Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Practice: Action in Social Work is recruiting for a new Resource Reviews Editor: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...think.taylorandfrancis.comResources Review Editor needed for Practice 010
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Truthout @truthout.org · 31/07/2025Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that there is “no starvation” in Gaza, a U.S. doctor who just returned from Gaza says the reality is undeniable and that malnutrition cases are everywhere, in newborn babies, pregnant women, even among the hospital staff.buff.lyBoth Patients and Staff in Gaza Hospitals Experiencing Starvation, Doctor Says“It was completely evident that there is no safe place in Gaza,” a US doctor who just returned from the territory says. 29455
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Sounds like Teach First is getting the Frontline treatment: rebranding, more oversight, emphasis on diversity... In this previous article @robin2399.bsky.social and I argued that these changes were a tacit admission that Frontline had failed. Same can now be said of Teach First. 112
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Petition for UK-based health, aid, and social care workers to sign urging the UK Government to take action over the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza: www.change.org/p/support-un...change.orgSign the PetitionSupport UN-Supervised Aid and Ceasefire in Gaza 003
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Last chance for any other UK based health, aid and social care workers to join the 1,000 others and sign this petition before it is sent off: www.change.org/p/support-un...change.orgSign the PetitionSupport UN-Supervised Aid and Ceasefire in Gaza 021
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/06/2025UK-based health, aid, and social care workers urged to sign Gaza petition in @socialworktoday.bsky.social www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/uk-base... www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/uk-base...socialworktoday.co.ukUK-based health, aid, and social care workers urged to sign Gaza petition | Social Work TodaySocial workers Robin Sen and Yohai Hakak talk to Social Work Today about their petition calling for the continuous delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza and a total embargo on arms sales and military... 041
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Social care and health sector call for ceasefire in Gaza new.basw.co.uk/about-social...new.basw.co.ukSocial care and health sector call for ceasefire in GazaSector petition launched as BASW and SWU issue strong statement 021
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 04/06/2025www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comPalestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughterExclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life 000
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 27/05/2025BASW & SWU statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank new.basw.co.uk/articles/bas...new.basw.co.ukBASW & SWU statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West BankJoint response from The British Association of Social Workers and The Social Workers Union 000
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Petition for UK-based health, aid, and social care workers to sign urging the UK Government to take action over the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza: www.change.org/p/support-un...change.orgSign the PetitionSupport UN-Supervised Aid and Ceasefire in Gaza 003
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 22/05/2025Presented without comment: 0165
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 12/05/2025CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW law4palestine.org/unified-call... #DiplomaticConvoyNowlaw4palestine.orgUNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW - Law for PalestineUNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW 12th May 2025 Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organisations worldwide, issues... 000
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 11/05/2025"Selling our souls for the best & brightest". With international social care ("low skilled") recruitment again under attack, reposting my article highlighting how the Teach First model undermines professional capacity to challenge developments like this. sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...sites.google.comSW2020-21 Covid-19 - Selling our soul for the best and brightestSelling our soul for the best and brightest Joe Hanley 014
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 08/05/2025New article out with John Devaney: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 011
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Call for special issue proposals for Practice: Social Work in Action journal. Deadline June 3rd. Please see under Special Issue information here: www-tandfonline-com.eux.idm.oclc.org/journals/cpr...www-tandfonline-com.eux.idm.oclc.orgShibboleth Authentication Request 000
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Great to see my (open access) research on social work podcasters in England now published in the first issue of Practice for 2025, alongside some other really vital research/articles. Thanks as ever to editors @robin2399.bsky.social @realchristiankerr.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comPractices That Make a Difference, and Practices That Don’tPublished in Practice: Social Work in Action (Vol. 37, No. 1, 2025) 083
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 12/12/2024⬇️ So this happened today! article39.org.uk/2024/12/12/a...article39.org.ukArticle 39's Founder Director receives honorary doctorate | Article 39 4164
