@jct62

We were delighted to hear reflections from Iona Colvin OBE, ahead of retirement, on her career and the state of social work in Scotland.

Also, an exciting opportunity for social workers to engage with the new Scottish Social Work Partnership📣

🔗 socialworkscotland.org/scottish-soc...

#swsconf25

We've had a brilliant morning here at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social Technology and Innovation Centre for our Annual Conference and Exhibition, hearing from our Convenor, John Trainer, Dr Pamela Trevithick, retired academic and author, and Susanne Miller, Chief Exec., Glasgow City Council.

#swsconf25

And there’s something obscene where someone pays this for a handbag whilst others struggle to pay the bills! A truly unequal society.

We now strongly urge the government to stand by their pledge to undertake genuine and meaningful dialogue with disabled people on the review of PIP, where reform is centred on the rights and dignity that all disabled people deserve.

What you listening to tonight? Here’s what I’m listening to!

Young people will save America leading the day without immigrants protest.

I love the vision produced by Andrei well done to him on winning the competition and to Kirklandneuk Primary for inspiring him on his learning journey

What a day to finish in Created Butte - we’ll be back

A graphic highlighting an Emerging Insight Series from CELCIS. This webinar is called Protecting Children and the Power of Voice in the Search for Justice: what we heard from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales.

The recording of our Emerging Insights webinar in which Chair of the IICSA, Professor Alexis Jay and her colleagues from the IICSA explored what the Inquiry's findings mean for child protection is available here: https://buff.ly/48ykNAX

Great day on the mountain - the skiing was immense

I love the mountains

We should listen to Professor Jay and implement her recommendations.

Good to see you over here @rencouncil.bsky.social

Getting close to the point where I close my Twitter account and move on here. Twitter was a great place to make many connections over the years but is now so toxic and its owner using it for right wing purposes means it the end for me on that platform.

Happy New Year! 🍾🎊

A big thank you to the South London community for all of the support over the last 12 months.

And whether you’re looking to save, borrow, or simply plan ahead, remember your local credit union will be around to help make 2025 your best financial year... ✨

@fisteel.bsky.social good to see you on this side

Students and Newly Qualified Social Workers... Let’s connect, support, and grow together in 2025!
Kickstart the new year by joining our Support & Mentoring Forum!
📅 When? First Thursday of every month, 1600 - 1700
📆 Next session: 9th January 2025.
🔗 Book your place now: https://buff.ly/4f3cXTf

Me too

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR

Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely

Today got the pleasure of being at the retrial lunch for George a colleague who has worked for 46 years in children and family social work in @rencouncil.bsky.social - he’s a true giant of our profession

As the Scottish FA confirms the referee and VAR for the league cup final I’m just confirming that I didn’t have inside information I just know how the SFA work.

One of the highlights was hearing feedback from the children. The one I loved most was one child when asked what they don’t like about foster care said “the candelabra in the dining room” - made me laugh 😆

Yesterday I spent the day reviewing foster carers including views from children on their care. It was an uplifting experience. Our #FosterCarers are incredible thanks for what you do for our children.❤️

Start as I mean to go on ✌🏼

Just listened to @thenewsagents.com discussing how horrid it is for a foreign billionaire, Leon musk, to use his vast wealth, influence and power to attempt to influence british elections.

Hasn’t Rupert Murdoch been doing that for decades?

All newly qualified social workers in Renfrewshire Council try to get to this event. It counts to your continuous learning for @SSSCnews purposes (remember to record your learning). Looking forward to the launch of the guide.

We need a coordinated approach to ensure the contribution of social work is recognised. If Scotland wants a socially just country then the Government needs to support the #SocialWork profession. Time for positive action from the Scottish Government in this area.

Richard and Adrian from @bluetriangleHA sharing their work on how they are embedding The Promise and recognising Care Experience in their Renfrewshire and national services.

Binaries and Blurred Lines: The Ethical Stress of Child Protection Social Work in the Grey of Extra-Familial Harm Social care responses to extra-familial harm require social workers to work across the binaries of welfare and justice, victim and perpetrator, parent and professional, risk and protection. This pa...

This year I've thought a lot about the ethics of social work responses to extra-familial harm

I outline some of these thoughts in my latest paper on Risk Outside of the Home Child Protection pathways available for free via this link www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In it I argue that🧵

Horrible weather at Pittodrie tonight but the better team won. Can see why the Bernardo goal was disallowed but thought the protocol was let the attacking phase play out and VAR would then look at it. But Don Robertson blew for foul means no VAR intervention possible. Wullie Collum needs to explain