Lecturer in social work at The Open University. https://research.open.ac.uk/people/jh35572
"Caviar does not count as consultation". Another great podcast from Sarah Anderson and Louise Allen for Foster Care Uncovered, covering a lot, including Childrens Minister Josh MacAlister's attendance at The Spectator summer party. open.spotify.com/episode/2F6L...
Who’s Been on the Blinis? Politics, PR and ExploitationFoster Care Uncovered · Episodeopen.spotify.comEarly Career Development Programme (formerly the Early Career Framework) looks set to widen the divide between adult and children social work. Deepening that split has defined Josh MacAlister's career, why would it be any different as Children's Minister? www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...
DHSC should make 'clearer commitment to social work' to strengthen adults' services, says review of professional regulation - Community CareReview finds little policy on social work professional development from the Department of Health and Social Care beyond the ASYE and highlights concerns abou...www.communitycare.co.ukSocial Work England told to 'stay in its lane' in fairly damning review, criticising involvement in events and campaigns like World Social Work week. Also highlights failures in Fitness to Practise, CPD (calls for a 3-year cycle & external audit) & more. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Independent review of social work professional regulationThe independent report on the review of social work professional regulation in England.www.gov.ukChildren's Minister Josh MacAlister attends The Spectator 2026 summer party alongside Michael Gove, Paul Marshall, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson, Piers Morgan, Kemi Badenoch, Morgan McSweeney, Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Lowe, and others. Company is character. spectator.com/article/spec...
Spectator summer party 2026, in picturesThe weather is glorious, England have soared through to the World Cup round of 16 and one Sir Keir Starmer has just weeks left as Prime Minister. So where better to celebrate – or commiserate, if you ...spectator.comAnother really worthwhile listen from Vicki Shevlin (Social Work Sorted Podcast). Important points about the need to move beyond simplified campaigns of just 'please represent us nicely in the media'. And lots more. open.spotify.com/episode/2J2v...
Naming Social Workers in the Media and Taking Care of YourselfSocial Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin · Episodeopen.spotify.comI have covered the issues around the social work public perception myth previously, and hope that this recognition of the general public support of social workers continues to be grow: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
The Social Work Public Perception MythThis article presents findings from research that examined twenty government policy documents from 2003 to 2023 to look at how they framed the topic of pubacademic.oup.comEncouraging results from the latest @basw-uk.bsky.social survey: social workers' belief in public support is at its highest since this question was introduced, reversing a three-year decline. Still unfortunately quite low, but a good start. basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
BASW unveils 2025 annual State of Social Work survey reportOver 1000 social workers, educators and students tell us their biggest challenges and what needs to change in social workbasw.co.ukCheck out the full discussion, covering everything from the social work placement crisis, to public perceptions, to sportswashing and wrestling, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFqb...
The Myth That's Keeping Social Workers Quiet | Dr. Joe Hanley (UK)YouTube video by Revolutionary Social Workwww.youtube.comHave you ever been interviewing social workers for research and found out that they... weren't social workers? We did, and discuss the ethical and methodological implications in our new article (open access). w/ Jermaine Ravalier, Ciaran Murphy, Nazm Berry et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When a ‘Social Worker’ is NOT a Social Worker: Reflections of the Ethical Tensions that Emerge When Imposter Participants Present as Social WorkersThis ethics in practice article reflects on the ethical dilemmas and tensions that emerged from a research study employing online interviews with social workers in the context of (i) how to respond...www.tandfonline.com"I worked for Teach First, whose mission is to get great teachers where they’re most needed. I’ve been a trustee of numerous education charities all targeting the same goal. None of it worked"- Blog by former Executive Director of Teach First @Samfr samf.substack.com/p/the-gap-th...
The gap that never closesWhy we're thinking about inequality the wrong waysamf.substack.comLeaked government workforce policy reveals plans for a 'Teach First' programme for GPs. This model has never worked in delivering signficant improvements to any sector, yet certain policy networks remain obsessed. www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/ex...
Exclusive: Government plans US-style ‘hospitalist’ doctorsThe government will introduce a new class of generalist hospital doctors - inspired by the American "hospitalist" role - by the end of the decade, according to leaked details of its upcoming workforce...www.hsj.co.uk
