v I v IAN OKEZE-TIRA d O

is an advanced social worker with West Sussex County Council’s fostering team and a practice educator. Vivian is also the head of VOT Training and Consultancy which teaches and promotes diversity and cultural competence. In 2021, she was awarded Social Worker of the Year and the Social Justice Advocate of the Year in England.

D.I.V.E.R.S.I.T.Y.

A Guide to Working with Diversity and Developing Cultural Sensitivity

Vivian Okeze-Tirado

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Being culturally competent in practice is an essential skill for any practitioner working with people. Award-winning social worker and diversity trainer Vivian Okeze-Tirado has developed an applied practice model to help you to increase your understanding of diversity and improve your cultural competency: d: Decide to be a Culturally Sensitive Practitioner

I: Invite people to talk about their cultures, values, beliefs, and experiences v: Value their history, individuality(,) and differences

E: Explore the client’s realities, show curiosity

R: Reflect upon information and knowledge received

S: Scrutinise yourself

I: Identify strategies to aid your work

T: Train yourself to treat people, children, and families individually

Y: Yield to culturally sensitive practice

Encouraging you to do more than just talk about racism, this simple practice tool provides easily achievable steps and practical guidance to empower you and your colleagues tackle racism and discrimination in practice.

21/03/2023 • £14.99 • ISBN-9781839976322

Things I Got Wrong So You Don’t Have To

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Lessons to Banish Burnout and Avoid Anxiety for Those Who Put Others First

Pooky Knightsmith

An internationally respected campaigner, Pooky Knightsmith has worked tirelessly to promote good child and adolescent mental health. Her knowledge, ideas and advice come not just from years of research and study, but from hard earned experience with PTSD, anorexia, self-harm and depression.

Part mental health guide, part memoir, this book contains 48 life lessons learned from everyday victories to life-changing events. Pooky shares tips on how to avoid burnout, how small acts of self-care can make a big difference, steps you can take to live with anxiety, and how to nurture key friendships and relationships, amongst many other things. Each lesson ends with space for the reader to reflect, and includes exercises to help take the first steps to incorporating these lessons into their own lives.

Unflinching and utterly authentic, Pooky shares the things she got wrong so that you don’t have to.

21/04/2022 • £14.99

• ISBN-9781839972683