S2 Ep4 - “The Environment Has Become Increasingly Challenging, But The Need to Make That Difference is Greater so we Can’t Step Away From That Now.” - Rashida Baig MBE
Release Date: 11/18/2020
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Today we are joined by Martin Samuels. Martin currently works for local government in social care & education. He has also worked for the NHS and in the civil service. Different sectors but one common theme, impacting people’s lives positively.
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Rashida shares with us the difficult conditions that social workers and vulnerable families are enduring due to COVID19. She also talks about how her upbringing in both Pakistan & the UK highlighted social inequalities in the world. She uses life experiences such as this, as a driving force for positive change in the communities that she serves.
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Sarah has worked in education for 18 years as a qualified teacher and senior leader. For her, school was incredibly empowering place however she was aware that this isn’t the case for all children. This has been the driving force in her adult professional life, the desire to help all children feel like they are included and belong in school.
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Jenny Turnross joins us for the second Public Sector series episode.
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Welcome to the first episode of this special Public Sector series.
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On the show this week is Ann Swain. Ann is the Chief Executive of APSCo (The Association of Professional Staffing Companies) and has over 30 years experience in the recruitment industry.
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Mike Beesley is one of the UK’s best-known names in recruitment. With more than 40 years’ experience building successful businesses in the industry.
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Rory is the founder and co-owner of a Bristol based recruitment agency called Saragossa who specialise in tech and change recruitment within Financial Services and Fin Tech. Having been in the recruitment sector for 11 years now, Rory talks openly about his journey so far and explains why after only 6 years in the industry, he decided to set up his own company.
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Chris Sheard is the Owner and Founder of SR2 – Socially Responsible Recruitment, a community focused IT Recruitment company with a purpose.
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Alicia is Co-Founder of SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment, a community focused IT Recruitment company with a purpose, in their 3rd year of trading.
info_outlineFor episode 4 of this ‘Public Sector Leaders - Unsung Heroes’ special series, we’re joined by Rashida Baig. She is a highly experienced senior leader in all aspects of children and families with over 20 years of experience. Rashida has lead local authorities through significant periods of change, transforming services from inadequate to good. She currently sits on the Family Drug & Alcohol Strategic board, Family Justice board for East London and she is chair of the Youth Crime board in Croydon.
On top of all of that, Rashida has been awarded an MBE from the Queen for services to children & family social work and race equality.
Rashida shares with us the difficult conditions that social workers and vulnerable families are enduring due to COVID19 and how the need for social services are greater than ever. She also talks about how her upbringing in both Pakistan & the UK highlighted social inequalities in the world. She uses life experiences such as this, as a driving force for positive change in the communities that she serves and she works hard for that positive change to happen now! Later is not a word in her vocabulary.
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