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Top tips on managing professional boundaries in social work
WEBJun 19, 2017 · Self-disclosure. Information about yourself and your personal life should not be disclosed to clients. Dual relationships. You should not hold more than one type of relationship with a client, for example, they cannot work for you, be a family member or receive extra private support from you, as well as be one of your clients.
What is the Mental Health Act 1983? - Community Care
WEBNov 11, 2008 · Article updated 11 October 2018. The Mental Health Act 1983 regulates the control and compulsory treatment of people in England and Wales who suffer from mental disorder. It does this by authorising compulsory admission to hospital, and compulsory treatment in hospital, if strict conditions are met. The act also provides for …
Book your place for Community Care Live
WEBJun 9, 2022 · Community Care Live 2022 is open for registration, offering free and essential learning, expert legal seminars and the opportunity to network with colleagues and explore new opportunities.. As usual, there is plenty on offer for social workers at this year’s event, in London on 11-12 October, but we are also extending free entry this year to occupational therapists, care managers, adult ...
Partnership working with families is key to safeguarding children's ...
WEBJan 5, 2022 · Partnership working allows for practitioners and families to develop a relationship. It enables practitioners to get to know the family, to provide high support and yes, high challenge. The collapse in early support and preventative services, the turnover of social workers, and high reliance on temporary agency staff have consequences.
Baby P 10 years on: social work’s story - Community Care
WEBAug 3, 2017 · The ‘Baby P effect’. The impact was felt across the frontline. Sarah, a children’s social worker, was working in a child protection team in England when the Baby P furore hit its peak. She remembers referrals flooding in as other agencies classed more cases as child protection, terrified of missing “another Baby P”.
The seven things that providers must report to CQC
WEBAug 10, 2011 · 1 Abuse or allegations of abuse. Providers must tell the CQC of any allegations of abuse in their service. This requirement is tied to the need for providers to ensure they are safeguarding their service users. The regulator’s essential standards of quality and safety say only that allegations must be reported to the “appropriate authority ...
What the 'least restrictive option' means under the Mental …
WEBDec 18, 2012 · When professionals talk about using the “least restrictive option” when working with service users who are deemed to lack capacity to make particular decisions, some can worry that this means letting them do whatever they want even if it puts them at risk. This confusion makes it clear how important it is that we all work within the Mental ...
How to identify perpetrators of domestic abuse and coercive control
WEBOct 2, 2017 · Gender symmetry debates seem to have some other consequences too. I have no doubt (having worked in the area for many years) that it is predominantly men being abusive to women (particularly where lethal and serious violence, sexual violence, and abuse that leads to longer term psychological and emotional problems are concerned) , but in social work we simply don’t know enough about what ...
Strengths-based questions for social work assessments
WEBNov 27, 2017 · She also suggests that framing questions with words like ‘tell me’, ‘explain’, and ‘describe’ is good policy in many assessment situations, not just safeguarding. It takes practice and confidence to be good at asking questions. As Graybeal (2001, p241) says, “learning to ask questions that open up possibilities is an art form that ...