Julia Ross
@20452079.bsky.social
Author The Laughing Robot pub Oct 24 & Chair British Association of Social Workers UK
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We are at @plaidcymru.bsky.social Autumn Conference today in Swansea - pop over and say hello!
October 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
We are at @plaidcymru.bsky.social Autumn Conference today in Swansea - pop over and say hello!
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📢 BASW is giving public evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry on Monday 📢
We are the only social work organisation involved in this Inquiry, enabling us to ensure that social work is being fairly represented, heard and understood in its investigations.
We are the only social work organisation involved in this Inquiry, enabling us to ensure that social work is being fairly represented, heard and understood in its investigations.
October 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📢 BASW is giving public evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry on Monday 📢
We are the only social work organisation involved in this Inquiry, enabling us to ensure that social work is being fairly represented, heard and understood in its investigations.
We are the only social work organisation involved in this Inquiry, enabling us to ensure that social work is being fairly represented, heard and understood in its investigations.
So looking forward to hearing @basw-uk.bsky.social at Mondays UK Covid Inquiry. There’ll be lots to hear, lots to learn for #children & families
📢 BASW is giving public evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry on Monday 📢
We are the only social work organisation involved in this Inquiry, enabling us to ensure that social work is being fairly represented, heard and understood in its investigations.
We are the only social work organisation involved in this Inquiry, enabling us to ensure that social work is being fairly represented, heard and understood in its investigations.
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
So looking forward to hearing @basw-uk.bsky.social at Mondays UK Covid Inquiry. There’ll be lots to hear, lots to learn for #children & families
One final final swim this late summer irresistible
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
One final final swim this late summer irresistible
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Antisemitism is an evil that we must all condemn and stand robustly against. There is no room for hate and prejudice in our society.
October 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Antisemitism is an evil that we must all condemn and stand robustly against. There is no room for hate and prejudice in our society.
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Today’s attack on a Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is deeply disturbing and horrifying.
Our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, their families, and the wider Jewish community at this distressing time.
Our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, their families, and the wider Jewish community at this distressing time.
October 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Today’s attack on a Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is deeply disturbing and horrifying.
Our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, their families, and the wider Jewish community at this distressing time.
Our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, their families, and the wider Jewish community at this distressing time.
Interesting start @covid-19 inquiry. Do therapeutic interventions for children need to take account of #socialwork skills & role working in partnership with #schools #teachers @basw-uk.bsky.social @baswcymru.bsky.social
This week the covid inquiry will hear evidence about the pandemic’s impact on children and young people. Dame Rachel de Souza, children’s commissioner, says children are still paying the price for school lockdowns.
www.thetimes.com/article/ae39...
www.thetimes.com/article/ae39...
You’re not therapists, schools told in warning of ‘negative spiral’
The former Ofsted boss Baroness Spielman says children are being encouraged to find problems when they should be engrossed in normal education
www.thetimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Interesting start @covid-19 inquiry. Do therapeutic interventions for children need to take account of #socialwork skills & role working in partnership with #schools #teachers @basw-uk.bsky.social @baswcymru.bsky.social
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🚨 We've joined with 85 disability and human rights campaign groups in opposing the disastrous Welfare Bill.
There is too much at stake for disabled people for this Bill to be rushed through without meaningful challenge or scrutiny.
MPs must reject it today.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
There is too much at stake for disabled people for this Bill to be rushed through without meaningful challenge or scrutiny.
MPs must reject it today.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No 10 plan to avert Labour welfare rebellion in chaos amid division over scale of concessions
MPs including select committee chairs express doubts that concessions agreed last week go far enough
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚨 We've joined with 85 disability and human rights campaign groups in opposing the disastrous Welfare Bill.
There is too much at stake for disabled people for this Bill to be rushed through without meaningful challenge or scrutiny.
MPs must reject it today.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
There is too much at stake for disabled people for this Bill to be rushed through without meaningful challenge or scrutiny.
MPs must reject it today.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Co-production is essential. The government says so itself. Why have people not been engaged?
Welfare Bill Statement
This Bill has been brought:
- Without consultation with disabled people
- Without assessment of its impact on health/employment outcomes
- Before the review of the PIP assessment has begun
- Without knowing the outcome of the PIP review
Vote against! @basw-uk.bsky.social
This Bill has been brought:
- Without consultation with disabled people
- Without assessment of its impact on health/employment outcomes
- Before the review of the PIP assessment has begun
- Without knowing the outcome of the PIP review
Vote against! @basw-uk.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Co-production is essential. The government says so itself. Why have people not been engaged?
