Got home at around 9pm from the BASW student conference, with flea bitten legs and a headache (courtesy of one train passenger with a manky dog and a very annoying son with a loud and piercing voice), but it really was a worthwhile day.
I’m tired, but my enthusiasm for social work has been renewed. It [...]
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I’m almost a third of the way through my placement. Thinking of it like that seems very scary! It’s flying by.
Tonight I have finished my first portfolio assignment, an assessment/ intervention report which I’m not happy with but it is only a draft at present, so the uni tutor can check I’m on track to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On Friday, I am going to the BASW student conference in Derby and am really looking forward to it.
This conference seems to me to be highly significant, as the social work taskforce is making many sweeping recommendations about the future of social work, including social work education. Yet it is allowing representations from qualified social [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday contained all three, I think!
The day started with me visiting a 13 year old boy to give him some information about our service and what we can do for him if he ever needs us. He had got out of bed on the wrong side however, not helped any by the staff nagging him [...]
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As part of the assessment for the placement part of the social work course, on at least two separate occasions the practice teacher has to observe the student working directly with service users, and provide a report with feedback about the student’s competence. The date set for my first one is tomorrow. As I am [...]
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Since I have been on placement, the agency has received very little work- I have spent a lot of my time in the office doing very little at all. I have worked briefly with one young person, and am doing some work with another, and that is all. I am now 27 days through my [...]
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The agency I am placed with receives information about children placed in external foster placements or out of borough residential units regularly so that we can offer them information about our service. This may involve sending written information, or a home visit.
Today we had a list of names arrive, so I spent some time this [...]
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Today a new bill is being published to make working towards ending child poverty a legal requirement on councils, health authorities, government and other bodies.
It may just be me, but this seems totally unworkable, if not impossible…
Poverty as the government defines it is expressed completely in terms of material wealth, ie. parental income. However, in [...]
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I was out visiting a young person at home this evening, when my ankle gave way under me while crossing the road. Luckily the cars stopped for me, as I picked myself up off the floor trying to maintain a resemblance of dignity (although no-one was actually concerned enough to ask if I was okay).
I [...]
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