I qualified as a social worker in 1996 and would often use my knowledge of child protection law and the Children Act 1989 when working with families who returned to their home countries where we would liaise with international social services. They were moderately receptive to taking on the referral and contact the family once they arrived back in their country of origin, depending on the concern.
Accepting a role as a school-based social worker in the UK in 1999 was the start of a 24-year career specialising in safeguarding in education. I worked with families from diverse communities from across the world, both settled or newly arrived in the UK, and in 2008, I was invited to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to deliver whole-staff child protection training and safeguarding training to the leadership team.
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