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Esther takes on the PC Brigade

by Allan Norman Last week, l watched Esther Rantzen take on what the programme writers decided to label "the PC brigade" . Now I know I am writing for a social work audience, and I have seen the controversy generated by her documentary elsewhere...

Posted Oct 07 2008, 08:08 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Allan Norman, child protection, Esther Rantzen, political correctness

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Posted Oct 03 2008, 10:05 AM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Learning Disabilities, Andrew Holman, Heavy Load, Punk, Learning disability

Heavy Load: one of the most exciting music events I've been to

by Andrew Holman I have been keeping track of the punk band Heavy Load, not because I like punk particularly, I was a previous generation, but because they seemed to be making a bit of a name for themselves and they included a majority of musicians with...

Posted Oct 03 2008, 10:05 AM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Learning Disabilities, Andrew Holman, Heavy Load, Punk, Learning disability

Believe in me! ...The Tide is Turning

by Allan Norman The event, Believe in me!, at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre last week, lived up to its promise. Which is quite something, because what it promised - and delivered - was a somewhat eclectic event about the portrayal of social work in the media...

Posted Oct 02 2008, 07:49 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

'I feel embarrassed when I pay my personal assistants'

Direct payment users treasure their relationships with their personal assistants, but can feel uncomfortable on pay day By Simon Heng One of the great things about being trained as a cognitive behavioural therapist is that I can now lead a guilt-free...

Posted Oct 02 2008, 05:16 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: disability, Workforce, Adult care, Carers, simon heng, Direct payments, Personalisation, PAs, Physical disabilities, Funding, personal assistants

The trickle down effects of recession: school social workers spot the difference

by Helen Bonnick As the economy worsens, social workers will be busier dealing with rising levels of poverty and debt. Can we cope? As the new term starts, school-based family workers are set to be faced with more debt - and poverty - related work in...

Posted Oct 02 2008, 05:05 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Workforce, children, Education, schools, economy, helen bonnick, credit crunch

Time for men to join the carer workforce

As more women enter the jobs market, the burden of care upon them can be reduced by helping more men become carers, write academics Hilary Land (far left) and Susan Himmelweit Most care is still provided by family members, usually women, which may seem...

Posted Oct 02 2008, 04:47 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: disability, Workforce, Adult care, Carers, Direct payments, green paper, JRF, himmelweit, rowntree foundation, hilary land

Happy Retirement, and Thank You

by Allan Norman A colleague of mine recently decided to retire from social work after more than 40 years of service. She wrote to the General Social Care Council, to advise them of her decision, and took the opportunity to thank them for their role in...

Posted Oct 01 2008, 11:41 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Allan Norman, General Social Care Council

Every Child - without any Reservation - Matters

by Allan Norman This week, the UK Government finally announced it is to begin the process of lifting the Reservations it put in place when signing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child . This is a move that has been widely welcomed and commended...

Posted Sep 27 2008, 03:17 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Allan Norman, legal, Human rights, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Every Child Matters, universal declaration of human rights

Remaking the future of social care and personalisation: Listen to what people say

by Peter Beresford There's a simple truth emerging about the future of social work and social care. As service users, practitioners and carers, people clearly want the greater choice and control that 'personalisation' promises to offer. Well...

Posted Sep 26 2008, 12:14 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: social care, Peter Beresford, service users, Personalisation, practice, Commission

Commentary on this year's 2,496th new piece of secondary legislation

by Allan Norman Yesterday, the National Health Service (Directions by Strategic Health Authorities to Primary Care Trusts Regarding Arrangements for Involvement) Regulations 2008 were laid before Parliament. Did you know? Do you care? Has it anything...

Posted Sep 24 2008, 06:57 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: service users, Allan Norman, legal, legislation

No champers for me: physical disability, inclusion and functions

By Simon Stevens Attending glitzy awards ceremonies is a pleasure but for disabled people it is difficult to feel truly included When people talk about independent living, it is assumed social inclusion is included; that if a disabled person works and...

Posted Sep 24 2008, 01:35 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: disability, media, simon stevens, Adult care, Physical disabilities, function, social inclusion, physical disability, prizes, awards

Financial abuse: a family affair

By Jennifer Harvey Financial abuse is a growing danger as bills mount. And the culprits are often those whom you would least suspect I'm a bit web wary. I do buy things over the internet, but I worry about it. I worry about random hackers getting...

