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A Gift

I’ve written before about receiving presents from service users and to be honest, it doesn’t happen very often anyway but yesterday it did. I went to visit Mr F. I see him regularly as he has been having a pretty difficult time of things recently. When...

Published 28 Apr 2010 6:49 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: cat, elderly, mental health, old age, older people, personal, pets, presents, presents to social workers, social care, social work, work
Ginger

My duty as an AMHP (Approved Mental Health Professional) is fundamentally to co-ordinate and carry out assessments according to the Mental Health Act (1983 – as amended 2007). So in the case of a community assessment, I will request the doctor’s attendance...

Published 28 May 2009 6:15 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, animal warden, animals, approved mental health professional, approved social worker, ASW, cat, cat trap, health, hospital, local authority, mental health act 1983, mental health, mental health act, mha 1983, national assistance act, national assistance act 1948, national assistance act section 48, pets, s48, social care, social work, work
Pet Therapy

A couple of years back, I visited a residential home with a woman (that I’ll call A) who needed to move into residential care. She didn’t particularly want to, but she had accepted the need with a heavy heart. She didn’t have any other...

Published 26 Jul 2008 6:23 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: care home, cat, health, kitten, older people, pet therapy, pets as therapy, photo, residential home, social care, social work, work
Motivation and reflection

Getting satisfaction from a job is an important factor of any career decision and ‘wanting to help people’ is an oft-quoted reason for wishing to enter the general ’social care’ arena. All good things - but this isn’t altruism...

Published 17 Jul 2008 5:30 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: career, career choice, cat, confucius, Employment, health, helping professions, reflection, self-reflection, social care, social work, United Kingdom, work
Random Sunday Mumblings

Just for the record, I’ve added a page with additional links and resources because I felt the front page was getting a bit clogged up! I intend to add another page for other blogs at some point but it might take a few weeks for me to organise -...

Published 13 Jul 2008 9:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: cat, kitten, links, work

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