I once worked with a young woman called Emma (not her real name) who had a mental impairment and would sometimes go into town alone, whereupon two young women would sometimes meet up with her. Emma would withdraw £200 from the ATM which she would share with these people. After an hour or so, the […]
Tag: Mental Capacity
On the 13th March 2017, the Law Commission published their report on Mental Capacity and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The overdue report finally arrived a week after news broke of the death of Rusi Stanev, aged 61. The ruling on Stanev v Bulgaria by the European Court of Human Rights in 2012 was a […]
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The milkmen of human kindness
Firstly, if you haven’t read Mark Nearys fantastic book ‘Where Have All the Milkmen Gone’ then we think that’s a good place to start. Mark totally gets it when it comes to social work for Steven. He doesn’t want someone who thinks they know Steven and Mark better than Steven and Mark know themselves. He doesn’t […]
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Winter – Part 3
Each year the headlines going into the NHS winter seem to forecast a bleaker outlook. See last winter Or the one before that Whilst the 1st October still feels very autumnal, the build up to this years NHS winter is underway. https://twitter.com/jappleby123/status/773908874302746624 Which is worrying if you are responsible for arranging services for people […]
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Someone to Safeguard
The referral was pretty bog standard these days. The neighbours didn’t get Elsie’s permission for any of her details to be referred to Social Services. In truth it had never crossed their minds they’d be asked for this. When pushed by the call centre about the issue of consent they said that they didn’t think […]
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#SWisHumanRights
On Friday 200 of us came together in York from across the country to talk about social work, social justice and working together to to uphold the universal character of human rights as enshrined within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. […]
Click below for an easy read guide to find out what a Principal Social Worker is and What they do. What is a PSW Easy Read Source: What is a Principal Social Worker and what do they do? Easy Read
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Hold the front page
There is a scene at the end of Mary Poppins where the Banks Family go to fly kites together. It is a joyous scene, celebrating a family with a renewed identity, purpose and open to possibilities about many exciting futures. But it’s also really quite sad as it marks the moment where Mary Poppins realises […]
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It’s more complicated than that….
Monday 18th April 2016 marks to the start of a campaign on the part of families who have a member of their family in an Assessment and Treatment Unit (ATU) – see http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/AIMS-LD%20Standards%20-%20Second%20Edition.pdf for the standards that define an ATU. 3,000 people. Members of 3,000 families who love them. As commissioners and social workers, in […]
The Social Work profession should embrace the #AMCP role – human rights are the essence of social work.
Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science 