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Disabled people and their unpaid carers in Wales stand to lose the most from these utterly bizarre proposals by the UK Government.
We call on all MPs in Wales to vote against these cuts today.
#ShowUsYouCare
We call on all MPs in Wales to vote against these cuts today.
#ShowUsYouCare
"If my benefits are lost then I will not be able to afford to live."
Benefit cuts will hit disabled people in Wales the hardest.
All Welsh MPs must vote against the Bill.
#NoToDisabilityBenefitCuts #StopDisabilityBenefitCuts
Benefit cuts will hit disabled people in Wales the hardest.
All Welsh MPs must vote against the Bill.
#NoToDisabilityBenefitCuts #StopDisabilityBenefitCuts
July 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Disabled people and their unpaid carers in Wales stand to lose the most from these utterly bizarre proposals by the UK Government.
We call on all MPs in Wales to vote against these cuts today.
#ShowUsYouCare
We call on all MPs in Wales to vote against these cuts today.
#ShowUsYouCare
So happy to be part of this rich experience. Thankyou to all members, colleagues and contributors
🌟 Thank you to all our delegates, speakers, exhibitors and staff for making BASW UK Conference 2025 a memorable, passionate and positive celebration of our profession.
It's always special when our social work community comes together. Until next time!
#BASWConf25
It's always special when our social work community comes together. Until next time!
#BASWConf25
June 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So happy to be part of this rich experience. Thankyou to all members, colleagues and contributors
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🌟 Thank you to all our delegates, speakers, exhibitors and staff for making BASW UK Conference 2025 a memorable, passionate and positive celebration of our profession.
It's always special when our social work community comes together. Until next time!
#BASWConf25
It's always special when our social work community comes together. Until next time!
#BASWConf25
June 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🌟 Thank you to all our delegates, speakers, exhibitors and staff for making BASW UK Conference 2025 a memorable, passionate and positive celebration of our profession.
It's always special when our social work community comes together. Until next time!
#BASWConf25
It's always special when our social work community comes together. Until next time!
#BASWConf25
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Huge thanks to @basw-uk.bsky.social for having us along to share our workshop on 'Community Orientated Practice Makes a Difference'. We appreciated having one of our parents come along to contribute to our presentation! Lived experience is so powerful ❤️
Drawing on their experience working with families, Caroline McDonald (Co-Chair of the SASW Committee), her colleague Lorena Noto, and a mother they support came together to share powerful insights on how community can—and should—be at the heart of social work practice at #BASWConf25
June 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Huge thanks to @basw-uk.bsky.social for having us along to share our workshop on 'Community Orientated Practice Makes a Difference'. We appreciated having one of our parents come along to contribute to our presentation! Lived experience is so powerful ❤️
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🤩 WOW! 🤩
An inspiring couple of days in Manchester for BASW UK Conference 2025 full of rich discussions, learning and fellowship.
We're enjoying seeing all your photos and hearing about your conference highlights and experiences. Let's keep the conversation going!
#BASWConf25
An inspiring couple of days in Manchester for BASW UK Conference 2025 full of rich discussions, learning and fellowship.
We're enjoying seeing all your photos and hearing about your conference highlights and experiences. Let's keep the conversation going!
#BASWConf25
June 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🤩 WOW! 🤩
An inspiring couple of days in Manchester for BASW UK Conference 2025 full of rich discussions, learning and fellowship.
We're enjoying seeing all your photos and hearing about your conference highlights and experiences. Let's keep the conversation going!
#BASWConf25
An inspiring couple of days in Manchester for BASW UK Conference 2025 full of rich discussions, learning and fellowship.
We're enjoying seeing all your photos and hearing about your conference highlights and experiences. Let's keep the conversation going!
#BASWConf25
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Social workers raise concerns over Reform lead members for children's and adult services at Leicestershire County Council #Reform #Burka #LeicsLatest
new.basw.co.uk/about-social...
new.basw.co.uk/about-social...
Reform councillors aged 19 and 22 in charge of children’s and adult services at local authority
Social workers raise questions over clash of values and lack of experience of new lead members at Leicestershire County Council
new.basw.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Social workers raise concerns over Reform lead members for children's and adult services at Leicestershire County Council #Reform #Burka #LeicsLatest
new.basw.co.uk/about-social...
new.basw.co.uk/about-social...
