BASW Synergy Sessions
BASW England run a mini-series of collaborative webinars between BASW England’s Black and Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS) and the Professional Capabilities and Development (PC & D) group.
Each episode focuses on a different social work topic and is led by knowledgeable guest speakers.
BASW have a dedicated synergy session webpage here: https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-and-practice/resources/synergy-sessions-basw-england-mini-series.
Relevant topics for supervisors and Practice educators:
Episode 1: ‘Enabling critical thinking in social work’ focuses on research conducted by Dr Joanna Rawles and is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzEWZYEf84I.
Episode 2: ‘Lessons learned from how we teach anti-racism on a social work course in the East of England’ focuses on how anti-racism is taught on social work courses at the University of Suffolk. This pioneering research is conducted and presented by Dr Sue Hollinrake, Garfield Hunt and Heidi Dix. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiCRYrfstF0.
Episode 3: ‘What does Black leadership mean to you?’ focuses on the definitions, examples and experiences of Black leadership based on the perspectives of Laurelle Brown (Co-Founder and Director at KIJIJI) and Beverley Tarka (Director of Adults, Health and Communities at Haringey Council and outgoing president of ADASS). You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ov8y8lcOhc.
