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Closing Care Homes

Community Care reports that the CQC yesterday released figures stating that 42 adult care services (that would be care homes and home care agencies) have been closed over the last year following action taken by the registration authority. A further …...

Published 30 Sep 2010 7:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: care home closures, care homes, care of the elderly, Care Quality Commission, carer, carers, cqc, domestic agencies, elderly, local authority, long-term care, mental health, old age, older adults, older people, personal, politics, public sector, residential homes, social care, social issues, social work, uk, work
Housekeeping

Slightly dull post here but I needed more space than Twitter would allow! I’m in the process of trying to update my links and blogs on the sidebar. If your blog has disappeared and you are still updating it and … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 30 Sep 2010 6:11 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: blog, links, personal
Funding Continuing Care

It was interesting to hear Stephen Dorrell, the chairman of the House of Commons Health Committee raise the issue of ‘continuing care’ on Radio 4 this morning which were picked up on the BBC website. Continuing Care is health-funded care … Continue...

Published 29 Sep 2010 7:11 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: continuing care, dementia, dorrell, elderly, health, health select committee, local authority, long term care funding, long-term care, mental health, old age, older people, personal, politics, social care, social issues, social work, uk, work
To Section – as a verb

Is ‘to section’ a verb we should be using? My understanding and instruction was always that we should try, if at all possible, not to refer to ‘sectioning’ someone. It seems a bit flippant. It seems to imply a decision … Continue reading →...

Published 28 Sep 2010 6:06 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, ASW, health, mental health, mental health act, nearest relative, personal, sectioning, social work, to section someone, uk, work
Risk, Capacity and Ethics

I know it gets a bit boring saying it but these last few weeks have been busy. Ironically, bearing in mind what I have said about caseloads, the ramp-up in the disproportionate time available versus things to do ratio has … Continue reading →...

Published 27 Sep 2010 7:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: capacity, ethical dilemmas in social work, ethical practice in social work, ethics, MCA, mental capacity, mental health, personal, social care, social issues, social work, unwise decisions, value of a philosophy degree, work
Day of the Ed

Having satisfied myself that I can’t separate my work from my politics, I have a somewhat indulgent post about the current events of the day. I’ve been following the Labour Leadership contest with intermittent interest. Since the election the interregnum...

Published 26 Sep 2010 5:33 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: david miliband, diane abbott, Ed Balls, ed miliband, labour leadership election, labour party, personal, politics, uk politics, union votes
Of Pride and Social Work

I have attended a number of meetings and training events recently that have been either borough-wide across social workers in many different teams or across different boroughs. These events have put me into contact with a lot of other social … Continue...

Published 23 Sep 2010 6:43 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: local authority, professional pride, proud to be a social worker, social care, social work, work
The Disgrace of Individual Budgets

I have a few words for Paul Burstow, the Minister responsible for Care Services, who is appalled, according to Community Care, about the low take up and roll out of personal budgets in Adult Services – the take up is … Continue reading → Read...

Published 22 Sep 2010 6:35 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: burstow, direct payments, elderly, government, health, individual budgets, local government, older people, paul burstow, personal, personal budget, personal budgets, politics, social care, social work, social worker, uk, work
Balls and Hypocrisy

Just a quick post today. I was minding my own business reading the Evening Standard on my tube journey home yesterday when I came across the following headline GORDON BROWN ‘FUDGED AND TRIMMED’ TO PLEASE DAILY MAIL, SAYS ED BALLS. … Continue reading...

Published 17 Sep 2010 6:41 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Ed Balls, ed balls is a hypocrit, hypocrisy, personal, politics, social work, social workers
Capped Caseloads

I was interested to see that Community Care are running an article about a survey that they ran which says that 9/10 social workers want caseload numbers to be capped. I completed that survey and I’m in the 1/10 minority. … Continue reading →...

Published 15 Sep 2010 6:54 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: capped caseloads, caseload management, health, local authority, personal, social care, social issues, social work, uk, work, workload management
Winter of Discontent

It’s that conference time of the year. The TUC (Trade Unions Congress) Conference started yesterday with a call to arms or call of intent raising the possibility of general and widespread industrial action over the coming months and into the … Continue...

Published 14 Sep 2010 7:20 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: activitism, health, local authority, personal, politics, social care, social issues, Strike action, trade unions, trade unions for social workers, uk, Unison, work
Osbourne’s Obfuscations

The Observer reports on a secret exchange of letters between Osbourne and Duncan-Smith which targets ESA (Employment Support Allowance –the successor to Incapacity Benefit). To quote the article which, in turn, quotes the leaked letter “Reform to...

Published 12 Sep 2010 6:22 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: benefit cuts, benefits, class warfare, cutting esa, employment support allowance, esa, george osbourne, gideon osbourne, politics, scroungers, social care, social issues, uk, uk benefits system, work
Saving General Social Care Council

There’s an interesting article in the Guardian today, headlined ‘The General Social Care Council must be saved’. It seemed a curious headline because I didn’t know it was something that was particularly passionately felt so for that, I was drawn …...

Published 8 Sep 2010 6:53 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: General Social Care Council, health, health care, local authority, local government, personal, social care, social care association, social issues, social work, social worker, uk, United Kingdom, work
Burstow’s vision

Community Care have an exclusive interview with Paul Burstow this week where he discusses his approach to mental health care. Useful, as he is the Department of Health minister responsible for care services. In the article he makes a link … Continue...

Published 3 Sep 2010 7:03 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: health, mental health, personal, politics, social care, work

September 2010 - Fighting Monsters

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Closing Care Homes

Housekeeping

Funding Continuing Care

To Section – as a verb

Risk, Capacity and Ethics

Day of the Ed

Of Pride and Social Work

The Disgrace of Individual Budgets

Balls and Hypocrisy

Capped Caseloads

Winter of Discontent

Osbourne’s Obfuscations

Saving General Social Care Council

Burstow’s vision