Tricia Pereira is a qualified social worker, with experience spanning adults and children’s social care and social work in the voluntary sector.
Tricia is currently the Head of Operations Adults Social Care for London Borough of Merton and Co-Chair of the BAME Communities Advisory Group for the Department of Health and Social Care sector, COVID-19 Support Taskforce.
Previous roles include Practitioner Development Lead for London ADASS.
She is the former Co-Chair of the National Adults Principal Social Worker Network for England.
Harambee “all pull together” feels like a homecoming theme for social work, the belief that people thrive when they are connected, when communities have the power to shape their own futures, and when support is built on trust, relationships and …
Throughout this coronavirus pandemic, we have been reminded again of the devastating impact societal inequalities have had on the health and wellbeing of Black, Asian and ethnically diverse (BAME) citizens. The recent Public Health England report highlighted the need for us to finally act and consider the unacceptable impact such inequalities have always had on …