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Commentary
April 6, 2022
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Churning the Soil, caring professions (health, teaching and social care) and Madonna.

Last month I enjoyed the lecture of Durham University’s new social work lead Professor Carlene Firmin, on contextual safeguarding. I was particularly energized by the language of “spaces” and shifting the risk assessment paradigm from a myopic focus on families to variously friendship groups, streets and parks, or entire school years, and as investigative social... Read More
Commentary, Practice, Self Care
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February 19, 2022
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Language and Power in Social Work, a fresh perspective from the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Social work can be seen as an endeavour of attempting to grasp at another person’s reality. We assess people and families striving to be as faithful as possible.  In this article I will discuss how Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein may assist in providing some warnings and possibly a map of where the limits lie in... Read More
Commentary, Communication, Practice, Theory
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February 13, 2022
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Thoughts on ‘Radical Perspectives On Mental Health’

I had the luxury of a spare Saturday yesterday (12th February 2022) that coincided with an online festival of presentations and discussion on all manner of things from philosophy to science, all the way around culture and back again. It was the Winter Revel brought to us by How The Light Gets In. I’ve been to... Read More
Commentary, Practice, Student Zone, Students, Theory
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December 9, 2021
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Podcast Show Notes: Stephen talks to George Bull about risk in light of the murder of Arthur

Social Work Shorts (Episode 25): Insights #8 In the latest episode of the Social Work Podcast Insights series Stephen and George talk about risk in light of the murder of Arthur and the media response to the Social Work Profession. Here is the podcast – click this link We acknowledge this is a difficult topic... Read More
Commentary, In the News, Practice
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September 10, 2021
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 Efficiency, Slack and social work – Featuring Pareto, CostCo and Privatization.

There is a war raging in UK social work presently.  To name a few of the various battle fronts – the COVID recovery, rising inequality, the lurking shadow of increased privatization and increased levels of professional disaffection. Sometimes as social workers we feel we are not doing enough of the right work with the right... Read More
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July 17, 2021
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Social Work and Poverty Echoes through Time, Stewart, Sterling and Situated Choice

1895 London, Mary Stewart walks into work in her new role as hospital almoner (churchy term for some one that gives out charity/alms to poor). With this the profession of social work was born. Mary, made referrals, conducted home visits, trained aspiring social workers, battled against bureaucracy, worked with drug and alcohol misuse, mental health... Read More
Commentary, Practice
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June 9, 2021
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The transition problem – student to practitioner

In their book ‘The Lost Art of Running’ Shane Benzie and Tim Major talk about research that was undertaken with athletes that sought to explore their running gait and style. The research was conducted indoors on a treadmill so that the researchers could control conditions. They watched the athletes and learnt lots about how they... Read More
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April 11, 2021
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Invisible: Two Presidents, Catwoman and Social Work Reviews

Last month the government announced a wide scoping investigation into childrens’ social work and the care system with Frontline boss Josh MacAlister appointed as the head honcho. Josh is a rising star of private sector social work, he’s the brainchild of Frontline a programme that seeks to fast track top students hopefully from Universities that... Read More
Commentary, In the News, Practice
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