Top tips on managing professional boundaries in social work
WEBJun 19, 2017 · Self-disclosure. Information about yourself and your personal life should not be disclosed to clients. Dual relationships. You should not hold more than one type of relationship with a client, for example, they cannot work for you, be a family member or receive extra private support from you, as well as be one of your clients.
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Baby P 10 years on: social work’s story - Community Care
WEBThe ‘Baby P effect’. The impact was felt across the frontline. Sarah, a children’s social worker, was working in a child protection team in England when the Baby P furore hit its peak. She remembers referrals flooding in as other agencies classed more cases as child protection, terrified of missing “another Baby P”.
How can social workers tackle unconscious bias? - Community Care
WEBJan 5, 2015 · How to tackle unconscious bias. Here are some of the practices that enable practitioners to avoid or tackle unconscious biases. Firstly, one thing that can be done right now is to be willing to examine our own practice by questioning ourselves with a ‘beginner’s mind’ – a childlike (non-judgmental) curiosity. When we are willing to ...
The seven things that providers must report to CQC
WEBAug 10, 2011 · 1 Abuse or allegations of abuse. Providers must tell the CQC of any allegations of abuse in their service. This requirement is tied to the need for providers to ensure they are safeguarding their service users. The regulator’s essential standards of quality and safety say only that allegations must be reported to the “appropriate authority ...
Tools social workers can use to talk to children
WEBResources. The ADAM project. NCB Resource Pack: Communicating with children: A two-way process . Authors. David Shemmings is professor of social work at Kent University, Yvonne Shemmings is an independent child protection consultant and trainer, Yvalia Febrer is a social worker formerly of Hounslow and now at Richmond’s children and families team, Alice Cook is a senior family support worker ...
How to identify perpetrators of domestic abuse and coercive control
WEBOct 2, 2017 · To identify who is doing what to whom, with what consequences and in what context, in order to understand who is the perpetrator and who is the victim and tailor responses appropriately, practitioners need to look at as many of the following as possible: injuries and whether they could have been caused in …
What the 'least restrictive option' means under the Mental …
WEBDec 18, 2012 · When professionals talk about using the “least restrictive option” when working with service users who are deemed to lack capacity to make particular decisions, some can worry that this means letting them do whatever they want even if it puts them at risk. This confusion makes it clear how important it is that we all work within the Mental ...
What is systemic practice? - Community Care
WEBApr 30, 2018 · What is a systemic approach? This is a way of acting, thinking and viewing the world, which focuses on relationships and recognises that individuals are always embedded in their social context. Over time, relationship patterns both enable and limit processes of development and change. In practice, …
Updated: quick guide to the cap on care costs
WEBSep 22, 2021 · The lower limit is £14,250. If a person’s capital falls below this, the state will pay for the person’s care and support needs and the person does not need to contribute to that cost from their capital. From October 2025, the capital limits will change. The upper capital limit will increase to £100,000; people with capital below this ...