Would I want to be young again, I wonder? It amazes me every year we hear that the GCSE grades are getting better because the exams are becoming easier. Yet, does this really say what is happening. In my experience I have been fortunate enough to have Read More...
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How not to do social work
on 3 Mar 2012
Filed under: Jobs, choices, Leaving Care, development, Doubts, Cuts, Carers advice, work, first job, vulnerable, workfare
For reasons that I can’t go into, I am having to close this site for a while. I want to allow people to take and copy information that they might want or need from it and will open it up over the next few days but please do bear in mind that I’ll Read More...
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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Fighting Monsters
on 12 Sep 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, dementia, work, carers, socialcare, mental health, discrimination, local authority, old age, elderly, health, carer, direct payments, local government, Disability, Mental Health Foundation, personal, personal budget, resource allocation system, ras, burstow, the small places
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...
Posted to
Fighting Monsters
on 9 Sep 2011
Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, health, Education, personal, Social media, social work and technology, psw, shirley ayres, social work career development blog, sw4sw