The Right to Family Life
A story about learning from the participation—and the non-participation—of people living in poverty
This article by Dr. Orna Shemer was first published in the Israeli Journal of Social Workers, “Meidaos”.* Irit Aizik translated (…) Read more
‘It’s a Scandal that Experiencing Poverty So Often Leads to Children Being Forcibly Removed from Their Parents’
Above: Tom Croft is second from left. (Photo by Diana Skelton.) On 15 February 2019, Just Fair convened a meeting (…) Read more
When the Right to Family Life Is Violated: “Trust Betrayed, Again and Again”
Photo by Karen A. Hart “The way parents in poverty are treated is massively disproportionate. When you’re scrimping on the (…) Read more
Social Worker Training Programme Study Group Eight Summary
Reacting to the findings of The Role of the Social Worker in Adoption – Ethics and Human Rights: An Enquiry, (…) Read more
British Association of Social Workers: ‘Austerity Has Exacerbated Difficulties’
This blog post was written in April 2018 by Guy Shennan, chair of BASW, the British Association of Social Workers. (…) Read more
Radical Practice in a Risk-Averse Environment: Learning from ATD Fourth World
The article Radical Practice in a Risk-Averse Environment: Learning from ATD Fourth World has been published by Aotearoa New Zealand (…) Read more
Division, Disrespect and Disengagement: on Relationships Between Social Workers and Parents
The guest post below was written by “Annie”, the creator of a website called Surviving Safeguarding. I launched my website (…) Read more
I am a person not a case study
The following is a presentation given by Andrew, a father whose family have been the subject of social service interventions (…) Read more
Austerity impacts children’s social care and practice
Photo by Nasrin Siege This article was written in 2017 by Anna Gupta for the Social workers and service users (…) Read more
Building a stronger more powerful voice for change!
After a very successful presentation at the British Association of Social Work (BASW) summit in January‘Talking about the future of (…) Read more