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The Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS) is a safe online space for Black & Ethnic Minority social workers to educate, empower and equip themselves to navigate the various institutional and structural obstacles they face as professionals.  The BPS is a necessary opportunity to role-model Black and ethnic minority excellence, professionalism and unity.

The aims and objectives of the group are to:

  1. Provide a safe space for Black and ethnic minority social workers to offload
  2. A caucus that generates strategies and tactics to influence social work policy, practice and education
  3. To role-model Black and ethnic minority excellence, professionalism and unity
  4. To evaluate existing frameworks and systems within social work to improve the impact they have on Black and ethnic minority social workers
  5. To partner with relevant external agencies and organisations to promote Black and ethnic minority empowerment and professional credibility.

Due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter discussed, this is a closed group.  Please contact wayne.reid@basw.co.uk for more information.

Meet the group

BPS celebratory event – 15/02/23
BPS celebratory event – 15/02/23
BPS celebratory event – 15/02/23
BPS celebratory event – 15/02/23
Wayne Reid & Rachael Rooke at the National Organisation of Practice Teaching Conference 2023
Wayne Reid & Rachael Rooke at the National Organisation of Practice Teaching Conference 2023
Shabnam Ahmed MBE and Rachael Rooke at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School ‘Anti-racism in Healthcare Conference’
Shabnam Ahmed MBE and Rachael Rooke at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School ‘Anti-racism in Healthcare Conference 2023’
Maureen Mguni, Shantel Thomas, Wayne Reid, Pauline Sargeant & Cherelle Wilson-Morrison at the S.W.E.A.R.N Conference
Maureen Mguni, Shantel Thomas, Wayne Reid, Pauline Sargeant & Cherelle Wilson-Morrison at the S.W.E.A.R.N Conference 2023

Resources

Articles/blogs

Podcasts

Presentations/Webinars

Miscellaneous

Wayne Reid with Clair Graham from Birmingham Children's Trust at Compass 2025, Birmingham
Wayne Reid with Clair Graham from Birmingham Children's Trust at Compass 2025, Birmingham
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Pam Shodeinde with Kish Bhatti-Sinclair at Community Care Live 2024
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Protecting Young Black Lives, Celebrating Black Professionals conference October 2023 - A picture of Professor Carlene Firmin, Shantel Thomas, Patriche Bentick and Wayne Reid
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Admire Chereni modelling one of the much sought after BPS t-shirts!
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