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How not to do social work: a blog about my practice as a social worker, just my thoughts and ideas about what I do and how I do it
An anonymous blog from an assistant team manager of a small looked after children's team, who has been working in social work for five years, with one local authority.
Fighting monsters
A blog written by an anonymous social worker in an over 65s community mental health team in England. Previously, the blogger worked in community care teams, physical disabilities teams and learning disabilities settings and is also an AMHP (Approved Mental Health Professional) and a BIA (Best Interests Assessor).
Social work blogs: the authoritative social work blog directory
A blog that brings together other blogs around social work including those written by social workers in hospitals, mental health, child welfare.
Webinar recording: Digital capabilities for social workers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
A webinar, recorded on 9 December 2019, that looks at the importance of digital capabilities for social workers and how it can be embedded in social work education, practice and CPD. The webinar discusses recent evidence, examples of practice, and future plans including the development of a Digital Capabilities Statement for social workers. (Edited publisher abstract)
What is social work? Emergency Duty Team
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This film focuses on the very rewarding, diverse but complex role of a social worker within an Emergency Duty Team. The film looks at the complexity of cases ranging from child protection to mental health assessments and decisions that need to be made in the context of each individual case to achieve best outcomes for people who use services.
Personalisation briefing: implications for social workers in adults' services
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing highlights the central role social workers have in developing and delivering personalised social care. It looks at the values and skills that social workers bring to personalisation and how these skills can be used to get better outcomes for service users. Areas where social work might develop its role in personalisation are highlighted as: interpersonal support; promoting people's rights and working with families and communities. Two short case studies illustrating social workers role in personalisation are also included.
Independent Review of Children's Social Care: BASW England full response
- Author:
- BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
BASW England response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care focuses on the implications for the social work profession, social workers, and on the potential impact on the children and families served by the profession. BASW welcomes the recognition in the Review that 'the greatest strength of the children's social care system lies in its workforce'. However, the response contends that the Review has failed to reflect or capture the breadth and nuance of the social work role in society. The reductive equation of social work with child protection (rather than with the broad spectrum of social work specialisms in community based and looked after services) is a misrepresentation of the profession. The response argues that the Review's proposals ignore the range of practice specialisms - which include but are not limited to social work and domestic violence, substance misuse, disability, adoption, hospital social work, foster care and work with unaccompanied teenagers. The social work profession does and should contribute to supportive and preventative services, which are specialist areas in their own right. BASW advocates on behalf of our members (the workforce) for the following: BASW representation on the proposed national decision-making bodies, including the National Reform Board; a national review of regional and local Terms and Conditions of employment for social workers, and this must include consideration of the car mileage allowance; a much more effective national retention and recruitment strategy, attracting and supporting a bigger and motivated pool of applicants to study and train to achieve this; an increase and expansion to social work student bursaries to reflect the actual cost of living; an independent cost/benefit analysis of proposals for structural change (including regional care co-operatives) considering the potential impact on children and families and the workforce, and on relationships at all levels and across the system. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social worker supply and demand model
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR WORKFORCE INTELLIGENCE
- Publisher:
- Centre for Workforce Intelligence
- Publication year:
- 2015
This tool is a system for workforce planning based on reliable and high quality information and designed to help employers with estimating and influencing the number of social workers required in the future. It aims to be accessible and usable by local authorities, regional partnerships, higher education institutions and national organisations including the Government. The model uses data reported by councils with social services responsibility (CSSRs) in England and includes national and local data that can be used to generate current supply and demand information as well as a number of future scenarios. The updated model includes the following: adult services staffing data gathered through the National Minimum Data Set for Social Care and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC); children’s services staffing data collected by the Department for Education (DfE); age profiles of registered social workers from the Health and Care Professions Council; student enrolments and completion data from the Universities and Colleges Admission Service and the Higher Education Statistics Agency; historical student data from the archives of the General Social Care Council; adult services demand data from the Referrals, assessments and packages of care returns (HSCIC); and children’s services data from the Children in need census (DfE). (Edited publisher abstract)
An interview with Gerry Skelton on social work and spirituality
- Author:
- SKELTON Gerry
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 9 minutes and 45 seconds
This interview between Gerry Skelton and Gillan Ferguson addresses the theme of spirituality in and for social work and argues that this is an often neglected and historically taboo subject. The interview addresses what spirituality is, how it’s understood, and some of the resulting implications for carers, service users and practitioners. It is argued that spirituality is a legitimate topic for social workers to engage with and calls for increased recognition of this nascent topic. The video runs for 9 minutes and 45 seconds.
Somebody else's child: a guide to private fostering
- Authors:
- HILL Clare, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Place of publication:
- London
A short film providing a guide to private fostering for professionals working with children. In the film a young person who chose to be privately fostered talks about the reasons for this decision and a private foster carer talks about her experiences. The film stresses the importance of notifying a local authority about the private fostering arrangement and the help that local authorities can provide.