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That was then
- Author:
- WHITE Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.4.99, 1999, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author talks to two social workers to find out how the job has changed in the last 25 years.
Doing the knowledge
- Author:
- PRITCHARD Jacki
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.8.99, 1999, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Given the stresses and constraints of social work, its often difficult to keep up with relevant national and local developments. The author gives some pointers on how to stay ahead of the game.
Keeping ahead of the game
- Author:
- DUTT Ratna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.7.99, 1999, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Presents some of the key problems and solutions to ensuring that social workers stay informed of current documents and initiatives in social care.
Pleasures and pressures
- Author:
- PRITCHARD Jacki
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.3.99, 1999, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how social work is a wide and varied field offering different skills, problems and benefits. Offers some advice on finding out which area best suits the prospective social worker.
Taking a social history
- Authors:
- BARRACLOUGH Joan, JONES David, BILTON Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, December 1999, p.7.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
As social work faces upheavals of possibly greater significance than at any other time this century, this article considers the case for a network to stimulate informed understanding of social work history.
Legal note: negligence: who can be held liable?
- Author:
- WITTMANN Mandy
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 14, December 1999, pp.68-70.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Asks if a client can sue a social worker for negligence in New Zealand, describing 2 cases and discussing the implications. Concludes the law is unclear but social workers must continue to act within the boundaries of their authority reasonably and with care. Decisions, actions and the reasons for them must be recorded promptly so it is possible to demonstrate they were not negligent.
Times they are a changing
- Author:
- NEATE Polly
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.12.99, 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Community Care campaign this year aimed to highlight the stress and violence social workers routinely suffer in their professional lives, and it has been a great success. Explains where the campaign goes from here.
When disaster strikes and nothing happens
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.12.99, 1999, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author meets the millennium Untapped-Potential Positive Empathy Therapy squad, who are there to pick up the pieces and help social workers cope with feelings of devastation if nothing goes wrong on New Year's Eve.
Perspectives: present and correct
- Author:
- RUSSELL Conrad
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.12.99, 1999, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Says that social workers are at the sharp end of the political correctness debate but should avoid the trap of imposing values.
Campaign: no fear. The lessons of experience
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.11.99, 1999, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author visits social workers at Hampshire Council where some success has been achieved in driving down the number of violent incidents through a strict monitoring policy.