Weekly Social Work Links - Issue #18

Blogs and Articles

Good to see the Student Hub back.

Useful post about where mental health social work is

@ermate tells great stories about social work with adults and this is no exception. Beautifully written. It's a great way to talk about the work we do without personalising it or crossing the 'confidentiality' line.

Excellent piece

How do we know whether a group of like-minded and like-hearted people coming together is a cult or a community? The post aims to educate on our understanding of the difference.

I love the posts by @bryonyshannon about language in social care. Whether you agree or not, we must all be mindful of language and how it is used.

Reports, Policy, Resources

This publication covers uses of the Mental Health Act in 2020-21. In 2020-21, 53,239 new detentions were recorded with an estimated increase of 4.6 per cent compared to 2019-20. This publication also includes breakdowns by demographic and clinical commissioning group.

Disabled Children: a legal handbook is an authoritative yet accessible guide to the legal rights of disabled children and their families in England. This book is available free to download from this website.

Video

Kayleigh Rose Evans looks ahead to 2022 - lovely reflection on the last year

British Institute of Human Rights heard from charities, public bodies and lived-experience experts and the video content through the day is accessible here.

This includes video and slides from a number of presentations following a conference. So much excellent material!

Audio

Senior Fellow Helen McKenna and Chief Analyst Siva Anandaciva take a look back at the big issues in health and care in 2021.

Better Human podcast - in advance of consultation about Human Rights Act (see below under Events)

Research

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Events

A great Social Work Connect Webinar coming up this week

A number of events over a few days

Information about upcoming event including how to submit your own session/workshop

A consultation on proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998. This isn't an event but it is something to be aware of and explore - until March when it closes

Pot Luck

Taking a break isn’t lazy – learning to recharge is a skill that will allow you to enjoy a more creative, sustainable life - one for the first weeks of January