Wayne's Weekly | October 2023 - Week 3

Dear all

I hope you are having a harmonious 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• BASW calls for Illegal Migration Act to be repealed by the next UK Government - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-calls-illegal-migration-act-be-repealed-next-uk-government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 | 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 (weblink corrected)
• BASW England | Thematic groups landing page - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/groups-and-networks/thematic-groups-basw-england
• BASW England Criminal Justice group | Open letter for urgent Government action to prevent crises in the children's secure estate - October 2023 – Click here
• 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 statement on Illegal Migration Act - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/illegal-migration-act-basw-uk-statement
• BASW statement on Suella Braverman’s comments - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-statement-suella-bravermans-comments
• Beyond Youth Custody | Gang-involved young people: custody and beyond - https://www.beyondyouthcustody.net/wp-content/uploads/Gang-involved-young-people-custody-and-beyond-a-research-report.pdf
• Disability Rights UK | Human Rights Watch to visit UK to gather evidence on institutional abuse - https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/human-rights-watch-visit-uk-gather-evidence-institutional-abuse
• His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) | Metropolitan Police – accelerated causes of concern - https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-html/metropolitan-police-accelerated-causes-of-concern/
• King’s College London | Understanding the impact of changes to the UK Health and Care Visa System on the adult social care workforce in England - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/understanding-the-impact-of-changes-to-the-uk-health-and-care-visa-system-on-the-adult-social-care-workforce-in-england
• Le'Siran Edwards (via LinkedIn) | Dear Social Worker, Let's Talk Podcast is looking forward to celebrating Black History Month!... - https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7112817980396195840/ & Download from here
• NHS England | Learning disability and autism programme update - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/learning-disability-and-autism-programme-update/
• Runnymeade Trust | Our priorities for racial justice in Britain - https://assets.website-files.com/61488f992b58e687f1108c7c/65159b55f1b3b4f4146422d0_Runnymede%20Manifesto%202023%20v7.pdf
• Skills for Care | Black History Month - https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/news-and-events/Spotlight-on/Black-History-Month.aspx
• Skills for Care | The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England October 2023 - https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Adult-Social-Care-Workforce-Data/Workforce-intelligence/publications/national-information/The-state-of-the-adult-social-care-sector-and-workforce-in-England.aspx
• Social Workers Union newsletter - Oct 2023 - Download from here
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Trade union anti-racism manifesto - https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/trade-union-anti-racism-manifesto
• 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 | Historic ethnic minority representation in the House of Commons - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9864/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | How to complain about children’s services in England - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/how-to-complain-about-childrens-services-in-england/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Knife crime statistics England and Wales - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04304/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Mental health policy and services in England - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7547/
• West Midlands Combined Authority | Children in the West Midlands Criminal Justice System - https://www.wmca.org.uk/media/4678/punishing-abuse.pdf

