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My 5 top tips to… surviving your social work placement

Posted on October 31, 2013 by jamesbreid

Your university is finally letting you loose and getting you talking to real service users as part of your degree OR this it is. This is your last placement. You giving your blood, sweat, and tears so you can get … Continue reading →

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My top 5 tips to a Social Work Student’s summer.

Posted on July 12, 2013 by jamesbreid

So it’s the summer… Nice weather, BBQs, shorts, and flip-flops. Placement is over, your self-evaluative report has been weighed, marked, and verified. You’ve passed everything, your marks may not be as great as you were expecting, but at least you’ve … Continue reading →

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Solidarity Social Work – giving social workers more time to do social work

Posted on May 11, 2013 by jamesbreid

For those people on the outside of social work, looking in, you can see the pressure that social workers are under. For us on the inside of social work, we can see our friends, colleagues and family members sometimes struggling … Continue reading →

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Social workers make the Metro and the Daily Mail! Unfortunately for all the wrong reasons.

Posted on April 17, 2013 by jamesbreid

A story in yesterday’s Metro (page 9 to be precise), which was also picked up by the Daily Mail, told of how a 20-year old mother, Kiya Pask, was reported to social services, when her 15-month old daughter, Amelia, was … Continue reading →

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The Benefit Cap: for Heaven’s sake, will someone think of the children?

Posted on April 1, 2013 by jamesbreid

On 15th April, the four Boroughs of Enfield, Haringey, Croydon and Bromley will be trialling the government’s plan to cap benefits for 6 months. Although I agree that a countrywide benefit bill (and pensions bill) of £208 billion in 2012-13 … Continue reading →

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World Social Work Day – let’s get the ball rolling for 2014.

Posted on March 26, 2013 by jamesbreid

The 19th March is an important day in the social work calendar. It should come pre-printed into every social worker’s Sherwoods Diary, and be highlighted as a recurring an ‘all day’ in their Outlook calendars. Why? Because it’s World Social … Continue reading →

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