Social Work Links and Learning #171

16 June

Introduction

This week’s links range from the painful to the quietly practical. Coming just after Carers Week, they’re a reminder of how much care goes unseen — and of the work we do to hold on to compassion, even when systems feel fragile. As always any feedback or comments are welcome. A few reflective questions follow.

Quote of the Week

Blogs and Articles

£4bn a year more available for adult social care by 2028-29 in spending review - Community Care

Is It Time to Leave Your Social Work Role? - Social Work Survival

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say - Big Issue

Critical AMHP Interview with Vincenzo Pasante on the Trieste Model and Statutory Practice in the UK - The Critical AMHP

Senior health figure accuses NHS of racism over care given to dying mother - The Guardian

Teenagers mocked by nurses at Skye House children's psychiatric unit - BBC News

The ADCS blog: Leading change through the lens of anti-racist practice - CYP Now

Compulsory mental health admission and treatment – the latest Strasbourg word – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Families' experiences of Family Group Conferences: Rapid evidence review - Foundations

Hospital and manager guilty over patient death - BBC News

Rebuilding regulation: Co-designing a stronger, fairer CQC together - Care Quality Commission

Policy, Reports and Resources

Building trust: the importance of positive relationships in young offender institutions – HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Self-harm in children and young people - Royal College of Psychiatrists

SCIE responds to the Spending Review 2025 - SCIE

Spending Review 2025: Briefing 12 June 2025 - Local Government Association

Special Educational Needs: support in Engand - House of Commons Library

Audio and Video

AHRQ webinar recording: Measuring and responding to safety culture across healthcare (15 April 2025) - Incentives and techniques - Patient Safety Learning

When Charity Goes Wrong, Ep. 1: Kids Company - The End of Charity

Research

The qualitative accounts of black informal carers of people with psychosis and their experiences accessing mental health services: a systematic review - Archives of Public Health

Young Women in Foster Care: Social Support Capital as an Empowerment Resource against Gender-based Violence in Intimate Partners - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Events and Training

Refugee Mental Health and Place: Post-Migration Realities: What Can Grassroots Teach Us About Refugee Mental Health? - ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health - 17 June

The Sure Start programme: a crucial chapter in the history of UK family support - King's College London - 30 June

Reflective Questions

What do we do with stories of institutional harm — beyond acknowledgement?

How do we build or rebuild trust in systems where that trust has been fractured?

Feel free to leave responses in the comments or just take with you to reflect individually or in team settings.

Pot Luck

A read

How to cultivate collective intellectual humility - Psyche

A listen

Who owns the truth? BBC Sounds

A watch

Master Your Inbox: 6 Outlook Rules to Streamline Your Workflow - Jonathan Edwards - YouTube