Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS)

The Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS) is a safe online space for Black & Ethnic Minority social workers to educate, empower and equip themselves to navigate the various institutional and structural obstacles they face as professionals.  The BPS is a necessary opportunity to role-model Black and ethnic minority excellence, professionalism and unity.

The aims and objectives of the group are to:

1. Provide a safe space for Black and ethnic minority social workers to offload
2. A caucus that generates strategies and tactics to influence social work policy, practice and education
3. To role-model Black and ethnic minority excellence, professionalism and unity
4. To evaluate existing frameworks and systems within social work to improve the impact they have on Black and ethnic minority social workers
5. To partner with relevant external agencies and organisations to promote Black and ethnic minority empowerment and professional credibility.

Due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter discussed, this is a closed group.  Please contact wayne.reid@basw.co.uk for more information.

Meet the group

Resources

1. Wayne Reid | Professional Social Work magazine – Country View | LinkedIn post – 12/03/24
2. SMASHING the Glass Ceiling | Employment Skills Event | 2020
3. ‘When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression’ 
4. Enter the BPS with Claudia Crawley | 2021
5. ‘Anti-racism in Social Work’ presentation by Pam Shodeinde | 2021
6. Powerful stories about the lived realities of Black people that must be heard | Professional Social Work magazine | 5 October 2021
7. Why anti-racism is needed in social work education
8. BPS & School of Shabs | Relational & Anti-racist supervision form, social work student version, & guidance | 2022
9. Anti-racism supervision template to eradicate ‘colour blind approaches’ | Shabnam Ahmed 
10. BPS & School of Shabs | Anti-racism supervision template promotional video 
11. Student Connect Webinar 95 | Female Genital Mutilation led by Maureen Mguni (BPS) 
12. Why is anti-racism still crucial to social work practice? | Let's Talk Social Work podcast | 2022
13. The Triple 'A' Chinwag: A mini series
14. Webinar | Why care about the care review?
15. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Full series 
16. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Pamela Shodeinde 
17. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Veronica Bell 
18. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Patriche Bentick 
19. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Maureen Mguni
20. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Pauline Sargeant 
21. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Cherelle Francis 
22. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Shabnam Ahmed 
23. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Imtiaz Kala 
24. Voices for Black History Month…and beyond | Why we still need our safe place to talk about racism in social work
25. Beauty, confidence & understanding | Let’s Talk Podcast | Patriche Bentick
26. What's race got to do with it? | Professional Social Work Magazine | 27 March 2023.
27. Research in Practice | Anti-racist supervision matters (blog & video)
28. Pictures from the BPS celebratory event – 15/02/23
29. Talking Heads: reflecting on the role of podcasts as a learning resource | Let's Talk Social Work podcast | Patriche Bentick | 2023
30. What social workers need to know about FGM | Maureen Mguni | Professional Social Work Magazine | 31 October 2023
31. Synergy Sessions: BASW England mini-series
32. ‘Anti-racism in Social Work 2024-2025’ presentation (via LinkedIn)
33. ARC Logos Podcast | Episode 3  - A Continuation of Our Career Journeys (via YouTube)