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  • Assumptions

    I work in the inner city and have since I did my first practice placement in the first year of my social work course almost 10 years ago now.  For as long as I have been working as a social worker , I have only ever worked in the inner city - different parts of [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-01-2008

  • Multi-disciplinary working.. or not.

    I read in on the Times website that a letter has been written to the British Journal of Psychiatry,  in which 36 signatories complain that ‘patients with serious problems are often referred to psychologists and social workers rather than clinicians and do not receive the medical therapies...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-27-2008

  • End to age discrimination

    The government has bowed to pressure from the likes of Help the Aged and promised to ban age discrimination in the provision of goods and services, in a forthcoming Equality Bill . This could have significant implications for social care and mental health, where it has long been assumed that services...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 06-26-2008

  • Dementia strategy

    The consultation on the dementia strategy is well worth reading, I think. Many of the stories in the national press focused on the pledge to review the use of anti-psychotic drugs, particularly in care homes, but the proposals really do appear to imply a wholesale overhaul of dementia care. A few that...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 06-24-2008

  • On Assessments

    This week I completed two Mental Health Act Assessments (not on my own, of course, I’m still not warranted!). So I probably don’t need to elaborate on the fact that it’s been quite busy. Just a few aspects as I saw them. I spoke to one patient’s mother before first assessment...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-19-2008

  • It’s good to talk

    The Commission of Social Care Inspection are, according to the BBC, reporting the groundbreaking news that when staff in care homes talk to residents with dementia, it helps to prevent the residents from becoming withdrawn. twenty_questions  @flickr At the risk of being a little cynical, one does...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-03-2008

  • Who’d be a Social Worker?

    Yesterday, I met a old friend for lunch. She is also a social worker - in fact, she was the person who persuaded me to do the MA in the first place. We don’t meet as often as we probably should (work, distance, children) but it’s always a good chance for reminiscence. It brought back to ...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-02-2008

  • New social care podcast

    I've just been involved in putting together a new social care podcast .
    Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-04-2008

  • Should former service users work in social care

    There's a great discussion on CareSpace about whether and how former service users should be able to work in social care and mental health services.
    Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-03-2008
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