Social Workers Without Borders
@socialworkerswb.bsky.social
Social Work solidarity with people impacted by borders. Collaboration // Education // Solidarity
🗣️ UK registered social workers & social work students!
Our first online volunteering info session of the year is happening on Sat 24th Jan 10-11:30am
Come along to find out more about SWWB & how you can get involved!
👉 For more details & the registration link: tinyurl.com/3r8amybv
See you there!
Our first online volunteering info session of the year is happening on Sat 24th Jan 10-11:30am
Come along to find out more about SWWB & how you can get involved!
👉 For more details & the registration link: tinyurl.com/3r8amybv
See you there!
Volunteering with SWWB: online info session on Saturday 24th January 10-11:30am - Social Workers Without Borders
socialworkerswithoutborders.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🗣️ UK registered social workers & social work students!
Our first online volunteering info session of the year is happening on Sat 24th Jan 10-11:30am
Come along to find out more about SWWB & how you can get involved!
👉 For more details & the registration link: tinyurl.com/3r8amybv
See you there!
Our first online volunteering info session of the year is happening on Sat 24th Jan 10-11:30am
Come along to find out more about SWWB & how you can get involved!
👉 For more details & the registration link: tinyurl.com/3r8amybv
See you there!
📣ONE WEEK TO GO!
⚡We're recruiting our next Managing Director- a dynamic, values-led, strategic leader ready to drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity
👀Could this be you or someone you know?
Find out more & apply: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
📅Closing date: 12th Jan at 9am
⚡We're recruiting our next Managing Director- a dynamic, values-led, strategic leader ready to drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity
👀Could this be you or someone you know?
Find out more & apply: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
📅Closing date: 12th Jan at 9am
Vacancies - Social Workers Without Borders
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January 5, 2026 at 9:56 AM
📣ONE WEEK TO GO!
⚡We're recruiting our next Managing Director- a dynamic, values-led, strategic leader ready to drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity
👀Could this be you or someone you know?
Find out more & apply: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
📅Closing date: 12th Jan at 9am
⚡We're recruiting our next Managing Director- a dynamic, values-led, strategic leader ready to drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity
👀Could this be you or someone you know?
Find out more & apply: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
📅Closing date: 12th Jan at 9am
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💫We are excited about what the new year has in store for SWWB and the direction we are heading in. If you feel inspired by the opportunity to help lead the organisation and shape its future, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: 9am on 12th January 2026
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Closing date for applications: 9am on 12th January 2026
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Vacancies - Social Workers Without Borders
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December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
💫We are excited about what the new year has in store for SWWB and the direction we are heading in. If you feel inspired by the opportunity to help lead the organisation and shape its future, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: 9am on 12th January 2026
tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
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Closing date for applications: 9am on 12th January 2026
tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
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💫We are excited about what the new year has in store for SWWB and the direction we are heading in. If you feel inspired by the opportunity to help lead the organisation and shape its future, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: 9am on 12th January 2026
tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
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Closing date for applications: 9am on 12th January 2026
tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
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Vacancies - Social Workers Without Borders
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December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
💫We are excited about what the new year has in store for SWWB and the direction we are heading in. If you feel inspired by the opportunity to help lead the organisation and shape its future, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: 9am on 12th January 2026
tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
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Closing date for applications: 9am on 12th January 2026
tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
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🗓️ As the year draws to a close, many of us reflect on what lies ahead: new opportunities, fresh challenges, and where we want to focus our energy and commitment in the year to come.
Perhaps this is the year you take the step to become our next Managing Director...
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Perhaps this is the year you take the step to become our next Managing Director...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🗓️ As the year draws to a close, many of us reflect on what lies ahead: new opportunities, fresh challenges, and where we want to focus our energy and commitment in the year to come.
Perhaps this is the year you take the step to become our next Managing Director...
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Perhaps this is the year you take the step to become our next Managing Director...
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‼️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
⚡ 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
Vacancies - Social Workers Without Borders
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December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
‼️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
⚡ 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
We are proud of how far we have come and excited about the prospect of what comes next... Could this be you?
