This day in social work history ⏳
1st March 1971: First edition of the British Journal of Social Work (@BJofSW) published. It included a comment on the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, and a book review of “Marriage and Mental Handicap”. Available here: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
The current argument of the British right is that Muslims turned out in "blocs" with "family voting" to cast their ballots for a party led by a gay Jewish man, and this shows that multiculturalism has failed, voting is "sectarian" and we are in a crisis.
Hmmmmmm.
"Ministers need to wake up."
Indeed. Some shift away from the exceptional levels of overseas recruitment 21-24 was natural/desirable.
But current "strategy" - no new visas and making life as unpleasant as possible for migrants already here - is madness.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Who doesn’t love a window display of fish and chips?
Next week!
Multi-agency working to improve information-sharing on men and keep children safe
24 February 2026 14:00 to 15:15
Online. All welcome
With Dr Mary Baginsky, Dr Carl Purcell and Dr Nicole Steils (King's College London)
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/multi...
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
Sir Bill Utting sort of ennobled in Social Worker terms, here with the equally indomitable David Jones www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/sir-wil...
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
As Jesus said: “You’re on your own mate, not my problem”
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Yes, playgrounds are good. But "up to 200 playgrounds" across a country of 60 million? That's a grain of salt in the Pacific Ocean. And presumably there will be some joyous 200 page application for every council who want to compete in the Playground Hunger Games to fill in...
Our contribution to ongoing debates on the reform of children's social care @hscwru.bsky.social
No quick fixes: Multi-agency working to improve information-sharing on men and keep children safe url: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Our contribution to ongoing debates on the reform of children's social care @hscwru.bsky.social
No quick fixes: Multi-agency working to improve information-sharing on men and keep children safe url: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
"There is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the 'Boriswave'. Recent migrants are very likely to be employed, paying tax and seem to be contributing to British society..it will help, rather than hurt, Britain’s fiscal position."
Analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
Surely we’re getting both
trick is to try and use it am while they're asleep
It is but its a shame it seems to imply care workers only work in care homes, challenges faced by home care companies/workers are arguably even more acute
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Let's not humour those advocating deportation of UK residents with reasons why their plans would not work.
Keep it simple, this is not the action of a civilised country.
If needed, this will mean complete chaos and destruction of international reputation.
I wrote something for Time Magazine (that sounds so cool) on why the Government needs to get out of its defensive crouch quickly time.com/7326397/uk-s...
Am sending this to Mrs Tim, who (possibly because she's the most voracious reader of fiction I've ever met) would, I know, revert back to "chaotic evil" in a heartbeat were I ever to relax my eternal vigilance.
In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
This day in social work history ⏳
30th September 2013: Olive Stevenson, social worker and academic, died. Stevenson was part of Maria Colwell inquiry, and was a founding editor of @BJofSW. See @CommunityCare recent tribute: www.communitycare.co.uk/2024/08/07/a...
