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What every person needs is a ten year plan to work towards, a plan which sets out clearly step by step your actions that need to take place to affect change and also improve outcomes. Ten years? [wow] what a long time, I can barely set out a plan for...

Twitter is a great way for social workers to share experiences, let off steam, and get the latest on all things social care. Who do you recommend your fellow social care professionals follow? Amid the current jubilee hype we want to celebrate something...

When the register of social workers in England transfers to the Health Professions Council (HPC) on 1 August, changes will be made to how your continuing professional development (CPD) is monitored and assessed. Here is a quick summary of what I learned...

I have an interview for a YPSS social worker which includeds a group exercise, written and then a formal interview, had anyone had a simlar interview that could give me some tips on what they might ask and what the group exercise might include? Thanks

SECRETS AND LIES Sometimes I sit here and evaluate my life living with Dementia so far and how we have dealt with it. Sometimes it’s a good outcome, sometimes not; it depends on my mood I think! There is one thing, no matter what I think about,...

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The General Social Care Council has published its report Involving people who use services and their carers in the work of the GSCC 2010-12 . Earlier this week, the report's author, David Rowland, told Community Care why service users must be allowed...

What do looked after young people, and the social workers that support them, feel about the care process and mental health services? A striking set of images from a recent report from mental health charity YoungMinds offers a fascinating insight. As part...

A quick survival guide to social work, don’t you just love the idea that you could open a book and then it will tell you the answers that you need to be able to get through the complexities of social work practise on any given day. Okay I am a little...

Alan Fisher is director of care at Supported Fostering Services, a charity and independent fostering provider, and a British Association for Adoption and Fostering trustee. Here, he tells Community Care how it feels to be a manager dealing with the endless...

On Monday (14 May) at 7pm we'll be hosting our second social work practice dilemmas live online debate. This time looking at child protection & social networking ( full details here ), and, based on your feedback from our first event, we're...

VIDEO MESSAGE FROM ME Hiya, please take a look at this as this is my reply to yesterdays press release by the Dept of Health which was headed "Transforming Lives" if you want to google it, i commened on it yesterday and promised a video, here...

One of my friends sent me this video a couple of days ago and it really moved me. It reminded me of the joy that my grandad, who sadly passed away a few years ago after having alzheimers, got whenever my gran played him his favourite tune - Mozart's...

Today has been a weird end of a weird week, and did anybody notice how fast the week went? But it is important for me to reflect on what could be important for me. Having been in post for two years I have been having itchy feet for some time, looking...

This morning the General Social Care Council released a report on employers' views of social work practice placements . Reassuringly, it seems most employers recognise the importance of supporting social work students through their studies (although...

The Health Professions Council (HPC) has created a page for social workers on its website , giving a timeline of events up to and beyond the transfer of the social care register in England. The HPC will write to social workers with more information about...

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Reading is often seen as a solitary activity, but social workers, clients with mental health conditions and children in care, are among those reaping the benefits of read-aloud groups that get staff and patients...

Source: The future social worker workforce: an analysis of risks and opportunities , Centre for Workforce Intelligence, March 2012 Illustration by Monkey Business Images/Rex Features Read More...

Community Care Live 2012 is fast approaching (19 days to go) and to help you get the best out of it, we are collecting together some background information for each of the main sessions. (If you haven't already registered to attend the free two-day...

Our annual special report on violence against social care staff is out now and, this year more than ever, I'm appalled by the stories. A social worker thrown down the stairs while pregnant, leading to the loss of her baby? One stabbed with a garden...