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Jane Collins @fostersupportcouk.bsky.social · 18/12/2024An insightful child focused commentary from Article 39. 022
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The high court in London has this week heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how the last Conservative government used a “sham consultation” to try to push through “cataclysmic” cuts to disability benefits of nearly £3 billion over four years. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/court-hears-...disabilitynewsservice.comCourt hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefitsThe high court in London has this week heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how the last Conservative government used a “sham consultation” to try to push through “cataclysmic” cuts to disab… 03322
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 13/12/2024We are appalled that an Israeli airstrike last night killed at least 30 Palestinians, including children, who were sheltering in a post office. Nowhere is safe for families in Gaza. They need a ceasefire. They need the UK to suspend all arms sales to the Government of Israel. 25228
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Christian Kerr @realchristiankerr.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Word on the first was overwhelmingly positive/glowing and it is indeed chockablock with wondrous social work wisdom, as this review in Practice: Social Work in Action attests! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comSocial Work, Cats and Rocket Science: stories of Making a Difference in Social Work with Adults, Elaine James, Rob Mitchell and Hannah Morgan with Mark Harvey and Ian Burgess, Jessica Kingsley Publish...Published in Practice: Social Work in Action (Vol. 33, No. 4, 2021) 1103
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Our first post in our new online home 😀 With our friends at Mind, we have been granted permission to intervene in the upcoming appeal concerning the power of local authorities to deprive children in care of their liberty. More here: article39.org.uk/2024/11/15/c...article39.org.ukCharities join forces to defend the human rights of children in careArticle 39 and Mind charities have been granted permission to intervene jointly in the upcoming appeal of the High Court decision in J: Local Authority consent to Deprivation of Liberty, Re [2024] … 12818
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 15/11/2024This is an absolute disgrace: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAndrew Malkinson still not compensated three years after releaseMr Malkinson served 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit. 010
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Nick R Burke @nick-r-burke.bsky.social · 14/11/2024If you still haven't seen the pledge for Palestine - social workers need to sign this. 111
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Christian Kerr @realchristiankerr.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Oh, and this one, where @robin2399.bsky.social and I discuss some key themes from the book on the Transforming Society podcast… t.co/DGl4eNgT6Mt.cohttps://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2023/06/30/podcast-challenging-the-macalister-review-of-childrens-social-care/ 163
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 24/10/2024New paper led by @DrKatieEllis based on interviews with 15 prominent care experienced activists regarding their activism to achieve change in care systems. Thank you to all the participants for their insights. Available: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 14216
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 14/10/2024Scottish Government consultation on development of a universal definition of care experience. Closes 8 Jan 2025 consult.gov.scot/children-and...consult.gov.scot Developing a universal definition of ‘care experience’ - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space Find and participate in consultations run by The Scottish Government 011
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 11/10/2024Israel Attacks UN Peacekeeper Headquarters in Lebanon for Second Time in 2 Days truthout.org/articles/israel-attack…truthout.orgIsrael Attacks UN Peacekeeper Headquarters in Lebanon for Second Time in 2 DaysHuman Rights Watch has called for an urgent UN investigation into Israel’s escalation against UN peacekeepers. 013
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 12/10/2024Plaid Cymru MPs call for Israel boycott www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPlaid Cymru MPs call for Israel boycott over GazaPlaid Cymru will debate whether the party should support an economic and cultural boycott of Israel. 010
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 11/10/2024The South African anti-apartheid cathedral that’s now a pro-Palestine hub www.aljazeera.com/features/202...aljazeera.comThe South African anti-apartheid cathedral that’s now a pro-Palestine hubAs Israel’s war on Gaza enters a second year, weekly vigils at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town call for peace. 000
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 09/10/2024And with a working link! trussell.org.uk/coh 033
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)British Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 07/10/2024⚠️ More than 10,000 children UK-wide have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit since the General Election. That's why alongside @cpaguk.bsky.social we're urging the UK Government to scrap this unfair, punitive policy in the Budget. Enough is enough. #AllKidsCount | #SWAgainstPoverty 054
