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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on 12 Sep 2011
Filed under: burstow, carer, carers, dementia, direct payments, Disability, discrimination, elderly, health, local authority, local government, mental health, Mental Health Foundation, old age, older people, personal, personal budget, ras, resource allocation system, social care, social issues, social work, socialcare, the small places, work
Please forgive the blatant self-promotion in this post but it’s Friday and I’m feeling a like I have a bit of a cold coming so I’m less ‘perky’ than usual. Dorlee from Social Work Career Development has published an interview which she did with me and Read More...
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on 9 Sep 2011
Filed under: Education, health, personal, psw, shirley ayres, social care, social issues, Social media, social work, social work and technology, social work career development blog, sw4sw, work
I know I covered this more generally on Monday in my rant about ‘benefits’ but it’s worth coming back to with the proposals explained in the Guardian Magistrates and crown court judges could be asked to dock benefits from convicted criminals under preliminary Read More...
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on 8 Sep 2011
Filed under: benefits, blame the poor, Crime, david cameron, Department for Work and Pensions, evil tories, iain duncan-smith, Kenneth Clarke, london, personal, politics, Riot, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, social issues, social justice, social work, work
A curious news story broke on Monday. Curious because it is rare that the Family Court make public judgements. As the Yorkshire Post reports Victoria Haigh “caused” the girl, now aged seven, to repeat the untrue child sex abuse claims she had “manufactured Read More...
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on 24 Aug 2011
Filed under: Christopher Booker, daily telegraph, Elizabeth Watson, Family court, High Court, Injunction, john hemming, john tune, local authority, Nicholas Wall (judge), personal, politics, social care, social issues, social work, socialcare, sunday telegraph, superinjunction, vicky haigh, work, Yorkshire Post