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Social Work in the 21st Century by Dr. Nancy Smyth Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

Last week one of our social work alums, I’ll call her Sally, described her challenges in caring for an aging parent across a distance: she and her brother (who live…

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Time for Slow Social Work? by Dr Sally Holland Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

Many people will have heard of the slow food movement. It values local knowledge and local strengths and resists universal, bland fast foods. Some may have heard of ‘slow parenting’,…

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Elective Home Education – a dangerous method? by Sherry Malik Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

At a meeting of the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) we had a presentation from the schools effectiveness service about Elective Home Education. What we learnt came as a surprise…

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Critical Reflective Learning – Podcast by Dr. Neil Thompson – @SWSCmedia Series for #WSW

Podcast on Critical Reflective Learning by: Dr Neil Thompson. Dr. Neil Thompson is an independent writer, educator and adviser. He edits the free monthly e-zine, Well-being BULLETIN (www.well-being.org.uk). A blog and free Tip of the Week facility are…

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Critical reflection: a celebration and challenge by Jenny Simpson Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

One of the key elements of social work practice is critical reflection.  It is a concept that is drummed into social work students, and which is expected of qualified  practitioners…

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‘Social Work means enabling, empowering, supporting…’ by Sharon Scott Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

Social Work means enabling, empowering, supporting and protecting. To me, being a social worker means helping the most vulnerable children achieve their full potential, free from fear of harm or…

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‘There will be many challenges ahead…’ by Nina Santiago Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

While studying for my undergraduate degree in Psychology & Sociology at the University Of Leeds, I was deeply troubled by the harrowing accounts I read of abuse and neglect experienced…

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‘Me and social Work’ by Prof. Shula Ramon Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

I have come to social work mainly due to autobiographical reasons; my mother had postnatal depression which I have experienced as the first child when my brothers were born. When…

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‘Social Work as a vocational career’ by Katie Dangerfield Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

Katie Dangerfield explains why she chose social work as a career choice. Join @SWSCmedia on the 19 March 2013 for our live Social Work Twitter at 8 PM GMT /…

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‘Social Work and me’ by Tanya Moore Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

The difficulty in reflecting upon why I became a Social Worker is that although I can remember the world before I qualified, I can’t really remember not being a Social…

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