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From mental health to child safeguarding: why we need to be reminded of the importance of social work

Social Work Week 2025 aims to ‘change the script’ when it comes to how the profession is viewed by the public – as well as to highlight the needs, challenges and reasons to be optimistic for social workers themselves

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2025

Social worker awarded £58,000 after she was suspended for sharing gender critical views on Facebook

It comes three years after she was first sanctioned by her employer.

Evening Standard · May 1, 2024

The law is now clear: you can’t be punished for having gender-critical views. So why does it keep happening?

A slew of employment tribunals shows many women have been wrongly disciplined for expressing beliefs on gender and sex, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024