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How can social workers tackle unconscious bias? - Community Care
Jan 5, 2015 · How to tackle unconscious bias. Here are some of the practices that enable practitioners to avoid or tackle unconscious biases. Firstly, one thing that can be done right now is to be willing to examine our own practice by questioning ourselves with a ‘beginner’s mind’ – a childlike (non-judgmental) curiosity. When we are willing to ...
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analysis of how professions failed to communicate in Victoria …
Feb 21, 2002 · analysis of how professions failed to communicate in Victoria Climbie case. February 21, 2002 in Child safeguarding, Children, Looked after children, Social care leaders. understand each other. Lauren Revans reports. Victoria’s care. Newspapers were full of reports of the “failure”. Manning in January 2001.
Involving children and young people in decision-making
Sep 12, 2007 · Participation in decision-making is a right of all children and young people – no matter how great the challenge for practitioners to involve them. Every effort should be made to provide practitioners with the knowledge, time and support to involve all children and young people who access their services. Equally, children and young people ...
Promoting diversity in social work practice to combat oppression
Feb 25, 2011 · The framework is spread over nine core standards or capabilities, which includes diversity. It says knowledge and practice in this area should cover the following: Understanding differences in self and others. Respecting difference. Repertoire of personal presentation. Challenging discrimination and oppression.
Executive functioning and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: points for ...
Dec 19, 2023 · The concept of executive capacity is normally used as a way of translating executive functioning for the specific purposes of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). In other words, executive capacity is a way of defining how executive functioning can be understood in the context of decision-making capacity. Terms such as ‘executive functioning ...
Southwark Judgement - Community Care
By Judy Cooper on December 20, 2010 in Adults, Children, Legal, Young people. The Southwark Judgement, made by the Law Lords in May 2009, is a piece of case law that obliges children’s services to provide accommodation and support to homeless 16- and 17-year-olds. In the past, many children’s services deemed that young people in this age ...
How to...handle difficult conversations - Community Care
May 8, 2012 · Communications consultant Natasha Stone offers advice on how to prepare for and handle difficult conversations. May 8, 2012 in Workforce. 1. Get the facts straight. Before having the conversation, make sure you have gathered all the facts. If the difficult conversation is going to be with a service user, prepare any evidence you may need from ...
How to develop critical reflection in your practice
Aug 14, 2024 · Reflection means reviewing our experiences and thinking about how we could make changes in the future. Critical reflection involves a more in-depth process of thinking about the conditions that shape our actions and how we feel about our actions. In other words, it means reflecting on our reflections. To help explore how this works, it is worth ...