Social Work/Social Care & Media

I have just stumbled across the Social Work/Social Care & Media Blog - and it looks really interesting. Participants SWCS Media bills itself as "a knowledge community of practice that brings Social Work and Social Care practitioners, organisations, academics, researchers, students, policy makers, users of service and other allied professionals, stakeholders or enthusiasts and interested parties together, to discuss issues, innovations, opportunities, dilemmas and challenges as well as relevant developments in relation to Social Work and/or Social Care.". They regularly conduct live twitter debates on issues and case studies in social work and social care, (@SWSCmedia  #SWSCmedia) and collect together the posts in each debate on the blog. Well worth reading.

Support worker wins Orwell Prize

An anonymous social work blogger who writes Winston Smith - working with the underclass, has won the 2010 Orwell Prize for political writing, in the best blog category. The blog details his experiences of working in supported accomodation with teenagers and his frustrations with managers, policy and practice in social services.