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Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 01:06 in health, work, UK, mental health, social work, social care, local authority, social work education, practice teaching, changes at work, high work loads, social workers in multidisciplinary team
A few changes going on at work. We have had an adjustment in the management structure which means my direct line manager is switching with another manager. I am not overly distressed by this as although I got on well with my manager, I also have a lo...
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Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 00:40 in sports, depression, health, football, work, Personal, german, mental health, grief, social issues, discrimination, stigma
It has been said that the fight against the generally felt stigma about those with mental illnesses is a vain fight. Particularly, there was an article I alluded to about a month ago that comes to mind. And this was one of the points that came to m...
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Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 01:25 in work, Personal, mental health, social issues, social work, guardian, haringey, local authority, socialcare, children act, baby p, ray jones
It’s been a year since the ‘Baby P’ story broke about Peter Connolly and his tragic death following a litany of appalling abuse by his carers. As he was on the child protection register and known to Haringey Social Services and had contact with...
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Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 00:48 in politics, work, Personal, UK, carers, caregivers, carer, national carers strategy, carers information, caring with confidence, free training for carers
I was pointed in the direction of the link of Caring with Confidence directly by some of those responsible for its implementation – not having been aware of its existence – but having checked it out briefly (to ensure authenticity – because o...
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Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 00:49 in work, Personal, office, social issues, social work, elderly, nursing home, old age, social care, long-term care, narrow escapes, older people
It is not uncommon that I might ‘put my foot in it’ but I had a very narrow escape earlier in the week. I needed to place Mrs J in a residential home. There were no beds at the preferred home of choice of her family members and she had needed to ...
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Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 00:49 in health, work, Personal, UK, England, mental health, medication, social work, cto, mental health act, asw, care in the community
Community Treatment Orders – Supervised Community Treatment – however it is termed it is one of the aspects of the amended Mental Health Act that I thought I would likely not have significant contact with on a day to day basis. I was right. But m...
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