Weekly Social Work Links - Issue 81
18th June 2023
Introduction
Going to be speedier and more concise with my intros and hopefully let the newsletter speak for itself. I’m adding a section at the top for months/days/weeks - let me know if I am missing any important ones and have a fruitful week.
Awareness Months, Weeks, Days
Pride Month (June)
Gypsy, Romani and Traveller History Month (June)
Learning Disability Week (w/c 19th June)
Rose Awareness Week (w/c 19th June)
Windrush Day 75 22nd June
Quote of the week
Blogs and Articles
Rights - Rewriting social care
Power & Autonomy - Shorts Media
Case study: The diagnostic step and the causative nexus - Mental Capacity
That feeling of payback time... Which me am I today?
Let me get this straight: Hoardiculture - Research in Practice
Policy, Reports and Resources
Care Experience as a Protected Characteristic - Briefing Report - Care Leaver Local Offer (direct link to PDF file is available here)
Report examines attitudes to race today as Britain marks 75th Windrush anniversary - British Future (direct link to PDF file is available here)
Safe care at home review - Gov.UK
Family Group Conferences at Pre-Proceedings Stage - Foundations
Video
Loneliness - Pets and loneliness - Social Care Talk
Audio
The Adoption and Fostering Podcast - #Conversations - Adoptive Parent Peter
Research
Events
Child Welfare Inequalities Network - 28 June
National AMHP Day Webinar - AMHP Leads Network and Yorkshire AMHPs Group - 29 June
Webinar: The Flourishing Lives Tour - SCIE - 30 June
Principles of Practice Book Launch - Tavistock Training - 5 July
Shaping the future of practice education - Research in Practice (various dates - 16 and 17 July)
The Homelessness Social Worker role - challenges and impact - KCL - 20 July
Pot Luck
A read
Six years on from Grenfell: This is life in the shadow of the tower - The Big Issue
A listen
GRT LGBTQ+ Spoken History Archive
A watch
Challenging Racisms: Antisemitism as Racisms - University of Westminster
Great stuff, thanks 😊