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Anti-racism in Social Work: New Resources | Wayne Reid
Wayne Reid is a Professional Officer, Social Worker and former Anti-racism Visionary at BASW England. He qualified as a Social Worker in 2010 and his frontline social care experience spans over 20 years. Wayne has worked for private fostering agencies; the Probation Service; a youth offending team; a community mental health service; a child protection service and with care leavers. Wayne previously compiled and curated a national social work newsletter (Wayne’s Weekly), which ran for several years.
Wayne’s diverse role at BASW England involves supporting national groups focussed on: criminal justice, professional capabilities and development and Black and ethnic minority social workers. Wayne’s work with students, NQSW’s, diverse social work professionals and a cross-section of organisations is extensive. This has involved guest speaking, workshop facilitation; leading national campaigns and mobilising social work activism.
During 2020-2022, Wayne undertook the role of Anti-Racism Visionary and proactively spearheaded a movement to reignite ‘Anti-racism in Social Work’ via his role at BASW England. Wayne’s knowledge and professional opinions have been published in print, online and on international platforms.
Recent innovations include the ‘SHADES OF BIAS‘ Toolkit that is proving a welcome addition to support for survivors of racist behaviour as well as other discriminatory practices.
Read the article in Social Work Today https://www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/%E2%80%9Cwas-that-racism%E2%80%9D%3A-new-toolkit-launched-to-process-racism-and-bias-in-social-work
Watch his presentation to the Irish Association of Social Workers on this toolkit – Shades of Bias online survey – As always, thanks for your support.
As a Black male Social Worker, Wayne understands some of the challenges that service-users and practitioners from different minority groups can face.
From his experience, Wayne believes academic and ‘life education’ are essential to improve an individual’s quality of life and life chances. He adds: “Social work is a vital multi-faceted international service that: coordinates support for the most vulnerable people in society; assesses and manages risk; addresses problematic behaviours and relationships; champions equality and social justice; optimises peoples’ strengths, promotes human decency and creates meaningful opportunities for social mobility”.
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Fighting Human Trafficking with Data and Technology | Sherrie Bosisto
“Once You See It, It’s Really Hard to Ever Look Away” A Deep Dive into Combating Human Trafficking with Sherrie Bosisto, CEO, Global Emancipation Network.
Sherrie Bosisto is the founder and Executive Director of the Global Emancipation Network, ( GEN ), a nonprofit at the forefront of using data and technology to fight human trafficking. With nearly two decades of experience in the field, Sherrie has built a reputation for bringing people together and finding practical solutions to some of society’s toughest challenges.
Currently serving as a Distinguished Research Scholar at North Carolina State University, Sherrie’s work centers on harnessing the power of data analysis and artificial intelligence to protect vulnerable communities and support law enforcement. Her career began with the Protection Project at Johns Hopkins University, and she’s held key roles with organizations like Orphan Secure, always keeping her focus on making a real difference.
We talk of the challenges she has found as she moves around the world advising countries and organisations on how to combat trafficking with the smart use of data.
Sherrie’s commitment to collaboration and innovation shines through in her latest project, the “Finding Freedom: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery” podcast, where she brings together experts and advocates to share stories, successes, and lessons learned from the front lines.
A proud graduate of American University, where she earned her degree in international relations summa cum laude, Sherrie Bosisto is known for her steady leadership, her heart for service, and her unwavering belief that, together, we can build a safer world for everyone.
- Founder / Executive Director at Global Emancipation Network since 2016
- Also – Trafficking Investigations Hub Technical Projects Lead at California Polytechnic
- ‘Global eradication of human trafficking through data analytics’
- Sherrie brings over 10 years of experience combating human trafficking to the creation of the Global Emancipation Network. She is the author of several international legal policies and guidelines on trafficking and has collaborated with the United Nations, League of Arab States, Council of Europe, Interpol, and several governmental agencies to end modern-day slavery. She enjoys traveling and reads voraciously to feed a passion for creating new solutions to end human trafficking.
Global Emancipation Network
- https://www.globalemancipation.ngo/
- Based in California
- Bringing technology and data to frontline stakeholders
- Facilitating communication and technology-sharing initiatives between numerous anti-trafficking stakeholders across the globe
- Minerva – multi-tenant data analytics platform – collection of data on trafficking, texts, images from the deep web and dark web – work with experts to gain insight into the traffic on those sites
- Also collect thousands of trafficking cases, convictions, international legislation, public records
- All the data is available free of charge to the users – law enforcement, government agencies, researchers, academia, anti-trafficking non-profits – to be combined with their own datasets
- Over 2 million trafficking records
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Safeguarding in faith settings. Bishop of Bath & Wells Michael Beasley
Safeguarding in faith settings, Bishop of Bath&Wells Michael Beasley
The Rt Revd Michael Beasley is the 80th Bishop of Bath and Wells and was installed in Wells Cathedral on 12th November 2022. He grew up in rural Staffordshire and was educated in Stafford before studying biology and epidemiology at Imperial College, London and Oxford University.
Bishop Michael trained for ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham, before being ordained in the Diocese of Lichfield in 1999. For many years he combined Christian ministry with a scientific career. The latter involved working with a research group based in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College that enabled programmes in low income countries designed to improve the health and education of school aged children. In 2015, he became the Bishop of Hertford in the Diocese of St Albans before coming to Bath and Wells.Bishop Michael is ‘married into Somerset’ having lots of in-laws here! He lives in Wells with his wife Lizzie and their two children.
He talks of his great sadness over recent national events and his conviction the churches have to become as safe as they can be. He talks of the recent audit of the Diocese’s safeguarding and his pleasure that all those involved, staff and volunteers as well as the dedicated safeguarding team, having received a positive result–always plenty to continue improving but recognised as serving the diocese well.
He emphasised that the church is an organisation where actions must match the rhetoric and not just look to preserve its reputation.
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