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  • Death of the ASW

    I left work yesterday as an Approved Social Worker (ASW) and by the time I go to work on Monday, I will be an Approved Mental Health Professional (AHMP). I signed my last papers and completed the last assessment at precisely 5.18pm (yes, I checked!) on the 31st October. Times are changing. We have been...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-01-2008
  • Healthcare for Asylum Seekers

    I read in The Guardian yesterday that the government is to abolish her plans to tighten regulations that allow asylum seekers to seek free primary care. To be honest, I was horrified when I heard it had been proposed at all. What kind of society are we to become when we deny very basic health care [...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-13-2008
  • The leaving (and rejoining of) Unison

    Unison is one of the largest trade unions in the UK. I generally feel that being a member of a trade union is important and seeing as most of the social workers in my local authority are in Unison, it seemed like an obvious choice. I’m a bit of an on-off Unison member (currently on) [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-26-2008
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