Tag Archives: Social Care

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…

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Social work and the recession – a lost generation of social workers? – By Nushra Mansuri

Part of my job includes representing BASW at recruitment job fairs such as Compass and Community Care Live.  One of the saddest things I have come across in the last…

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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…

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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…

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Early Intervention: Concept, Context, Realities and Prospects – Is this the time? – By Nushra Mansuri

In some respects, the concept of early intervention is almost like the Holy Grail to social workers; many of us would dearly love to be engaged in it, recognise the…

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Early Intervention: Concept, Context, “Realities” and Prospects…

In her final report on England’s child protection system, Professor Eileen Munro recommended the government place a statutory duty on local authorities and their partners to ensure they have made appropriate provision…

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The role of social media in social workers’ continuing professional development – by Dr.Martin Webber

I love Twitter. I’ve only been on it a matter of months, but now I wonder how I can live without it. The banter, puns and wordplay often make me…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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