Getting the most from practice supervision

I found this blog post from How Not to Do Social Work most enlightening and thought that social work students approaching practice and supervision for the first time might find it useful: Reclaiming Good Supervision

Incarceration, but no treatment, for children

Johnson, M. (2012). It's time to treat drug addicted children as adults. Guardian, 17.1.12. Mark Johnson's article expresses concerns over the situation in which drug addicted children can be sent to secure units for committing addiction fueled crimes, yet secure units do not cannot pursue a remedial detox course with there residents, but merely manage addition via methodone. Nowhere in the UK is there residential drug treatment available to under 18's.
For more information on children and young people in prisons see Bromley briefings prison factfile., 2011 from the Prison Reform Trust.

Rehabilitation in a secure women's unit

The Guardian recently published an article on The Orchard, a medium-security mental health unit in London, which is currently piloting WEMSS (Women's Enhanced Medium Secure Service), which attempts to offer greater access to rehabilitation for women offenders with mental health problems who have previously been treated in the secure hospitals Broadmoor, Ashworth and Rampton.

Picture poverty

The Our Lives exhibition, commissioned by Save The Children, illustrates the lives of UK children living in poverty, though photographs, film and interviews with the families who took part. Some of the material is available to view via the Save the Children Website. A shocking 1 in 5 children in Scotland, 1 in 3 in Wales and 1 in 4 in South West England are living in poverty. Save The Children is fronting a campaign for the UK government to give more childcare suport to low and middle income earners and so lift children out of poverty.

Parental Substance Misuse

SCIE have created a free interactive e-learning resource on parental substance misuse, it's affects on children and parenting capacity and the implications for social work practitioners.

Tips on APA referencing style

I came across this very handy page of advice on APA referencing style, provided by the Social Work Library at Boston College, Mass. We get lots of enquiries at Jordanhill Library about referencing in APA and have our own referencing guide, but it doesn't hurt to have more information! I particularily like this advice:

"Finally, always keep in mind that the work you put into your research and writing is just as important as mastering APA Style. As you tackle your first assignments, we recommend that you devote the majority of your time to finding high-quality research and writing a well-crafted paper."
SWLLibrarian (2011). Tips for demystifying APA style. Retrieved from Social Work Library @ Boston College http://socialworklib.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/tips-for-demystifying-apa-style/

BASW Child Sexual Abuse Conference

The presentations from the BASW conference on Child Sexual Abuse, held 8th July 2011 in London, have been made available to view on the BASW site. Presentations include;
Street Safe
Understanding male and female sex offenders
Child Sexual Abuse - Intersections of complexity
The role of critically reflective practice in working with child sexual abuse, and
The Derby Experience