From Student to Practitioner; race, racism and social work

Beverley Burke

Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University

Philomena Harrison

Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University

Katrina Igbinovia

MA Student @ LJMU and EDI Lead (CaFCASS)

Andrea Newman

Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University

Listen to Andrea explain more about the research project:

Aim:

To explore the experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students and practitioners of social work education and practice, using a co-production, participatory framework, and make policy and practice recommendations to the CWMTP.

Objectives:

  • To engage and recruit Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students and social work practitioners and establish a research participation group, to meet regularly (within a 6 month period) to co-produce research data on ‘The experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic social work students and practitioners of social work education and practice.’
  • To adopt a Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodology underpinned by an Anti-Racist framework, to allow for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students and social work practitioner engagement and participation.
  • To analyse data, write up and disseminate findings.
  • To make policy and practice recommendations identified by the research participation group to the CMSWTP

Partner: LJMU and LHU

Identified Lead: Andrea Newman, Beverley Burke and Philomena Harrison

Contact info: a.newman@ljmu.ac.uk