BASW England Student & NQSW Conference: Human Rights – Principles, Ethics & Practice
Session 2: Poverty, Precarity, and Food Insecurity, in Social Work
Dominic @SingleDadSW talks about his lived experience of poverty as a single parent. He argues that an understanding of precarity and the role of food are integral to the future of social work. For more information on BASW’s Anti-Poverty Practice Guide for Social Workers click here
Learning Outcomes
- Gaining insight into how anti-poverty relates to social work
- Explore social work skills and interventions to address poverty
- Understanding how social work relates to anti-poverty activism
Speakers
Dominic aka @SingleDadSW is a social work student who lives in a deprived council estate block while raising his daughter. He is passionate about discussing the impact of poverty and describes the marginalisation experienced by people living in poverty as the ‘true’ social distance. Dominic has been at the forefront of bringing discussions about food insecurity into the social work arena. At the BASW 50th festival Dominic argued that achieving food security for service users’ needs to be an integral part of the future of social work. He has gone on to write powerful articles about his lived experience of poverty and he has been noted as an activist by leading social work professional bodies who have used his definition of food insecurity to challenge policy. While still a student Dominic continues to speak about his experiences in the hope they bring about change.
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