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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 18d

Practice: Action in Social Work is recruiting for a new Resource Reviews Editor:

think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

Resources Review Editor needed for Practice

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Truthout @truthout.org · Jul 31

Despite 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.

Both 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.

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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · Jul 11

Sounds 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.

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · May 25

Petition 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...

Sign the Petition

Support UN-Supervised Aid and Ceasefire in Gaza

www.change.org

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · Jun 19

Last 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...

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · Jun 10

UK-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...

UK-based health, aid, and social care workers urged to sign Gaza petition | Social Work Today

Social 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...

www.socialworktoday.co.uk

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · Jun 6

Social care and health sector call for ceasefire in Gaza

new.basw.co.uk/about-social...

Social care and health sector call for ceasefire in Gaza

Sector petition launched as BASW and SWU issue strong statement

new.basw.co.uk

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · Jun 4

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter

Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life

www.theguardian.com

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · May 27

BASW & SWU statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank
new.basw.co.uk/articles/bas...

BASW & SWU statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank

Joint response from The British Association of Social Workers and The Social Workers Union

new.basw.co.uk

Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · May 25

Petition 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...

Sign the Petition

Support UN-Supervised Aid and Ceasefire in Gaza

www.change.org

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ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · May 22

Presented without comment:

LIVE: Israeli assaults continue across Gaza, at least 51 killed today

By Urooba Jamal and Nils Adler
22 May 2025

• Medical sources tell Al Jazeera that at least 51 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn today.
• International condemnation is mounting after Israeli forces fired "warning" shots towards foreign diplomats visiting the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · May 12

CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW
law4palestine.org/unified-call...

#DiplomaticConvoyNow

UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW - Law for Palestine

UNIFIED 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...

law4palestine.org

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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · May 11

"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...

SW2020-21 Covid-19 - Selling our soul for the best and brightest

Selling our soul for the best and brightest Joe Hanley

sites.google.com

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · May 8

New article out with John Devaney: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · Apr 28

Call 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...

Shibboleth Authentication Request

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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · Jan 23

Great 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....

Practices That Make a Difference, and Practices That Don’t

Published in Practice: Social Work in Action (Vol. 37, No. 1, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · Dec 12

⬇️ So this happened today!

article39.org.uk/2024/12/12/a...

Article 39's Founder Director receives honorary doctorate | Article 39

article39.org.uk

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Jane Collins @fostersupportcouk.bsky.social · Dec 18

An insightful child focused commentary from Article 39.

Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · Dec 18

NEW: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Our initial analysis of the Bill was published this morning. Sorry we cannot join the chorus of congratulations. We expect so much more for children and young people.

article39.org.uk/childrenswel...

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill | Article 39

article39.org.uk

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · Dec 13

The 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-...

Court hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefits

The 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…

www.disabilitynewsservice.com

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Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · Dec 13

We 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.

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thanks Camille!

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Christian Kerr @realchristiankerr.bsky.social · Nov 15

Word 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....

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · Nov 15

Our 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...

Charities join forces to defend the human rights of children in care

Article 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] …

article39.org.uk

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · Nov 15

This is an absolute disgrace:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Andrew Malkinson still not compensated three years after release

Mr Malkinson served 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nick R Burke @nick-r-burke.bsky.social · Nov 14

If you still haven't seen the pledge for Palestine - social workers need to sign this.

Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · Oct 8

The 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.org

@SW4PalestineUK

www.sw4palestineuk.org

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