Student Social Workers campaign to remove the current barriers of entrty into the profession and achieve parity of esteem with our health colleagues in Wales.

Joined February 2021
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There is still time to support student social workers, please sign and share! Diolch yn fawr yawn :-)
The lack of parity of esteem between Social & Health Care is epitomised by the differential treatment among Welsh students. Sign our petition to help us support access to Social Work for Masters students in Wales #equality @BASW_Cymru @WGHealthandCare petitions.senedd.wales/petit…
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The MASW Bursary Campaign 2020 retweeted
Apparently some other racist nation tried this as well
Deporting desperate human beings to Rwanda to placate racists is nothing short of evil. The entire nation should be absolutely fucking appalled that this horrific policy is being done in our name. It taints us all by association.
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The MASW Bursary Campaign 2020 retweeted
Replying to @ADSSCymru
Funded by the Welsh Government, The Social Work Professional Support Service offers peer to peer support for all social workers across Wales 👉 Access up to three video/telephone sessions 👉 Choose a coach that best suits your needs Get support now👇 ow.ly/Isg750IMlCe
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Diolch yn fawr iawn @SeneddPetitions for discussing our petition. We welcome and appreciate your support A massive thank you! to everyone who signed the petition and supported our campaign. Good news to follow! @cardiffuni @SwanseaUni @BangorUni @BASW_Cymru @SWU_UK @CardiffSOCSI
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The MASW Bursary Campaign 2020 retweeted
It was really great to meet with @JackSargeantAM this morning and to discuss the @MASWBC2020 bursary campaign @MattyMASW @Abyd56 @SWU_UK @BASWstudents @BASW_UK @SocialCareWales @ADSSCymru @WGHealthandCare #ParityofEsteem #KeyWorkers
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Extremely greatfull to the support of @BASW_Cymru @SWU_UK The profession is stronger when we support and learn from eachother!
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A Big Thank You to everyone who supported our petition to remove the hardships placed on student social workers, and calling for greater parity of esteem between health and social care! The petition is now under consideration with the Senedd Petitions Committee @SeneddPetitions
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The MASW Bursary Campaign 2020 retweeted
20 Oct 2021
Are you a social work student or newly qualified social worker in Wales? Please join us next wk as we are joined by @SiobhanMaclean at our monthly CoP meeting, free to register & valuable learning focusing on the importance of reflection! basw.co.uk/events/basw-cymru…
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Response from Welsh Government. Great to hear WG recognise: 1)Bursary has not kept upto date 2)Sector may benefit from a wider funding review Committed to tackling concerns, aiming for the 22/23 cohort. Looking forward to further collaboration,thank you to all our supporters 😊
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The MASW Bursary Campaign 2020 retweeted
The special edition is online now! eur03.safelinks.protection.o… amongst other things, read about the @cardiffuni @CardiffSOCSI MASW students’ bursary campaign @MASWBC2020 @SW2020Covid19
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The MASW bursary campaign 2020: An example of grassroots social work activism #socialwork sw2020covid19.group.shef.ac.…

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Our plea for parity of funding for #socialwork postgrad students at the @BASW_Cymru hustings, @RhunapIorwerth from @Plaid_Cymru states “as a matter of principle, social work students shouldn’t be paying tuition fees, social work students should ideally be apprenticeship based”
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Our plea for parity of funding for #socialwork postgrad students at the @BASW_Cymru hustings, @DavidReesMS from @WelshLabour states “we should be equally supporting health & social care and the bursary should be equivalent”
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Our plea for parity of funding for #socialwork postgrad students at the @BASW_Cymru hustings, @AngelaJBurns from @WelshConserv states “there should be a complete parity of esteem between health and social care under our recruit, retain and retrain policy”
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Tonight we’ll be promoting our campaign at the @BASW_Cymru ‘Valuing Social Care, Valuing People’ Hustings ahead of the Senedd election. We look forward to sharing our passion for #equality for #socialworkpostgrads, generating support to make #socialwork an accessible career
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Looking forward to putting our question across at the Hustings this evening, to ask for #socialwork postgraduate funding to be recognised as needing parity with our health colleagues! #equality
We're looking forward to a vibrant social care hustings event this evening. Great sign up and questions from our members including the fantastic students behind the bursary campaign 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @SocialCareWales @SWU_UK @Plaid_Cymru @WelshLabour @WelshConserv @WelshLibDems @positifwales

ALT Voting Election 2020 GIF by lizharydesign

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Today we met with @JulieMorganLAB & colleagues, along with @BASW_Cymru, our Social Work students and @cardiffuni to discuss our campaign for parity of funding for social work postgrads. @WelshGovernment have committed to supporting our cause #equality #watchthisspace
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