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  • How to Complain About Me (or to the Local Authority generally)

    A brief guide to how to complain from someone who has been on the other side of complaints. Not many times, I hasten to add, and none that have actually gone very far -  but I know what ticks the boxes as far as official complaints procedures are concerned. Firstly, local authorities actually quite like...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-28-2008

  • Care Management for Pets

    There is much research about the positive impact that domestic animals can have to general mental health and well-being. Something about the non-judgemental nature of interactions, I presume - although I’m sure that more extensive scientifc research can be located if necessary. Often working with...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-20-2008

  • Picking up the pieces

    As I hope is evident, my work is very varied - and that’s one of the main reasons I enjoy it. But I was reminded by an article in The Guardian about what I, personally, find to be one of the saddest tasks that I undertake. And that is when I pack up someone’s belongings [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008

  • *The Road Not Taken

    I was asked over the weekend by someone who is just about to finish her Social Work degree and  if I would recommend she goes  for statutory or voluntary Social  Work when she qualifies. I had no hesitation in recommending voluntary sector work in an unashamedly contradictory manner -...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-23-2008

  • Help to care

    I first saw on the news over the weekend about the report produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research related to  Personalised Budgets for Carers and it baffled me a little bit. Don’t get me wrong, I completely think that carers need, deserve and are entitled to a lot more support...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-04-2008
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