Social Work Links and Learning #153

19 January 2025

Introduction

Yes, it’s still January and we are in the depths of Winter but as we move on, the shoots of Spring begin to appear and some of the news sources are kicking back to life. Wishing you all a productive week and thanks for your support. Please share this with anyone you think might find it useful and, as always, I welcome any feedback, suggestions and comments.

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Quote of the Week

Blogs and Articles

Parental mental health biggest cause of child protection referrals in England - The Guardian

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and deprivation of liberty - Mental Capacity Law and Policy

'I want you to stop and be nice. Stop screaming. Stop screaming now' - Manchester Evening News

Critical lack of evidence about social media use and youth mental health in clinical populations - The Mental Elf

Carers quitting and homes to go bust: The real cost of social care reform delays - The i paper

CQC’s Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews — Making a difference - CQC

How the Department of Health and Social Care is supporting learning and development - Skills for Care

Ombudsman criticises council after finding woman was unable to spend as much time with dying husband after he was moved to “cheaper” care placement - Local Government Lawyer

Kiena Dawes: The complex question at heart of Ryan Wellings trial - BBC News

Edenfield Unit: 'Concerns remain' at trust where patients abused - BBC News

Court of Appeal rules out revocation of adoption order after application from adoptive mother - Law Gazette

Policy, Reports and Resources

Safeguarding Pressures - Report and Summary Phase 9 - ADCS

Bulletin of the Social Work History Network - Jan 2025 (direct link to PDF download)

A thematic inspection of the recruitment, training, and retention of frontline probation practitioners - HM Inspectorate of Probation

A Safer Society for Young People: Advancing a public health approach to violence prevention - Changing Violence

Adult social care reform cannot afford to wait - The BMJ

Audio and Video

Ian Thomas: Healing through connection - Relational Social Work Podcast

The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel - Annual Report 2023 to 2024 - YouTube

Research

The inter-relationship between parental problems and ethnic background: How do they impact on entry into local authority care? - British Journal of Social Work

Practice education in social work: a scoping review of existing research - Social Work Education

Events and Training

Child Sexual Abuse within the Family Environment (2) - The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel - 22 Jan

How to improve adult social care for seldom heard groups - NIHR - Feb 19

Various Think Ahead recruitment webinars including ones with regional focus - 28 Jan - 13 Feb

Pot Luck

A read

Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (~100 Models Explained) - fs

A listen

The Coming Storm - Inauguration - BBC Sounds

A watch

Generative AI in a Nutshell - how to survive and thrive in the age of AI - Henrik Kniberg