Use and Application of Social Media in Social Work and Social Care Education
Our next debate on Tuesday, 29 November, is dedicated to social work and social care students and to the use and applications of social media in Social Work and Social…
Category Archives: Open Learning and Tools
Debate Summary for 15-Nov-2011 on Supervision in Social Work and Social Care
Thank you to all those who joined the debate and contributed to such a lively and rich discussion. We are very happy to see our fast growing number of participants…
Supervision in Social Work
In advance of an the SWSCmedia chat on supervision (15/11/2011 – 8pm GMT), I thought I’d share some thoughts of my own experiences of supervising and of being supervised. I’m…
The other supervisions – By Nick Berbiers
[Note: We in social work / social care remain unresolved as to what we call people who receive services. Terms such as clients, service users, and cases all arise. I...
Some Reflection on Supervision – by David McKendrick
Interview between James Corden and Lily Allen Hopefully the above link takes you to an interview between James Corden and Lily Allen and perhaps even more hopefully I can explain…
Debate Summary for 01-Nov-2011 on Developing Leadership in Social Work and Social Care
This was yet another excellent and exciting debate @SWSCmedia on Developing Leadership in Social Work and Social Care. We thank everyone who joined the debate and hope you enjoyed it as much…
Developing Leadership in Social Work and Social Care – Opinion piece by Ermitrude2
The interplay between management and leadership is one that has been milling around in my mind for a while but in the light of the next ‘Twitter Debate’ by SWSCmedia…
Can social work leadership be effective without evidence?
Effective leadership in mental health social work requires robust evidence about the effectiveness of social work practice and the confidence to articulate it both within the profession and beyond. To…
Developing Leadership in Social Work – Opinion piece by: Nick Berbiers
‘I don’t know what leadership is. You can’t touch it. You can’t feel it. It’s not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.’ So…
Developing Leadership in Social Work and Social Care
Social workers are expected to “take responsibility for the professional learning and development of others through supervision, mentoring, assessing, research, teaching, leadership and management.” (SWRB) Professional leadership can offer new…
