Carers Week and our role in building support
This year’s theme for Carers Week, ‘recognising and supporting carers in the community’, really chimes with me, especially after my recent visit to Sefton Carers Centre in Merseyside.
Care and support
Mental Health Awareness Week: reflections on the role of adult social work
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Lyn Romeo and Jason Brandon, Posted on:
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Care and support, Events, Mental health, Our profession, Safeguarding, Society
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, which this year takes a theme we can all relate to: anxiety (#ToHelpMyAnxiety). It's not only a chance to shine a light on our psychological wellbeing (and how to maintain it) but also take stock on mental health service provision and the evolution of societal attitudes to an issue which affects us all.
When experience and policy creation meet
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Gavin Wilson, Posted on:
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Care and support, Our profession, Research, Viewpoint
Social worker, Gavin Wilson, provides a positive account of his secondment to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) as Lead Analyst in the 'fair cost of care' policy team.
Next steps for social care reform and the voice of adult social work
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Lyn Romeo, Posted on:
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Care and support, Co-production, Communities, Consultation and engagement, Guidance, Knowledge and skills, Our profession, Recognition, Recruitment
It is one of the privileges of being Chief Social Worker for Adults that my professional colleagues and I can offer our advice, insight and guidance to inform major social care initiatives in England. The People at the Heart of Care white paper, published in 2021, set out the Government’s vision for adult social care. Now, with the publication of Next Steps to Put People at the Heart of Care, we’re helping to refine and strengthen that vision.
Shared Lives and better mental health
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Ewan King and Lyn Romeo, Posted on:
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Care and support, Communities, Mental health
I am so pleased to welcome Ewan King, Chief Executive of Shared Lives Plus, as our guest blogger this week. I am a great fan of this model of care and support and the many ways it helps people make the most of community based options, helping them lead healthy, happy and inclusive lives.
Positive pathways through the criminal justice system
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Elizabeth Taylor-Diparno and Lyn Romeo, Posted on:
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Care and support, Knowledge and skills, Our profession, Safeguarding
One of the best aspects of my role as Chief Social Worker for Adults is the opportunity to meet so many wonderful social workers applying their knowledge, skills and values in many different settings. Supporting people within the criminal justice system is one very good example...
Delivering the promise of integrated health and care
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Lyn Romeo, Posted on:
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Care and support, Co-production, Information and access, Integration, Knowledge and skills, Personalisation
Earlier this summer , the Department of Health and Social Care's plan for digital health and social care included the assertion that the “long-term sustainability of health and social care is dependent on having the right digital foundations in place, and so digital transformation must be the linchpin upon which all... reforms are based.”
Pride Month and social work's essential role
As a lesbian, I always enjoy the visibility that Pride Month brings to those of us who are LGBTQ+ and the support it provides for our communities, families, friends and networks. As a social worker, it reminds me how vital it is for social work practice to protect and promote the human rights of everyone.
Carers Week: adult social work's role supporting unpaid carers
"It is part of our job as social workers to be intuitively and professionally aware of the needs of those we serve" says Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults. "Carers Week emphasises the theme of making sure carers are ‘visible, valued and supported’, which reminds us of the principles of our practice."
An important moment for social work and social care
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Lyn Romeo, Posted on:
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Care and support, Consultation and engagement, Personalisation, Viewpoint
I am so pleased to be writing this blog, celebrating the publication of ‘People at the heart of care’, the Government's adult social care reform White Paper.
Social work and social care values are at its core. This is about valuing people and what matters to them.