Social Work Links and Learning #146

24 November 2024

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

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Quote of the Week

Blogs and Articles

‘I’m not saying I’m not scarred. But scars do fade’: Baroness Lola Young on her childhood in care - The Guardian

Navigation capital: How social workers can guide older people with dementia through the social care maze - Social Work with Older People Research

Social work, neglect and the renewal of ‘poverty aware practice’ - Health and Social Care Workforce (NIHR Policy Research Unit at KCL)

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

Multi-agency responses to serious youth violence: working together to support and protect children - GOV.UK

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

Protective and compensatory childhood experiences and their impact on adult mental health - World Psychiatry

Social work, personalisation, and the Care Act 2014: A Bourdieusian analysis - British Journal of Social Work

Events and Training

Exploring the Current State of Social Care - Greater London Forum for Older People - 27 Nov

The social work public perception myth: A genealogy of discourse - University of Strathclyde - 29 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

A watch

Why you’re avoiding having that difficult conversation (and what to do) with Sarah Rozenthuler - Pearson Higher Education for Educators (YouTube)