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Why I’m wrong – A response from BASW

I am not going to add anything to this post. After I wrote a post explaining why I left BASW, I was sent this as a response and agreed to publish it. I’ll leave the questions and comments for others and I have asked that someone from BASW respond to any...

Published 8 Sep 2011 6:33 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, health, local government, Trade union, Employment, personal, British Association of Social Workers, basw, Association
Social Work and the March to Neoliberalism (or Personalisation gone bad)

I caught this article a few days ago on the Huffington Post by a Social Work academic, trying to explain away another aspect of the riots and cashing in on his status no doubt as an ‘authority’. I don’t have much time for the body of the article. He starts...

Published 18 Aug 2011 6:53 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, old age, elderly, health, direct payments, local government, Employment, Disability, social workers, personal, personal budget, personal budgets, neoliberal social work, professor jonathan parker
Life as a Social Work Student 4 – The Half Way Point

This is a guest post from the student who has contributed since before her course started. She first wrote here about her pre-course shadowing experiences, her initial impressions after a few months on the course, the start of her first placement and...

Published 1 Aug 2011 7:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, Education, social work student, Employment, Social Sciences, university, personal, social work in the uk, social work course, Colleges and Universities, guest post, blogs about social work, masters in social work, reflections of social work student, studying social work, university experiences, what's it like to study social work
There and Back Again

As I finished yesterday, I had left my first job and embarked on my little (well, it was two years) adventure and I decided to return to London and join the ranks of gainfully employed social workers again. I knew it was what I wanted to do. I had grown...

Published 16 Jun 2011 7:23 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, older people, work, local authority, london, health, Employment, personal
My First Social Work Job

I can’t quite remember my first day in my first job as a qualified social worker. I’m trying to think back. I remember a few things though and as university courses come to their ends and thoughts turn to employment, I considered thinking back to that...

Published 15 Jun 2011 7:32 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, older people, work, local authority, old age, health, local government, Employment, job, Social Sciences, personal, my first job
The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing

To continue my theme (at least initially) for carers’ week, I wondered a while on the purpose of these weeks and days and months we have devoted to various issues. They are about celebration, gratitude and recognition for the most part. Celebrating Mothers...

Published 14 Jun 2011 6:55 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, carers, mental health, politics, health, nhs, carer, National Health Service, Employment, personal, Social media, improving social work
Between the NHS and the Local Authority – On Being Seconded

I’ve been a local government employee for a good number of years but however much I try to ensure that I am fully linked into the policies that trickle down to us via my own employing council, I can’t help … Continue reading → Read More.....

Published 13 Apr 2011 6:20 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, local authority, health, local government, approved social worker, Employment, personal, NHS Trust, being seconded to the NHS
Life as a Social Work Student 3 – Mid-placement reflections

Thanks again, to the guest author of this who is a current first year social work student. I’m sharing these pieces not only because they are fantastic but because it allows for another perspective from a social work student! Enjoy … Continue...

Published 21 Feb 2011 6:19 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, health, social work student, Employment, Child, youth, General Social Care Council, student social worker
Where the cuts fall..

The copy of The Guardian sitting on my desk at work yesterday didn’t exactly bring a vast amount of cheer to the increasingly chilly office with the headline reading that 100,000 jobs are to be lost in the public … Continue reading →...

Published 17 Dec 2010 6:25 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, local authority, politics, health, local government, Employment, personal, London borough
Attitudes to Disability

Yesterday, the BBC published a survey commissioned by ComRes to mark the 40th anniversary of the ‘Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970’ which was the first piece of legislation that recognised ‘disability’ It is hard to imagine that it …...

Published 30 Nov 2010 5:19 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, discrimination, government, politics, uk, Employment, BBC, Disability, personal, Disabled, Alf Morris, attitude survey, chronically sick and disabled persons act, ComRes, invisible disability
10 things learnt in 10 years as a Social Worker

I qualified as a social worker in 2000. I don’t remember the exact date I started my first ‘qualified’ post. It was sometime in the early summer I think - in those days before registration was required and all I … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 30 Oct 2010 6:40 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, ASW, mental health, discrimination, local authority, old age, government, politics, uk, health, local government, Employment, approved mental health professional, personal, AMHP
Politeness

The Economist in an attempt to draw some kind of ‘focus’ has a blog post from an NHS hospital administrator. I have to say, it made me squirm somewhat. The author seems to be erring on the pernicious side to … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 12 Oct 2010 6:49 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, health, nhs, public sector, National Health Service, Employment, personal, admin, economist, economist blog, nhs admin, the economist
On yer bike!

Housing is an issue that has been a consistent backdrop to all of the work that I’ve done since I began working in statutory social services. There is a massive shortage of affordable housing. This leads to overcrowding, poor conditions and some heightened...

Published 29 Jun 2010 6:51 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: older people, work, discrimination, politics, housing, Employment, personal, council housing, Coalition government, iain duncan-smith, on your bike, social mobility
Good Quality Care

Yesterday, I went to visit a service user that I’ve been working with for a good while. Mrs K has Alzheimer’s at a fairly advanced stage and has and continues to be well supported in her home. She currently receives a care package via the local authority...

Published 5 Mar 2010 6:26 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, carers, local authority, old age, elderly, london, carer, local government, Employment, personal, Wage
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: social work, work, gscc., community care, Employment, General Social Care Council, community care magazine, bath and north east somerset council, Criminal Record Bureau, allan norman, Conviction, lynda barnes, crb, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, bath
The ‘Grow-Your-Own’ Social Worker

We have a new student with us on placement. When I say ‘us’, I mean that one of the other social workers in the team I work in, is her placement supervisor/practice teacher. The Student ™ has been working in the local authority...

Published 9 Feb 2009 6:40 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, socialcare, uk, United Kingdom, local government, social work student, gscc., Employment, General Social Care Council, social work training
Paper Trails and Mountains

I spent a lot of time with my computer at work. Inputting and logging. Writing and refining. Reports, contacts, telephone conversations, attempted visits, visits, phone calls from concerned friends and neighbours. It is all logged. Or rather it is supposed...

Published 14 Nov 2008 5:58 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, older people, work, socialcare, mental health, local authority, old age, government, elderly, nhs, social services, local government, National Health Service, Employment, uk social services, paperwork, cpa meeting, cpa, reviews, paper trail
Sick Days

I have been off work sick this year more than any other year in my working life. I am currently up to six days this year. Four of those days were in a block a couple of weeks back. Usually sickness makes me feel guilty. I think of the work piling up....

Published 20 Oct 2008 6:23 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: work, mental health, health, depression, stress, stigma, Employment, stigma at work, sick day, Shaw Trust, time off work sick, mental illness, Illness
Is Caring a Skill?

The immigration rules are changing here. Generally I have a liberal view towards immigration - and one that probably wouldn’t win me any friends at dinner parties, if I ever went to any that is! I am aware though, that my view is sometimes prejudiced...

Published 11 Sep 2008 6:29 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, immigration, old age, politics, elderly, long-term care, Employment, low pay, mac, migrant, pay
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: social care, social work, work, health, career choice, United Kingdom, cat, helping professions, self-reflection, Employment, confucius, career, reflection

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