A quick survival guide to social work, don’t you just love the idea that you could open a book and then it will tell you the answers that you need to be able to get through the complexities of social work practise on any given day. Okay I am a little Read More...
Posted to
How not to do social work
on 13 May 2012
Filed under: outcomes, Social Workers, Social Work, change, GSCC, Guardian Social Care Network, How not to do social work, Positive Practise, Survival Guide to Social Work, The College of Social Work
For me it is the time of the year when I am asked to complete my appraisal and the appraisals of my staff. Which, is interesting as this week I have also attended my wife’s graduation ceremony in social work. In the back of my mind as I watched Read More...
Posted to
How not to do social work
on 30 Mar 2012
Filed under: Social Work, Continuing professional development, GSCC, HPC, Social Work learning
The GSCC has produced a really snazzy looking interactive tool which social workers and students can use to test their knowledge of professional boundaries. I had a go at it and particularly enjoyed the sound effects. The tool involves a number of different Read More...
Posted to
Mad World
on 24 Nov 2011
Filed under: social work, gscc, workforce, conduct
Spare a thought for the General Social Care Council's staff. Not only are they dealing with the announcement that the GSCC is being scrapped as of next April , but they also have to manage tens of thousands of applications from social workers looking Read More...
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The Social Work Blog
on 17 Feb 2011
Filed under: social workers, workforce, social work, gscc, registration, renewal