Category Archives: Empowerment

A victory of rule rigidity and risk management over compassion and common sense

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Social Work in Health

Last week there was  a 92 year lady on the ward who was unable to stand but wanted to go home where she lived alone. I was requested to do a Guardianship application even though she was cognitively sound. I … Continue reading →

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Inclusivity and the ethics committee

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Social Work in Health

How is your ethics committee dealing with inclusive research? Social work is a social justice project and in our teaching we alert our students to structural factors in our cultures and societies when they have limiting implications for the opportunities … Continue reading →

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Practising Social Inclusion

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Social Work in Health

A Book Review Ann Taket, Beth R. Crisp, Melissa Graham, Lisa Hanna, Sophie Goldingay, Linda Wilson Routledge, New York, 2014 311 pp., ISBN 978-0-415-53107 $48.75 (paperback) This is where the left right divide often pivots. Should we bother with the wellbeing of … Continue reading →

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Independent thought and political action in social work practice

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Social Work in Health

A Book Review Social Work Practice: a conceptual framework USCHI BAY South Yarra, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 182 pp., ISBN 9780420256611 $59.95 (paperback)   Uschi Bay invites us into her innovative framework for political social work practice; the small ‘p’ political … Continue reading →

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An empowerment approach to group work with people experiencing anxiety

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Social Work in Health

This locally based group started in response to demand, the nearest Anxiety Management clinic having closed. I looked at programmes colleagues were running in other health services but, decided to do my own thing. The basics were pretty standard for … Continue reading →

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