The event aims to support international social workers who have moved/will be moving to the UK and desire to practise in this country to

(1) familiarise with the different national professional standards and the correspondent regulators

(2) find connections and insights from hearing stories and experiences of practising social workers qualified in Hong Kong and Romania

In this event, Dr Sui-Ting Kong1 and Dr Jane Shears2 will introduce the new professional development and training plans, co-produced by academics and practitioners in the BASW UK Network of Social Work Practitioner Research, that aim to support overseas qualified social workers in the UK.

Collaborators:

1Durham University, 2The British Association of Social Workers (BASW), the BASW UK Social Work Practitioner Research Network and the BASW Diaspora Special Interest Group

Tentative Programme

11:00 – 11:10 Welcome and the survey results

11:10 – 11:30 Professional standards and regulators of the four nations

11:30 – 11:40 Durham MSW x BASW in supporting overseas qualified social workers (available training and services)

11:40 – 11:55 Sharing I: HK social workers practising in the UK

11.55 – 12.10 Sharing II: Romanian social workers practising in the UK

12.10-12.25 Employers’ views + Q&A

12.25 -12.30 BASW membership

Contact us

Dr Sui-Ting Kong (sui.t.kong@durham.ac.uk), Assistant Professor of Social Work, Durham University

Dr Jane Shears (jane.shears@basw.co.uk) , Head of Professional Development and Education, BASW