Great news that my co-authored editorial 'Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety' with Dr Leona Vaughn has been selected by Critical and Radical Social Work for the 2026 student reading list. You can see all 9 selected articles here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Jour...

Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔖 📚 Updating your course reading lists? Check out our recently curated collections of articles published in some our social work, social science and politics journals. All articles are free to read until 31 October. Bookmark this page! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/student...

✨Wear and share your social work solidarity!✨ How about gifting someone with a SWWB t-shirt, tote bag or sticker this festive season? Order by Friday for Christmas delivery! social-workers-without-borders.teemill.com Every purchase supports our work! #WeAreSocialWorkersWithoutBorders

New research reveals that thousands of children in the UK are having life changing decisions made about them without being heard. Read the joint report 'Raising Children: Safeguarding Children in Parental Deportation Decisions' here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/research...

‼️New research reveals that thousands of children in the UK are having life changing decisions made about them without being heard. This is the first empirical study of the legal and procedural protections afforded to children with a parent facing deportation. Full report: tinyurl.com/46m9n5r8 1/

‼️An exciting opportunity. Could you be our next Managing Director? ⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy! Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan

Come and work with us! @socialworkerswb.bsky.social

Social Workers Without Borders@socialworkerswb.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our dedicated and inspirational Managing Director, Naomi, has decided it is time to hand the baton to someone new. 📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.

Exciting #socialwork job with Social Workers Without Borders! Please take a look and share! @socialworkerswb.bsky.social socialworkerswithoutborders.org/vacancies/

As more and more bad actors weaponise notions of child safety to legitimise racist attacks on immigration/migrants it’s so important to see cross-sectoral opposition! 💥

Tekin Süleyman ☕️@tekin.co.uk · last yr.

The Ruby community has a DHH problem tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-...

New paper considering the state of play of UK child welfare responses to extra-familial harm for the British Journal of Social Work with Rachael Owens, Jenny Lloyd and @carlenefirmin.bsky.social #extrafamilialharm #contextualsafeguarding #childrenssocialcare academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...

From ‘risky choices’ to ‘risky contexts’? The state of play of UK child welfare responses to adolescent ‘extra-familial harm’. National and international implications

Across the globe young people are significantly harmed in relationships and spaces beyond their families and family homes. The UK appears distinct in integ

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Antonio La Picirella, Day 3 on ‘Handala’

Back on strike! Sign the petition below to demand Durham University management rule out compulsory redundancies & work with @ducu.bsky.social to find non-staff cost savings!

Dr Lauren Wroe ~ she/her@lauriewroe.bsky.social · last yr.

ON STRIKE as a member of Durham UCU in response to Durham University management’s proposed staff cuts of £20m. University management has refused DUCU requests to stop compulsory redundancies & to work with us to find non-staff cost savings. Sign the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Re-posting, in light of Casey report

Dr Lauren Wroe ~ she/her@lauriewroe.bsky.social · 2y ago

Myself and @drleona.bsky.social have edited a new Special Collection for Critical and Radical Social Work: 'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety' - now available online! Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9 Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇

Back on strike! Sign the petition below to demand Durham University management rule out compulsory redundancies & work with @ducu.bsky.social to find non-staff cost savings! ✊🏼❤️

Dr Lauren Wroe ~ she/her@lauriewroe.bsky.social · last yr.

ON STRIKE as a member of Durham UCU in response to Durham University management’s proposed staff cuts of £20m. University management has refused DUCU requests to stop compulsory redundancies & to work with us to find non-staff cost savings. Sign the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

As we gear up for strike action tomorrow & Saturday, we'd like to take a moment to extend heartfelt thanks to those who've donated to our hardship fund, including: IWW Northumbria Branch (£300), UCU Birmingham (£100), the OU branch (£250) and numerous individuals giving generous personal donations.

Times & places for today's strike action: 8.30–11.00 Pickets at main crossroads entrance (by the 'What Lies Beneath' map) 11.00–12.30 SGIA Teachout: Whose History? Statues and the Politics of Decolonisation, online & in Dunelm House B16 Friday 12.30–14.30 Branch Strategy Session, Dunelm House Lounge

Our new paper is out led by @lauriewroe.bsky.social & with Delphine Peace on learning from #Contextualsafeguarding Across Borders with refugee young people in Germany. Interesting to be bilingual researcher on the project - reminder of how language/trajectories shape contexts & concepts.

