Voices: Our Scars
In the second of our ‘Voices’ we are delighted to introduce you to Miranda. Miranda writes prose and poetry that is born out of her personal life experiences and her observations through...
Social Work and Poverty Echoes through Time, Stewart, Sterling and Situated Choice
1895 London, Mary Stewart walks into work in her new role as hospital almoner (churchy term for some one that gives out charity/alms to poor). With this the profession of social work was...
Voices: It’s a struggle being poor
In the first ‘Voices’ that Social Work Shorts would like to bring you this is a testimony from a 38-year-old single mum living in the South of England and is taken from...
The transition problem – student to practitioner
In their book ‘The Lost Art of Running’ Shane Benzie and Tim Major talk about research that was undertaken with athletes that sought to explore their running gait and style. The research was...
Getting to grips with theory: Transactional analysis
I honestly don’t know why but I’m a huge fan of ideas and theories that emerged in the late 50’s and 60’s. It was certainly a time when ideas about the importance...
Invisible: Two Presidents, Catwoman and Social Work Reviews
Last month the government announced a wide scoping investigation into childrens’ social work and the care system with Frontline boss Josh MacAlister appointed as the head honcho. Josh is a rising star...
Solution Focused Gorillas
In 2006 Cadburys poisoned 37 people with Salmonella and the treasured British company was brought to it knees. Fined millions, reputation in the trash, hostile take over talk, how could it ever...
The Nocebo in Social Work – what can the COVID vaccine trials tell us about social work practice?
In the COVID Vaccine trails boffins at Oxford gathered 40,000 people (80,0000 arms) and split them into two groups. One would get the vaccine jab and the other a harmless placebo. The...
Getting to grips with theory: Biology – deterministic?
Philosophers forever have contemplated just where the mind is and how the mind relates to both brain and body. Descartes, a French philosopher from the 17th century, was closely associated with an idea...
Getting to grips with theory: Social Constructionism
In order to explore Social Constructionism, I feel we need to take a step back and we’ll do that by having a think about how we know what we know. Let’s start...