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Beyond coronavirus - valuable long term lessons

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Jo Barnicoat works for a small charity, Oxfordshire Family Support Network (OXFSN), supporting families with learning disabilities. Like everyone else, she and her colleagues have had to develop a totally new way of working. However, this enforced change has actually enabled professionals and families to communicate much more efficiently and speedily.

Caring in action

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The Carers Action Plan (CAP) and its implementation is a cornerstone of social care policy and social workers have a vital role to play in delivering its benefits.

The Department of Health and Social Care's carers policy team have worked hard to make sure carers have co-produced the Carers Action Plan and the actions within it really do deliver positive differences in their lives.

Our dedicated departmental colleague Anita Wadhawan highlights progress to date...

BASW and RiPfA unite on projects to improve social work practice

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One of the reasons I chose social work as a profession is the way it constantly evolves to take on new challenges, skills and responsibilities. As much as we lead the way in person-centred care, we also react to the …

What’s in a named social worker? Quite a lot!

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Last year's pilot scheme prepares to roll out further. Deadline for expressions of interest is 25 August 2017! Earlier this year, I wrote a blog applauding the early success of an initiative in which people with learning disabilities, mental health challenges …

Meet the Older Women's Cohousing Community: a model of choice for active, healthy lives

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Taking a strengths based, co-production approach to achieving the best lives for people and communities is the contemporary call to action for all of us working in social care and social work. Asset based community development approaches recognise that solutions …