Dr Lauren Wroe ~ she/her@lauriewroe.bsky.social · last yr.

New article for European Journal of Social Work with co-authors @nhuegler.bsky.social & Delphine Peace! Learning from the Contextual Safeguarding Across Borders research project with #refugee young people in Germany, part of the #contextualsafeguarding programme www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Socialworkers! #Migrantjustice activists - give Social Workers Without Borders @socialworkerswb.bsky.social a follow on here 👀❤️

New article for European Journal of Social Work with co-authors @nhuegler.bsky.social & Delphine Peace! Learning from the Contextual Safeguarding Across Borders research project with #refugee young people in Germany, part of the #contextualsafeguarding programme www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Contextual safeguarding across borders’: learning about the ‘contextual safeguarding’ framework and youth ‘extra-familial’ harm in Germany

We share learning from a collaborative project involving researchers at Durham university in England and an International Non-Government Organisation (INGO) supporting refugee girls in Germany. The...

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Day two of the strike, and we've ben getting a lot of questions from students about the action. What's it for, why are we doing it now, and how can they help. So let's run through some Strike Questions! 🧵

Also, while we're talking about our strike, a lot of students have been asking how they can support us (being fully aware of who actually has their backs in this uni), and what it means to cross (or not cross) a picket line in this case. We'll defer here to our excellent Instagram team on this one.

Very proud as UCUC treasurer to have authorized a payment of £500 to the Good Law Project today!

UCU Commons@ucucommons.org · last yr.

We've written a blog post full of steps everyone can take, right now, to support trans people following the Supreme Court ruling and the EHRC interim guidance. Thanks especially to @hagenilda.bsky.social for all her work on it! 🏳️‍⚧️ open.substack.com/pub/ucucommo...

Mgt just refuses to call off compulsory redundancies, saying they want to prioritise “voluntary” severance. This is a classic risk aversion dilemma—the more people believe the Uni will sack them anyway, the more likely they are to take the VS £ although they’d rather stay. That’s not voluntary!

Dr Lauren Wroe ~ she/her@lauriewroe.bsky.social · last yr.

ON STRIKE as a member of Durham UCU in response to Durham University management’s proposed staff cuts of £20m. University management has refused DUCU requests to stop compulsory redundancies & to work with us to find non-staff cost savings. Sign the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sign sign sign! Our jobs are on the line!

Dr Lauren Wroe ~ she/her@lauriewroe.bsky.social · last yr.

ON STRIKE as a member of Durham UCU in response to Durham University management’s proposed staff cuts of £20m. University management has refused DUCU requests to stop compulsory redundancies & to work with us to find non-staff cost savings. Sign the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Solidarity with UCU members at Durham Univeristy Striking today. Staff are standing up against job cuts and defending the future of education! ✊ #ProtectEducationNow #UCU

Durham UCU@ducu.bsky.social · last yr.

Picketing by Physics., for our #FightingChance to save jobs.

Rally time! Jamie lays it out!

Great turnout today on @ducu.bsky.social pickets. On strike to protect professional services staff jobs. An attack on one is an attack on all! Management tried to pit academics against professional services staff - they've failed! We are *all* the university!

ON STRIKE as a member of Durham UCU in response to Durham University management’s proposed staff cuts of £20m. University management has refused DUCU requests to stop compulsory redundancies & to work with us to find non-staff cost savings. Sign the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Full themed section for Critical and Radical Social Work with Dr Leona Vaughn @bupjournals.bsky.social now online 👀 Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety. All available here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... (Accidentally deleted original post)

Rachael Owen's and Jenny Lloyd have a new book with @brisunipress.bsky.social Documenting their extensive experience of working alongside practitioners to change systems. The book is about how we feel and do systems change- plus poems! policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/doing-real-l...

Doing Real-Life Change in Children’s Social Care

Doing Real-Life Change in Children’s Social Care - Embedded Research in Practice; For years, parents, young people, scholars, campaigners and politicians have called for change in the way that service...

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