Sharmeen Ziauddin

Posts by Sharmeen Ziauddin

The Frontline Awards 2023

Frontline unveils winners of first social work awards

Social workers and young people with lived experience celebrated at event in London

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How one employer is creating an inclusive and open culture for social workers

Northamptonshire Children’s Trust is creating spaces for social care practitioners to share their candid experiences of inequality in forums and are getting help to apply them in their day-to-day...

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Palliative care social work: 'this is proper social work, this is what I trained to do'

In the third instalment of our series on social work in unusual settings, three practitioners tell us how different and rewarding working with people nearing the end of life is

Cameron Draisey and Fiona Hayward, Wiltshire Council

Podcast: child-focused case recording - what social workers should know

Employer Zone Insights looks at how Wiltshire Council has implemented an innovative way of writing which is putting young people first

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Social work in schools: an opportunity to change perceptions

In the second instalment of our series on social work in unusual settings, we look at how practitioners in schools are making a difference - to students, and to perceptions of the profession

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Social work in prisons: 'it's not what you think'

In the first instalment of a new series about social work in unusual settings, we explore the rewards and risks of working in a prison

'I feel like, as social workers, our voices have been listened to'

From ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ with an Ofsted rating of ‘outstanding’ for leadership - how systemic training and a new practice model are transforming social work at the London Borough of Newham