#SocialWork [010.20] um contributo para a ordem dos assistentes sociais 26 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Tenho acompanhado, mesmo que à distância, o processo relativo à Ordem dos Assistentes Sociais, e vejo, por alguns comentários nas redes sociais que o processo está a demorar mais do…
#SocialWork [032.19] Notes about the use of restraint in the light of the Social Learning Theory 28 Oct 201928 Oct 2019 I'm not going to use this as a long reflection about restraint but just to throw a few reflections about the use of restraint in residential care settings, having in…
#SocialWork [029.19] County Lines Exploitation – Practice Guidance 21 Oct 2019 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,…
#SocialWork [020.19] there are teenagers that are not being dumped… 20 May 201922 May 2019 Following several news about children in care, BBC reported yesterday that the number of looked-after children aged 16 and over living in unregistered accommodation in England has increased 70% in…
#SocialWork [017.19] relationships and 2nd opportunities 17 May 201917 May 2019 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…
#SocialWork [013.19] clipping – for future memory (IV) 27 Apr 201927 Apr 2019 DoLS replacement bill approved by Parliament https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2019/04/26/dols-replacement-bill-approved-parliament-liberty-protection-safeguards-due-come-force-2020/
#SocialWork [007.19] Knife Crime 18 Mar 2019 OFSTED published, earlier last week, the findings and recommendations of a research carried out in London schools about "Knife crime: safeguarding children and young people in education". It is not…
#SocialWork [056.18] clipping – for future memory (iii) 17 Oct 201817 Oct 2018 The last update, published today, of the guidance on female genital mutilation.
#SocialWork [053.18] what is readability and why it is important in social work practice 13 Oct 2018 Readability is a methodology that allows evaluating the ease with which a document can be read and understood, presenting, as a result, a numerical value that allows us to verify…
#SocialWork [052.18] Judge condemns ‘unacceptable’ lack of secure accommodation for children 13 Oct 2018 Maybe... ... if everyone would be more careful about the children and young people who are sent for this kind of accommodation; ... if the secure accommodations were only for those…
#SocialWork [045.18] Readability in Social Work Intervention- A necessary discussion 22 Sep 2018 A recent OFSTED's monitoring inspection of children’s services in Birmingham has raised some concerns about the language used in child protection conferences and how difficult it may be, for parents and children,…
#SocialWork [035.18] Is it ever acceptable for social workers to ignore their clients? 26 Aug 201822 Sep 2018 This is a discussion that is taking place in the US following a post in a New York blog, where it is described as a social worker pretend to not…
#SocialWork [028.18] county lines criminal exploitation of children and adults 23 Jun 201823 Jun 2018 This document, produced by the Home Office, is almost 1 year old, but "unfortunately" it seems to be, now, even more relevant and important for social work practice.
#SocialWork [017.18] clipping – for future memory (ii) 4 Jun 20189 Jun 2018 "Home Office figures show knife crime has almost doubled in three years in Warwickshire, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Essex and Norfolk." [see full article here]
#SocialWork [013.18] about the “pinball kids” 3 Jun 20189 Jun 2018 Dr Richard Barker is completely correct. The expression "pinball kids", regarding the constant changes the looked after children face constantly, is horrible. Another expression could have been used by Anne…
#SocialWork [012.18] clipping – for future memory (i) 2 Jun 20189 Jun 2018 "We estimate that the majority of looked-after children - 74% - experienced some form of change during 2016-17: a placement move, a school move or change of worker." [link]
#SocialWork [007.18] Practice Supervisor Development Programme 19 May 20189 Jun 2018 Something interesting may be on the way... The Practice Supervisor Development Programme (PSDP) is a significant investment by the Department for Education (DfE) and aims to provide high-quality continuous professional…
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