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Weekly Social Work Links 20

So another weekend, another series of links that I’ve found in and around the social work blogging networks. I want to start with a few new blogs I’ve come across. Unsettling Social Work is written by an academic who is primarily concerned with the sociology...

Published 11 Jun 2011 7:50 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, health, links, blog, Social Work Blogs, link post, blog links
Carers, Conferences and Random Blog Search Terms – a Friday Special

Yesterday, I was sent an email by someone associated with Age UK to draw attention to the information on their website for carers. I get a number of requests from various sources every week but having checked out the information, it is definitely worth...

Published 13 May 2011 6:58 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, carers, community care live, london, carer, community care, blog, blog search terms, Social media, munro, Age UK, Islington, social work conference
Wikio Top UK Health Blogs for May

I have been given a sneak preview of May’s top Health Blogs in the UK from Wikio. There are some great blogs among them so I’d recommend having a nose around! Mental Health related blogs are very well represented! 1 PsyBlog – Psychology Blog 2 Mental...

Published 3 May 2011 8:20 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: work, mental health, health, links, blog, personal, Social media, Wikio, wikio top blogs
Social Media and Social Work – Part 2 Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking is a way to share links (or ‘bookmarks’) with other people or ‘on the internet’ rather than locally on whatever internet accessing device you are using. The first ‘weblogs’ or ‘blogs’ as they became were social bookmarking sites. …...

Published 28 Mar 2011 6:23 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, technology, links, blog, personal, Weblogs, Social media, social work and technology, Add-ons, Bookmark (World Wide Web), delicious, Pinboard, posterous, Social Bookmarks, social media at work, tumblr, using social bookmarking, using technology at work
Social Media and Social Work – A Series

I’ve had a ‘technology’ type post brewing inside me for a while and although I can’t promise this is the best researched and planned post, I thought it might be useful to share some of my practical uses and experiences … Continue reading →...

Published 20 Mar 2011 6:47 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, blog, personal, Social media, Online Communities, Social network, social work and online communities
Weekend Links 6

As usual at the weekend now, I’ll just run through some posts that have caught my attention over the week relating specifically to social work and social care. Hessian Pepper at The Small Places has a wonderfully useful summary and … Continue reading...

Published 19 Feb 2011 6:13 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, mental health, health, links, mental capacity act, blog, Palliative care
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: links, blog, personal
Blergh

Ok, not very professional. But I make no excuses on a Saturday! I’ve spent the last few days trying to figure out WordPress and all sorts of wondrously technical things that I am beginning to half-understand. One thing I have understood is that migrating...

Published 26 Sep 2009 10:20 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: work, technology, blogging, blog, wordpress, personal, wordpress. struggles to self-host
Speaking Up

Community Care reports this week on a comment made by Julie Jones, the Chief Executive of SCIE (Social Care Institute of Excellence) compelling social workers to ‘speak up and speak out’ in order to put across their positive messages to counter some of...

Published 18 Jun 2009 6:44 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, social issues, work, local authority, politics, uk, local government, the times, blog, personal, Chief executive officer, anonymous blog, julie jones, social care institute of excellence, eady, nightjack, scie tv, risk of blogging anonymously, british social work, losing anonymity, work-related blogging, scie
Solace in Support

David Clark, the Chief Executive of SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers) has made a splash by dipping his toe into the world of blogging by tackling the challenges of social work in the face of a lack of political support...

Published 2 Jun 2009 6:12 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, local authority, local government, blog, Child, baby p, Child protection, Ed Balls, david clark solace, Chief executive officer, david clark, solace
Thanks

Much thanks to Mental Nurse who have recognised this blog in their ‘TWIM (This Week in Mentalists)’ Annual Awards! (in the Professional category). I am humbled and frankly a wee bit embarrassed by the honour. Especially when I consider the...

Published 3 Jan 2009 8:56 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: mental health, blog, personal, Weblogs, mental nurse, blog awards
Looking Back - A Personal View of the Year

I thought I’d put together a few thoughts at the end of ‘My First Year’ of this blog and the ideas that have encompassed the last year for me.Today’s post is a more personal one about the technicalities of the blog - tomorrow I...

Published 29 Dec 2008 6:56 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, me, blog, personal, retrospective, a year of blogging
Reflections

Yesterday I passed my 150th published post. I haven’t really marked any of my ‘blog’ milestones publicly - and I know that statistics will interest few other than myself - but I never thought I’d be able to keep writing and thinking...

Published 24 Sep 2008 6:31 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, blog, statistics
Some links for the weekend (pt 2)

It’s about time for another round-up post. I’m working on a fortnightly schedule now - far more manageable. In no particular order a delve inside what has emerged to greet me from Google Reader. Amy, at Amy’s Life in Brief, explains...

Published 6 Sep 2008 7:08 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, mental health, blogs, links, blog, Add new tag
Shameless self-promotion

Not only shameless self-promotion but shameless stealing of a blog post title from Cellar_Door at Not Another Nursing Student Blog - I have a post up on the Social Care Expert’s Blog hosted by Community Care. Read and enjoy! I don’t think...

Published 3 Sep 2008 6:29 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, community care, blog
Changes and Adjustments

Feeling particularly industrious this Bank Holiday Monday (yes, I am ‘officially’ still on holiday!), I’ve been playing with my theme and banners to make some adjustments to the look of the blog. It is still a work in progress so don’t...

Published 25 Aug 2008 6:41 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: work, blogging, blog, wordpress, theme
How I write

While I was flicking through some websites, I thought I’d explain a bit about what I actually do when I write and post to this blog. I wouldn’t say I’ve set the world ablaze but for myself, I’ve found the process to be an...

Published 7 Aug 2008 5:35 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, uk, technology, news, live writer, writing, howto, british newspapers, blog writing, zemanta, blogging, positives about writing, windows live writer, blog, newspapers

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