Category Archives: Social Work

[007.23] The Hidden Risks Faced by Young Mental Health Patients in Children’s Wards

A safety investigation conducted by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has highlighted the significant risk faced by young people with complex mental health needs who are placed in general children’s wards in England.

[010.20] um contributo para a ordem dos assistentes sociais

Uma das grandes questões centrais na origem e defesa da Ordem passa certamente pela identidade profissional. Certamente que existem muitas áreas por onde esta identidade tem que ser defendida e estruturada, sendo uma delas as dos estágios curriculares. E é nesta que me quero centrar.

[032.19] Notes about the use of restraint in the light of the Social Learning Theory

There are, obviously other aspects to have in consideration (mental states, potential reinforcements of future behaviours and so on), but could the professionals working in settings that use restraint, being the ones promoting future aggressive behaviours, without even considering the role they have on this?

[029.19] County Lines Exploitation – Practice Guidance

The Ministry of Justice recently published a guidance designed to provide clear referral pathways for frontline practitioners to follow nationally and use as a best practice template when responding to, and safeguarding children involved in, county lines. The guidance document and guidance poster can be accessed here.

[020.19] there are teenagers that are not being dumped…

Maybe we need more regulation of this settings or, maybe, we just need the responsible organisations to develop a real monitoring. Maybe, we need to improve this settings or, maybe, we just need “that” monitoring to work and make sure that they are implementing the service they should be implemented.

[017.19] relationships and 2nd opportunities

No… this is not supposed to be a new section of my website, neither I want to be the next “Dear Deidre” and “solve” personal and love problems here. It is about a fairly new TV series on Amazon (New Amsterdam) and a recent article published in CommunityCare by John Radoux (that you can followContinue reading “[017.19] relationships and 2nd opportunities”