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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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/...
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Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period

...Social Work and Early Years across two Universities, including: Megan Harrison: Mother of 3 with lived experience of postnatal depression, 7 years on I am still recovering with the help of family and professional services. Finding the light. References Biggs, L. J., Jephcott, B., Vanderwiel, K., Melgaard, I., Bott, S., Paderes, M., Borninkhof, J. & Birks, M. (2023)...
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection

...social work and the allied health and social care professions. They need to know about FGM to: recognise women and girls at risk and escalate immediately to the relevant bodies. meet the needs of women and girls who have had FGM with a compassionate, non-judgmental, person-centred, holistic approach. signpost people to appropriate supportive care and resources. work...
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Supporting South Asian young adult carers: A guide for social workers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting South Asian young adult carers: A guide for social workers

...social workers and social work students to help them understand how they can support carers in transition, with a particular focus on South Asian young adult carers in England. South Asian young people’s caring roles are often invisible to services and may be unsupported. The SATTA study at The Open University (South Asian Young Adult Carers’ Transitions to...
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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...
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