Anti-racist practice and inclusion in a cold climate - BASW England Children and Families Lunchtime Session
This session will cover the following areas:
• How as social workers can we continue to keep up the momentum of ensuring our practice is Anti-Racist and inclusive of the Black and global majority children, families, and communities that we serve, as well as our staff members.
• We will look at what good Anti-Racist practice can look like within local authorities and organisations.
• Reflecting on recent research around safeguarding Black and global majority children
• Creating safe spaces to ask curious questions of each other about difference, culture, identity and religion
• What support Black and global majority social workers need to thrive
• How do we reflect on our own beliefs and potential biases, through an open lens, bearing in mind the impact of social media and our present political climate.
Join Millie Kerr to explore all of these issues, to ensure we continue to invigorate our social work principles and values, in maintaining justice and support for all who we may serve in our social work roles.
Millie Kerr is a registered social worker with over 30 years’ experience within the profession, 20 of which has been as a manager and senior leader. Traversing roles within local authority children’s services, adult services and the charity sector. Working in areas of child protection, HIV, managing child asylum, child trafficking, care leavers and specialist FGM services. She has expertise in engaging multi-agency partners, Leadership, change management and delivering racial justice training through an intersectional lens within social care and more widely.
Millie is a strategic anti-racist lead for Brighton & Hove City Council. Supporting and developing anti-racist strategic action planning, systems and culture change across children’s and learning & development services. Her ongoing career objectives are to continue to enhance anti-racist practice, racial and social justice nationally. Millie is also a member of BASW’s Children and Families Thematic group and the Racial Justice Family Network, chaired by Coram Baaf.
Millie has also featured in or authored the following articles/practice guides.
https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2021/10/20/senior-leadership-buy-in-cri…
https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2022/02/02/my-role-as-englands-first-an…
https://corambaaf.org.uk/progressing-anti-racist-practice-family-justic…
https://basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/it-was-only-…
https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/publications/2022/july/e…
‘Social work in the face of intersectional racism: Still, I will rise’, H. Chehore, (2021) Biddles Books Limited. ‘The Anti-Racist Social worker in Practice’, N. Jude, T. Moore, G. Simango, (2025) Routlegdge