Sometimes, some days feel filled with sadness. I had one of those days this week. I don’t like to use the word ‘hardened’ but to put it this way, in over 10 years of frontline social work practice in some of the most deprived areas of the country and Read More...
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Fighting Monsters
on 28 Jul 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, work, mental health, politics, uk, health, Mental disorder, personal, AMHP, philosophy, injustice, Sadness
It was reported over the week that the Government is to appoint a Chief Social Worker. This is apparently a response to recommendations in the Munro Report and pressure from BASW (British Association of Social Workers). I have previously mentioned by Read More...
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Fighting Monsters
on 15 Jul 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, work, mental health, uk, health, Social Sciences, Department of Health, personal, General Social Care Council, Child protection, British Association of Social Workers, british social work, munro report, chief social worker, department of education, generic social work, social work development
So Southern Cross – the largest private care home provider in the UK will be closed. What of the 31,000 residents who live in their properties? Well, the government has given us its assurance that they will be ok so that’s alright then. Or not. m kasahara Read More...
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Fighting Monsters
on 12 Jul 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, local authority, old age, government, politics, elderly, long-term care, uk, health, Southern Cross, Southern Cross Healthcare Group, nursing home, care, Department of Health, personal, Care Quality Commission, david cameron, White paper, big society, Public services, uk government, GMB (trade union), open public services white paper, opswp
Yesterday, Community Care published the result of a survey they had undertaken about ‘personalisation’ among social care professionals. The headline figures while wholly unsurprising, make for interesting reading where only 41% of respondents felt Read More...
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Fighting Monsters
on 26 May 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, discrimination, local authority, old age, elderly, uk, carer, direct payments, personalisation, local government, personal, personal budget, individual budgets, personal budgets, care in the community, personalisation agenda, burstow, budget, paul burstow, implementation of personalisation, Personalization