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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

  • With or Without Your Consent

    Last week was quite a difficult one for me, work-wise. I’ve already mentioned a couple of the Mental Health Act Assessments I did a few days ago. There was another one yesterday and it was the most troubling I have been party to. At the moment, I’m still a little raw. I’ll say is that...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-21-2008

  • 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

  • Managing stress at work

    I am still constantly learning about coping mechanisms and ways of dealing with stress in the workplace - I would like to think I manage the stresses better now than I used to but its been a slog to get to this point at times. Yesterday morning as I arrived at work a good couple of [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-14-2008

  • 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news that when staff in care homes talk to residents with dementia, it helps to prevent the residents from becoming withdrawn.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

  • Gaining Approval

    In order to become an Approved Social Worker (ASW) the requirements are as follows - undertake a course of sixty days training (a mixture of lectures, seminars and supervised practice in a placement setting ) -apply for a warrant (after some more supervised practice, written work and an interview) which...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-22-2008

  • Spend, spend, regret?

    The Independent writes about the link between bipolar disorder and overspending. It doesn’t really come as any surprise and seems logical that a link would be made. I remember a conversation I had with a patient who spoke in terms of genuine regret that her care coordinator at the time had completely...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-11-2008

  • The Last of the (New) ASWs…

    I finished my portfolio for my ASW course yesterday. It’s the last time the ASW course will run because the next lot in the autumn will be doing the AMHP training. And it got me thinking a little bit… Naturally we spoke a little about the change while we were training. General consensus ...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-30-2008
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