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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
• Chronicle Live | Life working in a children's home as social workers talk of 'tears and laughter' - https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/life-working-childrens-home-social-27801677
• Community Care | Almost half of social workers in Wales likely to quit profession over next five years, finds survey - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/10/05/almost-half-of-social-workers-in-wales-likely-to-quit-profession-over-next-five-years-finds-survey/
• Community Care | Black, male and 40-plus social workers disproportionately subject to fitness to practise process - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/10/02/black-male-and-40-plus-social-workers-disproportionately-subject-to-fitness-to-practise-process/
• Community Care | How much unpaid overtime do social workers work? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/09/14/unpaid-hours-overtime-social-workers-readers-take/
• Community Care | How negative perceptions of social workers are reinforced in the media - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/10/12/how-negative-perceptions-of-social-workers-are-reinforced-in-the-media/
• Community Care | Moving from compliance to professional curiosity for social workers key to improvement – study - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/10/18/moving-from-compliance-to-professional-curiosity-for-social-workers-key-to-improvement-report/
• Community Care | Registration renewal: 10% of social workers had met key requirements as of end of September - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/10/10/registration-renewal-10-of-social-workers-had-met-key-requirements-as-of-end-of-september/
• Community Care | Skills for Care to develop social care workforce strategy - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/10/12/skills-for-care-to-develop-social-care-workforce-strategy/
• 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 | ‘Black men are more likely to get prostate cancer. We need to talk about it’ - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/14/black-men-more-likely-to-get-prostate-cancer-we-need-to-discuss-it-19627145/
• Metro | If Suella Braverman were white, she wouldn’t get away with spouting the hate she does - https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/19/if-suella-braverman-were-white-she-wouldnt-get-away-with-spouting-hate-19523269/
• Metro | ‘I was advised to change hairstyles’: How it feels to code-switch at work as a Black young professional - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/09/how-it-feels-to-code-switch-at-work-as-a-black-young-professional-19618886/
• Metro | My dad only wanted to help kids in Rwanda, but now I see he was also being a white saviour - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/14/my-dad-wanted-to-help-kids-in-rwanda-but-he-was-also-a-white-saviour-19632217/
• 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/
• Metro | Teach Black History in schools all year round but call it what it is - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/12/black-history-is-too-vast-to-be-taught-over-just-one-month-19618558/
• Metro | The people left homeless and pushed to the brink by Universal Credit - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/15/universal-credit-leaves-more-than-170000-homeless-and-on-the-brink-19652251/
• Metro | The UK is racist – Rishi Sunak’s skin colour doesn’t prove otherwise - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/05/the-uk-is-racist-rishi-sunaks-skin-colour-doesnt-prove-otherwise-19610540/
• Neurodiverse Connection | Neurodiverse Connection launches a Black and Autistic support group - https://ndconnection.co.uk/blog/ndc-launch-black-autistic-support-group
• NHS Providers | The road to race equality in the NHS: 10 steps to crafting an effective action plan - https://nhsproviders.org/news-blogs/blogs/the-road-to-race-equality-in-the-nhs-10-steps-to-crafting-an-effective-action-plan
• Professional Social Work | An open letter to senior managers, line managers and practice educators - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/open-letter-senior-managers-line-managers-and-practice
• Professional Social Work | Ban schools permanently excluding children who have a social worker - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/ban-schools-permanently-excluding-children-who-have-social
• Professional Social Work | Care experience now a protected characteristic at 58 councils - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/care-experience-now-protected-characteristic-58-councils
• Professional Social Work | Chancellor called to raise mileage rate for social workers - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/chancellor-called-raise-mileage-rate-social-workers
• Professional Social Work | ‘It became clear that I have experienced racism’ - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/it-became-clear-i-have-experienced-racism
• Professional Social Work | Social work recruitment crisis highlighted as barrier to children's social care reform - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/social-work-recruitment-crisis-highlighted-barrier
• 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: Carmen Gardier shares her career story this Black History Month - https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/news-and-events/blogs/salutingoursisters-carmen-gardier-shares-her-career-story-this-black-history-month
• St Michael’s Fellowship | Shantel’s Story - https://stmichaelsfellowship.org.uk/shantels-story/
• The Guardian | ‘Are we reyt?’: the course that aims to revive the Yorkshire dialect - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/15/are-we-reyt-the-course-that-aims-to-revive-the-yorkshire-dialect
• The Guardian | Black headteachers in UK say pupils crying out for ‘people who look like them’ - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/oct/18/black-headteachers-in-uk-say-pupils-crying-out-for-people-who-look-like-them
• The Guardian | Black History Month to celebrate women and UK’s Windrush generation - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/black-history-month-women-uk-windrush-generation-october
• The Guardian | Britain has always been a melting pot, Suella Braverman - https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/oct/08/britain-was-always-a-melting-pot-multiculturalism-suella-braverman
• The Guardian | England and Wales judges told not to jail criminals as prisons full – report - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/oct/12/england-and-wales-judges-told-not-to-jail-criminals-because-prisons-full-report
• The Guardian | Lenny Henry hopes Windrush drama will generate conversation about immigration - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/oct/17/lenny-henry-hopes-windrush-drama-conversation-about-immigration-three-little-birds
• The Guardian | London police defy ban on badges linked to far right and white supremacy - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/14/london-police-defy-ban-on-badges-linked-to-far-right-and-white-supremacy
• The Guardian | Met rammed boy, 13, playing with water pistol off bike and pointed guns at him - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/19/met-rammed-boy-13-playing-with-water-pistol-off-bike-and-pointed-guns-at-him
• The Guardian | MoJ ‘put public at risk’ after quietly transferring inmates to open prisons - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/17/moj-put-public-at-risk-after-quietly-transferring-inmates-to-open-prisons
