Weekly Social Work Links - Issue #22

Blogs and Articles

Great post to understand more and to work with dyspraxia.

This is a summary of a Court of Protection judgement about the necessity to understand cultural needs as a part of decision-making whether someone can remember or not.

Another useful and thoughtful post from Richard Devine.

The role of sport in contextual safeguarding

Reports, Resources and Policy

Find out about how and why children seek help in non-face-to-face settings, what factors can influence their decision and how identity plays a part in help-seeking behaviour.

As a new CELCIS briefing on developing practice on care records in Scotland is published, here we have curated where people with care experience have talked and written about their experiences of accessing and reading their records, what that has felt like, and what needs to be considered. 

Video

From last year, but relevant because February is LGBTQ+ History Month so always worth coming back to so we can do better than has been done in the past.

This film explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protection practice and vulnerable children and families and seeks to improve the capacity of...

A number of videos about transitional safeguarding

Audio

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Research

Drawing on findings from a psycho-social qualitative doctoral study, this paper considers the intimate and extraordinary emotional intensity, ambivalence and pain associated with the experience of ...

Events

I could only find the tweet referencing the programme so I've linked to that but there is a link to book from it as well as details of speakers!

Eventbrite - School of History Classics and Archaeology presents LGBT Month event - Wednesday, 9 February 2022 - Find event and ticket information.

This is a free research conference but it is face to face in London

Pot Luck

What better way to learn than to learn about learning? These mental models for learning will help you stay curious and progressing.