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  • Re: Strike stories

    In Kensington and Chelsea we had a brilliant two days. We are a relatively small UNISON branch that has been poorly organised for years but which is growing and getting organised with gathering momentum. I think this dispute will be remembered as a turning point for us, we have been inundated with application...
    Posted to Social work profession (Forum) by Robert Lugg on 07-18-2008

  • An introduction to the cushions and comedy of social care

    by Bronagh Miskelly As the new editor of Community Care I have a steep learning curve ahead of me - especially when it comes to the veritable dictionary of acronyms in social care.
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008

  • Scandinavia: social care Nirvana no more?

    By Keith Sellick Social care writers often portray Scandinavia as some sort of Nirvana (or maybe Asgard or Valhalla). A month doesn't go by without an article appearing that ends with the sentiment: "They do it better in Sweden/Denmark". But this recent column in the Education Guardian...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008

  • Caring for Carers

    This week is Carers Week. There has been quite widespread coverage in the press - certainly from where I’m sitting anyway. Yesterday the government printed it 10 year Strategy for Carers. It has been widely reported that the main tenet of the strategy published - as far as I could tell from the...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-11-2008

  • The Right to (Free) State Care

    Brown announced that he was starting a six month consultation to make decisions about reforms to the ’social care’ system and in particular, its funding. The Wanless Social Care Review was produced back in 2006 and it examined ways of paying for long term care in the face of an aging population...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-13-2008
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