BASW celebrates recognition of social work in King’s Birthday Honours List 2025

BASW warmly congratulates all those from social work and social care who have been awarded honours and recognised for their achievements. Thank you for your hard work and outstanding dedication.

Numerous individuals from across social work and social care are represented in this year’s list, as well as Foster Carers and those working and volunteering in sectors that work with children, people with disabilities and in mental health, with some listed below. Please do contact us if we have missed a recipient from the social work community.

• Professor Karen Broadhurst, Professor of Social Work, Lancaster University. For services to Child and Family Justice Research.
• Professor Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, University of Oxford. For services to Children 's Wellbeing and to Global Public Health.
• Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Adviser, Scottish Government. For services to Social Work.
• Professor Sano Kellehear, Professor, Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University. For services to Palliative Care.
• Ben Chisanga, Social Worker, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. For services to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children.
• Paul McGee, Principal Child and Family Social Worker, and Head, Essex Social Care Academy. For services to Social Care.
• Pier-Maxine Pritchard, Lately Social Work Senior Manager, Wiltshire Council. For services to Children and Family Social Care.
• Kenneth Atigah, Social Worker, Islington Council. For services to Children and Families.
• Rasheed Pendry, Director of Practice, Children's Services, Wandsworth Borough Council. For services to Children and Family Social Care.
• Isaac Samuels, Co-Chair, Partnership Board, Think Local Act Personal and Co-Chair, National Co-Production Advisory Group. For services to Adult Social Care.
• Beverley Tarka, Lately President, Directors of Adult Social Services. For services to Adult Social Care and Unpaid Carers.
• Carolyne Hague, Principal Adult Occupational Therapist, Devon County Council and Chair, National Principal Occupational Therapist Network. For services to Occupational Therapy in Adult Social Care.
• John Jackson, Lately National Care and Health Improvement Adviser for Finance, Partners in Care and Health. For services to Adult Social Care.
• Victoria Poole, Lately Deputy Chief Inspector, Care Inspectorate Wales, Welsh Government. For Public Service to Social Care.
• Julie Matthews, For services to Mental Health in Somerset.
• Lisa Vint, For services to Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention in Merseyside.
• Jonathan Jacob, For services to Mental Health.
• Julie Oakley, For services to Youth Mental Health and to the community in South Gloucestershire.
• Anita Barnard, Foster Carer, East Riding of Yorkshire Council. For services to Foster Care.
• Elizabeth and Gavin Brownlees, Foster Carers, Birmingham Children's Trust. For services to Foster Care
• Kirsty and Roderick Buchanan, Foster Carers. For services to Young People in Argyll and Bute
• Linda Gainey, Foster Carer, Wiltshire Council. For services to Foster Care.
• Rebekah and Peter Homewood, Foster Carers, Bexley Fostering Service. For services to Foster Care
• Maureen Butler, For services to People with Disabilities, to Young People and to Charity.
• Angela Cogbill, For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Adults with Disabilities
• James McLaren, For services to People with Disabilities and Older People in Clydebank and Glasgow.
• Danielle Barnet, For services to People with Disabilities and their Carers in Lancashire.
• David Naylor, For services to People with Disabilities in Bradford and Calderdale, West Yorkshire
• Thomas Yendell, For services to Young People with Disabilities.

The full birthday honours list can be viewed here.