The young man mentioned in this podcast read out his deeply moving letter to his teacher at the #FreeLoavesonFridays launch. The whole room was mesmerised.

The Kinship community must be feeling so proud. His piece is on p.261 (available on Waterstones) waterstones.com/book/free-loav…

So proud! Well done, raising awareness of kinship as a care experience, with thanks to Rebekah Pierre for giving him the oppertunity #kinshipcare #freeloavesonfridays

MPs will vote on the #RwandaBill this evening.

It is a cruel, inhumane & unworkable piece of legislation that will cause severe distress to vulnerable people. It is wrong. ❎

We'll always speak up for an asylum system that treats people with respect, dignity & compassion. ❤️

Great start to the week for our social workers across Bradford Council. Lots of requests for these already! ‘The care system as told by people who actually get it’ - then there is no greater or more urgent learning for us.

Are you a BASW member?

Do you want a strong, independent voice representing the views of social workers and the peole we support on the board?

Then please read my election statement and consider voting for me in the upcoming election.

#OneProfession

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It's a strong field of candidates which speaks to the depth of membership in BASW I've just voted for Christian because I had the pleasure of working with him and because he is willing to ask difficult questions and have difficult conversations openly. Christian Kerr

That article was printed in Social Work 2020-21 under Covid-19 in April 2021. By end of 2021, working with colleagues রবীণ সেন Robin Sen Christian Kerr Caroline J Bald 📚🧠⚖️ Cal Webb, we had produced a much larger network map with quantitative analysis and over 1000 unique connections: childrensservices.network/network.html

My original network ethnography of Children's Social Care in England (2021) - I hadn't looked at it in some time. I can't really believe I managed to do it all without arrows overlapping with names. Full article here: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.u…

Anyone working in children’s social care over the past 20 years will likely know of the harrowing circumstances in which Victoria Climbié, Peter Connelly and Daniel Pelka died. But what of the catastrophic failure in child protection that led to the death of Gareth Myatt?

On 7th May @ 3.30 I’ll be speaking at Edinburgh University on the creation of Free Loaves on Fridays - the only mainstream anthology to have a no-rejection policy.

If you care about fair, inclusive publishing AND amplifying care-experienced voices this is for you.

Links below 👇🏼

My case for Comprehensive Social Work Education (2022): 'Education providers could resist governmental financial incentives that come with huge strings attached, confident they will not be undercut by another provider more willing to sell out'- DM for copy
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A truly enriching book, beautifully written throughout. Huge respect for Rebekah Pierre and every other brilliant table-turner who made this happen 🌟✊

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Thank you.

This is the same Early Career Framework (ECF) model now rolling out in social work. Why?
'[the ECF] fails to acknowledge the complexities and nuances... with training delivered in strands irrespective of individual needs and experiences' Lisa Murtagh et al
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Excitement mounting for the launch event of this brilliant book. The wonderful Abi Morris has done a splendid job of designing the cover, making it beautiful from start to finish.

Free Loaves on Fridays- thought to be the largest ever collection of stories from care leavers- has officially launched. 🚀

It is available to order online and in mainstream bookshops, with all proceeds going to Article 39 and The Together Trust.

Early Career Framework: 'there is some irony that a programme designed to support the recruitment and retention of new teachers appears to have added to their workload' UCET

Why are we copying (and extending) this in social work?
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Great to get my copy of Free Loaves on Fridays. Few tickets left for Rebekah Pierre online talk on the book in May: eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-loaves-…

Delighted to receive 10 copies of this belter on behalf of BASW north east branch which contributed to crowdfunding.

Brilliantly edited by Rebekah Pierre, it's a real, honest and authentic portrayal of the care system by people who live/d it.

I cover this problematic 'attract to reject' marketing approach more in this article (DM me for a copy). END
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