“We want to ensure that diaspora social workers are aware of their rights while in the UK and can access a community of peers that is here to support one another.”
I invite diaspora social workers to join me at the upcoming Diaspora Dialogues Conference on March 18th – online and in London.
These are significant issues specific to the discrimination and disadvantage social workers are facing with employers.
Women have played a key role in the British Trade Union movement since its inception – even in the face of poverty and deprivation experienced when out of work.
“Every day that the Government fails to make a decision, the situation for social work students gets worse.”
As social workers we have a significant and enduring role to play in promoting the rights and welfare of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants; countering racism and social exclusion; and continuing to be vocal in our opposition to the atrocities happening in Ukraine.
This war must not be allowed to continue. We continue to call on the UK and international governments and all political parties to press for an immediate, permanent ceasefire.
“Disability rights were my inspiration for becoming as social worker, I wanted to challenge the two-tiered system of child protection I encountered.”
A FREE Training & Development Day for Social Workers and Social Work Students in Manchester on 27th April 2024.
Disability Rights UK discusses the ableist language and dog whistle discrimination being used to justify pushing Disabled people further into poverty.