Joe Hanley
@joehanley.bsky.social
Probably the biggest influence accelerating social worker familiarity with AI tools like ChatGPT is the Social Work England CPD process. It is not fit for purpose.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Probably the biggest influence accelerating social worker familiarity with AI tools like ChatGPT is the Social Work England CPD process. It is not fit for purpose.
I recently joined the Foster Care Uncovered podcast to discuss policy networks and their impact on children’s social care with @sarahatfosterwiki.bsky.social and Louise Allen. An important conversation Im glad we could have. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/44Oj...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I recently joined the Foster Care Uncovered podcast to discuss policy networks and their impact on children’s social care with @sarahatfosterwiki.bsky.social and Louise Allen. An important conversation Im glad we could have. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/44Oj...
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A reminder that the consultation for the Government Review of @socialworkengland.bsky.social finishes on 26th November www.gov.uk/government/g...
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A reminder that the consultation for the Government Review of @socialworkengland.bsky.social finishes on 26th November www.gov.uk/government/g...
DID YOU KNOW? Social work academics get different questions to 'practising social workers' in the Social Work England review consultation! You’re forced to pick one role, even though many overlap, and choosing “academic” skips major sections, including everything on registration. A🧵1/5.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
DID YOU KNOW? Social work academics get different questions to 'practising social workers' in the Social Work England review consultation! You’re forced to pick one role, even though many overlap, and choosing “academic” skips major sections, including everything on registration. A🧵1/5.
Social Work England’s fitness-to-practise failures keep piling up, with social workers paying the price. Now its 9 months just to go through triage stage, despite 85% leading to no further action, and 4.3 years(!) to get an outcome from hearing stage.
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/11/19/s...
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/11/19/s...
Social Work England to miss fitness to practise targets - Community Care
Regulator has received 29% more concerns about social workers this year than last, undermining drive to tackle fitness to practise delays
www.communitycare.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Social Work England’s fitness-to-practise failures keep piling up, with social workers paying the price. Now its 9 months just to go through triage stage, despite 85% leading to no further action, and 4.3 years(!) to get an outcome from hearing stage.
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/11/19/s...
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/11/19/s...
Check out the first episode of Foster Care Uncovered, the new podcast from @sarahatfosterwiki.bsky.social and Louise Allen - "The stories behind the headlines, the truths behind the system - exposing, confronting, and moving foster care forward." 👏 👍
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Foster Care Uncovered
Podcast Episode · Foster Care Uncovered · 17/11/2025 · 46m
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November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Check out the first episode of Foster Care Uncovered, the new podcast from @sarahatfosterwiki.bsky.social and Louise Allen - "The stories behind the headlines, the truths behind the system - exposing, confronting, and moving foster care forward." 👏 👍
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis" - really disapointing findings.
As I've said before we shouldn't let hope for what apprenticeships should be blind us from reality of what they currently are.
feweek.co.uk/degree-appre...
As I've said before we shouldn't let hope for what apprenticeships should be blind us from reality of what they currently are.
feweek.co.uk/degree-appre...
Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis
Research reignites warnings that the route risks becoming 'another middle-class preserve'
feweek.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis" - really disapointing findings.
As I've said before we shouldn't let hope for what apprenticeships should be blind us from reality of what they currently are.
feweek.co.uk/degree-appre...
As I've said before we shouldn't let hope for what apprenticeships should be blind us from reality of what they currently are.
feweek.co.uk/degree-appre...
Published today, 'Social Work Professional Organizations: A Comparative International Perspective' from @policypress.bsky.social.
Includes a chapter about @basw-uk.bsky.social from David Jones, Bridget Robb and me. Aailable here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-work-...
Includes a chapter about @basw-uk.bsky.social from David Jones, Bridget Robb and me. Aailable here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-work-...
Social Work Professional Organizations
Social Work Professional Organizations - A Comparative International Perspective; Using an interdisciplinary framework, this edited volume provides the first comprehensive, comparative analysis of soc...
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Published today, 'Social Work Professional Organizations: A Comparative International Perspective' from @policypress.bsky.social.
Includes a chapter about @basw-uk.bsky.social from David Jones, Bridget Robb and me. Aailable here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-work-...
Includes a chapter about @basw-uk.bsky.social from David Jones, Bridget Robb and me. Aailable here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-work-...
Social workers - make sure you complete the Social Work England review survey. Last time, 96% opposed the fee rise, but they said the sample was too small.
Don't give them that excuse again...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
Don't give them that excuse again...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
Independent review for social work regulation: call for evidence
- Department for Education
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
consult.education.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Social workers - make sure you complete the Social Work England review survey. Last time, 96% opposed the fee rise, but they said the sample was too small.
