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Do social workers wear suits?

Unison has launched a poster campaign to highlight the impact of the government spending cuts, with this image showing an easily-recognisable refuse collector and a librarian, roles considered under threat. But hang on, who's the woman on the left...

Published 27 Apr 2011 11:43 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, social workers, workforce, social work, union

Chittleburgh has stepped aside as chair of BASW

Tim Chittleburgh stepped aside as chair of the British Association of Social Workers in December 2009, the organisation has revealed. According to a statement on the BASW website , the association is investigating a "serious complaint" about...

Published 12 Jan 2010 1:45 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, social workers, british association of social workers, BASW, social work, tim chittleburgh, private eye

Rod 'Seacole' Liddle holds council equality officer up for ridicule

by Adam McCulloch Rod 'Seacole' Liddle, former editor of Radio 4's Today programme and Guardian columnist has signposted a diary article in a trade journal by a Devon Council equality officer . From his preamble to the article 'this is...

Published 4 Nov 2009 11:30 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, Adam McCulloch, Devon Council, racism, Equality, Spectator website, Rod Liddle, gypsy, roma

Review: Panorama- The child protectors

Review: Panorama goes on the frontline with Coventry's child protection team looking at the challenges social workers face BBC, Monday 2 November ***** Read More...

Published 3 Nov 2009 4:35 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, children's services, child protection, social workers, television programme, Baby P, safeguarding, caseloads

Memorable experience for journalist turned social work conference speaker

by Daniel Lombard At Community Care it's important for us to get out and meet people in the sector to inform our work as journalists, and conferences are a great way to do this. This week I've attended two in just over 24 hours - the first in...

Published 16 Oct 2009 1:38 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, daniel lombard, social work, The Sun, gscc, stand up now for social work

Did Dear Deidre tame the social work dragon?

by Daniel Lombard The most hotly-debated event in this year's social work calendar finally arrived yesterday with the General Social Care Council's annual conference. Having backed her employers' witch-hunt against social workers in the wake...

Published 15 Oct 2009 1:44 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, daniel lombard, social work, The Sun, Baby P, stand up now for social work, deidre sanders

The Deidre Debate: should the Sun's agony aunt be allowed to speak?

by Bronagh Miskelly The decision by the GSCC to invite Sun agony aunt Deidre Sanders to speak at it conferenc e was inevitably going to be controversial , it would have been foolish to expect anything else. I should know - the decision to ask Sanders...

Published 2 Oct 2009 11:01 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, social workers, workforce, social work, General Social Care Council, Bronagh Miskelly, The Sun, gscc, stand up now for social work, deidre sanders

LGA conference: Selling social work in the media

For every serious case that casts doubt on child protection processes and the competence of social workers, there will be another - or, thousands of others - where a vulnerable child or family is transformed by positive experiences of social work and...

Published 1 Oct 2009 12:48 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, social workers, social work, stand up now for social work

Was The Sun really backing Labour?

by Adam McCulloch I don't think anyone could argue that The Sun has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Labour Party over the past few years, in fact since the turn of the century. So its pompous announcement last night that it was backing the Conservatives...

Published 30 Sep 2009 10:53 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, Politics, Adam McCulloch, Labour, The Sun, newspapers

Jailed Doncaster employee was not social worker

by Maria Ahmed Doncaster Council has slammed media reports describing an employee jailed for child pornography offences as a "social worker." Michael Tombs was a "sessional worker" in playgroups and holiday schemes for disabled children...

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

Filed under: Media, Daily Mail, social work, The Sun, maria ahmed, doncaster

Phone hacking allegations against News of the World: all tabloid targets beware

by Adam McCulloch So, News of the World journalists, and reporters from other papers, have resorted, en masse, it is said, to phone hacking via private detectives . I don't want to be accused of making tenous links just to get a few web hits, but...

Published 10 Jul 2009 1:50 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, Adam McCulloch, television programme, The Sun, stand up now for social work, Rebekah Wade, Andy Coulson, phone hacking, News of the World

Grass isn't always greener, not in Sweden anyway

by Adam McCulloch Working in social care journalism you can easily be fooled into thinking that all is doom and gloom here in the UK. The mantras of 'lack of resources', 'lack of training', and 'why can't we be more like the Swedish...

