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Michael Jackson - what chance of normality for his children?

by Bronagh Miskelly In the midst of the worldwide hullabaloo surrounding the death of Michael Jackson (which for those of us old enough has strong echoes of Elvis's death) I found myself wondering about how his three children are coping and what the...

Published 26 Jun 2009 12:43 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: children and young people
Take a Break backs Community Care to share social work success stories

by Emma Maier There was a time when former prime minister Tony Blair could easily summon an interview with almost any leading media outlet around the world. Yet there was one vitally important publication that remained aloof: Take a Break . Now, the weekly...

Published 25 Jun 2009 1:06 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, stand up now for social work, The Sun, workforce
Lynda Barnes: GSCC and councils must look closer

by Mark Ivory Social worker Lynda Barnes did not hide her conviction for conspiring to murder her husband, yet she was still employed as a manager in children's services and passed muster with the General Social Care Council. She may have given a...

Published 23 Jun 2009 5:14 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Bath and North East Somerset Council, criminal record, gscc, Lynda Barnes, workforce
Price of Life documentary asks impossible questions

by Vern Pitt As the refusal of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to authorise the use of drugs to treat early stages of Alzheimer's continues to raise questions over the economic model they use, Adam Whishart's documentary...

Published 22 Jun 2009 3:38 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Alzheimer's, health, myeloma, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, nice, revlimid, vern pitt
Do children on remand have rights?

by Clare Jerrom I ' d like to say I ' m shocked by the appalling figures produced by the Prison Reform Trust that three quarters of young people who are placed on remand in a custodial setting are then acquitted of any crime or handed out a community...

Published 17 Jun 2009 4:56 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Clare Jerrom, Criminal justice, remand, youth crime, Youth justice
Should elder abuse legislation focus on punishment?

by Vern Pitt Help the Aged and Age Concern Cymru have called for new legislation to tackle elder abuse in Wales. Although they admit that this is only part of what is needed to tackle and increasing problem. Read More...

Published 16 Jun 2009 2:42 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: domestic violence, elder abuse, financial scam, older people, vern pitt
Refugee Week is a chance to reflect on the plight of asylum seekers

by Mark Drinkwater Asylum seekers and refugees get a hostile press. It's something that social workers will identify with. However, while social workers get to return to their comfy dwellings each night, 'home' is still something of an aspiration...

Published 15 Jun 2009 8:00 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: asylum, mark drinkwater, refugee week, refugees
Time to stop knocking on the door... and start banging

By Emma Maier Ed Balls has been quoted several times in the media recently saying that the social work profession doesn't bang on his door like other professions. But I was in a room of social workers yesterday, and the consensus was that they are...

Published 12 Jun 2009 2:17 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, Politics, social workers, workforce
Could the medical model solve the social work degree split?

By Emma Maier A split seems to have emerged in the sector over proposals to allow social work degree students to specialise in children's or adults' services. But on reflection, I wonder if there is more common ground that it first appears - and...

Published 10 Jun 2009 3:07 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: education, social work, training, workforce
Reshuffle comes at critical time for social care

by Mark Ivory It is tempting to write off social care's new ministerial overseers as stopgap appointments before Labour's inevitable trouncing at the general election, which will have to be held in a year's time if not rather sooner. Read...

Published 9 Jun 2009 11:52 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: green paper, Mark Ivory, personalisation, social care, social work, Social Work Taskforce
Doncaster Council and social work's conflicting solutions

by Emma Maier Doncaster Council's improvement plan is based on eliminating unallocated cases, reducing staff vacancies to 7%, and improving caseloads, supervision and training. The targets may be ambitious, but the underlying issues continue to be...

Published 9 Jun 2009 11:42 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Doncaster Council, Emma Maier, social work
Improving social work's image through community engagement

By Emma Maier I spotted a story in the Liverpool press today about a community consulation group on health and social care issues. It struck me that such initiatives could provide a valuable opportunity to improve public understanding of and support for...

Published 8 Jun 2009 2:59 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, stand up now for social work
Can curry and curcumin beat dementia?

by Adam McCulloch I love the idea that eating curry can ward off dementia - although apparently the quantities needed may leave one somewhat bloated. There's a substance in tumeric called curcumin that can combat the changes in the brain that lead...

Published 5 Jun 2009 1:55 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Adam McCulloch, ageing, alzheimers, Alzheimer's, cumin, curcumin, curry, dementia, India, mental health
Reshuffling adult social care

By Maria Ahmed, Deputy News Editor Yesterday there were qualms over the future of key children's social work reforms due to the resignation of children's minister Beverley Hughes . Today, similar qualms could be felt in the adult's sector...

Published 5 Jun 2009 12:12 PM by The Social Work Blog
Hilary Mantel's memories of social work past

by Andrew Mickel Following Community Care 's article last week about what social work practices from the past should be revived , there's another interesting blast from the past by novelist Hilary Mantel in the London Review of Books about her...

Published 5 Jun 2009 11:29 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: child protection, social work, social workers
It's reshuffle time again...

By Maria Ahmed, Deputy News Editor Can the social care sector trust Gordon Brown with making the right moves in the current reshuffle? The resignation of children's minister Beverley Hughes could leave all the post-Baby P reforms hanging in the ether...

Published 4 Jun 2009 12:26 PM by The Social Work Blog
Farewell, Ed Balls - and good riddance

The forthcoming cabinet reshuffle could see us bidding farewell to the children's secretary if he fulfils his ambition of becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer. As the first ever secretary of state to oversee children's well-being, Ed Balls has...

Published 2 Jun 2009 11:33 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Baby P, beverley hughes, ed balls, General Social Care Council, Sharon Shoesmith, The Sun
Sex and the social worker

by Bronagh Miskelly At this year's Community Care Live Question Time session, compère Jeremy Vine noted that every year there is a question about social workers having sex with clients. And sadly, we often find ourselves reporting conduct cases around...

Published 1 Jun 2009 3:52 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: conduct, gscc, Service users, sex, social work
Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle enters The Priory

By Natalie Valios Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle has been admitted to The Priory Clinic in London. The singer who was tipped to win, but lost out to the dance group Diversity (my favourite to win) is apparently "emotionally drained...

Published 1 Jun 2009 1:23 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, Susan Boyle; Simon Cowell; Piers Morgan; Amanda Holden; Britain's Got Talent; learning disability;

June 2009 - The Social Work Blog

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Michael Jackson - what chance of normality for his children?

Take a Break backs Community Care to share social work success stories

Lynda Barnes: GSCC and councils must look closer

Price of Life documentary asks impossible questions

Do children on remand have rights?

Should elder abuse legislation focus on punishment?

Refugee Week is a chance to reflect on the plight of asylum seekers

Time to stop knocking on the door... and start banging

Could the medical model solve the social work degree split?

Reshuffle comes at critical time for social care

Doncaster Council and social work's conflicting solutions

Improving social work's image through community engagement

Can curry and curcumin beat dementia?

Reshuffling adult social care

Hilary Mantel's memories of social work past

It's reshuffle time again...

Farewell, Ed Balls - and good riddance

Sex and the social worker

Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle enters The Priory