Social Work Links - Issue 77

21 May

Introduction

Quick intro this week so a big thank you to continuing and new readers. Please feel free to share with colleagues, friends, neighbours, family! I’d also love to know if you have any feedback and whether there is more or less you would like.

Have a fruitful week!

Photo by Roma Kaiuk🇺🇦 on Unsplash

Blogs and Articles

Social Work Recap: how long waits for secure care are harming children already in crisis- Our review of the week in social work - Community Care

The most complex of best interests: Organ donation, learning disability, and the options on the table – Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection

Margaret Doyle on the role of mediation in adult social care – Human Rights and Social Care Forum

Taskforce to transform older people's housing underway - GOV.UK

Words that make me go hmmm: Needs – Rewriting social care

Kids review – a startling, unprecedented look at children in care (I’ve included the link to the programme under ‘video’)

Policy, Reports and Resources

Digital working in adult social care: What Good Looks Like for local authorities and care providers - GOV.UK

An exploratory study of the emotional wellbeing needs and experiences of care leavers in England - What Works for Children's Social Care

Anxiety in the UK and how to tackle it - Mental Health Foundation

Video

KIDS - Channel 4 (three episodes)

Are Social Workers Targeting African Kids? Child Protection Procedure and Processes. - Queenie Vee's Community (Queenie Vee is a social worker and she is providing guidance and reassurance about the role of social workers - which might not be obvious from the title!)

Born into care - Minimising trauma - Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

Audio

Care Speaks - In this episode Mervyn meets Associate Dave Martin to discuss ageism in society generally and in Health & Social Care

Charity Questions Podcast - Directory of Social Change

Research

A Delphi Study to Develop Items for a New Tool for Measuring Child Neglect for Use by Multi-Agency Practitioners in the UK - Social Sciences

A qualitative study of the perspectives of designated safeguarding leads responding to child protection concerns in fee‐paying schools - Child Abuse Review

Events

A CELCIS Emerging Insights Webinar: Protecting Teenagers from Exploitation - 23 May

A focus on the Care Workforce Pathway for Adult Social Care - Care Management Matters - 25 May

How can we successfully collaborate towards safer care for all? - Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care - 6 June

How do we ‘unstick’ social care reform across the four UK countries? - Centre for Care - 7 June

What to do when P won’t engage in a capacity assessment? - Bevan Brittan - 8 June

Pot Luck

A read

How to Grow Up: Nick Cave’s Life-Advice to a 13-Year-Old - The Marginalian

A listen

Bruce Daisley: No Office Required - Audible Podcast (this does require a subscription to Audible but can be part of a free trial)

A watch

Rebekah Vardy - Jehovah's Witnesses and Me - Channel 4