# Playlist [006.20] Bruce Springsteen * Human Touch 24 May 202024 May 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cNRQo1m3A I was just organising some of my next weeks of this "work from home" weeks and while listening to some of my playlists this one start playing. And I…
# Opinions / Thoughts [005.20] Learning Social Work (from) Outside the University Walls – a reflection 15 May 202015 May 2020 “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice… but in practice there is.” (anon) “if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” (Maslow, 1966, p. 15)…
# Professional and Scientific Divulgation [024.19] joint social work education and research conference 2019 27 May 201927 May 2019 Under the general theme of Human Relationships and Wellbeing in Social Work, the JSWEC will be held in Manchester on the 9th and 10th of September 2019. The closing date…
#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…
# Professional and Scientific Divulgation [016.19] supporting the transition into the community of care leavers with complex needs 15 May 201928 Oct 2019 I was present today (my appreciation for the invitation), in the International Knowledge Exchange Symposium on Leaving Care, organised by Anglia Ruskin University, where I had the opportunity to present…
# Playlist [009.19] – Yes, we can :) 26 Mar 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ Scorpions * Wind of Change
# Professional and Scientific Divulgation [058.18] Building practice supervision in learning organisations: Partnership Conference 19 Oct 201819 Oct 2018 The conference will include sessions on: initiatives exploring how to make better use of supervision as an opportunity for organisational and individual learning; the development and early roll out of…
#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…
# Professional and Scientific Divulgation [049.18] Fall 2018 issue of The New Social Worker 4 Oct 2018 Highlights include practicing social work across three levels, suicide risk in schools, collegiate recovery programs, following up after the job interview, how to navigate a job promotion, sitting with difficult emotions, book reviews,…
# Personal Stuff [046.18] through my eyes (ii) 22 Sep 2018 The view from the Social Work World Conference, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, 2008
# Professional and Scientific Divulgation [044.18] work and care together (London) 15 Sep 201815 Sep 2018 https://twitter.com/One_Stop_Social/status/1040546256022659072?s=19
# Social Work Tube [041.18] Legacies of Social Change: 100 Years of Professional Social Work 10 Sep 2018 This is a 17 years-old video and centred in the USA, but being about history, and in a moment where hundreds of new social work students are starting their first…
#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…
# Professional Activity [031.18] – updates during holidays 19 Jul 2018 Well... it seems like while I was in holidays, there were several updates in important documentation for social workers in the UK. Will have to catch up with it, after…
# Social Work Tube [029.18] The Role of Relationships in Social Work 23 Jun 2018 From: The Social Work Teaching Partnership https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW7t4jr3L4g
# Opinions / Thoughts [026.18] social work tube 23 Jun 2018 Besides being "my place", where I can share some thoughts, some personals things, I always wanted this blog to be a place where I can share things that I believe…
# Professional Activity [023.18] #WorkCareTogether Conference 13 Jun 201813 Jun 2018 Last Monday I had the opportunity to attend the "Work and Care Together" event that was held in Manchester. Was a very interesting conference, addressing very important topics and with…
# Professional and Scientific Divulgation [020.18] Request – Inform the development of the PSDP 9 Jun 2018 Research in Practice (RiP) is inviting professionals within the children and families social work sector to participate in a survey to inform the Practice Supervisor Development Programme. You can participate (and…
#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]
# Professional Activity [014.18] about “pinball kids” (moving forward) 3 Jun 201816 May 2019 Following a discussion in some social media websites about the use of the expression "pinball kids" I published a post when, understanding the noise around it, also expressed my idea…
#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…
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