Join our small and impactful team and help drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity! Find out more about the role.
Closing date: 12th Jan tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
Join our small and impactful team and help drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity! Find out more about the role.
Closing date: 12th Jan tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
Vacancies - Social Workers Without Borders
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We are proud of how far we have come and excited about the prospect of what comes next... Could this be you?
Join our small and impactful team and help drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity! Find out more about the role.
Closing date: 12th Jan tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
Join our small and impactful team and help drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity! Find out more about the role.
Closing date: 12th Jan tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
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.
📣 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.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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.
📣 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.
This research was conducted by academics at the @livunilawsj.bsky.social and the @unibirmingham.bsky.social, and involved looking at 15 case files from the work of Social Workers Without Borders and @biddetention.bsky.social. 5/
December 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This research was conducted by academics at the @livunilawsj.bsky.social and the @unibirmingham.bsky.social, and involved looking at 15 case files from the work of Social Workers Without Borders and @biddetention.bsky.social. 5/
We are proud of how far we have come and excited about the prospect of what comes next...
Could this be you? Join our small and impactful team and help drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity!
Find out more about the role. Closing date: 12th Jan tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
Could this be you? Join our small and impactful team and help drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity!
Find out more about the role. Closing date: 12th Jan tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
Vacancies - Social Workers Without Borders
tinyurl.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We are proud of how far we have come and excited about the prospect of what comes next...
Could this be you? Join our small and impactful team and help drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity!
Find out more about the role. Closing date: 12th Jan tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
Could this be you? Join our small and impactful team and help drive our mission for migration justice and social work solidarity!
Find out more about the role. Closing date: 12th Jan tinyurl.com/mvyadpue
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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...
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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...
📢 With increasing political focus on immigration enforcement and forced removal, and rhetoric about rolling back the human rights protection for family & private life, this research could not be more urgent.
Read the full report to understand what is happening, why it matters & what must change. 4/
Read the full report to understand what is happening, why it matters & what must change. 4/
December 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
📢 With increasing political focus on immigration enforcement and forced removal, and rhetoric about rolling back the human rights protection for family & private life, this research could not be more urgent.
Read the full report to understand what is happening, why it matters & what must change. 4/
Read the full report to understand what is happening, why it matters & what must change. 4/
➡️There is no official data tracking how many children are affected
➡️The Home Office is failing its legal duty to safeguard children
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➡️The Home Office is failing its legal duty to safeguard children
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December 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
➡️There is no official data tracking how many children are affected
➡️The Home Office is failing its legal duty to safeguard children
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➡️The Home Office is failing its legal duty to safeguard children
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➡️Children’s welfare is routinely ignored in deportation decisions concerning a parent
➡️Life changing outcomes are made with little or no evidence about children’s needs
➡️Families spend an average of 5.2 years in deportation proceedings
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➡️Life changing outcomes are made with little or no evidence about children’s needs
➡️Families spend an average of 5.2 years in deportation proceedings
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December 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
➡️Children’s welfare is routinely ignored in deportation decisions concerning a parent
➡️Life changing outcomes are made with little or no evidence about children’s needs
➡️Families spend an average of 5.2 years in deportation proceedings
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➡️Life changing outcomes are made with little or no evidence about children’s needs
➡️Families spend an average of 5.2 years in deportation proceedings
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‼️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/
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/
December 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
‼️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/
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/
✨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!
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Every purchase supports our work!
#WeAreSocialWorkersWithoutBorders
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
December 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
✨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
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
UK registered social workers & SW students.. Want to stand in social work solidarity with people impacted by borders?
We are holding an online info session about volunteering THIS SATURDAY 10-11:30am. We'd love to see you there!
Find out more & register: socialworkerswithoutborders.org/917-2/
We are holding an online info session about volunteering THIS SATURDAY 10-11:30am. We'd love to see you there!
Find out more & register: socialworkerswithoutborders.org/917-2/
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
UK registered social workers & SW students.. Want to stand in social work solidarity with people impacted by borders?
