Social Work Links and Learning #133
4 August 2024
Introduction
Back after a week away and clearing a bit of a backlog (especially in reports/policy). Not much in terms of events but that’s typical of the summer. Hope you are enjoying your August.
Quote of the Week
Blogs and Articles
The New Boat – Love, Belief and Balls
Family court judge rules on if children exist - BBC News
Mental capacity and mental health matters – an end of term report – Mental Capacity Law and Policy
It’s Time to Address the Racial Disparities Experienced by Black Children in the UK - Afruca
Wolverhampton mum in school CCTV plea after attack on autistic son - BBC News
Policy, Reports and Resources
Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff - Royal College of Nursing
Introducing a cap on care costs - House of Commons Library
Response To Government's Plans To Postpone Social Care Charging Reforms - The King's Fund
Duties to report child abuse in England - House of Commons Library
Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024 - Social Work England
Guidance on intensive and assertive community mental health treatment - NHS England
Exploring our Community mental health survey results - CQC
Audio and Video
Release from Detention: Mental Health Act 1983 and Court of Protection - Garden Court Chambers
How to become a SUPER knowledgeable social worker - Kayleigh Rose Evans
Research
Ethnicity and suicide in England and Wales: a national linked cohort study - The Lancet Psychiatry
Events and Training
Social Work Ethics Club - Professional Workforce Development Newham - 8 August
Sustaining Social Work - Relational Activism - 10 September
Social work histories of complicity and resistance - Social Work History Network - 24 September
Pot Luck
A read
Banish the Harmful Creatures of COVID-Era Work - MIT Sloan Management Review
A listen
The Long History of Ignorance - BBC Sounds
A watch
Making Tutus for The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake - Royal Ballet