Don't give them that excuse again...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
Don't give them that excuse again...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
Matt Hood appointed Professor of Practice at University of Cumbria: "Drawing on my experience and expertise in education, health & public service reform, I look forward to equipping students, academics & public sector leaders with the insight and tools..." news.cumbria.ac.uk/news/nationa...
National education expert joins University of Cumbria as Professor of Practice (Public Sector) | University of Cumbria News
Matt Hood OBE, currently a Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has been appointed a Professor of Practice at the University of Cumbria.
news.cumbria.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Matt Hood appointed Professor of Practice at University of Cumbria: "Drawing on my experience and expertise in education, health & public service reform, I look forward to equipping students, academics & public sector leaders with the insight and tools..." news.cumbria.ac.uk/news/nationa...
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‘How I destroyed England’s state education system 2010 to 2024’ by Nick Gibb. Ummm… think I’ll give it a miss. But the article is a great read #EduSky. @joehanley.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Gibb it a rest! A review of Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
‘How I destroyed England’s state education system 2010 to 2024’ by Nick Gibb. Ummm… think I’ll give it a miss. But the article is a great read #EduSky. @joehanley.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
"As of 30 September 2025 [Social Work England] projected that it would underspend the full-year budget by £969,000, 5.7% of the total" - via @community-care.bsky.social
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/11/11/d...
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/11/11/d...
DfE cuts Social Work England funding - Community Care
Department had increased Social Work England's funding by £5.2m this year, but rise has now been reduced because of projected underspend
www.communitycare.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"As of 30 September 2025 [Social Work England] projected that it would underspend the full-year budget by £969,000, 5.7% of the total" - via @community-care.bsky.social
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/11/11/d...
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/11/11/d...
Great experience being invited to talk at UC Berkeley about my work on policy networks and governance. Fitting ground to explore resistance and dissent.
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Great experience being invited to talk at UC Berkeley about my work on policy networks and governance. Fitting ground to explore resistance and dissent.
Good that the overdue review of Social Work England has finally been launched. Always sceptical of these types of reviews/consultations, but still hope as many social workers as possible give their honest assessment of the regulator's performance.
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
Independent review for social work regulation: call for evidence
- Department for Education
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
consult.education.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Good that the overdue review of Social Work England has finally been launched. Always sceptical of these types of reviews/consultations, but still hope as many social workers as possible give their honest assessment of the regulator's performance.
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
In honour of Halloween, I'm conjuring up this 2020 (open access) article where we analysed the role of 'hauntology' 💀in neoliberalism and social work. Beware: the ghosts of policies past still linger… 🪦🧌👻
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October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
In honour of Halloween, I'm conjuring up this 2020 (open access) article where we analysed the role of 'hauntology' 💀in neoliberalism and social work. Beware: the ghosts of policies past still linger… 🪦🧌👻
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Interesting to look back at this article from 2019 when Social Work England launched & the CEO argued their novel approach to Fitness to Practice could prevent fee rises. Fast forward to 2025 & persistent failures in this area now being used to justify fee rises #fromthearchives
October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Interesting to look back at this article from 2019 when Social Work England launched & the CEO argued their novel approach to Fitness to Practice could prevent fee rises. Fast forward to 2025 & persistent failures in this area now being used to justify fee rises #fromthearchives
"Charting a Path for Disaster-Informed Social Work".
New article from our research team on disaster social work CPD. With @dr-nashwa-ismail.bsky.social, @bekahpierre.bsky.social, @gavinmoorghen.bsky.social, Maris Stratulis, Mariam Raja, and Lena Dominelli.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article from our research team on disaster social work CPD. With @dr-nashwa-ismail.bsky.social, @bekahpierre.bsky.social, @gavinmoorghen.bsky.social, Maris Stratulis, Mariam Raja, and Lena Dominelli.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Charting a Path for Disaster-Informed Social Work: Developing a Free Online CPD Course in England
This article documents the development of a free-to-access online social work in disasters continuing professional development (CPD) training course in England. The training is contextualized withi...
www.tandfonline.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"Charting a Path for Disaster-Informed Social Work".
New article from our research team on disaster social work CPD. With @dr-nashwa-ismail.bsky.social, @bekahpierre.bsky.social, @gavinmoorghen.bsky.social, Maris Stratulis, Mariam Raja, and Lena Dominelli.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article from our research team on disaster social work CPD. With @dr-nashwa-ismail.bsky.social, @bekahpierre.bsky.social, @gavinmoorghen.bsky.social, Maris Stratulis, Mariam Raja, and Lena Dominelli.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Interesting article in @community-care.bsky.social from Robert Templeton arguing that social workers should/would pay more for regulation if Social Work England would just stay in their lane. www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/10/16/s...