• The Guardian | MoJ to free up cells by deporting more foreign prisoners and axing short terms - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/16/moj-to-free-up-cells-by-deporting-more-foreign-prisoners-and-axing-short-terms
• The Guardian | People diagnosed with ADHD as adults could be ‘at greater risk of dementia’ - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/17/people-diagnosed-with-adhd-as-adults-could-be-at-greater-risk-of-dementia
• The Guardian | Portland mayor mounts legal challenge against council over Bibby Stockholm - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/13/dorset-mayor-in-fresh-legal-challenge-over-bibby-stockholm
• The Guardian | Replica 1960s Black Country infants’ centre celebrates Windrush and NHS - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/13/replica-1960s-black-country-infants-centre-celebrates-windrush-and-nhs
• The Guardian | Showing support for young asylum seekers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/showing-support-for-young-asylum-seekers
• The Guardian | The prison system is failing inmates and the public alike - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/16/the-prison-system-is-failing-inmates-and-the-public-alike
• The Guardian | The referendum did not divide this country: it exposed it. Now the racism and ignorance must be urgently addressed – Click here
• The Guardian | There are no quick or easy solutions to the crisis in our prisons and probation - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/17/there-are-no-quick-or-easy-solutions-to-the-crisis-in-our-prisons-and-probation
• The Guardian | There’s more than one way to talk Yorkshire - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/18/theres-more-than-one-way-to-talk-yorkshire
• The Guardian | Tories ‘spreading misinformation about Labour’s immigration plans’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/17/tories-spreading-misinformation-about-labours-immigration-plans
• The Guardian | Tory candidate shared post using foul language towards struggling parents - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/18/tory-candidate-andrew-cooper-foulmouthed-outburst-at-jobless-parents
• The Guardian | Tory MP accused of playing up to racist stereotypes about asylum seekers - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/18/tory-mp-accused-of-playing-up-to-racist-stereotypes-about-asylum-seekers
• The Guardian | Two-thirds of prisons officially overcrowded in England and Wales - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/15/two-thirds-prisons-officially-overcrowded-england-wales
• The Guardian | UK care homes: how to pay the fees without going broke - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/17/uk-care-homes-pay-fees-residential-care
• The Guardian view on Bibby Stockholm: behold, the great floating fiasco - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/12/the-guardian-view-on-bibby-stockholm-behold-the-great-floating-fiasco
• The Guardian view on probation: the service has not recovered from a privatisation disaster - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/the-guardian-view-on-probation-the-service-has-not-recovered-from-a-privatisation-disaster
• #The Guardian | Why do we make the same mistakes as our parents? - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/10/why-do-we-make-the-same-mistakes-as-our-parents
• The Guardian | Why the collapse of Britain’s prison system is good news - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/collapse-britain-prison-system-good-news-jails
• The Guardian | Women’s groups criticise move to delay sentencing in England and Wales - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/12/womens-groups-criticise-move-to-delay-sentencing-in-england-and-wales
• The Guardian | ‘You’ll grow out of it’: the best and worst advice for depression - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/13/youll-grow-out-of-it-the-best-and-worst-advice-for-depression
• The Independent | Black organisations to receive free advertising through The Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/black-history-month-advertising-independent-b2419689.html
• The Independent | Low-level offenders to be spared jail to free up space in overcrowded prisons - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/justice-secretary-alex-chalks-prison-b2430646.html
• The Independent | ‘No, Britain is not best place to be Black’: Journalist Gary Younge on UK’s racism problem - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gary-younge-uk-racism-henley-literature-festival-b2424643.html
• The Independent | Outcry as shocking footage shows police tasering 14-year-old boy - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-taser-black-teenager-birmingham-b2431070.html
• The Independent | Police probe after British schoolgirl assaulted on school trip to Iceland - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-school-girl-assault-iceland-school-trip-b2430859.html
• The Independent | Schools to teach rap and grunge in music classes ‘in bid to diversify curriculum’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools-rap-grunge-music-diversify-b2428518.html
• The Independent | State of ‘escape’ prison laid bare as inmates secretly brew alcohol in cells - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hmp-wandsworth-prison-london-b2427371.html
• The Independent | Top barrister to chair nursing watchdog probe prompted by The Independent’s exposes - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nursing-midwifery-council-ijeoma-omambala-review-b2428393.html
• The Independent | Unite union boss Graham says she will hold ‘timid’ Starmer’s ‘feet to the fire’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/labour-unite-jeremy-corbyn-trevor-phillips-parliament-b2426053.html
• The Voice | Black parent-child experiences of racism affect whole family’s mental health, new study - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/10/18/black-parent-child-experiences-of-racism-affect-whole-familys-mental-health-new-study/
• The Voice | “Institutional racism applies to South Wales Police,” says chief police constable - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/10/13/institutional-racism-applies-to-south-wales-police-says-chief-police-constable/
• 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 | MP barred from British Museum - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/10/18/mp-barred-from-british-museum/
• The Voice | Pay Black workers for organising BHM activities - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/10/03/pay-black-workers-for-organising-bhm-activities/
• The Voice | Peckham Strangler: “These people” will keep paying me - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/10/13/peckham-strangler-these-people-will-keep-paying-me/ (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Voice | Time to bin BAME - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/black-british-voices/2023/09/29/time-to-bin-bame/
• The Voice | ‘White Nanny Black Child’ gets TV debut - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainment/2023/10/03/white-nanny-black-child-gets-tv-debut/
• 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/
• Womanthology | ?Challenging injustice and amplifying voices from Black and minoritised backgrounds - https://www.womanthology.co.uk/challenging-injustice-and-amplifying-voices-from-black-and-minoritised-backgrounds/

