This first piece is not from someone who has used mental health services. It is an important reflection on how we record in health and care services and has caused me to think about how I use language when I write in care records.
Review of evidence relating to the effectiveness of psychological interventions in prison which has some interesting conclusions
Always useful to learn from Mental Health Cop and his perspective and this is no exception.
This is a great piece that doesn't always link directly to social work but there are so many transferable nuggets in there and while it might be most pertinent to managers, there's so much more in avoiding conflict.
A King's Fund paper on why a hypothecated tax for Health and Social Care may not be the silver bullet. I am very much of this mind myself but it's always good to have one's assumptions held up by evidence. It makes for an interesting read.
BASW are asking social workers who have experience working with families who have No Recourse to Public Funds to get in touch with experiences to feed into a government consultation
CQC sent out this survey for providers in health and social care to give feedback about new 'We' statements for the domains of safe and effective and what good might look like. For more information, see the link.
Not an easy read but if you want to know where the government is going with the Better Care Fund, this was published during the week.
Free webinar coming up that might be useful/interesting
While this is a conference aimed at psychiatrists, it is free to access and sufficient topics that may be of interest to social workers in this field.
If you haven't come across the Mental Capacity Cat vlogs, they come highly recommended from me, if you have an interest in the MCA, and don't we all? (perhaps I'm showing my biases there!). This episode, is a conversation with a solicitor and it makes a good view.
This is a recorded webinar from Social Work England specifically for agency workers about how to meet registration requirements and as we are coming up to the season, it's worth checking out if it is relevant to you or sharing with someone if it isn't.
Useful open access paper which draws recent research on the experiences of social workers during the pandemic
While the paper refers specifically to child protection social work, the implications and understanding of supervision go far beyond.
If you haven't come across Helpful Social Work Podcast, there is a good back catalogue. It is a thoughtful and far ranging podcast and one I've used, probably most frequently, for active CPD and this, most recent episode is about social work from home.
This isn't a specifically 'social work' podcast but it's a great listen and I found it particularly useful in terms of examining our own biases and challenging them. . lots to think about
Below @georgejulian who has an interest in the care and treatment (and sadly, mistreatment) of people with learning disabilities in our care system, sums up some thoughts after following a recent inquest. It's definitely worth reading, listening and reflecting on where we stand within these systems and who we are working for.
“Not sure how I feel about video blogs/vlogs but it’s loads quicker than writing and hopefully reaches a wider audience. Here’s two mins from me on what is wrong with and what the main missed opportunities are of the Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme, LEDER https://t.co/QZ0AF1d64u”
So that's it for this week - if you have any feedback or suggestions for content for next week, please feel free to contact me on Twitter at @vic15
