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...
Category: Social Work Shorts
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...
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...
On the Shelf
On the Shelf was conceived after a number of conversations where students told Stephen that they would love to get up close to his book shelves and see what was on there!...