Published 1 Jul 2009 1:55 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, Adam McCulloch, Benefits, overseas, social care, international, Sweden, Guardian, welfare, Times, Japan

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, workforce, The Sun, stand up now for social work

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

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

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;

David Southall, Panorama and child protection: Was he victimised?

by Josephine Hocking Child protection work is now less appealing than ever for doctors, following the confirmation of the striking off of paediatrician Dr David Southall last week, say Professionals Against Child Abuse , in a letter published today on...

Published 29 May 2009 1:44 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, child protection, josephine hocking, david southall

Social workers must act - what will you do?

By Emma Maier As Joanna Lumley will tell you following her recent success over settlement rights for Gurkhas , individuals can make a difference. And you don't have to be famous either. From universal suffrage to the rejection of animal testing on...

Published 28 May 2009 5:09 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, stand up now for social work

Means test MPs for expense claims!

by Adam McCulloch Just occurred to me that the more well-off MPs, usually Conservative, who have been claiming expenses for moat repairs, swimming pool maintenance etc, don't really require the same allowance as others. So, as policymakers regard...

Published 13 May 2009 6:21 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, Politics, Adam McCulloch, workforce, Random, expenses, means test, mp, parliament, house of commons, eligibility

Sun asks readers how social work could be improved

By Emma Maier Deidre Sanders, The Sun's agony aunt and member of the Social Work Taskforce, has set up a survey to find out what Sun readers think should be changed to get social work "back on its" feet, the paper reports . But is she asking...

Published 1 May 2009 12:15 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, workforce, The Sun, Social Work Taskforce, deidre sanders, dear dedire

Who would bomb those who work to protect children?

By Emma Maier One week, two stories about bomb threats at children's services buildings. What is so wrong in society that members of the public seek to harm those who are working relentlessly to protect some of the most vulnerable people in society...

Published 29 Apr 2009 11:50 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, social workers, workforce, crime, stand up now for social work

Is government standing up for social work?

By Emma Maier This week David Behan, social care chief at the Department of Health, called on directors and social workers to stand up for themselves and stop "playing victims" in the face of public criticism. The wording may sound a bit harsh...

Published 23 Apr 2009 10:08 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, Department of Health, Emma Maier, stand up now for social work, department of children schools and families

Directors must lead by example

By Emma Maier I spent yesterday at the ADASS Spring Seminar - I have to say that I was really encouraged by the support among directors for our Stand Up Now for Social Work campaign and its aim of getting positive images of social work into the media...

Published 23 Apr 2009 9:33 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, Emma Maier, stand up now for social work

Newcastle directors Stand Up Now for Social Work

By Emma Maier I was delighted to receive a letter from Newcastle's director of children's services and director of adults' services recently in support of our Stand Up Now for Social Work campaign, which calls for more balance and accurate...

Published 23 Apr 2009 7:46 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, children's services, adult services, stand up now for social work, newcastle

Sendler TV film portrays social worker as a hero

B y Andrew Mickel Every profession has its totemic figures that can be used by the public to identify the best of a given trade. But who would be social work's Florence Nightingale? Read More...

Published 20 Apr 2009 2:44 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, social work, social worker, television

Community Care meets The Sun

By Emma Maier I have a confession to make. I spent yesterday evening with a senior journalist from The Sun . And he wasn't all bad. Read More...

Published 1 Apr 2009 9:56 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, child protection, The Sun, Emma Maier, Baby P, stand up now for social work

GSCC decision could affect Baby P social workers

By Emma Maier The GSCC's latest decision highlights an important issue about where accountability lies for child protection actions taken by multi-agency teams. In doing so, it sets a precendent that could have implications for the conduct hearings...

Published 30 Mar 2009 5:13 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, child protection, General Social Care Council, conduct, gscc, Emma Maier, Baby P, stand up now for social work, multi-agency, multi-disciplinary

Beware: Sun radio

By Emma Maier I kid you not. The Sun is apparently launching a radio station. What does this mean for social workers, who are, as we well know, the paper's favourite cannon fodder? Read More...

