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Very long day, but very worthwhile

Got home at around 9pm from the BASW student conference, with flea bitten legs and a headache (courtesy of one train passenger with a manky dog and a very annoying son with a loud and piercing voice), but it really was a worthwhile day. I’m tired...

Published 26 Jun 2009 10:51 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: social work, student issues
31 days down…69 to go…

I’m almost a third of the way through my placement. Thinking of it like that seems very scary! It’s flying by. Tonight I have finished my first portfolio assignment, an assessment/ intervention report which I’m not happy with but it...

Published 23 Jun 2009 10:14 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: personal, student issues
BASW Student Conference

On Friday, I am going to the BASW student conference in Derby and am really looking forward to it. This conference seems to me to be highly significant, as the social work taskforce is making many sweeping recommendations about the future of social work...

Published 21 Jun 2009 7:59 AM by Social Worker-to-be

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The good, the bad, and the ugly

Friday contained all three, I think! The day started with me visiting a 13 year old boy to give him some information about our service and what we can do for him if he ever needs us. He had got out of bed on the wrong side however, not helped any by the...

Published 20 Jun 2009 6:49 PM by Social Worker-to-be

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An ethical dilemma

As part of the assessment for the placement part of the social work course, on at least two separate occasions the practice teacher has to observe the student working directly with service users, and provide a report with feedback about the student’s...

Published 18 Jun 2009 12:58 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: children and families, social work, student issues
Possible move of team

Since I have been on placement, the agency has received very little work- I have spent a lot of my time in the office doing very little at all. I have worked briefly with one young person, and am doing some work with another, and that is all. I am now...

Published 17 Jun 2009 11:39 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: children and families, social work, student issues
Worrying experience

The agency I am placed with receives information about children placed in external foster placements or out of borough residential units regularly so that we can offer them information about our service. This may involve sending written information, or...

Published 16 Jun 2009 8:06 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: children and families, social work
Cutting child poverty

Today a new bill is being published to make working towards ending child poverty a legal requirement on councils, health authorities, government and other bodies. It may just be me, but this seems totally unworkable, if not impossible… Poverty as...

Published 12 Jun 2009 7:29 AM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: children and families, politics, social issues
Occupational injury!

I was out visiting a young person at home this evening, when my ankle gave way under me while crossing the road. Luckily the cars stopped for me, as I picked myself up off the floor trying to maintain a resemblance of dignity (although no-one was actually...

Published 1 Jun 2009 8:00 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: children and families, personal, social work, student issues

June 2009 - Social Worker-to-be

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Very long day, but very worthwhile

31 days down…69 to go…

BASW Student Conference

The good, the bad, and the ugly

An ethical dilemma

Possible move of team

Worrying experience

Cutting child poverty

Occupational injury!