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Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...Social work qualifications. Transcript Child criminal exploitation takes a variety of forms and there is confusion about what it encompasses – for instance, does it include children as well as young people? In short, it does, because in law children are defined as all those under 18 years of age. The concern about child criminal exploitation relates to those children...
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Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...Social Work picked through the results: Impact on take-up of free school meals Most pupils in the universal pilot areas took up the offer of free school meals. Around nine in 10 primary school pupils were taking at least one school meal per week by the end of the pilot compared with around six in 10 similar pupils in matched comparison areas. The extended entitlement...
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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...work by women has been socially constructed with a long history of discrimination and occupational segregation. Susan Stewart, Director, OU Scotland: [Susan Stewart, Director, OU Scotland] “The Open University was founded on strong social justice principles and we champion equity through all aspects of our work. “That’s why I’m particularly proud of this work...
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How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?
Education & Development

How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?

...Social Work, 15(1). Mason, D. (1982) ‘After Scarman: A note on the concept of “institutional racism”’, New Community, 10(1), pp. 38–45. Miles, R. (1989) Racism. London: Routledge. Peeples, L. (2020) ‘What the data says about police brutality and racial bias-and which reforms might work’, Nature, 583, pp. 22–24. Phillips, C. (2011) ‘Institutional racism...
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Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...social work students on placements so that they gained first-hand experience of the ordeals facing families in the city and across the country. We provided a space where young mothers could learn to cook healthy and nutritious meals for their children. We established a parenting course to bridge the cultural gaps for families who either came to the UK as migrants to study...
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A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...Social Work in Public Health, 29(1), pp. 27-34. Browne, S. (2015) Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness. USA: Duke University Press. Bulman, M. (2018) ‘Police custody deaths hit highest level in decade after 64% increase in a year’, The Independent, 25 July. Available at:
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Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...Social Work are common examples but there are many others. Positions in the Arts, Media, Publishing, Development and Charitable sectors are rarely advertised and are also difficult to enter without a network of contacts, direct practical experience of the industry and enormous enthusiasm. For more details on any of these look at the Prospects website, which gives...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...social work perspective, I wouldn’t be focusing as much on the diagnosis but on the effects of the symptoms itself. So her being socially isolated, withdrawing, those are the things we’d be focusing on and minimising risk to her, so trying to prevent self-neglect, measuring the risk, those are the things that we would be doing in the first instance. DR MARION BATES:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs