Community Care podcast, 24 June 2011

The latest UK social work vacancy rates and news that talks between the College of Social Work and the British Association of Social Workers have broken down are discussed in this programme. 

A Parliamentary report on the performance of the Care Quality Commission, news that nursing homes are the least compliant with CQC standards and falling numbers of local authority children's homes are all discussed in this week's programme 

When Hampshire County Council’s adult social care teams noticed a doubling of the care packages required for people within its population aged over 85 years, it found a solution through an approach called proactive enhanced care (PEC).This approach taps into a return to ‘old scho ...  Show more

Welcome to Learn on the Go, a podcast from Community Care Inform, where we discuss research, theories and practice issues, and look at what they mean for practitioners in social care. This episode is about the menopause and the discussion focuses on some of the less well-known sy ...  Show more

In this episode, recorded at the end of the summer holidays and clearly demonstrating a big overshare, I talk about our habits when it comes to asking from permission.

There is a huge shift from student to new social worker and without awareness we could end up in a p ...

Whether you are applying for your first role in social work, getting prepared for interviews or thinking about a move or change, this episode includes 3 key questions you can ask to get clear on what you need.

Inspired by the seminars I delivered at the Shared Future ...