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
Stress in mental health social work: research review
Martin Webber pulls together some of the latest research findings on mental health social work and stress
01 March 2012
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
'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
Social workers must not neglect their own mental health
Mental health consultant Mike Bush explains why trainers and employers must work harder to protect and promote the mental health and resilience of social workers
09 December 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
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
Research: multiple exclusion homelessness
Michelle Cornes and Jill Manthorpe summarise the findings of the Multiple Exclusion Homelessness Research Programme outlining the key practice implications for social workers
17 November 2011
Social work's most influential thinkers
Who are the people whose ideas have done the most to shape the nature of social work? Community Care profiles some of the profession's most influential brain boxes
10 November 2011
How a board game is helping social care staff implement personalisation
A board game that helps staff, providers and service users understand personalisation has succeeded in changing the culture in some organisations, reports Louise Hunt
02 November 2011
Should SCRs be mandatory when vulnerable adults are killed?
Calls to mandate serious case reviews when adults at risk are murdered fail to recognise there are other ways of learning lessons, finds Natalie Valios
24 October 2011
Mental health services must keep up with changes in treatment
Improvements need to be made in mental health service delivery if it is to keep pace with changes in treatment. Michael Clark and Martin Knapp review the evidence
27 October 2011
Preventing placement breakdown among looked-after children with complex mental health needs
A team-around-the-child solution is preventing placement breakdown among looked-after children with complex mental health needs, reports Louise Hunt
27 October 2011
What is best for a couple with dementia?
Families and partners can often be a source of support, but there are times when the individual needs of couples can be in conflict with each other, paricularly in cases of dementia
26 October 2011
Keeping social work at the heart of integrated mental health care
Splits in mental health teams highlight the value social work has brought to the NHS, say Ruth Allen and Claire Barcham
24 October 2011
Mentoring project helps anxiety sufferers towards recovery
A peer mentoring project is providing positive outcomes for people with anxiety, reports Louise Hunt
24 October 2011
