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• 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... Posted Jul 19 2008, 05:55 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, social justice, community care, cps, crown prosecution service, adult protection, domestic violence, safeguarding adults, elder abuse

• *The Road Not Taken

  I was asked over the weekend by someone who is just about to finish her Social Work degree and  if I would recommend she goes  for statutory or voluntary Social  Work when she qualifies. I had no hesitation in recommending voluntary sector... Posted Jun 23 2008, 05:49 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social work, work, local authority, uk, social justice, social services, public sector, statutory social work, career choice for social workers, social work student

• A decent place to live

  I seem to have had something of a ‘home’ themed week in one way or the other, so thought I’d round it off with a few thoughts about more general housing. In one of the previous teams I worked in, we had a basic line that a lot of the... Posted May 17 2008, 06:51 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social issues, work, local authority, social policy, housing stock, right to buy, uk, poor housing, housing, social housing, social justice