Social care network: practice
Infant mental health: the four essential questions
PlayStation game helps veterans in prison deal with trauma
How can public services work together on infant mental health? Live Q&A Join our expert panel for an online discussion on Wednesday 8 June between 12 and 2pm
It shouldn’t be so hard to carry out research in social care For occupational therapists like me, combining work and clinical research is practically impossible as caring professions struggle to be seen as sciences
Personal budgets allow people to control their own support and their own lives John Waters Over the past decade, personal budgets have completely changed social care in England, despite unprecedented local authority cuts
A guide to radical social work Vasilios Ioakimidis Inequality and poverty have a devastating effect on service users. Radical social work acknowledges this, and acts to achieve social change
Personal budgets don't work. So why are we ignoring the evidence? Peter Beresford There has never been enough funding for personal budgets – so they can’t possibly meet all service users’ needs
Can the Mockingbird model of foster care fly in the UK? The fostering approach has been successful in the US but some social workers are not convinced it will take off in Britain
Life stories in dementia care: we all have a story and cannot be understood without it Kate Gridley Life story work is being promoted as a way to make dementia care more person-centred. But does it actually help?
The catch-22 that stops young mothers getting help to keep their baby For women at risk of having their children removed, therapy recommended by family courts is often denied because of a lack of funding
Autistic people are more likely to die early. Research is needed to find out why Autistic people without a learning disability have a nine times higher than average premature mortality rate, with suicide a principal cause
How social workers and carers can make foster placements more stable Daniel Michelson and Partha Banerjea Around 11% of fostered children move placements three or more times a year
Motivational interviewing: how to use it in social work practice MI can help people make lasting change in their lives, and has particular relevance in child protection
Could music projects cut the cost of dementia care? Manchester Camerata orchestra is pioneering music projects in care homes; now academics are to study whether the sessions do more than just entertain participants
Stories of survival: families affected by addiction share advice In a government-funded pilot, the stories of families affected by drug and alcohol misuse are recorded and shared to help those in similar situations
A quick guide to attachment theory Tips for social workers and practitioners working with children and families
How foetal alcohol spectrum disorder affects the care system A lack of support and knowledge about FASD leaves foster carers, adopters and social workers in the dark
The inclusive ballet school: 'It's the one place she can be herself' Five-year-old Sophie is one of many disabled, ill and non-disabled children who have learned to dance at the Flamingo Chicks school
It's child's play: the performance that lets young people in care share their stories A research project with a difference harnesses the experiences of young people in care and turns them into a piece of verbatim theatre
The young mothers trapped in a cycle of having babies removed The number of newborns taken away by family courts has increased 2.5 times in five years. Often cases involve the same vulnerable women, yet they get little help to break the pattern of repeated proceedings
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