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Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...social work file can give you so much. But actually sitting down with someone who's been there and been the active and responsible person for that period of time is the best way to get information. WOMAN So if you don't take time to find out, you are more ready to jump into conclusions. But it’s you that needs to make effort. When you show effort to communicate with...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...Social support – building good relationships with people at work and seeking support and help from them in dealing with problems. Adaptability – understanding and reflecting on your failures, being open to new ideas and situations and managing stress. Purposefulness – having clear goals and focussing on them no matter what setbacks occur. Access the quiz here as one...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing relational care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing relational care

...Social Work courses and qualifications. The authors of this course wish to thank the Hallmark Foundation for funding this work and for their faith in its value. [Hallmark Foundation. Age well, every step of the way.]...Introducing relational care: Introduction - Much of the news about communities of care for older people is grim. For the sector: a soaring level of staff...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...work of nurses is supported by health care assistants, and in social work personal assistants provide support to children in care (‘looked-after children’). Ian Kessler (2002) suggests the following reasons for these developments: In many areas of the UK, there have been growing problems recruiting and retaining qualified professionals such as nurses and teachers....
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...work. Doctors, social workers, nurses, teachers and police officers are all supposed to be what are known as ‘reflective practitioners’. This means that they are supposed to learn from what went well, and from their mistakes, to ensure that they become better at what they do. The need for such reflection actually applies to a very wide range of work. Would you like to...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...work with young people, for example in social work or youth work, you may have noted that there used to be very little encouragement for boys and young men to take on caring responsibilities. The examples given in Activity 4 reflect changing ideas about gender roles, and the influence of new thinking – new theories – about gender gaining ground. For example, outdated...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...social services or social work team. Other kinds of community mental health team include Crisis and Home Treatment teams, which provide you with help in your own home and can come out to see you in an emergency or help you get into hospital if you need inpatient treatment. You may also find it helpful to contact your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau for advice about...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...social work or medicine, apprentices and those in work-based learning may have additional consequences depending on the requirements and regulations of their employer and/or professional body. Further investigations may be triggered – such as those relating to Fitness to Practice. Fitness to Practice investigations involve a multi-stage process, in addition to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs