{"id":3041,"date":"2025-03-10T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/?page_id=3041"},"modified":"2025-03-11T15:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:45:45","slug":"anti-racism-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/anti-racism-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti racism statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Glasgow Educational Psychology Service Anti Racism Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(adapted from Scottish Division of Educational Psychologists Anti Racist Network statement)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Glasgow Educational Psychology Service (GEPS) recognise that racism exists, that it is a structural issue with pervasive effects in our society and that it goes beyond the conscious thoughts and behaviours of individuals.<\/p>\n<p>To truly tackle racism, we as GEPS staff members must be aware of the biases that we hold and how these influence our day-to-day interactions and the cultures we work within.\u00a0 As a service we commit to engage in ongoing learning in order to progress on our journey towards anti-racism. This requires us to offer a sustained and active commitment to our own and others understanding of anti-racism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As GEPS members we seek to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engage in continuous personal and professional reflection on our own biases<\/li>\n<li>Create a safe environment for our Black and People of Colour (BPOC) colleagues, children and young people (CYP) and stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Directly challenge racism in all its forms e.g. stereotyping, bias, microaggressions, overt racism, attitudes and language<\/li>\n<li>Invest in a diverse and representative Educational Psychology Service<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledge, and try to mitigate against, the impact of structural racism on our colleagues, CYP and stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Develop leadership within GEPS which reflects the values of equity, diversity and social justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The skills and experiences needed to achieve all of the above are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ability to engage in robust discussions around anti-racism and social justice e.g. through SIIMs, JSTs and other relevant forums<\/li>\n<li>Rigorous and ongoing self-evaluation of service structures, policies and recruitment processes<\/li>\n<li>A GEPS leadership team who are knowledgeable, committed and sensitive to the issues of racism and aware of the influence they have on ethos and culture of the service<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities for all Educational Psychologists to develop anti-racism skills<\/li>\n<li>To develop a continuous dialogue with diverse stakeholders and ensure that their lived experience of the education system is understood and acted upon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow Educational Psychology Service Anti Racism Statement (adapted from Scottish Division of Educational Psychologists Anti Racist Network statement) \u00a0Glasgow Educational Psychology Service (GEPS) recognise that racism exists, that it is a structural issue with pervasive effects in our society and that it goes beyond the conscious thoughts and behaviours of individuals. To truly tackle racism, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/anti-racism-statement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Anti racism statement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69842,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3041","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69842"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3059,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3041\/revisions\/3059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}