Social Work Links and Learning #134
August 11 2024
Introduction
I don’t usually editorialise in these newsletters, and that’s a very explicit choice, partly because the point is just to provide links, and partly on the basis of feedback! But, it’s an unusual week here in the UK, and I feel the need to reflect on the explosion of racism and Islamophobia, particularly on our streets. We know it bubbles under the surface and no amount of ‘anti-racism’ demonstrations, can eliminate this. It has led me to reflect on the role I play in perpetuating both assumptions about those who are different from me - and different from the cultural hegemony within the culture that I have ground up in and how as a society (and society is built on individuals and we are all a part of taking responsibility for it), we both appreciate, understand and learn from different experiences.
As a member of a minority community myself, which is very much built on immigration particularly as refugees, fleeing persecution through many generations, not just the most recent one, I feel a particular personal responsibility to commit to learning, listening and understanding those whose backgrounds, experiences, languages, faces and families are different from mine.
May this be a week where we can each, in our own ways, with our own experiences, think about how we can make a different in building links with communities, individuals, and beliefs that are different from our own.
Have a good week
Quote of the Week
Blogs and Articles
Scheme to tackle racial disparities in social care workforce doubles in scope - Community Care
Challenges to deprivation of liberty orders in England soar by a third - The Guardian
To love and be loved - Lemn Sissay
Reflections on a challenging week - Care Quality Commission
‘A true doyen of social work’: the life and influence of Olive Stevenson - Community Care
Policy, Reports and Resources
Kinship's 2024 Annual Survey - Kinship
What needs to change to support Social Work in Scotland? - Social Work Scotland
Annual health checks for people with a learning disability - Race Equality Foundation
Boosting digital skills and confidence in adult social care: a critical need for the future - ADASS
Audio and Video
Care, Social Care and Sociology: thinking about work, family and social inequalities - YouTube
Evaluating the Impact of Digital Social Care Records: 11 June Webinar LSE
Research
Embedding the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in clinical practice: an audit review - PMC
Registered nurses in adult social care – dissemination | King's College London
Events and Training
Youth Justice Board Child First Self-Assessment Toolkit - launch webinar - 20 August
Pot Luck
A read
Overcoming the Need to Be Exceptional - The School of Life
A listen
In Our Time - Rawl's Theory of Justice - BBC Sounds
A watch
The lost art of accomplishment without burnout - Cal Newport