Posted Sep 24 2008, 01:29 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, Carers, Learning Disabilities, benefits, jennifer harvey, financial abuse, internet

Labour's final social care opportunity: adult green paper

By Justin Keen After 11 years talking about building a fairer social care system, Labour has a final opportunity to convert rhetoric into policy The Labour government has repeatedly emphasised its commitment to implementing a fairer social care system...

Posted Sep 24 2008, 01:19 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, JRF, adult green paper, Justin Keen

Mauling the guide dog: disability discrimination revisited

by Allan Norman I've written before about the dog in the night-time . The dog in the day-time is proving curious too. It features in a most surprising way in the judgement of the House of Lords in London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] UKHL 43...

Posted Sep 18 2008, 02:46 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: disability, Allan Norman, legal, Disability Discrimination Act, Malcolm, lewisham

A clash of philosophies?

By Peter Beresford In discussions about the reform of adult services notions of "care" and "independence" seem counterposed. They don't need to be. Read More...

Posted Sep 17 2008, 07:13 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Peter Beresford, Adult care, adults services

Benefits from family ties

By Nigel Leaney The birth of a grandchild can fill in some of the missing bits of family life, particularly for service users with mental illness Read More...

Posted Sep 17 2008, 07:03 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Nigel Leaney, Mental Health, grandchildren

Still waiting for that ride

by Simon Heng Disabled people rely disproportionately on public transport but access to buses, trains and taxis remains an area of disadvantage Read More...

Posted Sep 17 2008, 06:59 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: disability, simon heng, disabilities, travel

The law on avoiding responsibility

by Allan Norman Many civil court cases boil down to arguments over money. Even those with origins in arguments about injury to person or reputation end up with arguments about the financial value of the harm. When a case is genuinely about - for example...

Posted Sep 17 2008, 04:50 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Allan Norman, legal, local authorities

Why are black people with learning disabilities still forgotten?

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Posted Sep 15 2008, 01:41 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Learning Disabilities, Andrew Holman, hate crimes; black and ethnic minorities; people with learning disabilities

Pubic Hair And Social Work: An unconsidered connection

By Peter Beresford So what's pubic hair got to do with social work? Well, to be truthful, until the other day, probably like you, I'd never really thought that there was much connection. Now though I am beginning to wonder. Maybe there is actually...

Posted Sep 10 2008, 05:06 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Peter Beresford, social work, pubic hair, paedophilia, women, shaving, social work practice

Not so grim up north: Why Policy Exchange's Cities Unlimited report is so wrong

A recent report that said people should move to London shows that stereotypes live on - even among the political classes By Jennifer Harvey We don't want to leave our northern cities to over-populate the South. Not if you paid us, as it suggests in...

Posted Sep 10 2008, 01:44 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Workforce, think tank, policy exchange, sheffield, cities unlimited, jennifer harvey

'I'm not your darling!'

Being addressed in a patronising manner is something disabled people have had to put up with for a long time, but no longer... By Simon Stevens As someone who has cerebral palsy, I am used to being patronised by people face-to-face and on the phone. But...

Posted Sep 09 2008, 01:29 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: disability, simon stevens, Adult care, Disability Discrimination Act, cerebral palsy, patronising

Adult green paper: duty, obligation and diversity should be the focus

By Kalyani Gandhi (left) and Helen Bowers The government is proposing to sort out our social care system by producing a green paper on better funding options. We believe such an exercise is too narrowly focused. Instead, we urgently need a wider debate...

Posted Sep 08 2008, 01:11 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, Public Policy, Helen Bowers, Kalyani Gandhi, Duty and Obligation, JRF

I'm still allowed to blog!

by Allan Norman Therefore, since law itself is perfect wrong How can the law forbid my tongue to curse? Shakespeare, King John, Act III, Scene I The judgement of the Scottish High Court of Justiciary last month in Anwar, Re Possible Contempt Of Court...

Posted Sep 05 2008, 09:35 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: media, Allan Norman, legal, Aemer Anwar, freedom of speech, blogging

Olympic triumphs without the hype

By Simon Heng The media define swimming great Michael Phelps as disabled because he has ADHD. The Paralympics will show us otherwise Read More...

