Social work plays a vital role in bringing people and communities together. For World Social Work Day and Week, new Research in Practice resources support Harambee’s call to unite a divided society in an increasingly uncertain world.
Harambee is the Kiswahili term meaning ‘all pull together,’ signifying unity, communal work and self-help. Famously used as Kenya's national motto and a rallying cry for collective effort. The term presents a vision to create new values, policies and practices that develop trust, security and confidence for all people. As a unifying cry it emphasises the need to bring people together across divides looking towards an imagined future.
A new blog from Georgina Chetwynd looks at social work through the lens of hope. The blog draws upon Research in Practice resources to improve our work across the social divisions faced by many marginalised and oppressed communities.
The resources aim to advance inclusivity, equity and diversity with people across social work practice.
Finding hope and Harambee
Hope is intangible and very personal, but it is also the underpinning concept in social work that probably drew much of us into the profession. In this blog, Georgina Chetwynd explores social work through the lens of hope.
Exploring separated children and caring relationships
This podcast explores learning from recent research studies that consider what care looks like for asylum seeking children. We consider how this research can help social care practitioners critically reflect on their role in caring relationships with separated asylum-seeking children.
Building inclusive social work practice
Social work leaders play a vital role in working with colleagues to build confidence, awareness and shared language around anti-racist and inclusive practice. We know oppression, inequality and disadvantage exist in society and lead to inequity of need and to inequity in social care’s response.
People have different experiences and outcomes depending on who they are and their story. In a new blog, Tricia Pereira explains what anti-racist leadership looks like in practice not just in theory – unpacking her work around stealth activism. It involves the gentle challenge in a meeting and the decision to name something that others might prefer to ignore to build inclusive practice.
Resources developed from the Equity: Change Project also explore practices, attitudes and actions needed to overcome barriers. By inspiring and leading people to build on the passion of social justice we hope that you will find something that speaks to you and that you can take into what you know, feel and do.
Being ‘the first’ and ‘the only one’ in the room: anti-racist leadership and stealth activism
Tricia Pereira unpacks her work around anti-racist leadership and in particular stealth activism. The quiet, persistent work that happens behind the scenes.
Equity: Change Project
Use intersectionality to explore the practices, attitudes and actions needed to overcome barriers, challenge oppression and increase equity in adult social care.
