Weekly Social Work Links - Issue 83

2 July

Introduction

Quick intro as I have a busy weekend but hope all are well. Feel free to send me any suggestions for inclusion and do share with others! Have a good week!

Photo by Kateryna Hliznitsova on Unsplash

Awareness Months, Weeks, Days

Disability Pride Month (July)

Good Care Month (July)

National Picnic Month (July)

National Co-Production Week (w/c 3 July)

Alcohol Awareness Week (w/c 3 July)

Great British Pea Week (w/c 3 July)

National Bereaved Parents Day (3 July)

Research Appreciation Day (5 July)

Quote of the week

Blogs and Articles

Co-production: words that make me go hmmm… – Rewriting social care

An inclusive vision: Reflecting on progress and striving for equality - Care Management Matters

Pretty vacant – Making rights make sense

Social care: a work in progress - Church Times

Acute Psychiatric Beds - Mental Health Cop

Deprivation of liberty applications relating to children: what is actually happening? – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Policy, Reports and Resources

Conference Report — The Black Care Experience

Research and Analysis Bulletins - HM Inspectorate of Probation (includes links to ‘Exploring Contextual Safeguarding in the Youth Justice Services’ and ‘The Implementation and delivery of community resolutions: the role of youth offending services’ both from 2023 as well as reports from previous years)

Government proposals for children's social care reform - House of Commons Library

Longer hospital stays and fewer admissions - The Health Foundation

International Recruitment and Induction Standards for International Social Workers coming to the UK - BASW Diaspora SIG

Video

Social care responses to children who experience criminal exploitation and violence: the conditions for a welfare response - Contextual Safeguarding

Uncovering the History of Social Work and Social Welfare: Challenges and Sources

Audio

Disability: When the numbers alone are simply not enough  - Office for National Statistics (there is an excellent podcast linked on this page)

Podcast mini-series on parents with learning disabilities - St Michael's Fellowship

Ellie and Antonia: Shame, courage and taking steps - The Anti-Racist Listening Project

Research

‘People Here Are Their Own Gods’: The Migration of South African Social Workers to England - British Journal of Social Work

Rapid Review of Reflective Supervision in Social Work - British Journal of Social Work

Events

Developing a care partner policy: case studies from the NHS and social care - Human Rights and Social Care Forum - 13 July

Automating analysis – machine learning and predictive analytics in children’s social care - Research in Practice - 19 July

Peer Reflective Sessions - Social Work England (various dates)

Pot Luck

A read

Be What you Hope For - Aeon

A listen

Man's Search for Meaning (Victor Frankl) - Hardcore Literature

A watch

Massive - The Story of West Ham United’s UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23 Triumph