Safeguarding adults enquiries: do you need consent?
2024年1月23日 · Should the person refuse any action being taken, it would be helpful to reflect on this very important section from 39 Essex Chambers’ Mental Capacity Guidance Note: Assessment and Recording of Capacity: ‘… If you have proper reason to think that the person may lack capacity to take a relevant decision, especially if the consequence of what they are wanting to do is likely to lead to ...
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The Victoria Climbié Inquiry chair reflects on social work, 21 years on
2024年4月11日 · Our interview with Lord Herbert Laming is part of a new series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to mark Community Care’s 50th anniversary.. More than 20 years after delivering his report into the death of Victoria Climbié, there is still a quiet sadness about Lord Herbert Laming at the mention of her name.
Employers rebuff union calls to increase local government pay offer
Local government employers have rebuffed union calls to increase their pay offer to staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for 2024-25.. UNISON, Unite and the GMB wrote to employers urging “open meaningful pay talks” and an improved offer in the light of superior pay settlements handed out to other public sector workers by the government. ...
How to develop critical reflection in your practice
2024年8月14日 · Reflective practice is more myth than reality? No? This was the view of Schon in 1986 and the forms of words used or ‘thought-forms’ (Laske) to describe what’s written more accurately are missing in the references cited; is the desire to fill the emptiness or void a proof that social work has a formulation of what reflection, is, and …
What is the role of social workers? - Community Care
2010年9月20日 · An article exploring the role of social workers in a UK context. In 2009, concerned that existing definitions of social work were difficult for the profession and the public to engage with, the government-appointed Social Work Taskforce issued a public description of social work, which was designed to improve public understanding of the profession: ...
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Strengths-based questions for social work assessments
2017年11月27日 · Strengths-based questions for social work assessments: quick tips It takes practice and confidence to be good at asking questions, but practitioners should always try and find better ways of having conversations
Tips for social workers on cultural competence - Community Care
2018年10月24日 · This article comprises of excerpts taken from a research review on Community Care Inform Children about cultural competence. The review was updated in June 2018 by Prospera Tedam, assistant professor in social work at United Arab Emirates University.
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