'Social work regulation should be independent of government - even if that means higher fees' - Community Care
Social work regulation should not be subject to political priorities, nor should it be involved in promoting the profession, writes Robert Templeton
www.communitycare.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Interesting article in @community-care.bsky.social from Robert Templeton arguing that social workers should/would pay more for regulation if Social Work England would just stay in their lane. www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/10/16/s...
Former Conservative MP Edward Timpson to become next chair of Frontline. Timpson was children's minister when Frontline launched and has been a vocal supporter since. John Timpson previously sat on Frontline board and Timpson Group are a supporter of Frontline.
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Former children’s minister, Edward Timpson CBE KC, announced as new Frontline chair
Former children’s minister Edward Timpson will take on the role of chair of Frontline’s board of trustees in January 2026.
thefrontline.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Former Conservative MP Edward Timpson to become next chair of Frontline. Timpson was children's minister when Frontline launched and has been a vocal supporter since. John Timpson previously sat on Frontline board and Timpson Group are a supporter of Frontline.
thefrontline.org.uk/press-releas...
thefrontline.org.uk/press-releas...
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We worth a read “I can wholeheartedly recommend this book (…) for those working in education who have been exasperated by Gibb and his buddies for the past 15 years, it will be tragically vindicating to read how little of substance exists behind the man and his reforms.”
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"It provides an unparalleled insider account of how the English education system has ended up in such a mess."Very interesting counter-balance by @joehanley.bsky.social to hagiography around Nick Gibb and Cons ed policymaking, urging you to read Mr Gibb's book. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Gibb it a rest! A review of Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We worth a read “I can wholeheartedly recommend this book (…) for those working in education who have been exasperated by Gibb and his buddies for the past 15 years, it will be tragically vindicating to read how little of substance exists behind the man and his reforms.”
👏🏼 @joehanley.bsky.social
👏🏼 @joehanley.bsky.social
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"It provides an unparalleled insider account of how the English education system has ended up in such a mess."Very interesting counter-balance by @joehanley.bsky.social to hagiography around Nick Gibb and Cons ed policymaking, urging you to read Mr Gibb's book. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Gibb it a rest! A review of Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"It provides an unparalleled insider account of how the English education system has ended up in such a mess."Very interesting counter-balance by @joehanley.bsky.social to hagiography around Nick Gibb and Cons ed policymaking, urging you to read Mr Gibb's book. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
"Gibb’s apparent Pavlovian response to hearing his favourite words and authors led him to swiftly appoint (often highly inexperienced) people to key positions of influence over the education of England’s millions of children"
My review of Nick Gibb's Reforming Lessons is now available on @yorkshirebylines.co.uk:
"This book unavoidably feels like a desperate attempt by a long-standing minister to safeguard his legacy from the reality of the education system he left behind"
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
"This book unavoidably feels like a desperate attempt by a long-standing minister to safeguard his legacy from the reality of the education system he left behind"
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Gibb it a rest! A review of Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"Gibb’s apparent Pavlovian response to hearing his favourite words and authors led him to swiftly appoint (often highly inexperienced) people to key positions of influence over the education of England’s millions of children"
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Thanks to Joe for reading Reforming Lessons, so I don't have to!
My review of Nick Gibb's Reforming Lessons is now available on @yorkshirebylines.co.uk:
"This book unavoidably feels like a desperate attempt by a long-standing minister to safeguard his legacy from the reality of the education system he left behind"
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
"This book unavoidably feels like a desperate attempt by a long-standing minister to safeguard his legacy from the reality of the education system he left behind"
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Gibb it a rest! A review of Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Thanks to Joe for reading Reforming Lessons, so I don't have to!
My review of Nick Gibb's Reforming Lessons is now available on @yorkshirebylines.co.uk:
"This book unavoidably feels like a desperate attempt by a long-standing minister to safeguard his legacy from the reality of the education system he left behind"
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
"This book unavoidably feels like a desperate attempt by a long-standing minister to safeguard his legacy from the reality of the education system he left behind"
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Gibb it a rest! A review of Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My review of Nick Gibb's Reforming Lessons is now available on @yorkshirebylines.co.uk:
"This book unavoidably feels like a desperate attempt by a long-standing minister to safeguard his legacy from the reality of the education system he left behind"
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
"This book unavoidably feels like a desperate attempt by a long-standing minister to safeguard his legacy from the reality of the education system he left behind"
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Reposted by Joe Hanley
✍️ Gibb it a rest!
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
By Joe Hanley
@joehanley.bsky.social
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
By Joe Hanley
@joehanley.bsky.social
Gibb it a rest! A review of Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
✍️ Gibb it a rest!
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
By Joe Hanley
@joehanley.bsky.social
Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures
By Joe Hanley
@joehanley.bsky.social