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...care, select from our fantastic range of free resources on the subject. You can: Try a day in the life of a social worker with our interactive. Take our quiz 'How much do you know about children in care?' Listen to our podcasts on social work practice, work and law. Take a look at our free courses on social work and care. Take it further with the OU with our social work...

...awareness amidst concern over an escalating diabetes epidemic. Find out more about diabetes care here...Learn more about diabetes care The following video tracks introduce various aspects of a patient’s diabetes annual check-up. This material forms part of the Open University course Diabetes care. Listen to this podcast on type 1 diabetes Try a free diabetes course...

...adult’s identity – even more so on a child’s. Residential care, like all living environments, can be a powerful influence in determining residents’ identities, for good or bad...An introduction to social work: Psychosocial theories of development - There are a number of psychosocial theories of human development and these all emphasise something slightly...

...Care standards document for leadership in children’s social care (Thompson, 2026b) in which I pointed out that, despite its strengths and usefulness, there were significant gaps in terms of preparing leaders for the specific and distinctive challenges that social care professionals face (moral distress, for example). Leadership development that stops short at the...

...adults do not ‘hijack’ their play and experiences (Fisher, 2016). Careful observation is a key skill for those working with young children and it is important to know what the learning needs of the child are and then how the environment could be enhanced to meet these. The uniqueness of each child and how they develop at their own pace is essential, yet careful...