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Black History Month 2021 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2021 talks

...social work education? In this seminar Dr Claire Felix-Baptiste aims to promote best practice in supporting Black students in social work education. The findings from this study are equally relevant to health and social care professional educators supporting Black students. [Unknown title] Transcript Supporting Black declaration of mental health: Black staff at the......
Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...social work one principle that, if used the right way, can be positive, is the idea of supporting individual and group resilience. This is not the same as locating problems with those experiencing or surviving trauma or challenges. As a worker I think - let us see what works for people, helping build their capacity to thrive and challenge oppressive conditions around...
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History & The Arts

Arendt

...social work preparing young Jews for a new life in Palestine 1935 first visit to Jerusalem 1940 internment in France 1941 refugee in New York, working as journalist and editor 1951 publishes The Origins of Totalitarianism; becomes an American citizen 1958 publishes The Human Condition 1961 publishes Between Past and Present April - stays in Jerusalem to cover Eichmann...
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Campaigning for refugee and migrant women
Society, Politics & Law

Campaigning for refugee and migrant women

...social workers in, is understanding the law. We train students to explore how they can act ethically as social workers, encouraging them to apply their power as practitioners to challenge social injustice within the law...[A Syrian mother carrying her daughter back to a safe place in Istanbul, Turkey] A Syrian mother carrying her daughter back to a safe place in Istanbul,...
Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...social work and then in charities across adult services. I also taught for The Open University and delighted in the variety of my work, which included teaching, practice tutor roles and delivering residential schools, which were large, a real thrill and great fun. Gradually, despite enjoying my various work roles, I began to be a bit more worried about everything,...
How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful

...social-care-social-work/the-effects-self-isolation-and-lack-physical-activity-on-carers Vseteckova J (2019) Depression, mood and exercise https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/mental-health/depression-mood-and-exercise? Methley A & Vseteckova J & Jones K (2020) Green & Blue & Outdoor spaces
Boys will be boys?
Society, Politics & Law

Boys will be boys?

...social work with children and families. The last Labour government introduced a number policy initiatives aimed at providing positive male role models, particularly for working-class boys, such as the ‘Playing for Success’ programme promoting footballers as role models, and the REACH Programme using mentors to raise the attainment of young black men. The trend has...
Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...social work practitioner and onto my current academic post as a university lecturer in social work. Charting my passion for social justice Since my teenage years I have had a passion for social justice. In the early 1970s I sat with my mother watching a documentary on ‘battered wives’. Erin Pizzy, a woman from the north of England had set up the ......