Weekly Social Work Links - Issue 65
5th February 2023
Introduction
Welcome and Welcome back. This week, as well as being the start of LBGT+ History Month is also Race Equality Week. Important reminders during the year, that we need to champion diversity and take an active part in learning, listening and understanding different experiences.
This week, the UK government launched three consultations on proposals for children’s social care and I have included links below. Do take the time to response to these consultations. It can be good CPD as well!
Have a fruitful day, week, month. Always welcome feedback and suggestions and please feel free to share with colleagues, friends, neighbours!
Congratulations, it's a care leaver! Wonkhe
Mental disorder and homicide: are rates and sentencing patterns changing? Mental Elf
Policy, Reports and Resources
Government consultations on long term strategy for children’s social care
Children's social care: Stable Homes, Built on Love
Children's social care: National framework and dashboard
Children's social care: child and family social work workforce
Using NICE to support evidence-based practice - a social work case study - NICE
Loneliness and Staying Connected - NISCC Learning Zone
No Recourse to Public Funds : A toolkit for social workers in England - APPG on NRPF - this is a link directly to a PDF download
Reforming the Mental Health Act - House of Commons Library
Views from Readiness for Professional Practice Consultation - Social Work England
Video
BreaDth performance at The Brady Theatre - Whitechapel The fictionalised experiences in this play are based on comprehensive research by the Consortium on Practices of Wellbeing and Resilience of Black and minority ethnic families and communities (Co-POWeR) and was co-developed with research participants across England and Wales.
Audio
Four Thought - Stand Up for Irish Travellers - BBC Sounds
Social Work Discoveries - Social Work Research Podcast
Research
Events
Child Labor and Children in Migration - International Association of Schools of Social Work - 10 February (watch out for the time of this one because it’s EST but a good early evening event for the UK!)
Social Work Week - Social Work England - 20-24 March (many events)
Pot Luck
A read
Evening Pages: Procrastinate Less and Sleep More - Jamoe
A watch
A listen
If Books Could Kill - A podcast about terrible airport books