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Supervision in social work and social care

by Claudia Megele, a social worker and service director of A Sense Of Self, which offers support groups, psychotherapy and counselling services in London. Professionals and tweeteratis came together again last Tuesday for Social Work/SocialCare and Media...

Published 21 Nov 2011 11:34 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social care, social work, supervision
Developing Leadership in Social Work and Social Care

by Claudia Megele, a social worker and service director of A Sense Of Self, which offers support groups, psychotherapy and counselling services in London. Professionals and Twitteratis came together once again last Tuesday for Social Work/SocialCare and...

Published 7 Nov 2011 3:35 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: management, social care, social media, social work, social workers, training, twitter, workforce
How to join in the comprehensive spending review debate

The comprehensive spending review is nearly upon us. Hurrah, I hear you cry. Community Care will provide live coverage starting at 12:30pm, including analysis of what the review means for social care. Follow our live coverage and join in the debate on...

Published 20 Oct 2010 11:16 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: comprehensive spending review, CSR, social care, social work, social workers, workforce
Bah humbug: Social care employers say no to Christmas parties

Only 48% of health and social care employers are happy for staff to take time off for a Christmas party this year - and that's as long as they don't have to pay for it. Yet three quarters (74%) of managers say a positive approach to Christmas...

Published 10 Dec 2009 4:28 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: christmas, social care, social work, social workers, training, workforce
New social care online training

Don't ever say we at Community Care are not at the cutting edge of the technological revolution. Please, don't ever say that. And as proof of our position at the forefront of the digital revolution we present to you a season of online social care...

Published 29 Oct 2009 3:32 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: social care, training
Loose Woman supports social care

Lynda Bellingham , Oxo mum, Strictly Come Dancing star and one ITV's Loose Women, is standing up for social care. The actress grabbed the microphone back at the end of the National Children and Adult Service Conference session on the dementia strategy...

Published 22 Oct 2009 3:45 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: ageing, Alzheimer's, Bronagh Miskelly, dementia, Lynda Bellingham, social care
Phil Hope's NCASC marathon

Care service minister Phil Hope certainly put in the miles for this year's National Children and Adult Services Conference in Harrogate. On Wednesday he had planned to speak at a number of events. He managed to give an interview to Community Care...

Published 22 Oct 2009 1:36 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Bronagh Miskelly, NCASC, Phil Hope, Politics, social care, Westminster
Nick Clegg's social care hints in the era of 'savage' cuts

by Adam McCulloch If we can assume that the three main parties are looking closely at each other's ideas of where cuts might fall, or efficiencies made, it's worth taking note of a couple of Liberal leader Nick Clegg's quotes from the weekend...

Published 21 Sep 2009 4:40 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Adam McCulloch, Politics, private providers, social care
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: Adam McCulloch, Benefits, Guardian, international, Japan, Media, overseas, social care, Sweden, Times, welfare
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
Time to support all social care careers

By Bronagh Miskelly Social care is about more than social work - there I've said it and not been struck down by a lightning bolt. Social workers form an important part of the social care workforce but there are other roles and careers - a point that...

Published 28 May 2009 4:39 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Bronasgh Miskelly, social care, social work
Dignity ambassador Parky needs to focus on the job

By Andrew Mickel Sir Michael Parkinson, dignity ambassador, has been rather notable by his absence in actually promoting dignity in care (a lack of dignity ambassador, if you will). Read More...

Published 27 Apr 2009 11:02 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: dignity, older people, social care
Adult services directors meet the Jetsons

by Bronagh Miskelly Powered exoskeletons to help the elderly garden or climb stairs, robotic assistants and fridges that order the groceries. Not the usual fare for an Adass Spring Seminar, but in among discussion of personalisation, the forthcoming adult...

Published 23 Apr 2009 7:09 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: adass, ageing, assistive technology, dementia, future-gazing, home care, older people, robot, social care
Budget: Will rookies plug recruitment gap?

By Maria Ahmed, Deputy News Editor Today's Budget contains a proposal to create 50,000 traineeships in the care sector for under-25s who have been unemployed for 12 months. While there are no specific details as yet on whether this means social work...

Published 22 Apr 2009 3:34 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Budget, care sector, social care, traineeship, training, workforce
MPs' travel expenses leave bad taste in mouth

by Andrew Mickel As Heather Brooke of Freedom of Information blog Your Right To Know has pointed out , with a busy news agenda going on it is a good day to sneak out the long-overdue MPs' expenses report. Read More...

Published 31 Mar 2009 3:10 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: expenses, MPs, Phil Hope, Politics, social care, Tim Loughton
Healthy incentives?

By Derren Hayes What incentive do you need to take your health seriously? With the constant barrage of media coverage over what consistitutes a healthy - or in most cases unhealthy - lifestyle it is hard to imagine that there are people out there who...

Published 3 Oct 2008 11:56 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: GP, health, poverty, social care
Credit crunch and social care

By Keith Sellick While the sight of panicking city traders and so-called "masters of the universe" gives me some enjoyment, I know that the tottering world finance system will hit us all - 90% of us will be taxed to bail out the profits of the...

Published 26 Sep 2008 3:06 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: credit crunch, keith sellick, Politics, poverty, social care
Tales from the Labour fringe: Ivan Lewis, text messages and social care

by Maria Ahmed Ivan Lewis, the care services minister, entered last night's Labour conference fringe meeting on adult social care funding looking somewhat greyer than I remembered. "It's been an interesting summer," he said, allowing...

Published 22 Sep 2008 12:57 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: ivan lewis, labour conference, maria ahmed, Politics, social care
Social divisions are about rich versus poor, not old versus young

by Andrew Mickel Old is the new young: the number of over-65s in Britain has overtaken the number of under-16s , while over-60s now outnumber the under-18s. Read More...

Published 26 Aug 2008 12:03 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: age concern, Andrew Mickel, help the aged, older people, poverty, social care
An introduction to the cushions and comedy of social care

by Bronagh Miskelly As the new editor of Community Care I have a steep learning curve ahead of me - especially when it comes to the veritable dictionary of acronyms in social care. Read More...

Published 3 Jul 2008 1:16 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: acronyms, Bronagh Miskelly, dcsf, DH, Politics, social care
Scandinavia: social care Nirvana no more?

By Keith Sellick Social care writers often portray Scandinavia as some sort of Nirvana (or maybe Asgard or Valhalla). A month doesn't go by without an article appearing that ends with the sentiment: "They do it better in Sweden/Denmark"...

Published 3 Jul 2008 11:45 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Denamrk, keith sellick, pedagogues, Politics, social care, Sweden, welfare cuts
Community Care Live 2008 - Question Time: the video

by Simeon Brody Community Care Live 2008, was one of the biggest and best conferences Community Care has ever organised. And as ever, one of the highlights of the event was the Question Time session chaired by BBC journalist Jeremy Vine. Read More...

Published 29 May 2008 12:30 PM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Community Care Live 2008, jeremy vine, simeon brody, social care, social work, social workers
Devon promises holy grail of efficiency and personalisation

by Mithran Samuel Devon Council is currently shaking up its care management function in a reform which promises to both lower the costs of adult social care services and make them more personalised around the user - what the jargon lovers among us may...

Published 17 Apr 2008 11:26 AM by The Social Work Blog

Filed under: Department of Health, Devon Council, direct payments, efficiency, funding, individual budgets, Mithran Samuel, personalisation, social care, Whitehall

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