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✨ Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating #EidAlAdha
Everyone at BASW wishes you a peaceful and joyful celebration.
Everyone at BASW wishes you a peaceful and joyful celebration.
June 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
✨ Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating #EidAlAdha
Everyone at BASW wishes you a peaceful and joyful celebration.
Everyone at BASW wishes you a peaceful and joyful celebration.
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Eid Mubarak!
May we all be inspired by the values of empathy, generosity, and compassion celebrated during #EidAlAdha. Team BASW Cymru
Eid Mubarak!
Bydded inni i gyd gael ein hysbrydoli gan werthoedd empathi, haelioni a thrugaredd a ddathlwyd yn ystod #EidAlAdha. Tîm BASW Cymru
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May we all be inspired by the values of empathy, generosity, and compassion celebrated during #EidAlAdha. Team BASW Cymru
Eid Mubarak!
Bydded inni i gyd gael ein hysbrydoli gan werthoedd empathi, haelioni a thrugaredd a ddathlwyd yn ystod #EidAlAdha. Tîm BASW Cymru
@basw-uk.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Eid Mubarak!
May we all be inspired by the values of empathy, generosity, and compassion celebrated during #EidAlAdha. Team BASW Cymru
Eid Mubarak!
Bydded inni i gyd gael ein hysbrydoli gan werthoedd empathi, haelioni a thrugaredd a ddathlwyd yn ystod #EidAlAdha. Tîm BASW Cymru
@basw-uk.bsky.social
May we all be inspired by the values of empathy, generosity, and compassion celebrated during #EidAlAdha. Team BASW Cymru
Eid Mubarak!
Bydded inni i gyd gael ein hysbrydoli gan werthoedd empathi, haelioni a thrugaredd a ddathlwyd yn ystod #EidAlAdha. Tîm BASW Cymru
@basw-uk.bsky.social
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📢 We're delighted to announce that Janet Daby MP, Minister for Children and Families, will be our headline speaker at BASW UK Conference!
Join us in Manchester on 10-11 June and sign up this week to take advantage of our discount rate!
Find out more 🔗 new.basw.co.uk/about-basw/s...
Join us in Manchester on 10-11 June and sign up this week to take advantage of our discount rate!
Find out more 🔗 new.basw.co.uk/about-basw/s...
April 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📢 We're delighted to announce that Janet Daby MP, Minister for Children and Families, will be our headline speaker at BASW UK Conference!
Join us in Manchester on 10-11 June and sign up this week to take advantage of our discount rate!
Find out more 🔗 new.basw.co.uk/about-basw/s...
Join us in Manchester on 10-11 June and sign up this week to take advantage of our discount rate!
Find out more 🔗 new.basw.co.uk/about-basw/s...
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🚨 BASW England strongly opposes the rollout of PAVA spray in youth custody settings.
We've written to @shabanamahmood.bsky.social calling on the government to halt implementation and prioritise trauma-informed and rights-based approaches.
Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/support/grou...
We've written to @shabanamahmood.bsky.social calling on the government to halt implementation and prioritise trauma-informed and rights-based approaches.
Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/support/grou...
April 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚨 BASW England strongly opposes the rollout of PAVA spray in youth custody settings.
We've written to @shabanamahmood.bsky.social calling on the government to halt implementation and prioritise trauma-informed and rights-based approaches.
Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/support/grou...
We've written to @shabanamahmood.bsky.social calling on the government to halt implementation and prioritise trauma-informed and rights-based approaches.
Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/support/grou...
Real & enduring message to us all from Pete Jackson @adass.bsky.social @basw
"At a time of pain, silence, healing and hope, a simple phrase kept me going." Pete Jackson @wmadass.bsky.social shares his cancer journey through the lens of adult social care in his blog.
www.adass.org.uk/to-love-is-to-act-what-my-cancer-journey-taught-me-about-stoicism-and-adult-social-care/
www.adass.org.uk/to-love-is-to-act-what-my-cancer-journey-taught-me-about-stoicism-and-adult-social-care/
To Love Is to Act: What My Cancer Journey Taught Me About Stoicism and Adult Social Care - ADASS
By Pete Jackson, West Midlands ADASS Improvement Director Over the course of this year’s ADASS Spring Seminar, a theme kept rising to the surface: storytelling. The power of it. The need for it. And t...
www.adass.org.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Real & enduring message to us all from Pete Jackson @adass.bsky.social @basw