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  • Normality?

    The question of ‘normality’ and what it is  has cropped up again in relation to this weekend’s Bonkerfest. I read about it in The Times at the weekend in an article which explains the ‘Mad Pride’ movement which has made its way over here, unsurprisingly, from the States...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-15-2008

  • Memories and Remembrances

    Three years ago today I went to work by bus. I could have walked, but I didn’t. When I arrived, I started the morning with a cup of coffee - the regular pattern back then. I arrived before most people and liked the moments of quiet before I got going. Then people started to drift [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-07-2008

  • Managing stress at work

    I am still constantly learning about coping mechanisms and ways of dealing with stress in the workplace - I would like to think I manage the stresses better now than I used to but its been a slog to get to this point at times. Yesterday morning as I arrived at work a good couple of [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-14-2008

  • Hospital Social Work

    I am just finishing my MSc in Social Work and would really like to work in a hospital setting in inner London. Does anyone know the best way I go about achieving this? Should I just approach the hospital team or do I need to go through the Local Authority? Any advice would be great. ...
    Posted to Careers (Forum) by matthew on 06-04-2008

  • Live and Life

    Community Care Live starts today. I expect attend a few of the workshops and plenaries that will be taking place. I wonder what a collective noun for social workers would be. I can’t think of many things that would be printable (so to speak!) but whatever it is (a gaggle, a gossip, a [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-14-2008

  • Re: Social worker shortage?

    Obviously, there are lies, damn lies and statistics but, in councils at least, vacancy and turnover rates are actually coming down, the most recent figures show . Council field social workers had a vacancy rate of 9.4% in 2006 and a turnover rate of 7.8% (down from 10.4% and 10% respectively in 2004...
    Posted to Careers (Forum) by Mithran on 03-14-2008
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