August 2009 Archives

More footage from the government's social work recruitment campaign. Below, Goldie explains why he took part in the campaign.

In the video he says: "My journey was made a lot easier through the help I got from social workers." Well worth a watch
Bionic Woman and Eastenders actor Michelle Ryan and Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page are the latest to feature in the government's social work recruitment campaign.
The Lancet reports some promising results for the delivery of online CBT to patients with depression by a therapist in real time.
BASW chief executive Hilton Dawson is not happy. In fact, by the sound of his recent blog entry he seems downright angry about the CWDC's project to describe the roles and tasks of children's social workers.
My colleague Mark Drinkwater recently previewed artist Kim Noble's show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival and also drew my attention to a remarkable video Noble created called You're a Mental Patient.
I've blogged about minfulness in the past and wondered about how it might apply to social work practice. Well obviously someone else has been wondering about it because they've brought out a book on that very topic.
The government's campaign to convince more people to become social workers is on its way. 
A Californian retailer who decided to call his shop Psycho Donuts, and deck the place out in the theme of an old-fashioned asylum has unsurprisingly found himself at the centre of something of a storm.
So says the latest survey by anti-stigma coalition Time to Change.
I've not been Mad Worlding much of late, so I'm going to try to correct that with three interesting items I've spotted out there.
Leeds social worker Katy Sanderson sent in the following picture showing a new advertising campaign in her local area.
Check out Schizo - the new mental health horror film, you will be shocked.

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