Posted Sep 05 2008, 12:12 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: simon heng, Olympics, ADHD, Michael Phelps

Light touch supervision threat to older people

By Paul Lloyd The government's plans for self-directed care will reduce checks on elder abuse to dangerously low levels, yet be more intrusive Separating the care management role from the adult protection role, as envisaged in the Department of Health's...

Posted Sep 05 2008, 11:59 AM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: self directed care, Transforming Social Care, Paul Lloyd, elder abuse

It's now getting personal

By Peter Beresford Social workers are seen as the baddy in the personalisation debate perhaps because they are no longer care managers Read More...

Posted Sep 05 2008, 11:55 AM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Peter Beresford, Personalisation, adult social care, Department of Health

Social work conduct: who guards the guardians?

by the Fighting Monsters social work blogger The GSCC's report on Social work conduct, which details the enquiries and investigations that have taken place, reports that less than 1% of the total registered workforce have had allegations raised against...

Posted Sep 03 2008, 08:00 AM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: social workers, GSCC, conduct, fighting monsters

Children's Databases, Lost Datasticks, and 'Informational' Social Work

by Allan Norman I took part in an opinion poll recently, where I was asked questions about who I would trust with my data. Banks? The Health Service? The local authority? Education institutions? The government? My answer was, "none". My answer...

Posted Aug 27 2008, 02:54 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Allan Norman, child protection, legal, british journal social work, children's database, data protection

Social Work And Social Care: Time to learn something from the Olympic spirit?

by Peter Beresford I never expected to hear myself say it, but the Beijing Olympics have given me a whole new sense of proportion. Suddenly I feel I have a proper perspective on issues of social care and human needs. Read More...

Posted Aug 27 2008, 12:43 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: social care, Peter Beresford, social work, Mental Health, Poverty, olympic games, paralympics

I would love to work...

...to escape poverty. But the benefits system militates against helping disabled people into work, preferring to use sanctions, writes Simon Heng. Read More...

Posted Aug 27 2008, 12:11 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: simon heng, benefits, disabilities

Bond of living together

Residential care may be unfashionable but its communal living can be a boon for those who otherwise would be lonely, writes Nigel Leaney Read More...

Posted Aug 27 2008, 12:07 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Nigel Leaney, Mental Health, residential care, independence

First things not first

Service users and their families need access to independent information and advice if personalisation is to work, says Stephen Burke Read More...

Posted Aug 27 2008, 11:59 AM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Personalisation, Stephen Burke, counsel and care

Jersey must learn lessons from the UK

by Liz Davies Jersey care leavers and whistleblowers are fearing the worst - that the truth about child abuse including alleged murder may never be exposed, and perpetrators will not be brought to justice. For some of us who have been involved in the...

Posted Aug 22 2008, 05:07 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: child protection, Islington, abuse, liz davies, jersey

World social work conference: a chance for social work to rediscover its self confidence

by David N Jones The biannual General Meeting of the International Federation of Social Workers, is always held in association with the World Social Work Conference, this year held in Salvador, Brazil. Read More...

Posted Aug 22 2008, 04:47 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: social work, brazil, ifsw, david n jones, world conference of social work

World conference of social work: where now for social work practice?

by David N Jones During the World Conference of Social Work in Brazil I have experienced for myself that Brazilians like to talk, they love rhetoric and respond enthusiastically to political speeches denouncing the evils of neo-liberalism and globalisation...

Posted Aug 20 2008, 01:07 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: social work, brazil, ifsw, david n jones, world conference of social work

World conference of social work: the view from Brazil

by David N Jones The 19th World Conference of Social Work is being held for the first time in Brazil - in Salvador, Bahia - from August 16 to 19, 2008. The Conference theme - 'The challenge of ensuring rights in a global and unequal society' Read...

Posted Aug 19 2008, 10:54 AM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: social work, brazil, ifsw, slavery, david n jones

The harm of honesty

by Allan Norman There is a fascinating thread on CareSpace, discussing letters sent to survivors of domestic violence following police referral . While it started as a discussion of the appropriateness of such letters, there is a signifcant debate about...

Posted Aug 14 2008, 06:28 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Allan Norman, Domestic violence, harm, lying

Are we too soft on kids?

by Helen Bonnick Strict parenting is seen by many as outdated but have we gone too far in giving children the right to dictate terms at home? Read More...

Posted Aug 14 2008, 11:44 AM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Parenting, children

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