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A Lament for Lost Genericism in Social Work

It was reported over the week that the Government is to appoint a Chief Social Worker. This is apparently a response to recommendations in the Munro Report and pressure from BASW (British Association of Social Workers). I have previously mentioned by...

Published 15 Jul 2011 7:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: British Association of Social Workers, british social work, chief social worker, Child protection, department of education, Department of Health, General Social Care Council, generic social work, health, mental health, munro report, personal, social care, Social Sciences, social work, social work development, uk, work
Weekly Social Work Links 19

It’s been a busy week with lots of social care news hitting the mainstream media in the UK. I’ll bring some of that up in the round-up. Meanwhile the person who found my ‘Weekly Social Work Links 18’ post after typing ‘Links 18+’ into Google sure would...

Published 4 Jun 2011 7:58 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: blog links, Evidence-based practice, General Social Care Council, gscc., links, mental health, social work, Social Work Blogs, weekly roundup, work
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: Child, Employment, General Social Care Council, health, social care, social issues, social work, social work student, student social worker, work, youth
Events, Opportunities and Research

Bit of a random, stream of consciousness type post today as I was suffering from severe writers block this morning so apologies in advance! RiPfa (Research in Practice for Adults) are promoting a contest on Twitter to win an expenses-paid … Continue...

Published 11 Feb 2011 7:07 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: community care live, competition, General Social Care Council, local authority, Research, research in practice for adults, ripfa, social work, Social Work Action Network, social work research, SWAN, twitter contest, uk, work
The Two Colleges continued – BASW, SCIE and the Nascent College

I am more than a little frustrated that BASW (British Association of Social Workers) and the College of Social Work (in its current interim state) haven’t been able to thrash out their problems. I’ve mentioned the background to this before … Continue...

Published 10 Feb 2011 6:56 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: basw, basw council, British Association of Social Workers, college of social work, England, english social work issues, feud, General Social Care Council, scie, social work, social workers, Trade union, uk, Unison, west lothian question in basw, work
Colleges and Conferences

Just a very quick post. 1. Excellent post by Malcolm Payne which gives a bit of background to the BASW College v SCIE College rift. Payne adds a great deal of information to the board and everyone should read this … Continue reading → Read...

Published 24 Jan 2011 6:05 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: British Association of Social Workers, General Social Care Council, gscc., Leeds, local government, london, social care, social issues, social work, work
The Two Colleges

I’m almost weary of this story before I start to write it to be honest. Unfortunately the story is ripe for pickings, I can’t really help but go with it. A bit of background. (note : this is my understanding … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 24 Jan 2011 6:25 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: basw, British Association of Social Workers, college of social work, England, General Social Care Council, gscc., personal, politics, Professional association, scie, social work, Trade union, Unison, work
Health and Social Care Bill 2010/1 – some comments and not much hope

I haven’t read the Health and Social Care Bill. I have glanced at it. I tried to look at anything connected with Mental Health and Social Care and there are a few bits and pieces nestled in there towards the … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 20 Jan 2011 6:29 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: andrew lansley, destruction of the nhs, evil tories, General practitioner, General Social Care Council, health, health and social care bill 2011, HealthWatch, local authority, lying liberals, mental health act 1983, mental health, nhs, NHS primary care trust, old age, personal, politics, social care, social issues, social work, socialcare, work
Placements and PQ – GSCC reports on Social Work Education

Community Care carries details from the GSCC (General Social Care Council) annual report on social work education in England and it shows a fall in the amount of social work placements provided by local authorities. This came as absolutely no …...

Published 19 Jan 2011 6:09 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, approved mental health professional, ASW, General Social Care Council, health, local authority, local government, mental health, personal, politics, social care, social issues, social work, work
Eavesdropping

Earlier in the week, I went out for lunch at the local cafe. I often go there for lunch – usually with colleagues but this time I was on my own. It’s a typical ‘greasy spoon’. It gives me a … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 6 Jan 2011 6:17 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: basw, British Association of Social Workers, eavesdropping, General Social Care Council, gscc., mental health, personal, social care, social work, social work placements, social work students, work
Re-registration

I was one of those many social workers who formed the first wave of ‘GSCC’ registrations when the General Social Care Council was established and the Care Standards Act (2000) deigned that social workers need to register and that no-one … Continue...

Published 4 Jan 2011 6:25 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Durham University, General Social Care Council, Leeds Metropolitan University, local authority, local government, personal, social work, social work courses, social work degree courses, 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
Goodbye GSCC

Main news today is that the GSCC is to be abolished and the regulation of social workers is to fall to the HPC (Health Professions Council). I wonder if there will be a name change to recognise that social workers are not health professionals.. It’s a...

Published 26 Jul 2010 7:45 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: abolition of gscc, end of gscc, General Social Care Council, gscc., personal, politics, social care, social work, work
White Paper and Comprehensive Care Services

As expected, Andy Burnham (Secretary of State for Health) did, indeed, announce the Government White Paper on setting up a National Care Service and the funding behind it. I haven’t had time to read up on too much apart from the reports around it. Focus...

Published 31 Mar 2010 7:03 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: andy burnham, elderly, funding social care, General Social Care Council, government, health, Home Care, local authority, long-term care, personal, personal care at home, social care, social issues, social work, White paper, work
BASW and the College

One of the Task Force recommendations was the establishment of a College of Social Work with potentially Royal chartered status for Social Workers. It fact, the summary quote is A new and independent College for Social Work led and owned by the profession...

