Praxis, social work and cake…
An ill timed tweet mentioning Paulor Freire’s book Pedagogy of the Oppressed bought an invitation from @swscmedia to contribute an opinion piece to this week’s debate on “The fusion of…
Tag Archives: Social Care
Social Work Praxis…
Social Work and Social Care professionals are involved in the lives and everyday lived “reality” of their users of service ranging from identifying their needs, to allocation of resources, to…
“Best Interest…” – Debate Summary for 24 January 2012
Definition and determination of “Best Interest” is one of the most fundamental and controversial concept in social work and social care, and yesterday’s debate was focused on determination of “Best Interest……
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…
Defining ‘Best Interest…” – Opinion piece by Nick Berbiers
I have selected two examples from experience relating to ‘best interest’. They are perhaps at the more extreme end of the spectrum, but shining a spotlight on the far points…
Debate Summary for 17 January 2012 Re: Integrate or Disintegrate Health & Social Care Services?
Thank you for joining our debate last night (17 January) and we hope you enjoyed the discussion. It was good to have such large number of participants from so many…
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….
Integrate or Disintegrate: Prospects, Challenges, Opportunities, and Realities of Health and Social Care Integration…
In the past decade there has been increasing talk of integration and integrated service delivery for health and social care in UK and many other countries. Therefore, in our next…
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…
