Weekly Social Work Links - Issue #31

Blogs and Articles

Great piece by BASW anti-racism lead - Shantel Thomas. If you only read one thing, read this.

The language of social care is filled with words that blame people seeking and drawing on support. Another really useful piece about language in social care

Reports, Resources and Policy

This briefing explores how to improve support for people living with ‘complex emotional needs’ or who are diagnosed with ‘personality disorder’

An examination of the education and social care background of children cautioned or sentenced for an offence.

This discussion paper and call for evidence seek views on what we can do to improve everyone’s mental health and wellbeing.

This might sit better under research but it is published on government website so I've put it here. Interesting research paper

Video

A brief introduction to the systemic concept of the social graces narrated by Karen Partridge, Systemic Development Lead at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. This is one of a number of videos on this channel which look at some of the systemic concepts can be used within social work practise

In this short video Social Work educators and students from around the globe discuss the importance of drawing on Community Development ideas in Social Work

Audio

Adoptive parent Margaret Reynolds talks about the language used around children in care

Professor Oksana Boyko starts my series of social work voices from Ukraine. As the war continues, she shares her understandably strong feelings and begins the reflection on the activity of social work in the middle of this invasion.

Research

Events

From Tavistock and Portman - all events are free over the week

NIHR School for Social Care Research presents NIHR SSCR Annual Conference, 26 April 2022 - Tuesday, 26 April 2022 at New Academic Building, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England. Find event and ticket information.

Eventbrite - PFAN,IPAN and SWAG presents Barriers to relationships in child welfare :why language matters. - Tuesday, 26 April 2022 - Find event and ticket information.

Learning Disability England presents UK Covid Research: What have we learnt? - Friday, 29 April 2022 - Find event and ticket information.

Improving experiences and preventing detentions under the Mental Health Act - Wednesday, 4 May 2022 - Find event and ticket information.

Panagiotis Pentaris & JUC presents International Social Work in Education, Training and Practice 2 - Tuesday, 24 May 2022 - Find event and ticket information.

Manchester Metropolitan University presents Inaugural Professorial Lecture: Professor Sara Ryan - Wednesday, 15 June 2022 at Manchester Metropolitan University. Find event and ticket information.

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