• From refugee to social worker of the year: Omaid Badar’s story

    From refugee to social worker of the year: Omaid Badar’s story
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    At last year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards, Omaid Badar won both the children’s practitioner and overall winner’s prizes, with one judge describing him as “everything the profession is about when it’s at its best”.
    The 29-year-old Kirklees Council social worker has overcome more than most on route to those accolades.
    Omaid was born in Afghanistan, th

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