Social Work Links and Learning #151
5 January 2024
Introduction
Happy New Year! Thanks for your patience and attention over the year/years and welcome to new subscribers. In some ways, less ‘news’ this week because it’s just the world that’s had some time off over the festive period, springing back to life, but amid that, there are some key policy announcements. I’m committed to as little editorialising as possible here, but I can’t say I’m overly excited by another opportunity to kick reform of adult social care into touch for a few more years.
I also want to highlight the first link, some fantastic work being done by Anthony Vaughan at Practice Reflections Newsletter which looks at different issues in children’s and adults safeguarding in more depth. It heartens me to see the social work online spaces growing!
Quote of the Week
Blogs and Articles
007: Human Rights and Decision Making - Practice Reflections: Safeguarding CPD Community
Social work leaders recognised in 2025 New Year Honours - Community Care
Streeting defends timescale for social care reform - BBC News
Staging Laughing Boy - Stephen Unwin
Changes made at London hospital after elderly man dies with frostbite in squalid flat - The Standard
End of Year Review 2024 - Richard Devine
Autism and BPD: Addressing the harms of misdiagnosis by Anon - Asylum Magazine
Policy, Reports and Resources
New reforms and independent commission to transform social care - GOV.UK
Audio and Video
Is This Coercive Control? BBC iPlayer
People First Podcast - Hidden Disabilities - YouTube
Research
Events and Training
Transitioning Autistic Adults to Residential Care - London South Bank University - 30 Jan
Pot Luck
A read
Five ways to make your daily walks even more beneficial - The Conversation
A listen
Close Readings : Marcus Aurelius - London Review of Books Podcast
A watch
10 Classic Books for Winter and Snow - Tristan and the Classics (YouTube)