Community Care
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
People need to understand that their sexual partners must be able to give and maintain consent in order to have capacity to engage in sex, the Supreme Court has found. In its first major ruling on assessing capacity , the court rejected an appeal brought by a disabled man, JB, against a 2020 Court of Appeal judgment that revised previous case law on capacity and sex.
My Brains Not Broken
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
After writing about gratitude earlier this week (including my tips on how to have a better relationship with gratitude ), I thought more about Thanksgiving. Specifically, I reflected on the word thankful and what it means to me. Thankfulness and gratitude don’t come easy to me, and I know there are plenty of people who it doesn’t come to either.
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Nnatasha Tracy
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
A major refrain in the mental health world is that stigma prevents people from seeking mental health care, and that's why we need all these anti-stigma campaigns and programs. Well, the actual facts beg to differ. While stigma may prevent mental health care in a minority of cases, there are far bigger reasons why people who need care don't get it. This begs the following questions: Why are advocates always harping on about stigma?
Social Care
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
Realisation is the first step. Every year, when we hold Carers Rights Day , it’s an opportunity to raise awareness of caring. People don’t see themselves as unpaid carers but as partners, wives, husbands, sons, daughters, and close friends first. Yet, providing unpaid care to someone who has a health condition, who is older or who has a disability, can have a profound impact on their health, wellbeing, paid work and relationships.
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The Social Care Elf
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
Holly Crudgington reviews a mixed-methods analysis of electronic health records in secondary mental healthcare on harm minimisation for the management of self-harm. The post Harm minimisation for self-harm: mixed-method analysis of electronic health care records finds it can be helpful appeared first on National Elf Service.
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
Latest updates: Labour leader intensifies attack on the government’s social care plan, calling it the latest in a ‘string of broken promises’ from Tories Dozens of people drown after refugee boat capsizes in Channel – live Plan to scrap millions of NHS appointments ‘could put patients at risk’ Coronavirus global updates – live Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, is making a statement to MPs about restructuring the army.
Social Work Discoveries
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
Welcome back to the Social Work Discoveries podcast! In Episode 19 I speak with Samia Michail from Western Sydney University. Samia is a researcher, practitioner, and academic focused on promoting the voices of children and young people in her work and everyday life. The conversation we have explores the complexities of working in this field of research, and paints a picture of what the world could become if only we opened our ears to the voices of children and young people.
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