Anti-racism in Social Work Practice (1) (Critical Approaches to Social Work)

122 Pages·2013·13.107 MB·English

by  Angie Bartoli (editor)

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The rights of Kish Bhatti- Sinclair, Ariane Critchley, Ellie Geater,
Gema Hadridge, Sarah Jones, Nicola Labuschagne, Cornelia
Lange, Andrew Lorimer, Robert Maynard, Marie Price, Autumn
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Contents

Meet the authors vii
Foreword xii
Dr Ruth Allen
Dr Denise Turner
Introduction 1
Dr Amanda Taylor- Beswick
Chapter 1 Social work, technologies and Covid- 19 7
Nicola Labuschagne, Gema Hadridge, Laura
Chapter 2 PVarontdeecrtbinijgl, cShairladhre Jno ndeusr ainngd tEhleli ep Ganeadteemric 15
Chapter 3 UDrn aKcicsho mBhpaatntiie- Sdi nacslyaliurm- seeking children and
young refugees: Alone in the UK in a pandemic 23
Chapter 4 ‘We just don’t matter’: Articulating the experiences
Dofr BPlraocskp Aerfari Tcaenda smocial work students during
the Covid-1 9 pandemic in England 33
Cornelia Lange and Robert Maynard
Chapter 5 Embracing ‘un’- certainty in practice education 43
Chapter 6 FArnodmre wsu Lrvoirviminegr t, oF rtahnricviisn Sge:n Tthame eux apnedri Renacche eol fS shoacripalle s
work students and their families in lockdown 53
Chapter 7 LVaivrisnhga t Thariolourgh Covid-1 9: A disabled person’s
perspective 63
Chapter 8 PDor eAtrriya hnee lCprsi:t cPholeetyr ya nads Da rm Aeuatnusm onf Rcroeeastcihv-e M raefrlsehction
and learning in social work 71
Chapter 9 ‘DFrr oDmen biseeg Tinunrinnegr to end’: Loss, change and
meaning- making in the context of Covid- 19 79
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Chapter 10 SMuapreier vPirsiicoen in end- of- life care: The importance
of supervision in a Covid-1 9 world 89
Dr Denise Turner
Chapter 11 Conclusion 99
Index 101
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Meet the authors

Kish Bhatti-Sinclair
is a reader in Social Policy and Social Work at
the University of Chichester. Kish is known for her work on social
work, race and racism and is particularly interested in ethnically
sensitive research methodologies and theories, such as modern
racism, which test discriminatory attitudes and behaviours.
Dr Ariane Critchley
is a social work academic with a par-
ticular interest in how the profession meets families dur-
Quickening Steps
ing pregnancy and in early childhood. Her doctoral thesis,
, focused on the understudied topic of pre-b irth
child protection and used ethnographic methods to make a
practice-n ear study of pre-b irth work. Ariane has also undertaken
research in the area of adoption. Currently working as a lecturer,
Ariane is a registered social worker with experience of child wel-
fare and protection practice. She enjoys exploring creative meth-
ods in learning and teaching, and in knowledge exchange.
Ellie Geater
qualified as a social worker in 2014. Initially she
worked for a number of years as a social worker in a Looked After
Children’s Unit and has been based in the Children In Need ser-
vice at the London Borough of Hackney since 2016, working with
families within the context of Care proceedings, Child In Need
plans and Child Protection plans. She has managed staff within
the CIN service since 2017 and has managed her current, larger
Unit, since late 2019. Prior to qualifying as a social worker, Ellie
worked within a therapeutic outreach service in primary schools
and also with homeless children and families within a therapeu-
tic context.
Gema Hadridge
is a social worker and an Early Years Therapist
and Trainer in the Anna Freud Centre’s Early Years Programme.
She has worked as a social worker in various inpatient psychi-
atric settings and currently works in an adolescent service in
Children’s Services. She joined the Anna Freud Centre as a thera-
pist at the Early Years Parenting Unit (EYPU) in 2017. The EYPU
was a multi-f amily assessment and treatment service for parents
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and their children under the age of five on the edge of care. Gema
has developed an expertise in working with complexity in safe-
guarding and multi-a gency systems, and in the treatment of com-
plex and developmental trauma. She is currently in supervision to
become a Foundation Theraplay® Practitioner and a BCP accred-
ited MBT Practitioner.
Sarah Jones
is a qualified social worker and currently works as a
Child Protection social worker at the London Borough of Hackney
within a very fast paced, challenging and supportive team via
the Hackney Unit model. Previous experience includes working
for four years as a looked after children’s social worker and as a
member on the foster care panel where potential and current fos-
ter carers are assessed. Practice educator trained to mentor and
assess University students as well as having completed the year 1
of systemic practice.
Nicola Labuschagne
is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and
Deputy Head of the Anna Freud Centre’s Early Years Programme.
She worked as a Clinical Psychologist in the NHS for 16 years,
developing a specialism in the assessment and treatment of com-
plex trauma before joining the Anna Freud Centre in 2011 as
Clinical Manager of the Early Years Parenting Unit (EYPU). The
EYPU is a multi-f amily assessment and treatment service for par-
ents and their children under the age of five on the edge of care.
Cornelia Lange
is a practice and learning lead in a London bor-
ough, who together with her colleague is responsible for the
running of a bespoke student social work programme, and has
worked in this capacity since 2016.
Cornelia’s experience is built on working in children’s homes
across London for over four years before joining education
Welfare, where she spent seven years working in secondary
schools. Cornelia then embarked on a career as a social work
practitioner working with vulnerable children and young people
in the Child in Care and Children in Need team.
Andrew Lorimer
embarked on his social work degree some-
what later in life than most, after a successful career in social and
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