Comments for Social Worker-to-be

Comment on Social Work Taskforce report by Alice

Alice — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:40:25 +0000

My name is Alice. I am a first year MSW student looking for all the information in this field I can consume and then some.

Comment on Final placement and other ramblings by lizzer

lizzer — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:57:53 +0000

ahh my final placement was in adult mental health – in a commnity team and i loved it so much i got a job doing adult mental health, its great because as a social work student youy will be the resource, you will be able to do anxiety management , time management , relaxatuion skills ect with people, there maybe scope for you to facilitate groups as there was for me. it all felt like proper social work, building relationships with excluded people, fighting stigma etc let us know how you get on……..good luck!

Comment on Final placement and other ramblings by sw2be

sw2be — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:56:33 +0000

Good luck Helen- you’ll enjoy that! I loved the time I spent with the fostering team on my intermediate placement- it was a fascinating time.

Comment on Final placement and other ramblings by fluffosaur

fluffosaur — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:08:12 +0000

Good luck with it. I just found out I am going to be placed with a fostering&adoption team for 6 months so I’m beyond overjoyed about this.

A lot of people on my course (98%) still haven’t heard. There have been tales of newly qualified social workers who didn’t get statutory placements in their final year not being able to find work and so everybody is incredibly nervous.

Comment on Social Work Taskforce report by sw2be

sw2be — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:49:24 +0000

Thanks Dan,

I did find the report that later- but thanks for the link, as some other readers might find it useful!

Comment on Social Work Taskforce report by danparton

danparton — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:43:10 +0000

I agree that the task force report contains many good points, especially in relation to training.

If you havent tracked down the full report yet – here is a link to the DCSF press release, which itself links to the full report. http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0231 Hope that helps.

I’ve also blogged about the SWTF – check it out at http://socialcareblog.wordpress.com.

Dan

Comment on Sometimes love is not enough by Jacky @ Social care jobs

Jacky @ Social care jobs — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:39:30 +0000

I watched this and your summary is very detailed and like the documentary, very thought provoking. Its good that this was shown as hopefully more people will feel for carers and cut them more slack.

Comment on Sometimes love is not enough by julie

julie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:14:37 +0000

Hi what an interesting read, I myself took part in this documentary and I was very impressed with your above posting, I wish you well in your career , Julie x

Comment on Changing views about ‘recovery’ by Jean Davison

Jean Davison — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:05:40 +0000

In my opinion there were (and I suspect still are) serious flaws in the psychiatric diagnostic process. I was ‘written off’ with a diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia in my late teens/early twenties back in 1968-1974. This diagnosis dictated my ‘heavy’ treatment with neuroleptic medication and ECT, which reduced me to a zombie.

Once I came off all treatment (against medical advice) in 1974, I was fine, and have been so since. I cannot, however, claim to have recovered from schizophrenia, as there is every reason for me to believe I should never have been given such a diagnosis (or the treatment for it) in the first place.

Comment on Changing views about ‘recovery’ by Julie Hamer

Julie Hamer — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:56:30 +0000

Having just read your post i would support sw2b response. My daughter has been hospitalized for 2 years now with schizophrenia and beleive me she does not wallow in her illness. She would want more than anything not to have this disability.

Furthermore it is my opinion that without medication my daughter would be dead due to the risky behaviours she poses when unwell.

I feel that your article had some good points but this is a very emotive topic for many people who live with mental illness and i do not feel that this was considered within your article.

Furthermore, given that you are a student social worker i would be very careful about making assumptions around a very emotive topic. (your friend being unwell). This is not good practice!

Kind Regards
Mother/Senior Practitioner in a children & families team