Social Work Links and Learning #155

1 February 2025

Feb 01, 2025

Introduction

Changed the timing of publication this week because I’m away for the weekend but thought I’d get a quick edition out before I leave. Have a good week and I’ll be back to Sunday publication next week. As always, I welcome any comments, feedback and suggestions.

brown leaves on brown tree branch — Photo by Thomas Park on Unsplash

Quote of the Week

Blogs and Articles

A Lot Of Nothing In 15 Years. – Love, Belief and Balls

Litigation capacity and a very clear statement from the Court of Appeal about the ordering of the capacity test - Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Humans amid the horror - Community Living

Deaf Parents and Safeguarding - Practice Reflections: Safeguarding CPD Community

Changes to reporting of family courts hailed as 'watershed moment' - CYP Now

Why aren’t we talking about what’s happening to women in mental health care? – Patching the Soul

A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all - The Guardian. (sadly it won’t shock any social worker in adult services.. )

A Neurodevelopmental Perspective on Navigating Section 136: How Can Police Officers and AMHPs Help Reduce Distress? - The Critical AMHP

Explanation of the issues in our Casey Commission 'first phase' poll - public consultation - Centre for Adults' Social Care - Analysis, Information and Dispute Resolution

Updated review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences - National Elf Service

Kingston Council: Using AI in Adult Social Care administration - Local Government Association (I rarely comment but I find some of the uncritical adoption of AI tools to be faintly concerning - but maybe that’s just me)

Psychologist’s ‘alarming’ views on domestic abuse throw spotlight on family court experts - TBIJ

Policy, Reports and Resources

Children’s involvement in the 2024 riots - Children's Commissioner for England

Mental health inpatient settings: Creating conditions for learning from deaths in mental health inpatient services and when patients die within 30 days of discharge - HSSIB

Audio and Video

Capacity to Engage in Sexual Relations - 39 Essex Chambers - Webinar Recording

Twittering about mental health -is it worth the effort? - BMJ Mental Health - YouTube

Research

‘We are quite a “can anyone help me?” kind of team’: the role of the team as secure base in social workers’ sensemaking - Journal of Social Work Practice

Exploring unintentional ‘carer harm’—Insights from family carers and professionals: An Irish case study - The British Journal of Social Work

Events and Training

Race Equality Week - Opening Event - Feb 3

Other events for Race Equality Week - Feb 3 - Feb 7

ATTUNE Research Study Launch Event - University of Birmingham - 27 Feb (study which investigates how the voluntary sector supports young people at risk of self-harm and suicide)

Pot Luck

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