Published 19 Mar 2009 3:14 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, The Sun, Emma Maier

Social care mustn't fall into The Sun trap

by Adam McCulloch Social care, particularly at management level, is hamstrung by its careful language when it comes to confronting The Sun and other tabloid newspapers, which it must do in the aftermath of the Baby P case. In social care language is tempered...

Published 13 Mar 2009 10:13 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, social workers, Adam McCulloch, local authorities, Question Time, social work, General Social Care Council, The Sun, gscc, stand up now for social work, language, Kelvin Mackenzie

Setting The Sun straight

By Emma Maier As part of Community Care 's Stand Up Now for Social Work campaign -which is calling for more suport for social workers from the media, government and employers - we have been keeping an eye close eye on how the media reports social...

Published 11 Mar 2009 12:27 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, The Sun, Emma Maier, stand up now for social work

We all need to stand up for social work

By Emma Maier You have told Community Care that you have had enough of inaccurate, misleading and hostile media coverage of social work - and we agree. We've launched the Stand Up Now for Social Work campaign to fight back and show the public what...

Published 11 Mar 2009 12:09 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, The Sun, Emma Maier, Baby P, stand up now for social work

The Sun - mis-informed or wilfully inaccurate?

By Emma Maier The Sun newspaper continues to blunder through it's coverage of the Baby P case - the latest development, according to the Sun , is that the General Medical Council has SUSPENDED the child's family GP but that social worker STILL...

Published 20 Feb 2009 10:11 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, The Sun, Emma Maier, Baby P

Dear Deidre, are you the right person for the Social Work Taskforce?

By Emma Maier The government has announced the members of the Social Work Taskforce , including The Sun 's agony aunt Deirdre Saunders. When I saw the news it made me think back, with a shudder, to the press conference that Ed Balls held about the...

Published 26 Jan 2009 11:27 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, social workers, workforce, Emma Maier, Social Work Taskforce, press

Do we need an awareness campaign explaining social work?

By Emma Maier The Association of Directors of Social Work , which represents senior social workers in Scotland, has signed a one-year deal with a PR firm to run a public information campaign telling people what social services does. I'll be very interested...

Published 21 Jan 2009 9:58 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, social workers, voluntary sector, workforce, Emma Maier, Baby P, Campaign

It's lonely out there...

by Derren Hayes Life in the UK is lonelier than it was a generation ago, so conclude a group of academics who carried out research into the make up of communities. Read More...

Published 1 Dec 2008 4:10 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, BBC, housing, immigrants, single mothers, social isolation, students, census

The social work witch hunt's logical conclusion

by Simeon Brody Well done those learned organs of the press that decided a social work witch hunt was the best response to the Baby P tragedy. Read More...

Published 24 Nov 2008 1:54 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, simeon brody, social workers, Baby P

What the media made of the Baby P case

By Emma Maier All but two of the main national newspapers (The Independent and the Daily Mail) ran front page stories on Wednesday about the death of Baby P , the 17-month-old boy who suffered more than 50 injuries, including a broken spine, caused by...

Published 13 Nov 2008 9:34 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, child protection, social workers, television programme, social work, Emma Maier, Baby P

Baby P: Recruiting a professional workforce in the face of scandal

by Bronagh Miskelly One of the messages from the serious case review of the Baby P case is that problems arose from personal errors of judgement rather than a systemic or procedural failure. In fact some commentators are arguing that the errors of judgement...

Published 12 Nov 2008 5:28 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, child protection, children and young people, workforce, Bronagh Miskelly, Recruitment, Baby P, Harringey, training, serious case review

Fiona's story misses point

By Derren Hayes BBC drama Fiona's story (Sunday 31 August, 9pm, BBC1) promised an unsensational exploration of the fallout from a father and husband being busted for viewing child pornography on the internet. Read More...

Published 2 Sep 2008 2:51 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, child protection, children, television programme, Addiction, crime, paedophiles, child pornography, internet

Pick your outrage

There's nothing as fun as media-engineered moral indignation, and given that we are in the midst of what is commonly termed "silly season", you can pretty much take your pick as to whether you want to be offended about disability, race or...

Published 12 Aug 2008 6:27 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Media, disability, ethnic minorities, mental health, sport, television programme, Learning Disabilities

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