Social Work

Policies and statements

• British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies and statements

Research and reports

• New research by Social Work England addresses racism in Social Work
• An uncaring profession? An examination of racism in social work
• Teaching about race and racism in social work: Challenges for white educators
• Teaching to Transform? Addressing Race and Racism in the Teaching of Clinical Social Work Practice
• Anti-Racist Practice in Social Work - Ms Kish Bhatti-Sinclair (Google Books)
• Anti-Racist Social Work - Lena Dominelli (Google Books)
• Is Social Work Racist? A Content Analysis of Recent Literature - Nicole A Corley, Stephen M Young.
• Race, Racism and Social Work: Contemporary issues and debates - Edited by Michael Lavalette and Laura Penketh (Google Books)
• Tackling Institutional Racism: Anti-racist Policies and Social Work - Laura Penketh - (Google Books)
• Prevalence of conduct problems and social risk factors in ethnically diverse inner-city schools
• Understanding competing discourses as a basis for promoting equity in primary health care
• Barriers and facilitators in accessing dementia care by ethnic minority groups: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies (Open Access)
• The complexities of race and health (download the PDF).
• Joint Committee Report: Black people, racism and human rights (report and oral evidence transcripts available)
• Does ethnicity affect pain management for people with advanced disease? A mixed methods cross-national systematic review of ‘very high’ Human Development Index English-speaking countries (Open Access)
• Ethnic Inequalities in Healthcare: A Rapid Evidence Review - NHS Race & Health Observatory 
• BAME: A report on the use of the term and responses to it (.PDF) - Birmingham City University
• Over half of ethnic minority NHS leaders consider quitting due to racism (Paywall)
• Medical Workforce Race Equality Standard – a commitment to collaborate - NHS England

Support and advocacy groups

• Social Workers Without Borders
• The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN)
• Refugee Action - This charity supports refugees who wish to settle in the UK. In particular their Refugee Voices page is a helpful resource for understanding the lived experiences of those seeking asylum in the UK.
• The Runnymede Trust - An independent think tank focusing on race equality in the UK.
• Black & Brown Skin - Founded by medical student Malone Mukwende, this platform aims to educate clinical staff on the presentation of various conditions on black and brown skin. It includes free digital copies of Mukwende's book "Mind the Gap", along with online resources.

News and blogs

• How to promote an anti-racist culture in social work
• Black and ethnic minority social workers disproportionately subject to fitness to practise investigations
• The inequality revealed in social work's ASYE programme
• Are you listening? Black Voices on Contraception Choice and Access to Services - The Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare.

General resources

• Discrimination and issues of equality and diversity within the health and care workforce - The King’s Fund
• Civil Society Report: Race and Racism in England
• School of Health & Social Care: Procedure for raising concerns in partner organisations (.docx) - In alignment with the university’s policy statement on equality, diversity and inclusion, we have created a document that sets out how our School supports students and staff who experience racism and discrimination during practice placements. You may wish to develop something similar in your place of work.