Host, Andy McClenaghan, is joined by Barbara Keeley MP, Co-Chair of the Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Work, Alexis Quinn from the Restraint Reduction Network, and Liz Howard, Professional Officer with BASW England. They discuss why people with a learning disability and autistic people continue to be inappropriately placed in treatment and assessment centres in secure settings, the impact this is having on the people involved and what needs to change.For information on the BASW England 'Homes Not Hospitals' campaign, please visit www.basw.co.uk/homes-not-hospitalsA transcription of the Westminster Hall debate mentioned in the discussion is available at https://bit.ly/3wgHXsE

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This episode, made for Pride Month 2021, explores challenges facing British Asian LGBTQIA+ and the ways in which social workers can better support this community. Andy McClenaghan is joined by Siddhi Joshi, founder and chairperson of British Asian LGBTI online support group, Khakan Qureshi, Founder of Finding A Voice and co-administrator of British Asians LGBTI and Narinder Sidhu, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead Officer with BASW.For more information on the issues discussed in the episode, Siddhi and Khakan recommend reading “Unorthodox: LGBT+ Identity and Faith” – https://fiveleaves.co.uk/product/unorthodox-lgbt-identity-and-faith/Follow British Asian LGBTI on Twitter @BritishAsianLGB and Facebook @BritishAsianLGBTI.

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Andy McClenaghan is joined by Chris Lytle MLA, Chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education, Nick Hobbs from the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland and social worker Sarah Goff from the Ann Craft Trust to examine the issue of restraint and seclusion of children and young people with additional needs in educational settings. The conversation explores how plans to introduce new guidance in Northern Ireland aimed at preventing the use of restrictive practices can be informed by experiences elsewhere in the UK.For further information on the issue of restraint and seclusion, including the impacts on children and their families, please visit the Challenging Behaviour Foundation website – www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk/news/challenging-behaviour-foundation-statement-on-restraint-and-seclusion-in-schools/ For information on the Equality and Human Rights Commission inquiry into how schools are monitoring the use of restraint, please visit https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/inquiries-and-investigations/inquiry-how-schools-are-monitoring-use-restraint

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Andy McClenaghan is joined by Mit Joyner, President of the National Association of Social Workers in the USA, and Shantel Thomas, BASW Anti-Racism Lead to discuss the issue of structural and institutional racism in the UK and the USA. The conversation explores the impacts of structural and institutional racism and considers the issue in the context of the murder of George Floyd, the Covid-19 pandemic, the Sewell Report, the Windrush Scandal and the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The episode concludes by examining how social workers can be agents of change by promoting anti-racist values and practice.

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In the aftermath of the counting of votes cast in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Senedd, English local Council and elected Mayors, Andy McClenaghan is joined by Allison Hulmes, National Director of BASW Cymru, Alison Bavidege, National Director of the Scottish Association of Social Workers and Kerri Prince, BASW’s Public and Political Affairs Lead to make sense of the outcomes. They discuss the issues raised by BASW with candidates prior to voting, and what the results will mean for social workers, the people who use social work services and society more widely.

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In this episode Andy McClenaghan is joined by Lucy Dacey, National Programme Manager for The Children's Society's Disrupting Exploitation Programme and Bekah Pierre, Professional Officer with BASW England. They discuss the much publicised but often misunderstood issue of County Lines—what it is, what it means for those involved, and what can be done to prevent the criminal exploitation, abuse and trafficking of children and young people by drugs gangs.Reports discussed during the episode include:- Counting Lives (July 2019), The Children Society: https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/professionals/resources/counting-lives- No place at Home (Sept 2019), All Party Parliamentary Group for Runaway and Missing Children and Adults https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/2020-10/no-place-at-home.pdf

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Dr Dan Allen from Manchester Metropolitan University and the award-winning storyteller, author and playwright, Richard O’Neill join Andy McClenaghan to discuss the discrimination experienced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities across the UK. They explore the changes that are needed to ensure social workers support these communities and address the prejudice and intolerance they face. For information on the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Social Work Association, please follow their twitter feed – @GRTSWAssoc

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In this special extended edition of Let’s Talk Social Work—made in celebration of World Social Work Day 2021—Andy McClenaghan and guests explore the concept of Ubuntu and what it means for social work. In the first section, Joachim Mumba from the International Federation of Social Workers Africa explains what the philosophy of Ubuntu is, how it can be difficult to define and what it means for social work practice. Later, Gerry Nosowska and David Jones from the British Association of Social Workers and Géza Gostonyi from the Hungarian Association of Social Workers discuss the social work response to the rise of populism and nationalism in Europe. They explore how the values or Ubuntu represent a direct challenge to the principles of populism.

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Andy McClenaghan and guests Karl Handscomb, Senior Economist with the Resolution Foundation, Louise Woodruff, Policy and Partnerships Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and Kerri Prince, BASW’s Public and Political Affairs Lead discuss what the Chancellor’s announcement on 3 March means for people who use social work and social care services, and people who receive support from the social security system, as well as the wider implications for society.Organisational responses to the Budget:- BASW: https://www.basw.co.uk/media/news/2021/mar/basw-responds-budget-2021- JRF: https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/jrf-spring-budget-2021-analysis- Resolution Foundation: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/2021/03/Spending-fast-taxing-slow.pdf

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The social security system is failing to prevent millions of families from experiencing poverty. Andy McClenaghan is joined by Sophie Howes, Head of Policy at the Child Poverty Action Group and Kerri Prince, BASW Public and Political Affairs Lead, to discuss Universal Credit, the two-child limit, the £20 uplift and what all this means for children and families across the UK.

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