Social work recognised in New Years Honours List 2024
Social workers have been awarded honours for services to the profession.
The 2024 Honours List celebrates extraordinary professionals, volunteers and members of the public across the UK, marking their contributions in public life.
An array of individuals from social work and social care are represented in this year’s list, with some highlighted below (please contact us if we have missed a recipient from the social work community).
BASW member and Adult Safeguarding Lead, Shabnam Ahmed, who has developed a framework for antiracist supervision with BASW’s Black and Ethnic Minority Professionals’ Symposium, received an MBE in recognition of her work on anti-racist practice and supervision. Whilst Children’s practitioner, Kirstie Baughan was recognised for her work supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and refugees, both in social work practice and as a volunteer for Care4Calais.
BASW commends all those from the social work and social care professions UK-wide who have been recognised for their achievements and service.
- Shabnam Ahmed Butt - Lead for Adult Safeguarding, Camden London Borough Council. MBE for services to Social Care (London, Greater London)
- Kirstie Louise Baughan - Social Worker, Central Bedfordshire Council. MBE for services to Social Work (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)
- David Lampton Grey Cochrane - Head of Forensic Social Work, Forensic Mental Health and High Secure Care, West London NHS Trust. MBE for services to Health and Social Care (London, Greater London)
- Jacqueline Savage - Volunteer. For services to Social Care (Stockton on Tees, County Durham)
- James Alexander Bullion - Lately Executive Director, Adult Social Services, Norfolk County Council and lately President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. For services to Social Care (Norwich, Norfolk)
- Melanie Sharon John-Ross - Lately Service Director, Children's Social Care and Safeguarding. For services to Children and Families in Barnsley, South Yorkshire (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire)
- Sara Louise Tough - Executive Director, Children's Services, Norfolk County Council. For services to Education and Children's Social Care (Norwich, Norfolk)
- Alison Margaret Murray - Deputy Director of Adult Social Care, Care Quality Commission. For services to Adult Social Care (Didcot, Oxfordshire)
- Jacqueline Ann Hendra - Social Care Assessor, Devon County Council. For services to People with Disabilities (Plympton, Devon)
- Pamela Marguerita Frickleton - Foster Carer, Plymouth City Council. For services to Young People (Plymouth, Devon)
- Peter Thornton Frickleton - Foster Carer, Plymouth City Council. For services to Young People (Plymouth, Devon)
- Lydia Anna Obat Ina - Foster Carer and Founder, Gapolunya Foundation. For services to Vulnerable Children (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
- David Nuttall - Deputy Director, Neurodiversity, Disability and Learning Disability, Department of Health and Social Care. For services to People with Down Syndrome (London, Greater London)
- June Edna Nicol-Dundas - Foster Carer, Fostering London. For services to Young People (London, Greater London)
- Ivora Maria Ferreira-Bean - Team Manager, Birmingham Children's Trust. For services to Children and Families (Birmingham, West Midlands)
- Isabelle Trowler - Chief Social Worker for Children and Families, Department for Education. OBE for services to Children's Social Care (London, Greater London)
- Janet Elizabeth Kay - Kinship Carer, Kinship. For services to Children and Families (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
- Kathryn Rose Roberts - Chief Executive Officer, Association of Mental Health Providers. For services to Mental Health (Chester, Cheshire)
- Nicola Heather Anne Patterson - Lately Director of Nursing, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (Bangor, County Down)
- Dr Christine Paula Futter - Lately Chief Operating Officer, Norfolk and Suffolk Care Support Ltd. For services to Adult Social Care (Norwich, Norfolk)
- Joshua Macalister - Chair, Independent Review of Children's Social Care and Founder, Frontline. For services to Vulnerable Children (Ennerdale, Cumbria)
- Neil Francis Guckian - Chief Executive, The Western Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care and to the community in Northern Ireland (Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry)
- Lorraine Sanda - Strategic Director of People, Clackmannanshire Council. For services to Children and Families (Bannockburn, Stirling and Falkirk)
- Carrie Byrom - Director, Stable Lives. For services to Mental Health and the community in North West England (Wigan, Lancashire)
- Professor Timothy James Greaves Kendall - Lately National Clinical Director for Mental Health, NHS England. For services to Mental Health Care in England (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
- Emrys Shaun Elias - Lately Chair, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. For services to the NHS and Mental Health Services in Wales (Neath, West Glamorgan)