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Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast

...social work and allied health professions), students of ethics and law, the police, educators (from primary to higher education), community workers, commissioners, and the wider public. It enables a level of awareness and understanding about this hidden illegal practice, the implications for the people affected, how it can be prevented, key educational requirements for...
Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...Social Work Research in Mental Health Settings’, Advances in Social Work, 20(3). Available at: https://doi.org/10.18060/23926 Turcotte-Tremblay, A. and McSween-Cadieux, E. (2018) ‘A reflection on the challenge of protecting confidentiality of participants when disseminating research results locally’, BMC Medical Ethics, 19(supplement 1), no. 45. Available at:...
The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?
Money & Business

The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?

...social work’ (n.p.). [An employee by his desk, holding a half-filled packing box.] As such, what we can perhaps conclude is that the Great Resignation is still in play, but that this isn’t about people leaving the workforce entirely. Instead it is much more to do with labour market churn and job rotation in that UK employees have come to realise they want much more...
The gift of being a foster carer
Health, Sports & Psychology

The gift of being a foster carer

...Social Work and Early Years courses The concept of foster care emerged in the mid-16th century, becoming regulated in the mid-19th century. This history is poignant and has shaped our understanding of who are foster carers, what is foster care and what should it look like. It's about relationships, not preconceptions The words ‘foster carer’ may bring to mind...
The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces

...social-care-social-work/keep-me-walking-people-living-dementia-and-outdoor-environments Leach J (2018) Green care: contact with nature can improve mental health https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/health-studies/mental-health/green-care-contact-nature-can-improve-mental-health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393816/...
OpenLearn's response to the pandemic
Education & Development

OpenLearn's response to the pandemic

...social work and social care, training hubs of practitioner-led practical guidance for returning health and social care workers. More than 12,000 people have completed the platform’s courses to refresh their clinical capabilities and skills such as career resilience, emotional intelligence and effective communications. I'm a carer for an autistic 25 year old recently...
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...working in health and social care (General Medical Council, 2014; General Dental Council, 2015). According to a junior doctor in training who was concerned about the conduct of a senior colleague: [The text reads: ‘… there was an incident which I was very unhappy about with a senior doctor when I was in training. And at the time I wanted to tell someone. And I...
How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...social-care-social-work/the-effects-self-isolation-and-lack-physical-activity-on-carers This work was undertaken by The National Guideline Alliance which received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of NICE. Authors: Phil Taverner, Mary Larkin, Jitka...