Community Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

By Corinne May-Chahal and Sarah Carlick Many think digital safeguarding is about staying safe online but it means much more. Our work seeks to develop innovative ways in which children and young people can digitally and safely self-refer to children’s social care, allowing them to communicate harms and experiences in real time. Such a digital front door would support frontline practitioners to manage risk in real time and build better relationships with their communities.

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Beautiful Voyager

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Meet real humans. Not friendly bots. Have you heard of the group chat platform called Slack ? If yes, read on for how to join the Beautiful Voyager Slack community. If not, here’s a short video that introduces the concept: Increasingly, Slack has becoming a way for special interest groups to gather, meet, and “talk” (virtually) about whatever’s on their mind.

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The Masked AMHP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Certain forms of dementia, such as Lewy Body Dementia, can produce the most vivid and outlandish of hallucinations in older people. One man I had to assess was troubled because “there are 3,474,263 people in my room, and they won’t go away.” Another elderly man I assessed had pulled up his fitted carpet and piled all his furniture in the corner of the room.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Nurses are the backbone of the healthcare system, providing essential care and support to patients and their families. They are also exposed to high levels of stress, trauma, and burnout, which can take a toll on their mental health. According to a recent American Nurses Association survey , 30% of nurses — nearly one-third — said they are “not emotionally healthy” or “not at all emotionally healthy,” with an increasing number of nurses struggling with depression or anxiety.

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Case Management

The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This is an extract from the second edition of The Social Worker’s Guide to the Care Act 2014 by Pete Feldon. Introduction This chapter describes what the legislation has to say about the role of social workers and outlines the circumstances where professional judgements made by social workers will be relevant. The references to relevant judgements occur in each of the sections of the care and sup- port planning pathway, and there isn’t a single list of the judgements that may need to be ma

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Psychological Health Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Prioritising your sexual health can be empowering. Whether you are facing specific challenges in your sexual relationships, grappling with questions about your sexual identity or simply seeking to better understand your sexuality and learn more about finding pleasure, you can benefit from speaking to a sexologist. In fact, sexuality is an integral part of the human experience influencing your relationships, well-being and overall quality of life.

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