Great day at the #SWUConference 2025. Lots of solidarity and hope shared from the varied speakers. Thanks to @swu-uk.bsky.social for the invitation to be a lil part of it.

SWU Exec Nana Yabbey-Hagan, host of The Social Worker and the Mentor podcast, draws the #SWUConference 2025 to a close with reflections on what we've learned. Attendees also shared what they will do to support their colleagues and the next generation of social workers.

At the #SWUConference Dr @joehanley.bsky.social reflects on issues that social workers are experiencing, looks at social work workplace activism as it exists in 2025, and asks the fundamental question: should social workers just give up, or can they stand up to the challenges they face?

Thank you to our own SWU Trade Union Official / @basw-uk.bsky.social Advice & Representation Service Officer Lisa Fitzpatrick and SWU Contact Katy Doherty for speaking to us at the #SWUConference about how the union and professional association support our social worker members across the UK.

Great to be joined this afternoon at the #SWUConference by GFTU General Secretary Gawain Little who is reflecting on the changing face of solidarity, what it looks like in the 21st century, and how it remains the foundation of the Trade Union movement in Britain and internationally.

It's great to have Tricia Pereira, Co-Chair of the Independent Advisory Group SC-WRES, at the #SWUConference! Her interactive session is exploring the journey from #Allyship to #Solidarity and anti-racist practice, and why solidarity is so much more meaningful to her than allyship.

Alienation is a common experience in communities social work serves & the profession itself- yet neither social work nor the management literature has much to say about it. At the #SWUconference Dr Neil Thompson explains its significance & argues why we should be focusing on it more.

Vivian Okeze-Tirado speaks at #SWUConference on driving social justice & positive change through emotional intelligence & cultural sensitivity. Upholding core social work values, supporting the vulnerable, and strengthening the profession's collective voice to create meaningful and lasting impact.

SWU Chair Dave Callow speaks on belonging, solidarity, and trade unionism in social work- and the brilliant lineup of keynote speakers at today's #SWUConference: Vivian Okeze-Tirado, Dr Neil Thompson, Tricia Pereira, Gawain Little, Dr Joe Hanley, and SWU Exec Nana Yabbey-Hagan!

Good morning from the #SWUConference 2025! SWU General Secretary John McGowan thanks you all for joining us this weekend and is highlighting the good work the union has been doing this year. Great to also have some #SWUAssignment winners here today!