Myron’s Maxims – this weeks discovery
I came across this concept last week – Myron’s Maxims – and thought I’d have a delve into it and do some thinking! Myron Rogers is an expert in organisational development and...
Professional Identity – defining the box.
Professional identity in social work is complex and multifaceted, encompassing more than just desired traits or competence. It reflects not only the personal sense of self that a practitioner develops through experience...
Biology’s Challenge to Social Work – Embodying the Person-in-Environment Perspective
The Body’s Role in Social Work: Integrating the Person-in-Environment Perspective Dennis Saleeby is a bit of a hero of mine. Particularly his writing about strengths based practice. Definitely worth checking out –...
Common student questions answered
As we come to the end of the academic year and another group of social work students are set to graduate, I’ve been thinking about common questions I’ve been asked over the...
Working from home: Are you a segmentor or an integrator? It could make a difference.
When it comes to thinking about working from home the psychology literature would suggest there are broadly two types of people. Some of us are Segmentors. We prefer to keep work and...
Strengths based practice – Verbs and Powerlifting meet social work.
Verbs As a solution focused social worker, I am interested in supporting sustainable positive change. However precisely what activity (in the broadest sense) do we offer as professionals to achieve this. To...
Forming our views; Rishi, social workers, and primates.
In the caring professions our experiences are the cornerstone of our practice, setting our moral compass and future decision-making processes (heuristics). Despite each individual experience being important our brains are designed to...
Difficult Conversations – Dealing with anger
In the final part of this ‘trilogy’ of difficult conversations articles I want to look at anger. Firstly, it’s worth saying that this may not just be the anger of the other...
Difficult Conversations – Advanced Skills
In the previous article we considered some initial thoughts about what to bear in mind when approaching a difficult conversation. Always be mindful as I said that good relationships are the foundation of...
Difficult Conversations – some initial thoughts
When it comes to conversations in Social Work practice, particularly difficult ones, we have to start with the question “What are we trying to achieve?” What is the problem we are trying...