Weekly Social Work Links - Issue 97

22nd October 2023

Introduction

It’s a particularly busy week this week so a bit of a bumper edition. I am also going to be absent for a couple of weeks so my next update will be on 5th November because I’ve got quite a lot going on. I am no longer contactable on Twitter so any comments, recommendations, or suggestions, contact me via this site and in comments.

Please share with colleagues, friends, neighbours etc.

Wishing you a week filled with hope.

Photo by Reba Spike on Unsplash

Awareness Months, Weeks, Days

Black History Month - October

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - October

ADHD Awareness Month - October

World Pasta Day - 25 Oct

Quote of the week

Blogs and Articles

Why Social Work? - Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science

Paint it black – Making rights make sense

CPD is an emotional experience as well as a learning one - Social Care Elf

Money changes everything – why we need to re-embrace empowerment through direct payments - Think Local Act Personal

NHS psych ward period provision criticised by patients - BBC News

Transcultural leadership, anti-racism, and psychological safety - Mushtag Kahin and Dr. Nagina Khan - BMJ Leader

What do the latest statistics say about social care and adults with learning disabilities? 8 key messages (and 0 graphs) - Chris Hatton's Blog

"AMHP Number Two Please….” — The Critical AMHP

Life with OCD - An Anti-Memoir - Centre for Mental Health

‘Two Ps’ – navigating two sets of best interests - Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Policy, Reports and Resources

State of Care 2022/3 - Care Quality Commission

The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England - Skills for Care

Shared outcomes toolkit for integrated care systems - GOV.UK

Harmful gambling: identification, assessment and management - NICE guidance currently in consultation

Sketchnotes - Free Resources (this is more general than social work but I have accessed them and found them really helpful)

Never More than Once - Pause

NCF's social care must haves for the next government - National Care Forum

Transitional Safeguarding: Knowledge Briefing for health professionals - Research in Practice

Social care workforce crisis How did we get here and where do we go next? - The Health Foundation

A cost of children crisis? - Action for Children

Video

Social Care Showcase Webinars (A series of recorded webinars) - SCIE

Questioning our presumptions about the presumption of capacity – in conversation with Isabel Astrachan and Dr Scott Kim - Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Enhancing Social Work Case Recording: Tips and Best Practices - Kayleigh Rose Evans

Audio

Care Speaks - An Episode where Care Speaks meet Emma Perry - Senior Lecturer in Social Work at University of Gloucestershire

Conversations from a new charity podcast - Third Sector Podcas

Research

Mental health in autistic adults: A rapid review of prevalence of psychiatric disorders and umbrella review of the effectiveness of interventions within a neurodiversity informed perspective - PLOS ONE

Parents’ views on improving relationships with their social workers - Journal of Social Work

Events

How can we meet the needs of people living alone with dementia? - Living Alone with Dementia Research Project - 26 Oct

Destitution in the UK 2023 - JRF - 28 Oct

Strengthening Our Collective Safeguarding Responsibility - National Independent Safeguarding Board (Wales) - 15 Nov

Maudsley 100 Grand Round(s) - Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience - 15 Nov

A data-driven approach to inform service implementation for people experiencing homelessness - King's College, London - 14 Dec

Pot Luck

A read

Black History Month Reading List - Exact Editions

A listen

Other People's Children - BBC Sounds

A watch

How a broken, screwed-up life can be beautiful (Kintsugi)