Weekly Social Work Links - Issue 76

14 May

Introduction

Welcome and welcome back - for those who had the bank holiday breaks, I hope you managed a good rest. Quite a lot of links this week because of my week off last week - especially in the events - including a few this coming week. As always, I welcome any feedback, suggestions, and comments.

Blogs and Articles

What next for the Liberty Protection Safeguards – Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science

‘A Fundamental Lack of Awareness that these People are Actually Human’: How the Government is Failing Older People with Learning Disabilities – Byline Times

Wife and care worker found guilty of enslaving disabled husband in Chichester - The Guardian

‘Schedule AA1 is dead; long live Schedule A1’ - LPS Law

Racial diversity remains low among children's directors, reveals ADCS data - Community Care

Uprooting ageism – Making rights make sense

North Lincolnshire Council at fault for delays in completing a Care Act assessment, when LGSCO found no more than 4 months would have been reasonable and which resulted in an unnecessarily extended stay in a care home - CASCAIDr

Policy, Reports and Resources

A history of social care funding reform in England - The King's Fund

The future of ageing - Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Equality and Human Rights in Social Care - EHRC

Looked-after children data strategy - GOV.UK

No recourse to public funds - Research Briefing- House of Commons Library

Video

Islam, capacity and best interests – in conversation with Siddiq Diwan – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Social Work - What is it? Kayleigh Rose Evans

Audio

The Adoption and Fostering Podcast - Episode 164 - Dr Vicky Baker CCVAB and the Voices of Children

The Transform Justice Podcast I haven’t linked to one specific podcast episode because there’s a wealth of interesting past (and current) episodes here.

Research

‘The time has come’: reflections on the ‘tipping point’ in deciding on a care home move - Aging and Mental Health

Leaving a Pupil Referral Unit in Wales: Care Experienced Young People and their Post-16 Transitions - International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions

Events

Child Rights by Design - Digital Futures Commission - 15 May

Free Webinar: Factors that Influence Carer Well-being with Dr Daniel Rippon - 15 May

Researching belonging with people with learning disabilities - NIHR Policy Unit - 18 May

Child Welfare Inequalities Network Seminar - 22 May

Learning from research for contemporary social work practice - Improving LGBTQ+ Young People’s Experience of Social Care - 25 May

Co-POWeR 'Children, Young People and Families' Report Launch - 25 May

Participatory approaches to engaging children and capture their voice - Tim Fisher and Richard Devine - 30 May

Why are we stuck in hospital? Learning disability services seminar is being led by Jon Glasby from the University of Birmingham/IMPACT - 21 June

"When parenting culture goes global" feat. Dr Gabriel Scheidecker - Centre for Parenting Culture Studies - 26 June

Pot Luck

A read

Is Therapy-Speak Making Us Selfish? Bustle

A listen

All in the Mind - Do lonely brains see the world differently? - BBC Sounds

A watch

Curator's introduction to Luxury and power: Persia to Greece - British Museum