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Community Care
APRIL 11, 2024
Our interview with Lord Herbert Laming is part of a new series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to celebrate Community Care’s 50th anniversary. It is the worst case of child abuse and neglect that I have ever seen,” said a hospital consultant who treated Victoria in her final days.
Community Care
MARCH 15, 2024
The authorities have volunteered to take part in the social care workforce race equality standard (SC-WRES), which is designed to illuminate the scale of workplace inequalities in order to shape action plans to reduce them. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.
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My Brains Not Broken
AUGUST 11, 2022
There are many ways to combat mental health challenges, and one of them that I’ve been reflecting on recently is motivation. I was doing this recently when I came upon a phrase I’ve seen hundreds of times on the Internet: “keep going.” ” And I don’t know why, but this time it rubbed me the wrong way.
Save the Social Worker
APRIL 28, 2024
Chances are, if you have a book on social work from university, you might have shelved it, never to read it again. To be clear… The books I recommend here are not going to be just about social work. If you look at the most successful people in the world, a common habit they have is reading. No I’m not.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
For many, these have involved moving into unregistered placements – without Ofsted’s regulatory oversight – with severe restrictions placed on their movement and access to technology, constant supervision, often by multiple staff members and significant use of restraint. They have little agency over what happens to them.
My Brains Not Broken
MARCH 29, 2022
Like many people, I have a love/hate relationship with therapy. As much as we don’t want to admit, there’s still a stigma around therapy in the United States. As much as we don’t want to admit, there’s still a stigma around therapy in the United States. Here’s why. Probably not.
My Brains Not Broken
DECEMBER 1, 2022
I have so much going on in my brain, it can be exhausting trying to engage with it on a daily basis. This is easier said than done, of course, but I’d still like to have that option when possible. But even when we want to get out of our own heads, where do we start? What can we do? Meditation.
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