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 08/10/2024The Social Workers Pledge for Palestine is now live and ready for signing; social workers, social care workers, social work academics & students, please sign www.sw4palestineuk.orgsw4palestineuk.org@SW4PalestineUK 023
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 05/10/2024The Social Workers' Union has launched a survey for UK based social workers to help identify and highlight the work that social workers are doing and the pressures they are facing. Survey: surveymonkey.com/r/SWUITV The survey will run until 21 October 2024.surveymonkey.comSWU / ITV News SurveyTake this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free. 000
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 03/10/2024A year of genocide: decades of impunity ukpalmhn.com/resources/a-...ukpalmhn.comA year of genocide: decades of impunityUK-Palestine Mental Health Network Statement (2 October 2024)A year of genocide: decades of impunity2 October 2024 We, the following organisations dedicated to supporting mental health through just… 010
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 27/09/2024My new article writing for Yorkshire Bylines addressing Teach First's new Gen Z report, and how it is being used to blame the attitudes of a new generation of teachers for the failures to address ingrained problems in the teaching profession. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...yorkshirebylines.co.ukSolving a problem of their own making: Teach First encounters Gen ZTeach First wants to lead the way in recruiting Gen Z teachers in England, but what if Teach First is part of the problem? 001
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 25/09/2024Excited to be able to announce that our research team have been awarded a £500k NIHR grant to research social work workforces in coastal communities in England. Looking forward to working with a great team led by Jermaine Ravalier. More info in press release: www.bucks.ac.uk/news/bnu-rec...bucks.ac.ukBNU receives £500k research grant to provide “vital” social worker support to help disadvantaged people in coastal communitiesProfessor Jermaine Ravalier from Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) has been awarded a research grant from the National institute for Health and Care (NIHR) alongside Dr Paulina Wegrzynek (Bath Spa ... 011
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Scottish Association of Social Work @scotssocialwork.bsky.social · 26/09/2024🌍 #ThrowbackThursday! In honour of Climate Change Week, we’re revisiting the BASW Conference: A Sustainable Future for Social Work. 🌿 During the event, the Sustainability in Social Work report was launched. You can read more about it here! 🔗 buff.ly/4ewAa0k #ClimateChangeWeek 022
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)British Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 26/09/2024The decision to withdraw funding allocated for social work apprenticeships is gravely concerning. BASW England has approached the government to seek clarity on whether a longer term funding scheme will be developed Read our response in Community Care ⬇️ www.communitycare.co.uk/2024/09/23/d... 002
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Richard Servian @serwianski.bsky.social · 26/09/2024Puzzling decision by new government to cut back on Social Work training through cutting the Apprentice scheme. Does anybody have access to govt policy papers on this? www.communitycare.co.uk/2024/09/23/d...communitycare.co.ukDHSC scraps second round of adult social work apprenticeship fundWhat is your view on the treatment of the social care sector by the Labour government so far? It is yet another government failing social work by implementing cuts. It has taken some promising steps d... 001
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/02/2024MacQueen PhD Scholarship in Social Work @ University of Edinburgh with two great supervisor led options. Application deadline 21st March 2024. Further details: sps.ed.ac.uk/study/prospe...sps.ed.ac.uk 002
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/03/2024The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Reclaiming Social Work - a play in three Acts, with the second Act removed www.communitycare.co.uk/2024/02/19/c... 000
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 19/02/2024Very interesting research from @robin2399.bsky.social et al: "available evidence tends to suggest the increased prevalence of for-profit residential child care providers has had an overall negative, rather than positive, effect... [&] appears to have occurred by default" www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/4/... 011
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 17/02/2024New article 'Charting the 21st Century Rise of For-Profit Residential Child Care' with Olga Ulybina and Lisa Holmes In Youth journal as part of special issue on Residential Care of Children and Young People lead edited by Graham Connelly Available: mdpi.com/2673-995X/4/... 010
Reposted by Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)Franziska Meinck @profmama.bsky.social · 07/02/2024Come and do a PhD with us on lone parenting in South Africa. Open to international candidates, please email before putting in an application. www.sps.ed.ac.uk/study/prospe... #AcademicSky #SocialWork #PublicHealth 023
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/02/2024MacQueen PhD Scholarship in Social Work @ University of Edinburgh with two great supervisor led options. Application deadline 21st March 2024. Further details: sps.ed.ac.uk/study/prospe...sps.ed.ac.uk 002
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/02/2024Several governments, including the UK's, have suspended funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, as starvation hits Gaza. Donate to UNRWA here: donate.unrwa.org/gaza/~my-don...donate.unrwa.orgDonate Today | UNRWAUNRWA human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and eme... 087