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Watch Podcast: Domestic Violence and Women’s Oppression during COVID-19

Watch: Race, Racism and Covid-19

Weyman Bennett, Stand up to Racism and Gurnam Singh, Professor of social work, join Michael Lavalette in discussion around the imbalance of BAME deaths during the Covid-19 crisis. Read More

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Join Sharing Practitioners’ Experiences Online Forum

We will be hosting an online forum for social workers across the UK to discuss what is happening to social work right now during the Covid-19 crisis but also what has to change. The crisis has highlighted problems in an ... Read More

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WATCH: SWAN & IFSW Episode 4

The fourth installment of our webinar series with International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW). We were privileged to be joined by Robert and Janestic to discuss the response and demands on social workers in Uganda and Brazil, detailing the root ... Read More

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WATCH: Practice-focussed live stream

We were joined by Ruth Allen, British Association of Social Work, Mark Harrison, Reclaiming Our Future Alliance and Bea Kay, Social Work Action Network to discuss the specific issues relative to social work practice during this period of crisis. Social ... Read More

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Watch: Episode 2 of International Perspectives

Enjoy the second in a series of international meetings with the International Federation of Social Workers in relation to social work responses to Covid-19. We were joined with Kerry Cuskelly from Ireland, Jennifer Thompson from New Jersey, Sug Pyo Kim ... Read More

Articles, Events

CANCELLED: Social Work Action Network Annual Conference

As many would have expected we have decided to cancel this year Social Work Action Network Conference due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. We will continue to organise online meeting such as out Social Work and Covid-19: International Perspectives, which ... Read More

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Watch: International Perspectives

We brought together social work activists from around the world to the discuss social work and the Covid-19 crisis through an international lens. This is just the start of a series of live streams and videos we will be publishing, ... Read More

Articles, Campaigns

LIVE! Social Work and The Covid-19 Crisis!

Today we will be live streaming our event Social Work and the Covid-19 Crisis: International Perspectives live on Social Work Action Network – SWAN Facebook page at 5pm UK time (event page link below). We will be joined by several ... Read More

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BASW CONSULT ON ADULT SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE

Request to help bring about radical change in social care BASW is consulting on a proposal that would bring about fundamental and radical change in adult social care. They are proposing a new 4 step approach to the way needs are ... Read More

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Interview: Psyche Publication

Lucy Grainge and Juliette Duffy are setting out to create a new type of magazine…one based on engaging with the therapeutic and transformative nature of storytelling, centred on mental health and politics. The latest issue is titled CONFRONTATIONS. We interviewed ... Read More

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Rethinking Child Protection & Adoption: Achieving Social Justice in Practice

By Clarissa Stevens, Fran Proctor, Amanda Boorman, Barbara Rishworth, Abbie Unwin, Brid Featherstone, Andy Bilson Introduction This article presents summaries of contributions made at the Rethinking Fostering and Adoption: Achieving social justice in practice plenary during the Social Work Action ... Read More

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Mental Health Social Workers Strike In Solidarity With Admin Workers

Mental health social workers join Avon and Wiltshire admin workers to protest against cuts to staffing at the NHS Trust. Administrative staff working for an NHS mental health Trust covering a large area of the South West of England are ... Read More

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Statement on the Invasion of and War in Ukraine

Watch Podcast: Domestic Violence and Women’s Oppression during COVID-19

Watch: Race, Racism and Covid-19

Join Sharing Practitioners’ Experiences Online Forum

WATCH: SWAN & IFSW Episode 4

WATCH: Practice-focussed live stream

Watch: Episode 2 of International Perspectives

CANCELLED: Social Work Action Network Annual Conference

Watch: International Perspectives

LIVE! Social Work and The Covid-19 Crisis!

BASW CONSULT ON ADULT SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE

Interview: Psyche Publication

Rethinking Child Protection & Adoption: Achieving Social Justice in Practice

Mental Health Social Workers Strike In Solidarity With Admin Workers

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