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prison-abroad-netherlands-hmp-justice-b2451603.html
• The Independent | Shocking spike in Black inmates targeted with pepper spray in prisons - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prison-pepper-spray-black-inmates-b2450554.html
• 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 | New campaign warns young people about dangers of being used as ‘money mules’ for criminals - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/11/16/new-campaign-warns-young-people-about-dangers-of-being-used-as-money-mules-for-criminals/
• The Voice | Sickle Cell breakthrough - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/11/21/sickle-cell-breakthrough/
• 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/

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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
• 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

• Anglia Ruskin University | Developing Innovative Practice in the Social Work Sector | 19/03/24 at 12:30pm – 4:30pm (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/developing-innovative-practice-in-the-social-work-sector-tickets-758582098477?aff=oddtdtcreator
• 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/
• 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 | Kent branch event | Self Care for Social Workers and Social Work Students | 14/12/23 at 4:30pm – 6:30pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/self-care-social-workers-and-social-work-students
• 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
• ExChange | On the Journey: Navigating Mental Health | 1 – 24/11/23 (multiple dates & resources) - https://www.exchangewales.org/on-the-journey-navigating-mental-health/
• In The Cut: Pop-up Barber Shop (in partnership with University of Sheffield) | 28/11/23 at 11:00am – 3:00pm (in-person) - Download from here
• 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
• The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict | Murder Media: Social Media Music and Violence | 14/12/23 at 6:00pm – 8:00pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/murder-media-social-media-music-and-violence-tickets-751682230787?aff=ebdsshios
• 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)
• 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
• Ministry of Defence | Senior Mental Health Social Worker - https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/K0003-23-0484?keyword=K0003-23-0484&language=en (ends 28/11/23)
• NHS Humber Teaching Partnership | Mental Health Crisis Intervention team social worker – Click here (ends 05/12/23)
• 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
• Replenish Culture (via FosterWiki) | Replenish Culture, Championing the needs of black & mixed heritage children - https://fosterwiki.com/wiki/replenish-culture/
• 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)
• University of Sheffield | Research Associate - https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DEE997/research-associate (03/12/23)

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Research & resources

• 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 | 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 & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS) & School of Shabs | Relational & anti-racist supervision form - https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-and-practice/resources/relational-anti-racist-supervision-form
• Commission for Racial Equality | There are lots places in Britain where racism doesn't exist image - Download from here
• Elsevier | Children and Youth Services Review | How do adopted adults see the significance of adoption and being a parent in their life stories? A narrative analysis of 40 life story interviews with male and female adoptees – Click here
• Goldie (via Abe Books) | All Things Remembered - https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780571332076/Things-Remembered-Goldie-0571332072/plp
• Goldie (ft. Jenna G) (via YouTube) | Letting Go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1QbESfMdRE
• Goldie (via YouTube) | Say You Love Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n-BIHR4mBM
• Hope Not Hate | Clothing - https://hopenothate.bigcartel.com/category/clothing
• North East London Social Work Teaching Partnership (via YouTube) | Anti Racist Social Work Practice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UctA9i76FQQ
• Sheva Guy - Antiracist vs. Not racist infographic - Download from here
• Sage Journals | ‘County lines’: racism, safeguarding and statecraft in Britain - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/03063968231201325
• Social Work England & BASW England (via YouTube) | CPD registration requirements workshop - 31/10/23 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGlKIqf2c8
• 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
• Tony Benn | The way a government treats refugees is very instructive... quote - Download from here
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Black Activist Development programme cohort 2023 images (x14) - Download from here
• 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
• Unknown | People, when we’re not hungry for justice… quote - Download from here
• Wayne Reid (via Twitter/X) | Check your prejudice (and your privilege)… - https://twitter.com/wayne_reid79/status/1304466621004681219
• 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

“One world, one race… the human race!” ???????