We are holding an online info session about volunteering THIS SATURDAY 10-11:30am. We'd love to see you there!
Find out more & register: socialworkerswithoutborders.org/917-2/
We are holding an online info session about volunteering THIS SATURDAY 10-11:30am. We'd love to see you there!
Find out more & register: socialworkerswithoutborders.org/917-2/
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More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared in the care of Kent county council are still missing. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared in the care of Kent county council are still missing. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Social Workers Without Borders
📣 We are looking for a UK registered social worker to join our small but effective, friendly, and supportive staff team!
👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt
🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November
👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt
🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📣 We are looking for a UK registered social worker to join our small but effective, friendly, and supportive staff team!
👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt
🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November
👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt
🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November
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Recently, we have seen an increase in protests and demonstrations outside asylum hotels, driven by misinformation and fear.
Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have written a statement to respond directly to the concerns and questions they’ve heard from local communities.
Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have written a statement to respond directly to the concerns and questions they’ve heard from local communities.
Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group: Our response to the protests outside hotels - GMIAU
Statement from a group in Manchester who have lived experience of living in asylum accommodation responding to the racist far-right protests
gmiau.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Recently, we have seen an increase in protests and demonstrations outside asylum hotels, driven by misinformation and fear.
Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have written a statement to respond directly to the concerns and questions they’ve heard from local communities.
Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have written a statement to respond directly to the concerns and questions they’ve heard from local communities.
📣 We are looking for a UK registered social worker to join our small but effective, friendly, and supportive staff team!
👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt
🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November
👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt
🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📣 We are looking for a UK registered social worker to join our small but effective, friendly, and supportive staff team!
👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt
🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November
👀 Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mr2sd6mt
🗓 Closing date: 9am on Mon 17th November
We are looking forward to holding two of our core volunteer training sessions this Saturday!
SWWB volunteers, there are still spaces available. Book your spot via your Volunteer Login area. See you there!
SWWB volunteers, there are still spaces available. Book your spot via your Volunteer Login area. See you there!
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We are looking forward to holding two of our core volunteer training sessions this Saturday!
SWWB volunteers, there are still spaces available. Book your spot via your Volunteer Login area. See you there!
SWWB volunteers, there are still spaces available. Book your spot via your Volunteer Login area. See you there!
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❗ACT NOW
At the time of writing, you can still submit refugee family reunion applications. However new applications will not be considered after 3pm on Thursday 4th September.
If you're eligible + planned to apply, we urge you to submit an online application as soon as possible, before this time.
At the time of writing, you can still submit refugee family reunion applications. However new applications will not be considered after 3pm on Thursday 4th September.
If you're eligible + planned to apply, we urge you to submit an online application as soon as possible, before this time.
Changes to Refugee Family Reunion - GMIAU
The Home Secretary has announced that refugee family reunion applications will be suspended. Act now if you need to make an application.
gmiau.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
❗ACT NOW
At the time of writing, you can still submit refugee family reunion applications. However new applications will not be considered after 3pm on Thursday 4th September.
If you're eligible + planned to apply, we urge you to submit an online application as soon as possible, before this time.
At the time of writing, you can still submit refugee family reunion applications. However new applications will not be considered after 3pm on Thursday 4th September.
If you're eligible + planned to apply, we urge you to submit an online application as soon as possible, before this time.
Reposted by Social Workers Without Borders
1/ 🧵Family reunion is one of the only safe routes for refugees to reach the UK, yet the Gov is making it harder.
This shortsighted policy will only force people onto dangerous journeys to be with their families when the safe, legal option is taken away.
This shortsighted policy will only force people onto dangerous journeys to be with their families when the safe, legal option is taken away.
UK to make it harder for refugees to bring family members to country
Home secretary to announce overhaul of family reunion policy in attempt to quell fractious immigration debate
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
1/ 🧵Family reunion is one of the only safe routes for refugees to reach the UK, yet the Gov is making it harder.
This shortsighted policy will only force people onto dangerous journeys to be with their families when the safe, legal option is taken away.
This shortsighted policy will only force people onto dangerous journeys to be with their families when the safe, legal option is taken away.