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  • feeling positive?

    Sometimes and only sometimes I wondered whether I made the right choice in becoming a Social Worker. You never finish on time, you can never achieve what you want to achieve and always blamed for something that has not gone right even if you have no control Read More...
    Posted to How not to do social work on 11 Feb 2012
    Filed under: Positive Social Work, Social Work, Social Work Supervision

  • Social workers: have you ever had a security guard accompany you on a home visit?

    One of the major talking points in episode 2 of social work documentary Protecting Our Children was the use of security guards on a home visit. We put together a light-hearted poll to find out just how widespread the practice is: Online Surveys & Read More...
    Posted to Mad World on 9 Feb 2012
    Filed under: bbc, children, media, protecting our children, security, social work, workforce

  • Re: Social Work - I've Found My Calling And Now Need Some Advice!

    You're right, it is a fulfilling career (If you haven't already been put off by the cinics!) and SW definately needs people with a refreshing attitude who want to make a difference in people's lives. I studies at post-grad level (the bonus is that it's only 2 years) and didn't have...
    Posted to Social work profession by Gary C on 6 Feb 2012

  • Protecting Our Children: Live chat is back on Monday

    The second episode of BBC2 social work documentary Protecting Our Children screens on Monday 6 February at 9pm. And our live social work chat will be happening once again too. Join us and our panel of social work experts from 8.30pm as we preview and Read More...
    Posted to Mad World on 2 Feb 2012
    Filed under: bbc, protecting our children, social work

  • writing a masters level essay?!

    I started my MA Social Work in September. For my undergraduate I got a 2:1 so was not too worried about the essay side of things but I am really struggling! For my first essay I failed it and had to re-do it (which I passed). Failing this essay caused me to really pull my socks up for the second and...
    Posted to General student forum by lollycat on 1 Feb 2012

  • Protecting Our Children live chat - your comments

    We had a great response to the live chat we organised during BBC social work documentary Protecting Our Children. Just click on the chat box on the page and you can review the 500+ comments made by our panel of experts and the social work contributors Read More...
    Posted to Mad World on 31 Jan 2012
    Filed under: children, media, protecting our children, social work, workforce

  • MA Social Work 2012!! Warwick Uni and The University of Birmingham - advice please??

    Hi all. I've applied to the University of Birmingham and also Warwick Uni to do my MA in Social Work, starting 2012. I've got an interview at Birmingham and Warwick and it says something about a testimonial and questions. I was just wondering if anyone has any tips on what kind of questions they...
    Posted to General student forum by ToriLou on 26 Jan 2012

  • Protecting Our Children - BBC2 TV, Mon 30 Jan

    This looks like essential viewing: Follows Bristol's child protection teams over the course of a year to see frontline work first-hand and explore how the crises of the last decade have had an impact on their ability to safeguard children http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bskrq It has already received...
    Posted to Children's services by TonyC on 25 Jan 2012

  • A-Z of social care

    A Admin The essential administrative tasks that form part of the social work role. Often despised by social workers. Adoption Legal procedure where parental responsibility for a child is transferred from the birth parents to a new family. Adult social care Generic term for support services provided to...
    Posted to Social Work A to Z by Shirack on 5 Jan 2011
    Filed under: jargon, social care, social work

  • Social work theories

    [add your theories here!]
    Posted to Social work theories by Moderator on 4 Oct 2010
    Filed under: academic, social work, theory

  • Community Care Live

    CC Live - the most important event in the social care calendar takes place on 14 + 15 May in London. It's totally free - just register here. The CareSpace team will also have a stall at the event - so please come and say hello!
    Posted to simeon2 by simeon2 on 6 May 2008
    Filed under: CCLive, conference, social care, social work
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