Child Welfare Inequalities Network

Looking forward to the child welfare inequalities panel happening at EuSARF on September 12th. Panellists will discuss 'why should CW inequalities be addressed in your country?' with respondents from the UK, Canada, Aotearoa NZ and Australia.

📢 I’m delighted to announce that @shirleylewis21 and I have officially launched our new project ‘Everyday Parenting with Care experience’. The project focuses on positive parenting journeys. sheffield.ac.uk/ahpnm/research…

Paper now published in BJSW: Racially Minoritised Young People’s Experiences of Navigating COVID-19 Challenges: A Community Cultural Wealth Perspective academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-a… @AnnaGupta2 @ProfLakhanpaul

WEBINAR TOMORROW New research findings that suggest the needs of parents with learning disabilities or difficulties might not be currently being met by the family courts will be presented, ahead of a new report coming very soon nuffieldfjo.org.uk/events/babies-…

Full article: Interprofessional collaborations in child welfare: providers’ experiences tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Lord Beveridge; the father of social welfare bureaucracy and its case managers as a substitute conscious, intellect, and firewall for privileged society from the poor.

We're running online focus groups to discuss Romani & Traveller women's experiences of domestic violence and are seeking participants who are aged 18 or over and identify as Romani. To take part, get in touch with the brilliant Michaela Rogers @m.rogers@sheffield.ac.uk

Interested in the power of community action and documentary filmmaking? Join us for: 'Belonging: Tiger Bay Boxing Club' by Florence Ayisi 🗓️3 June, 4:30-6pm 🧭Pevensey 1A6 With the documentary participants and @AnnaGupta2 (Co-POWeR)! 🔗buytickets.at/universityofsu…

Free Webinar WHAT IS THE POINT OF CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE? In this session, we've gathered some of the most influential leaders in social work to explore this important question. Beverley Barnett‑Jones is Associate Director for System and Impact at the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. Donald Forrester is Professor of Child and Family Social Work and Director of CASCADE Centre for Children's Social Care Research and Development at Cardiff University. Isabelle Trowler is Chief Social Worker for Children and Families Josh MacAlister chaired the Independent Review of Children's Social Care between March 2021 and May 2022. Link to sign up eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-is-the-…

Social work and Society conference on the theme: ‘deinstitutionalising social work’. tissa.net/en

Your guide to peer parent advocacy Have you tried it? #CloserToPeople youtube.com/playlist?list=… via @YouTube

A huge congratulations 🎊 to @RuthLightbody on her new publication: ‘Evaluating the Role of Public Hearings within Deliberative Democracy: Operationalising the Democratic Standards as a Framework’, featuring in @delibdemjournal 20(1). doi: doi.org/10.16997/jdd.1…

Happy Monday from all here at @GCU_SPIRU. Have a great week! Today's news: John is attending the @ChildWelfareIn1 Webinar, which describes the results from a pilot for a basic income for care leavers in Wales.

I'm very honoured that the article received the award. This is a meaningful step towards the recognition of the value of children's views (pun intended). I urge everyone to please read the article and hear what children say about their lives.

#childwelfare #socialwork #global #systems - Special Issue in Child #Protection and #Practice journal - accepting papers @ISPCAN @ELSpsychology @UNICEFSocPolicy @SocialWorkCA @SocialWorkEdinU @our_children @ChildWelfarePAC @ChildWelfareIn1 @ChildwelfareKE #SocialWorkTwitter

Greetings! Thanks @FamilyRightsGp Services like yours provide #kinshipcarers with no legal order impartial advice. #research shows most informal #kinshipcarers are from African, Asian or Caribbean communities, #racialdisparities are reduced when #families make informed decisions

In the act - the force of activism, of activist philosophy- is not about the individual. At its best, it is about how the collective operates as a group- subject. Erin Manning

Austerity contributing to rise in children in care - head of Family Court - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-681121…

This won’t be a surprise to many, but good to see such a high profile figure speak out about the impact of austerity on local authority early help and family support services: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-681121…

"Academic freedom provides us with a space to stand in the wings of discrimination in a way that’s not available to other people.” ✊🏽 Academia and activism should co-exist. Great article with the incredible @cblackst universityaffairs.ca/features/featu…