In the bold move towards a transformation in adult social care, it feels from where I sit, that control has completely overtaken any pretence of ‘choice’ in the so-called move towards more idealised ‘person-centred’ care and support planning. I hope I Read More...
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Fighting Monsters
on 12 Sep 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, dementia, work, carers, socialcare, mental health, discrimination, local authority, old age, elderly, health, carer, direct payments, local government, Disability, Mental Health Foundation, personal, personal budget, resource allocation system, ras, burstow, the small places
I enjoy having students around. It helps keep me fresh and enthusiastic and to see my job through the eyes of someone coming into it rather than through the occasionally blurred eyes of someone who has been working for a while. I had a student shadowing Read More...
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Fighting Monsters
on 26 Aug 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, old age, elderly, social worker, personal, Student, shadowing a social worker, getting old, shadowing
I caught this article a few days ago on the Huffington Post by a Social Work academic, trying to explain away another aspect of the riots and cashing in on his status no doubt as an ‘authority’. I don’t have much time for the body of the article. He starts Read More...
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Fighting Monsters
on 18 Aug 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, old age, elderly, health, direct payments, local government, Employment, Disability, social workers, personal, personal budget, personal budgets, neoliberal social work, professor jonathan parker
So Southern Cross – the largest private care home provider in the UK will be closed. What of the 31,000 residents who live in their properties? Well, the government has given us its assurance that they will be ok so that’s alright then. Or not. m kasahara Read More...
Posted to
Fighting Monsters
on 12 Jul 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, local authority, old age, government, politics, elderly, long-term care, uk, health, Southern Cross, Southern Cross Healthcare Group, nursing home, care, Department of Health, personal, Care Quality Commission, david cameron, White paper, big society, Public services, uk government, GMB (trade union), open public services white paper, opswp