UNISON's 2025 Social Work Seminar

There are four spaces for UNISON Social Care members to join as delegates at the 2025 Social Work Seminar.

The seminar takes place on Saturday 18 October 2025 from 10:30 until 16:00 at Aston University Birmingham, B4 7ET.

Registration will open at 9.45.

The seminar will start with keynote speaker Michael Lavalette (Emeritus Professor of Social Work at Liverpool Hope University and editor in chief of the journal Critical and Radical Social Work).

He will be followed by workshops on:

• How UNISON helps members if they are referred to their professional regulator or think they should self-refer

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Social Work – Safeguarding Workforce Interests

• Social Worker Wellbeing – managing secondary trauma and compassion fatigue

• Supporting Social Workers in promoting the interests of migrant families.

There will also be a networking session for delegates to link up with other social worker members from their nation/region.

Seminar and travel costs are covered by the Branch, and lunch and refreshments will be provided.

If you are interested, please get in touch with the Branch at office@enfieldunison.co.uk by 5pm Thursday 2nd October 2025.