• Social work around the world: Exploring migration to the UK

  • Mar 17 2025
  • Length: 33 mins
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Social work around the world: Exploring migration to the UK

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  • Welcome to the first episode of the new miniseries "Social Work Around The World" from the The Social Work Community Podcast.

    In the first episode, social work senior lecturer and MSc lead from Brunel University Yohai Hakak, talks to Sharmeen Ziauddin, careers editor at Community Care, about the research he is leading with his social work students.
    The research looks into the migration of social workers to and from the UK. Yohai explains what led him to conduct the research and some of his findings.
    This is the first of two episodes with Yohai, the second episode is about his experience in Israel so do have a listen to that when it drops.

    Access the transcript here.

    There are the studies that Yohai mentions so if you are interested in taking part, have a look:

    Focusing on international social work students studying in the UK: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/brunel/international-social-work-students-in-the-uk

    A study examining how international social workers are bridging cultural differences. Social workers who migrated from any, either before or after qualifying as social workers can participate:
    https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/brunel/the-international-social-worker-advantage-strategies-for-naviga

    You can find more information about the project and download the papers published based on it, including questionnaires from some of the countries mentioned in the episode: The migration of social workers to and from the UK


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