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Consultations, petitions & surveys

• Department of Health and Social Care | Improving integrated commissioning in health and social care - https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/improving-integrated-commissioning-in-health-and-social-care (ends 31/10/23)
• 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)
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) | Transition from children’s to adults’ services quality standard consultation - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-qs10180/consultation/html-content (ends 26/10/23)
• 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
• Social Work England | Consultation on education and training approval standards for Best Interests Assessors – Click here (ends 24/10/23)

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Events & training

• Angie Smith presents a Black History Concert | 21/10/23 at 7:30pm (in-person) - Download from here
• Anti Racist Cumbria | Anti Racist Cumbria Summit 2023 | 02/11/23 at (9:00am – 4:45pm (in-person) - https://antiracistcumbria.org/anti-racist-summit-2023-tickets-on-sale-now/
• BASW England and the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse | Identifying and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse | Multiple dates (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/identifying-and-responding-child-sexual-abuse
• BASW England | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire branch Annual General meeting and CPD event: Anti-poverty social work in times of hardship with speaker Richard Machin | 01/11/23 at 6:00pm – 8:00pm (in-person) – Click here
• BASW England Student & NQSW group event | Trauma-Informed Self-Care | 25/10/23 at 7:00pm – 9:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/trauma-informed-self-care
• Black British Book Festival | 2023 Festival Schedule | 27-28/10/23 (in-person) | Multiple events - https://blackbritishbookfestival.com/festival-schedule/#
• Centre for Health Services Studies | Hospice at Home Toolkit Launch - Webinar for Members of the Public | 30/10/23 at 12:00pm – 12:50pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hospice-at-home-toolkit-launch-webinar-for-members-of-the-public-tickets-730475410617
• Community Trauma Conference UK | Black Men, Trauma and Mental Health | 28/10/23 at 9:45am – 5:30pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-men-trauma-and-mental-health-tickets-678397935487?aff=oddtdtcreator
• Co-POWeR: Developing spaces of belonging for young people - film & workshop | 31/10/23 at 3:00pm – 6:00pm (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-power-developing-spaces-of-belonging-for-young-people-film-workshop-tickets-722553445807?aff=oddtdtcreator
• DARNet and CARe | Research launch & virtual roundtable: Promoting equity in the VAWG sector | 27/10/23 at 12:30pm – 1:30pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-launch-virtual-roundtable-promoting-equity-in-the-vawg-sector-tickets-719707483457?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
• KIJIJI | #BSPSpace: Black Safeguarding Professionals Connect! | 24/10/23 at 6:00pm – 7:30pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bspspace-black-safeguarding-professionals-connect-tickets-702710264317?aff=oddtdtcreator
• King’s College London | Social work with older people – a hidden history | 06/11/23 at 2:00pm – 4:00pm (online) - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/social-work-with-older-people-a-hidden-history
• 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
• National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) | Free training workshops | Multiple dates – (ends 16/11/23) (online) - https://www.ndti.org.uk/free-training-workshops-run-by-young-people
• NHS Leadership Academy | Team resilience (free online course) - https://learninghub.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/guides/team-resilience/
• RAND | We need to talk about the workers: Researching the health and social care workforce and (re)searching for solutions | 14/11/23 at 12:30pm – 1:30pm (online) - https://www.rand.org/randeurope/about/news/2023/cchsr-lecture-annual-invite-2023.html
• Social Care and Health Collaborative (SCHC) | Preparing for CQC Assessment | 20/10/23 at 12:30pm – 2:00pm (online) - https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/77021e79-aa62-4426-b47b-4b37533d65fb@d5fcaf7f-5e43-4585-9826-42ac9acf8037
• Social Work England & BASW | CPD registration requirements workshop | 31/10/23 at 10:00am – 11:00am (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-work-england-and-basw-cpd-registration-requirements-workshop-tickets-736438365977?aff=oddtdtcreator
• Social Work England | Practice Education Workshop: Readiness for Professional Practice | 16/11/23 at 12:00pm – 1:30pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practice-education-workshop-readiness-for-professional-practice-tickets-728724042227?aff=oddtdtcreator
• St Gemma's Hospice Academic Unit of Palliative Care | Free End of Life Care Training | Multiple dates – ends 25/10/23 (online) - https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/free-end-of-life-care-training-2161039
• The British Institute of Human Rights | East London: Human Rights Open Day | 15/11/23 at (9:30am – 12:00pm (in-person) - https://www.bihr.org.uk/human-rights-training/training-events/east-london-human-rights-open-day
• The British Institute of Human Rights | South London: Human Rights Open Day | 01/11/23 at 9:00am – 2:00pm (in-person) - https://www.bihr.org.uk/human-rights-training/training-events/south-london-human-rights-open-day
• The Guardian Live | John Crace meets Ian Hislop | 06/11/23 at 8:00pm – 9:15pm (hybrid) - https://membership.theguardian.com/live/john-crace-meets-ian-hislop-685572585057
• The Howard League for Penal Reform | Spotlights: Vincent Schiraldi on probation, parole and the rise of mass supervision in the US | 26/10/23 at 2:00pm (online) - https://howardleague.org/events/spotlights-vincent-schiraldi/
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | North West Black Activists Development - Taster Session | 01/11/23 at 6:00pm – 8:00pm (online) - https://www.tuc.org.uk/events/tuc-north-west-black-activists-development-taster-session
• 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 Birmingham | Who Cares? An exploration of caregiving and care receiving | 27/10/23 at 12:30pm – 1:45pm (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/who-cares-an-exploration-of-caregiving-and-care-receiving-tickets-681874754747
• WesTia Social Care Ltd | Understanding your role in promoting racial dignity in social work | 31/10/23 at 6:00pm – 7:00pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understanding-your-role-in-promoting-racial-dignity-in-social-work-tickets-723286688957?aff=oddtdtcreator
• Windrush 75 Network | What is happening to mark Windrush 75? - Multiple dates (ends 12/11/23) - https://www.windrush75.org/events

