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
Since I’ve been employed as a social worker one of the constants in my working week has been the presence and existence of ‘panels’ in many different forms. There was a brief stage when we were told not to refer to them as ‘panels’ but rather meetings Read More...
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Fighting Monsters
on 31 Aug 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, old age, long-term care, health care, health, nhs, local government, National Health Service, decision-making, personal, personal budget, continuing care panel, funding panel
I have some across lots of discussions and debates about ways of using social media and new technologies and interactions to ‘help’ social services become more effective. Most of it seems to revolve around building online directories and databases of Read More...
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Fighting Monsters
on 30 Aug 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, older people, dementia, work, carers, socialcare, local authority, old age, carer, direct payments, Disability, personal, election, Twitter, british social work, personal budget, Social media, social work and technology, social media and social work, IPad, technology and social work, using technology with service users, YouTube
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