Published 10 Mar 2010 7:17 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: British Association of Social Workers, college of social work, General Social Care Council, gscc., health, Hilton Dawson, personal, royal college of social work, social care, social issues, social work, social work college, work
Deirdre Sanders, the GSCC Conference and the Social Work Taskforce

I’ve written before about the invitation made by the GSCC (General Social Care Council – the regulatory authority for Social Workers and Social Care Workers) to invite speak at their conference. Ed chatting with Deirdre Deirdre Sanders is employed by...

Published 7 Oct 2009 7:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: agony aunt, british social work, deirdre sanders, Ed Balls, General Social Care Council, general social care council conference, gscc conference, gscc., health, local authority, local government, personal, politics, social care, social issues, social services, social work, social work taskforce, work
Hopes and Balls

Oh dear. I suppose he’s trying to claw back any credibility he might once of had. Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families writes a blatheringly sympathetic piece in the Guardian about how much he supports social workers. Nice...

Published 9 Sep 2009 6:12 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: deirdre saunders, Ed Balls, General Social Care Council, gscc., health, local authority, mental health, old age, older people, social care, social issues, social services, social work, social work taskforce, social worker, the guardian, uk, work
The Mess of the GSCC

The General Social Care Council really has got itself in a pickle. A particularly unrepresentative quango established by the government to regulate social care and social work professionals (in England as the other constituent countries in the UK have...

Published 27 Aug 2009 7:09 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: agony aunt, basw, British Association of Social Workers, chief executive, deirdre sanders, General Social Care Council, gscc annual conference, gscc., local authority, mike wardle, paul philip, personal, politics, social care, social issues, social work, social work taskforce, the sun, 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
Why BASW matters

There has been a call both by Ed Balls for British social workers to ‘speak up for themselves’ as well as murmurings of the lack of professional bodies that approach his department to speak on behalf of social workers. Generally, social workers in the...

Published 27 May 2009 6:31 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: basw, British Association of Social Workers, General Social Care Council, gscc., Hilton Dawson, social work, Trade union, uk, work
Reporting Poor Practice

Poor social workers put vulnerable people at risk. That doesn’t really need a genius to determine, but the Local Government Chronicle reports that these practitioners are not being reported to the GSCC (General Social Care Council) and thus are able to...

Published 16 Apr 2009 6:31 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: General Social Care Council, gscc., local government, local government chronicle, London Borough of Haringey, Rosie Varley, social work, social worker, social workers, work
Promoting Care

I have mentioned previously my role as a Care Ambassador – of course, it is less grand than it sounds but is basically a method used by Skills for Care to promote work in the Social Care sector to young people and to link with schools directly who are...

Published 9 Apr 2009 4:59 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: care ambassador, career day, General Social Care Council, gscc., health and social care, health care, Home Care, london, personal, school, skills for care, social care, social work, work
Laming and Training

I will not pretend to have read Laming’s report which was published yesterday. I haven’t. Honestly, I’m struggling a bit with my workload at the moment (oh, the irony!) and getting home I’m finding it difficult to motivate myself...

Published 13 Mar 2009 4:07 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Ed Balls, General Social Care Council, gscc., laming, laming report 2009, mental health, social work, social work education, social work training, uk, work
Training Social Workers

I read on the Community Care website yesterday, that the undergraduate Social Work course at Royal Holloway College is being suspended. As I briefly alluded to on my Twitter feed, this surprised me - and my expression of interest is that I went for an...

Published 10 Mar 2009 5:03 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Brunel University, BSc Social work, Education, General Social Care Council, gscc., higher education, Royal Holloway, Royal Holloway University of London, social work, social work BA, social work course, social work training, training social workers, uk, university, work
Balls

Image via Wikipedia Ed Balls irritates me. It isn’t perhaps the most measured judgement, I accept that, but every time now I see his name in any form of media representation, a little part of me cringes and mutters away to myself in language that...

Published 6 Mar 2009 5:38 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: baby p, Child protection, Ed Balls, ed balls criticism of social work, General Social Care Council, politics, Secretary of State for Children Schools and Families, social issues, social work, Sun, work
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: Employment, General Social Care Council, gscc., local government, social care, social issues, social work, social work student, social work training, socialcare, uk, United Kingdom, work
Root and Branch

The BBC ran a story yesterday about the new government ‘task force’ which is going to look at the ‘root and branch’ changes that need to take place in Social Work. All this has, of course, only become evident over the past month...

Published 12 Dec 2008 6:29 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: adult social work, basw, British Association of Social Workers, General Social Care Council, gscc., mental health social work, root and branch change, social care, social issues, social work, socialcare, uk social work, work
Death of the ASW

I left work yesterday as an Approved Social Worker (ASW) and by the time I go to work on Monday, I will be an Approved Mental Health Professional (AHMP). I signed my last papers and completed the last assessment at precisely 5.18pm (yes, I checked!) on...

Published 1 Nov 2008 4:40 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: approved mental health professional, approved social worker, ASW, General Social Care Council, gscc., health, local authority, mental health, mental health act, nhs, social work, uk, work

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