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Opportunities & vacancies

• 10000 Black Interns | Apply for an Internship - https://10kbi.pinpointhq.com/register-your-interest/new
• AFRUCA | Multiple vacancies - https://afruca.org/work-with-us
• BASW | Advice & Representation support - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/advice-representation
• BASW | Current vacancies - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw
• BASW | Director of Professional Services & Organisational Development - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/director-professional-services-organisational-development (ends 01/11/23)
• BASW | Experts by Experience Coordinator - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/experts-experience-coordinator (ends 10/11/23)
• BASW | External job vacancies webpage - https://www.jobsbasw.co.uk/
• 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
• Black Men Teach | The Bridge Mentoring Programme 2023 – Download flyer from here (ends October 2023)
• Calderdale Council | Strategic Commissioning Manager (Children & Young People Services) - https://ce0078li.webitrent.com/ce0078li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID%3d002599eyr7&WVID=54185200Pk (ends 06/11/23)
• Community Care | Write for Community Care - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/write-for-community-care/
• Coram Voice | The Voices 2024 Creative Writing Competition is coming soon! - https://coramvoice.org.uk/get-involved/voices-writing-competition/
• Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families | Current vacancies (multiple) - https://foundations.org.uk/about/jobs/
• Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | Provider Collaborative Programme Lead - Perinatal Mental Health - https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/careers/latest-jobs/?_ts=1#!/job/-v5719671?_ts=124 (ends 22/10/23)
• Leeds Beckett University | Senior Lecturer in Social Work - https://vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/trenprod_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=870530Io6I&WVID=7412577lKO (ends 13/11/23)
• National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) | Associate Trainer - https://join-us.nspcc.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/associate-trainer-nationwide/7330/description/ (ends 31/10/23)
• Social Workers Union & Bath Spa University | Reflective supervision research interview opportunities - Download from here
• 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 British Journal of Social Work | Appointment of Book Review Editor - https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/pages/book-reviews-editor (ends 03/11/23)
• Tonimarie Benaton (via University of Derby) | Invitation to take part in Research | Calling all ‘Social Workers working with Children in Care or/and Care Experienced Children and Young People’ - Download from here
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | TUC Black Activist Development Course - https://www.tuc.org.uk/BlackActivistCourse

