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Social Work at a Crossroads Resistance or Compliance? – By Dr. Simon Duffy

I am not a social worker. But I am a big fan. I have spent over 20 years working alongside social workers, particularly in order to improve the lives of…

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The impact of austerity on Social and Economic inequalities from an Irish perspective by IASW Part of @SWSCmedia #WSWDay Series

During the early years of the twenty first century the Irish economy was booming.  After decades of poverty and emigration Ireland had completed a remarkable turn around. Between 1995-2000 the…

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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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#WorkforChange Twitter cross-chat @MSWatUSC & @SWSCmedia

  #workforchange tweet chat on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m. PST/ 9 p.m. EST. Join the University of Southern California School of Social Work and its online MSW@USC program for a tweet…

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Luddite or Love It: The Ethical Case for Technology Use in Social Work by Karen Zgoda – @SWSCmedia Debate

It’s 2013. Our modern Internet is now 24 years old, email is about 20 years old, folks have been blogging their personal lives and what they ate for breakfast for nearly…

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PTSD in the military- Are we doing enough for our armed forces? By: Canadian_SW

Gun control has been a hot topic in the media for some months, especially in light of the recent tragedies in Aurora and Newton. In recent weeks however, the media…

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Moral Panics and Social Work: towards a sceptical view of UK child protection – @SWSCmedia Debate

Children and families social work has been prone to periodic involvement in scares and moral panics, e.g. the Munchausen by proxy syndrome of the 1970s, glue-sniffing in the 1980s, satanic…

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Child sexual abuse: What are the issues & challenges? & How can children be better protected? @SWSCmedia Debate

Child sexual abuse involves persuading or forcing a child to take part in sexual activities, or encouraging a child to behave in sexually inappropriate ways. Sexual abuse can be very…

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Social Media for Social Work and the ethics of online engagment – Debate Summary

Thank you for joining @SWSCmedia debate on “Social Media for Social Work and the ethics of online engagement: An evening with BASW”. This debate was used for crowdsourcing social workers opinions…

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