It doesn’t matter whether they are members of BASW if they are social workers registered with Social Work England. And it’s not strictly true that Local Authorities cannot provide data on individuals because of GDPR / Data Protection. They can , they only refused if they have something to hide like institutional racism. I do agree Social Work England should provide this information annually.

Kenneth don’t be foolish, as I have already explained we don’t need to reinvent the wheel , there is already data from previous regulators and BASW and the Union already have this information , so why are you omitted that information.

What about the evidence in this article Kenneth: https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2020/07/31/black-ethnic-minority-social-workers-disproportionately-subject-fitness-practise-investigations/?

Kenneth- if you read what I said, I highlighted that data has been gathered previously with regards to Black, Asian and other ethnic minority social workers who have been referred for fitness to practice, since GSCC , and it was evidence that Social Work practitioners of colour were significantly over represented, so Social Work England is aware of this information. And the issue around institutional racism in Social Work in the U.K. date back to CCETSW days. And incorporating anti oppressive, anti discriminatory , anti racist practice as a way of working. This therefore means Social Work England are failing because they are repeating the same way of working like the previous regulators.
They need to lead by example!

Social Work England have document on their website on the 06/08/ 2020-:

“We stand against racism and oppression in all its forms – Black Lives Matter”

However Social Work England has not shown any commitment to Anti discriminatory, anti oppressive and anti racism practice in their core business, when AOP, ADP and ARP has been apart of Social Work for the longest time.

Social Work England also said “We accept that to be part of the solution, we must tackle racism through our approach to regulation and with social workers as they provide vital support to some of the most vulnerable people in society.”

Black , Asian and other ethnic minority children and families and adults are over represented when it comes to social work organisations interventions such as safeguarding but underrepresented when it comes to support. Social Work England are not addressing this in their approach to regulations at all because their remains a high proportion of Social Workers of colour been referred for fitness to practice, this is similar to doctors of colour in the health service.

Social Work England say “It is important as an organisation that we respond in the right way. We are actively working on making positive change through the development of our equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, our approach to recruitment and through our national advisory forum, and we will continue to listen and share the outcomes with you. We also want to thank our colleagues for sharing their personal experiences with us and for holding us to account as we grow.”

We have seen institutions documenting what they plan to do in relation to institutional racism over and over again. Decade , after decade , when the matter is about institutional racism, systemic racism and structural racism. And very little progress is made.

Macpherson made it clear about institutional racism:-

the collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance thoughtlessness and racist stereotyping which disadvantage minority ethnic people.

‘It persists because of the failure of the organisation openly and adequately to recognise and address its existence and causes by policy, example and leadership. Without recognition and action to eliminate such racism it can prevail as part of the ethos or culture of the organisation. It is a corrosive disease.’5
The Inquiry also acknowledged that ‘Racism, institutional or otherwise, is not the prerogative of the Police Service. It is clear that other agencies including for
example those dealing with housing and education also suffer from the disease. If racism is to be eradicated there must be specific and co-ordinated action both within the agencies themselves and ……

Social Work England is one of those institutions that can be corroded.

White Social Work managers do use processes within their institutions and outside institutions to victimise and raciallydiscrimination against Black Social Work practitioners in their institutions, even when this information is shared with senior leadership managers, it has often been ignored and condone by the leadership team. This is clearly systemic racism and should be address statutory by the association of director of children’s services and Social Work England when they discovered that institutional racism has taken place. Black , Asian and other ethnic minority social workers are over represented in disciplinary processes and their grievance are not been addressed by white managers who continue to discriminate.

White Managers also victimise Black, Asian and other ethnic minority social workers if their decisions are challenged by the Black Social Workers. White managers are known to falsify evidence in order to prove facts in disciplinary processes. This is a fact not an assumption, Social Work England need to address this.

As Social Work England is the regulator for social workers it should lead be example , if they have a statement which they say they are committed to then they need to follow up with actions not lip service. Social work England is aware like many other institutions about the issues of racism within organisations/institutions, they are already aware of the high disproportionate numbers of Black social workers who are referred for fitness to practice. This information and data has been available since the GSCC then HPCC and has been raised on this same platform.
Why isn’t Social Work England documenting the ethnicity of social Workers when this process is part of social work assessments generally.

Another issue for Social Work England is. It is not surprising that Social Work England is not committed to the ethnics and values of social work, anti oppressive, anti discriminatory and anti racist practice when the majority of its work force are not qualified Social Work practitioners and clearly don’t understand children services or adults services policies and procedures. So how on earth are investigators who are not social workers, and are ex-police or from a another profession suppose to examine and assessed wrongdoings which social workers who have been referred by their managers for allegedly fitness to practice unless the issue is straight forward e.g falsifying qualifications etc. Other aspects of a social work role and social work managers role need a social work with knowledge and skills in that area of work, the investigators and examiners also need up to date knowledge and skills in that area because social work changes all the time. This is why some Social Workers are wrongly referred by their managers because the process makes it easy for managers to lie and getting away with wrongdoings. Social Work England should make recommendations for managers to be referred when Social Work England discover wrongdoings by senior managers.

Let’s go back to Wayne Reid question does Social Work England perpetuate institutional racism, yes they do if they are not prepared to address their regulatory policies and rules when it comes to institutional racism in social Work and how this can influence regulatory processes.