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Disabled & want to work? Think carefully!

Part of the coalition government’s passion for cutting expenditure has been to attack the disabled who rely on welfare benefits to exist. It has/ will be made more difficult to claim the range of disability benefits available and the message is...

Published 22 Jan 2011 12:17 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: disability, personal, politics, social issues
A ‘safe’ NHS?

If you follow the UK news coverage, you cannot possibly have missed the fact that another Health & Social Care Bill was published, with massive implications for the future organisation of health care provision. There has been plenty of comment and...

Published 20 Jan 2011 9:44 AM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: politics, social issues
Now an NQSW

It has been so long since I last posted on this blog, but life has been incredibly busy since my last post. However, I am now no longer a ‘social worker-to-be’. I passed my Masters with merit and am now simply a ‘social worker’...

Published 13 Nov 2010 8:01 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: children and families, personal, politics, social issues, social work, student issues
Person centred services?

The Trust within which I am based on placement states that it provides person centred services which are focused around the recovery model. In theory this sounds fantastic; the reality is slightly less fantastic. I have been working with a young woman...

Published 31 May 2010 8:49 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: mental health, politics, social issues, social work
Forms and paper galore

The last 5 weeks seem to have passed by in a blur of trying to get my head around each day’s challenges in a new placement, finishing off academic work and also fitting in some sort of life too. Although I did some work with a statutory fostering...

Published 14 May 2010 9:56 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: children and families, mental health, politics, social issues, social work
Fish oils to prevent psychosis

An interesting study has been published today, claiming that by prescribing fish oils to extremely high risk individuals the risk of psychosis occurring can be vastly reduced. The study followed young people for a year, with half receiving three months’...

Published 2 Feb 2010 12:20 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: mental health, politics, social issues, social work
Another New Year

For a few days now, I’ve been aware that it’s been some time since I posted anything, and I’ve been reflecting quite a bit on the past year and what the next may hold. 2009 saw me complete a full year of my social work training which...

Published 2 Jan 2010 1:16 PM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: mental health, personal, politics, social issues, social work, student issues
Penalising the poor

It suddenly went manic at placement this week, hence no posts- too busy during the day to write, too tired once I get home! But today this story lept off the front news page of the BBC at me. The government is hoping to reduce the unpopularity of it’s...

Published 8 Jul 2009 7:05 AM by Social Worker-to-be

Filed under: politics, social issues, student issues
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
An interesting week

I’ve learned some very important things this week… 1) It is very important, if doing a job involving lots of visits or walking, to make sure your shoes won’t hurt your feet or cause blisters. This is especially relevant when the season...

Published 29 May 2009 8:44 PM by Social Worker-to-be

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

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