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The ups and downs of a 32-year career in social work
Ian Baker was awarded the Social Worker of the Year 2011 lifetime achievement award for his work helping people with disabilities. He tells Community Care what kept him motivated until he retired last year.
15 May 2012
What service users want from social workers
What do service users want from social workers? Social work academic and mental health service user Peter Beresford says that research points to four crucial qualities.
27 April 2012
Deprivation of liberty safeguards guide for care homes
Care homes sometimes find it difficult to identify when they are depriving a resident of their liberty. Here deprivation of liberty safeguards expert John Leighton sets out what they need to look out for.
07 November 2011
Research: Protecting adults at risk across council boundaries
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has worked with London councils, the police and the NHS to produce guidelines on safeguarding adults
30 September 2011
Advocate and applicant, therapist and bureaucrat: the stress of the AMHP
Janine Hudson explains the rationale behind the National AMHP Survey 2012
29 February 2012
Improving access to social care for adults with autism
New support from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
02 February 2012
Helping care home managers navigate the Dols
What must care home managers bear in mind when residents might be deprived of their liberty? Manager Kathryn McGuirk discusses her experience of the deprivation of liberty safeguards.
22 November 2011
'The deprivation of liberty safeguards are not dead'
A recent Court of Appeal judgement was described as the death of the deprivation of liberty safeguards. However, best interests assessor Lorraine Currie disagrees, and says Lord Justice Munby's ruling provides useful tools for practitioners.
18 January 2012
How one council boosted social work's quality and status
Social work performance management has become associated with bureaucracy, a negligible impact on quality and poor morale. However, one council says that it has designed and implemented a system that has delivered precisely the opposite.
27 January 2012
Book review: Crossing The Acts
The risks faced by adults with mental disorder are greater in degree and type than those of other adults and as such require a different approach to the management of and response to risk and harm, writes Iain McDonald.
13 December 2011
Book review: Reminiscence and Life Story Work: A Practice Guide
This book would prove to be an invaluable tool to anyone involved in reminiscence work, from paid carers or family members to trained professionals, writes Ian Taylor.
13 December 2011
Book review: Community Development: A Critical Approach
The coalition government is vigorously engaged in reducing the role of the state in the delivery of services in education, including schools and universities, the health service and services traditionally delivered by local authorities, writes Keith Popple.
10 October 2011
Book review: Hearing the Person with Dementia
Recent policy initiatives such as the dementia strategy for England have encouraged an increasing awareness of the needs of people with dementia, writes Dr Elaine Argyle.
26 October 2011
Practice issues in adult safeguarding at a time of cuts
Adult safeguarding consultant Patrick Worthington (pictured) examines the key practice issues facing social care professionals in keeping adults at risk safe at a time of austerity and change
05 December 2011
Social workers must address service users' poor hygiene
Peter Bates argues that more attention needs to be paid to poor personal hygiene and its contribution to social exclusion
01 December 2011
Is supported living delivering on its promises of choice for people with learning disabilities?
Supported living is the way forward for people with learning disabilities but the world of rents and benefits is a harsh one that may see them forced to live away from their social networks. Molly Garboden reports
18 November 2011
Why a specialist asperger's team is the way forward for one council
The challenge of supporting adults with high-functioning autism, including the need for in-depth assessment, has convinced one council to set up a specialist team to cater for them, writes Natalie Valios
21 November 2011
The impact of competitive tendering on social services and service users
Mark Drinkwater reports on how competitive tendering of services can leave staff, and service users, feeling all at sea
18 November 2011
Are riot-related social housing evictions just empty threats?
Social housing providers talked tough after the summer street disturbances. Samantha Thorp asks whether they were empty threats
21 November 2011
How retro-styling homes can help elderly people with dementia feel more comfortable
Retro-decorating can help people with dementia to stay at home for longer by placing familiar items from their past in their home to reduce anxiety and to trigger memories. Jeremy Dunning reports
17 November 2011
