Care experienced practitioner crowned social worker of the year

Afghanistan-born social worker Omaid Badar, who lived his teenage years in a refugee camp, was the overall winner’s prize at this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards.
Losing his father and brother as a child because of the war, Omaid had to emigrate to England at the age of 14, seeking refuge.
At last week’s awards ceremony, the Kirklees Council practitioner won the children’s social worker of the year prize and, following a “unanimous decision” from the j