Creative Ideas for Assessing Vulnerable Children and Families
An article by author Katie Wrench There are so many books about assessment – in social work and other fields. So why should you put…
Author: JKP
Working with Girls and Young Women
Anyone who works with autistic young people will know there’s a real lack of information out there that relates specifically to girls and women. This…
Take a look at our new Pastoral Care and SEN catalogue
Our new catalogue provides a full list of new and bestselling resources on important issues for primary, secondary and special schools, including: mental health, counselling,…
What I learned from speaking with more than one hundred British Muslims
Declan Henry, an Irish Catholic social worker, has been working with Muslim youth over the past few years. Intrigued by Islam, he set about interviewing…
25% of Early Years Staff are Considering Leaving the Profession due to Stress
A blog by Sonia Mainstone-Cotton. Earlier this month (June ‘18) Pre-school Learning Alliance released their Minds Matter[1] report looking at the impact working in the…
Why PSHE matters in primary schools
Poor old PSHE. It’s always had a rather insecure place in the school curriculum and indeed in the hearts of many teachers. It can been…
Pia Matthews on developing her ethical approach to chaplaincy
Pia Matthews is a Senior Lecturer of Bioethics, Medical Law, Theology and Healthcare Ethics at St Mary’s University Twickenham. Here, she reflects on how she…
Inside the Refugee Experience – An extract for World Refugee Day
For World Refugee Day it felt right to share an extract from A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees by Angelina Jalonen and Paul…
A new model of care for older people? Yes, that is possible.
Between 2014 and 2015, the Abbeyfield Society commissioned a survey on the spiritual life of their staff and residents. The findings were far more wide-ranging…
An unexpected conversation about Islam
Declan Henry, an Irish Catholic social worker, has been working with Muslim youth over the past few years. Intrigued by Islam, he set about interviewing…