Who IS to blame….?
The Guardian this morning (August 1st 2019) reports that social workers are being blamed for their own stress and burnout. You can read the article here.There are some very damning statistics in...
Category: Commentary
Forming our views; Rishi, social workers, and primates.
In the caring professions our experiences are the cornerstone of our practice, setting our moral compass and future decision-making processes (heuristics). Despite each individual experience being important our brains are designed to...
Liam Neeson, ethnicity, and oppression
Liam Neeson is in the press today (Tuesday 5th February 2019). You may have seen that he has told a reporter that during a difficult time in his life he had walked...
Part of the problem or part of the solution…..?
When I was a practitioner and then a social work manager I was fond, when times were difficult, of asking myself, “Do I want to be part of the problem or part...
Get yourself organised, get yourself productive!
Yesterday I pointed you to some blogs of mine about self care ….and today I’d like to point you to some blogs about being productive. It’s part of the modern workplace and...
Review for BJSW of Organisations and Management in Social Work, 3rd edn, Mark Hughes and Michael Wearing
I have a particular interest in social work organisations and management in those organisations so was delighted to review Organisations and Management in Social Work, 3rd edition by Mark Hughes and Michael...
No one else is going to do it for you so what are you are going to do… Self Care
As a social worker, albeit a one who now teaches social work rather than does it, I watch from the side lines and see people clearly stressed about the work they are...
The ‘England Game’ – does it ever matter?
Does it Matter? Yesterday (Thursday 28th June 2018) I got my act together and was ready to leave work on time because it was the day of the final England World Cup...
Cut the risk of dementia with a sauna
In the news is research that says that taking regular saunas can reduce the risk of dementia. Research published in the journal Age and Ageing explores the conclusions of a 20 year...