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Research & resources

• Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work journal | Book reviews | Out of the shadows: The role of social workers in disasters - https://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/article/download/1026/859
• Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work journal | Social Work England: A regulator that has earned our collective dissent - https://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/article/download/925/838
• Audio Bullys (via Soundcloud) | Feel Alright - https://soundcloud.com/audio-bullys/feel-alright
• BASW England | Anti-racism in Social Work - FREE online resources - October 2023 - Download from here (updated - DISCARD ALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS)
• BASW England | Anti-Racism in Social Work interactive presentation - Download from here
• 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 | Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS) & School of Shabs (SOS) | Relational & anti-racist supervision form – Click here (back by popular demand)
• 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
• Become | About the care system - https://becomecharity.org.uk/about-the-care-system/
• Ben Lindsay OBE (via Twitter/X) | Protecting Young Black Lives, Celebrating Black Professionals conference October 2023 - Full group picture - https://twitter.com/BCWLindsay/status/1711623940223668388
• Biggs Burke (via Twitter/X) | The greatest prison we live in is the fear of what other people think… - https://twitter.com/1996Biggs/status/1713927450067870141
• Black History Studies (via Twitter/X) | "Privilege is having history rewritten so that you don’t have to acknowledge uncomfortable facts.? Racism is perpetuated by people who refuse to learn or acknowledge this reality. You have a choice… - Click here
• Clive Lewis MP (via Twitter/X) | Suella Braverman is using the oldest trick in the book… - https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1706605686333821265
• High Contrast (via YouTube) | Music Is Everything - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mRMIfr7c4o
• Hope Not Hate | Clothing - https://hopenothate.bigcartel.com/category/clothing
• Hybrid (via YouTube) | Opening Credits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OLy3NN3fF8
• NSPCC Learning (via YouTube) | Building an evidence base for social work - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-OS1oHkXXg
• Power the Fight (via Instagram) | Between the 1st-3rd of Oct we took 50 black professionals who work in the youth sector on a retreat to @cumberlandlodge to rest, network, discuss and strategise… - https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyELBeVIbCh/ & Download from here
• Research in Practice | Promoting anti-racism in social work - https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/videos/promoting-anti-racism-in-social-work/
• Shore | A safe space for teenagers worried about sexual behaviour - https://shorespace.org.uk/
• The British Journal of Social Work | ‘Social Workers Failed to Heed Warnings’: A Text-Based Study of How a Profession is Portrayed in UK Newspapers - https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/article/52/2/1110/6279240
• The Guardian | Black History | A timeline of two millennia of world-shaping individuals and momentous events that define Black history - https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/jul/11/black-history-timeline
• The Guardian | Politics Weekly UK podcast | Labour conference: is Keir Starmer’s offer enough? – https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2023/oct/10/labour-conference-is-keir-starmer-offer-enough-politics-weekly-uk-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
• Tony Benn | The way a government treats refugees is very instructive... quote - Download from here
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Trade union membership, organisation and strategy presentation - Download from here
• University of East Anglia (via Twitter/X) | Congratulations to UEA MA Social Work student Tosin Sofowora on her award-winning essay being published by @BASW_UK ??… - https://twitter.com/swkuea/status/1712783919576219770
• University of East Anglia (via Vimeo) | UEA Social Work - https://vimeo.com/user/8409172/folder/16651416
• University of East Anglia (via YouTube) | This is men’s work too: Become a social worker at UEA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frl7Trld5F0
• University of East Anglia (via YouTube) | Time for a change: Study social work at UEA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPL1zzOTS4
• University of East Anglia (via YouTube) | Why study Social Work at the UEA? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryyp_7SCtic
• Unknown | If this child was strong enough to survive it, your child is strong enough to learn about it... image - Download from here
• WW | Anti-racism edutainment video clips - Download from here
• WW advert | Educates Empowers Equips image - October 2023 - Download from here
• WW advert | On point image - September 2023 - Download from here
• WW advert | So, let me get this right... image - Download from here
• WW advert | THINK - it's not illegal yet image - Download from here
• WW advert | Unconventional, but always mentionable image - September 2023 #2 (Autumnal) - Download from here
• WW advert | Unconventional, but always mentionable image - September 2023 - Download from here
• WW advert | Unconventional, but always mentionable image Oct 2023 | Overground & Underground - Download from here

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