Introduction
Thanks for your time with me to all new and continuing subscribers. I reminder if you are in England to make sure you renew your Social Work England registration before 30 November (as soon as possible) and then, from next week, you can start recording CPD for the 24/25 registration year.
As always, I welcome any feedback/suggestions and am trying to migrate from X to Bluesky so can be contacted there ( @vic15.bsky.social) as well as leaving a comment here.
Have a good week
Quote of the Week
Blogs and Articles
Fixing human rights protection in health and social care -The Small Places
Vulnerable patients escaping from secure hospitals because they’re so short-staffed, regulator reveals - The Independent (NB ‘secure hospitals’ refers to general psychiatric hospitals with locked doors rather than secure hospitals but I have left the original title of the article)
Balancing adult social care: Rising costs, funding gaps, and the path forward - ADASS
Martin Waite – Mental Health Cop
Policy, Reports and Resources
Biggest overhaul in a generation to children’s social care - GOV.UK
Keeping children safe, helping families thrive - GOV.UKOur response to the government's social care reform proposals - Ofsted
Mental health inpatient settings: out of area placements - HSSIB Investigation Report
Mental Health Bill: European Convention on Human Rights memorandum - GOV.UK
Tell them what they want to hear: Re-thinking assessment practices with people experiencing homelessness - King's College London (Slides from webinar) - webinar took place last week
Neurodiversity Guidance - The Parole Board - GOV.UK
Audio and Video
Everyone's Business Episode 16: Getting safeguarding investigations right - 39 Essex Chambers - 39 Essex Chambers put out an episode a day last week for Safeguarding Week and I’d actually recommend listening to them all
Autism and parental blame research - WMADASS
Mental Health Bill walkthrough - Mental Capacity Law and Policy
Research
Events and Training
Exploring the Current State of Social Care - Greater London Forum for Older People - 27 Nov
Social Work Ethics Club - Newham Workforce Development Team - 2 Dec
Pot Luck
A read
Art of Conversations - The HR Director
A listen
Faith on the Fly - The Airport Chaplains - BBC Sounds
Thank you Vic