Weekly Social Work Links - Issue 87

30 July 2023

Introduction

Quick note that I am away next week so will not be publishing a newsletter. I’ll be back on 13th August. As happens in the summer, there tend to be fewer events so I am looking at online resources that aren’t linked to specific dates and dropping them into that section!

Whether you are going away this summer or not, I wish you a good break, in whatever capacity. As always, if there’s something you see that you think should be included, do get in touch via comments below or at @vic15 on Twitter.

Photo by Karl Moran on Unsplash

Awareness Months, Weeks, Days

Lughnasadh/Lammas (Celtic/Pagan) 1 August

Yorkshire Day 1 August

World Breast Feeding Week (1 - 7 August)

South Asian Heritage Month (18 July - 17 August)

Quote of the week

Blogs and Articles

VCF calls for culturally competent practice across all children’s services - The Victoria Climbié Foundation

Reasons to be hopeful (not miserable) Part 2 - Paul Richards

What place diagnosis? Learning Disability, deafness and the Court of Protection – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Crisis, scandal and criminal justice - Russell Webster

Next Steps to Put People at the Heart of Care. - Dementia Change Action Network

Failing Learning Disabled People: The Contradictions of 1945 - Byline Times

Policy, Reports and Resources

We deserve better: Ethnic minorities with a learning disability and access to healthcare - NHS Race and Health Observatory

LeDeR Resource Bank: This resource bank may be of use to health and care professionals supporting people with a learning disability or people who are autistic with their health or care - NHS

The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan explained - The King's Fund

Flexible working in social work services - Local Government Association

Professional Standards Authority - Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23 (PDF)

Video

Enhancing Student Learning and Assessment with AI: 5 Innovative Strategies - Dr Tarsem Singh Cooner

Theory model method or approach? The bones of social work! - Siobhan Maclean

Audio

Modern Slavery in the Care Sector - File on 4 - BBC Sounds

Lived Experience #6: From Severe OCD to TedX Speaker (with Shaun Flores) - The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Spotify Link)

Dementia Diaries (a series of short clips worth listening to)

Research

“You have got to get off your backside; otherwise, you’ll never get out”: older male carers’ experiences of loneliness and social isolation - International Journal of Care and Caring

Exploring the Evidence for the Paradigms of Recovery and Social Work Converging in Mental Health Service Delivery Worldwide: Reflections from an Irish Case Study - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Events/Training

Kent Research Partnership's Celebration of Social Care Research! - 28 September

Understanding Mental Health in Muslim Communities (Online Course from FutureLearn)

Understanding Psychosis - University of Michigan via Coursera (free online course)

Pot Luck

A read

An Optimist, a Pessimist, a Pragmatist, and a Fabulist Walk into a Bar - This Week's Top Ten

A listen

We Didn't Start the Fire - Podcast

A watch

Plato's Euthyphro - Which comes first: G-d or Morality? - Jeffrey Kaplan