Agent of the State? guest lecture

This is the next event in the seminar series organised jointly between the BASW (British Association of Social Workers) Black Country branch and the University of Wolverhampton.The event will be of interest not only to those who work in and are studying social work and social care, but all those who are invovled in other areas of welfare provision (nursing, housing, education) - particularly with asylum seekers and travellers, as well as students of social policy.

The speaker is Colin Turbett who qualified as a social worker in 1978 and spent the next 37 years in frontline practice in the West of Scotland, working in both rural and urban settings. He finished his career as a children and family team manager in an area suffering acute disadvantage. He was always a trade union activist and involved in socialist politics. A Masters degree in the late 1990s gave Colin a taste for writing, and several published papers (and a book) on rural social work followed. In 2014 Palgrave Macmillan published ‘Doing Radical Social Work’: 'my attempt at translating good social work based on values and practice under intense threat, into something do-able on a day to day basis'. Since formal retiral, Colin has been involved in promoting these themes, in particular for those working amongst gypsy travellers and asylum seekers, but also on a general basis with colleagues in SASW and UNISON.

Learning points:

1. How can practice empower individuals.
2. How far are social workers agents of social control.
3. How radical social workers can and should be...

Students, members and non-members welcome.

This event is free to attend and as always light refreshments will be available and those all important CPD certificates will be provided.

If you have any special requirements please email Tonia Dubidat on tonia_247@msn.com giving at least 24 hours notice.

If you require further information about the event please contact Dr Graeme Simpson - g.simpson@wlv.ac.uk - or the BASW Black Country branch.