In Whose Best Interests? – Opinion piece by Nushra Mansuri
The principle of the best interests of the child has been hailed by many as one of the most important provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of…
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Best Interest…
Determining the “Best Interest” of adults and children is a central focus of social work and social care practice and practitioners. Indeed, few concepts are as central and as controversial…
Is the creation or removal of formal partnership agreements a good thing or a bad thing? – Opinion piece by Joe Godden
The last year has seen some major changes in partnerships between health and social care. At one end of the spectrum social service departments are pulling out of agreements with…
Integrating Health & Social Care: How Can Social Work Meet the Challenge? – Opinion piece by Dr. Nancy Smyth
The Western health care system is broken. The ways in which it is broken and the degree to which it is broken vary from country to country (and within countries),…
Integrate or disintegrate? – Opinion piece by Nick Berbiers
Oh the horror….the horror….I only have to hear the merest muted whisper of the word ‘integration’ and the toe-curling, seat-wriggling, cold-sweat-inducing memory just bursts back in all its shameful splendour….
What is in store for Social Work and Social Care in 2012? (Twitter Debate 2012-01-10)
Welcome to the first of our weekly debates for 2012. It was excellent to see the rapidly growing number and range of our participants and we would like to Thank…
Season’s Greetings from @SWSCmedia
Wishing Everyone the Very Best of the Festive Season… We Thank You for your support and look forward to seeing you in the New Year in our debates… We started…
Debate Summary for 13-Dec-2011 on Social Work and Social Care Employment in Times of Austerity
Last Tuesday, there was another exciting @SWSCmedia debate with social workers and social care workers from around the global participating. In fact, we had participants from 6 different countries who…
Social Work and Social Care Employment in Times of Austerity – By Victoria Dixon
‘Employment prospects in times of austerity’: it feels like one of those terrible jokes where you just don’t get the punch line. That sounds pessimistic I will grant you but…
Debate Summary for Early Intervention: Concept, Context, Realities and Prospects… (6 December 2011)
Debate Summary for 06- Dec. – 2011 on Early Intervention in Social Work and Social Care Thank you to the wonderful participants in our lively and rich debate… it was…
