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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: Age UK, blog, blog search terms, carer, carers, community care, community care live, Islington, london, munro, social care, Social media, social work, social work conference, work
Social Media and Social Work – Part 4 Social Networks and Forums

In this post, I am going to look at the ways that I use and have used social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook in a professional capacity and I also want to touch on the wider uses of … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 11 Apr 2011 6:25 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: carespace, community care, facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Online Communities, online community social work, personal, politics, social care, social issues, Social media, social media and social work, Social network, Social network service, social work, Twitter, work
Statutory Duties and Consultations

A blogpost by Vern Pitt on the Community Care website alerted me to a very quiet consultation that started this week. According to the post Quiet as a mouse the Department of Communities and Local Government announced a review of … Continue reading...

Published 10 Mar 2011 5:30 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: community care, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health, Eric Pickles, local authority, local government, mental health, personal, politics, social care, social issues, social work, vern pitt, work
No Secrets or No Action?

Yesterday, Community Care reported that as a response to the consultation on changes to the ‘No Secrets’ guidance on Safeguarding Adults published in 2000, Safeguarding Adults Boards will be mandatory for all English local authorities and an inter-ministerial...

Published 20 Jan 2010 6:50 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: adult abuse, adult protection, community care, dementia, elderly, health, local authority, mental capacity act, mental health, no secrets, old age, older people, personal, politics, safeguarding adults, sageguarding adults board, social care, social issues, social work, vulnerable adults, work
Report Reporting

So the Task Force report yesterday was pretty much as predicted. Personally, I think a lot of the contents are very welcome with the main concern being the lack of money to implement them – but I’m willing to engage positively with the process of change...

Published 2 Dec 2009 7:29 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Best Interests Assessor, community care, deirdre sanders, Ed Balls, personal, peter beresford, politics, Ray Jones, social care, social issues, social work, social work task force, social work taskforce, social work taskforce final report, the guardian, uk, work
On Probation

In some unsurprising but still welcome news, Community Care reports that the Social Work Taskforce is proposing a ‘qualifying year’ post degree and pre-registration to all social workers coming into the workforce from university. It makes perfect sense...

Published 20 Nov 2009 7:07 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: british social work, community care, local authority, probation year for social workers, social work, social work taskforce, social worker, uk, work
Take a Break

Community Care reports in their Social Work Blog that the women’s magazine ‘Take a Break’ has taken up the cause of positive social work stories with a headline of ‘Thank God for Social Workers’ which started with this week’s magazine. This follows on...

Published 29 Jun 2009 6:51 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: community care, community care magazine, General Social Care Council, government, gscc., local authority, personal, politics, positive social work story, social care, social issues, social work, social workers, stand up for social work, take a break, thank god for social workers, uk, work
Practising with Conviction?

Community Care report on the case of Lynda Barnes, a social work team manager in a child protection team with Bath and North East Somerset Council who was involved in a case involving care proceedings last year. Not necessarily unusual so far. Bath She...

Published 19 Jun 2009 7:42 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: allan norman, bath, bath and north east somerset council, community care, community care magazine, Conviction, crb, Criminal Record Bureau, Employment, General Social Care Council, gscc., lynda barnes, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, social work, work
Working the Media

Community Care are running a campaign ‘Stand up Now for Social Work’ which aims to highlight both the good and the bad in reporting of social work. It’s a fascinating campaign and a positive one and also, as we can see by recent news stories, one that...

Published 24 Apr 2009 6:36 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: community care, Guardian, Journalist, News broadcasting, social work, social worker, stand up now for social work, the monitor, the monitor blog, uk, work
The cost of vacancies

Community Care published some research they carried out yesterday which found that there is a 10.9% vacancy rate for social workers in England – rising to 18.6% vacancy rate in London. They also publish a breakdown of individual councils – at least those...

Published 17 Apr 2009 6:37 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Child protection, community care, England, lack of social workers, local authority, local government, london, Recruitment, recruitment crisis in social work, social care, social issues, social work, social work vacancies, social worker, the social work blog, work
Gift ideas for Social Workers

Last week, Community Care printed an article which provided some gift ideas for the Social Worker in your Life. A good article with some interesting ideas. But I thought I’d add one or two ideas of my own - of course, it might be too late for Christmas...

Published 17 Dec 2008 5:26 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Burger King, burger king perfume, Christmas, christmas present ideas, community care, health, personal, social work, social worker presents, United Kingdom, work
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: blog, community care, social care, social work, work
Ageism and Justice

Community Care reports on a proposal by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to recommend more severe sentences to those who commit crimes against older people The policy is the last to be published on six “equality strands” and brings victimisation due...

Published 19 Jul 2008 5:55 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: adult protection, community care, cps, crown prosecution service, domestic violence, elder abuse, safeguarding adults, social care, social issues, social justice, social work, work
Bringing work home

Earlier this week, during one of our monthly meetings that include all the teams that work in our office (there are four sub-teams that cover the borough), we discussed Lone Working Policies. Nothing particularly exciting - they are formulating some new...

Published 12 Jul 2008 5:49 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: community, community care, health, housing, local authority, lone working policy, neighbourhood, Ray Lewis, social issues, social work, United Kingdom, work

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