Social Work Links and Learning #104

7 January 2024

Introduction

Last opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year and hope the week has been a smooth transition back to a semblance of normality. Thanks to new and continuing subscribers, please feel free to share with anyone who is interested. I always welcome feedback!

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Quote of the week

Blogs and Articles

Workforce - Rewriting social care

Dementia has allowed my mum to live in the present. If she can forget, then maybe so can I - The Guardian Opinion

Executive functioning and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: points for practice - Community Care

Young LGBTQ+ People in Residential Social Care Face Pervasive Discrimination and Unmet Need - The Social Care Elf

The new wonder drug??? - George Rook

History Repeats Itself: A Look at Older People Past and Present - British Geriatrics Society

Articulate, Eloquent and Passionate – but does P have the Mental Capacity to Make Decisions about Four Areas of her own Life? - Open Justice Court of Protection Project

Policy, Reports and Resources

How the children’s social care reforms will affect inspection - GOV.UK

Victims and Prisoners Bill: HL Bill 31 of 2023–24 - House of Lords Research Briefing

Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s Office to establish a Family Court Review and Reporting Mechanism - Domestic Abuse Commissioner

Video

Self Care Shorts Live: Ep 1 Here we go! - Social Work Shorts

Section 135(2): Warrant to enter and remove a mentally disordered person who is liable for detention - The Masked AMHP

An Overview of Child and Family Assessments: Insights from an Experienced Social Worker - Kayleigh Rose Evan with Queenie Vee

Audio

Legal Literacy with Professor Michael Preston-Shoot - Social Work Sessions (Spotify Link)

#socialjustice - Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science (Spotify link)

Making better use of children’s information, data and voice - Research in Practice

Research

The vulnerability of Central & Eastern European and Zimbabwean migrant home care workers’ wellbeing in the UK: the intersectional effects of migration and social care systems - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

“The expert and the patient”: a discourse analysis of the house of commons’ debates regarding the 2007 Mental Health Act - Journal of Mental Health

Events

LGBTQ+ life courses – health and social care research - King's College, London - 12 January

DBA Healthcare Leadership Discussion Series: Webinar 1: Too Hot to Handle - (Discussions around culture and leadership in healthcare) Middlesex University - 1 Feb

Pot Luck

A read

Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know - Computer Weekly

A listen

Fixing Britain with Louise Casey - BBC Sounds (includes an episode on Children in Care but lots more of interest as well)

A watch

Mr Bates vs The Post Office - ITVX