The interplay between management and leadership is one that has been milling around in my mind for a while but in the light of the next ‘Twitter Debate’ by SWSCmedia on 1st November (8pm GMT) and the opinion piece written on that same site about Leadership in Social Work I thought it would be a… [Read more…]
October 29, 2011 by Zarathustra
This Week in Mentalists is a weekly digest of the best of mental health blogging. It was originally started on the now-defunct Mental Nurse website, but is now on its own dedicated blog. Each week a different blogger takes it in turns to compile an edition. This week’s edition is by….oh wait, it’s me! Go… [Read more…]
October 28, 2011 by Zarathustra
Back last year, the following conversation must have taken place somewhere in Conservative Party Central Office. “Okay, guys. We need a catchy slogan to get the nation through the austerities ahead.” “Sure. How about, ‘Batten down the hatches, here comes Armageddon’?” “Haven’t you got anything a little more upbeat?” “Well, I was thinking about ‘We’re… [Read more…]
October 28, 2011 by ermintrude2
Despite my hopes, dreams and wishes, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to switch professions and hold down a career as a TV critic although I’d lay claim to much ‘television watching’ experience. I sat down to watch ‘The Future State of Welfare’ last night but after a very busy day and week covering… [Read more…]
October 27, 2011 by Zarathustra
I’ve been a bit slow in getting some of the social networking links up and running. Today I created the Facebook page, which you can see the link for on the right hand side of the box. If you like us you can, er, like us. I’ve also created a Paper.li for the Twitter feed.… [Read more…]
October 27, 2011 by ermintrude2
I can spend a fair amount of time in residential and nursing homes because a part of my role is about both making placements in them and reviewing ongoing placements in them. Over the years, I’ve seen many different types and different quality care homes and there are a couple of observations I can make… [Read more…]
October 25, 2011 by Zarathustra
The philosopher, mystic and sci-fi author Robert Anton Wilson used to expound what he called the Cosmic Schmuck Principle. The Cosmic Schmuck Principle holds that if you don’t wake up, once a month at least, and realize that you have been acting like a Cosmic Schmuck again then you will probably go on acting like… [Read more…]
October 25, 2011 by ermintrude2
There has been much discussion following the publication of a report by the Intergenerational Foundation called ‘Hoarding of Housing : The intergenerational crisis in the Housing Market’. Perhaps a deliberately provocative title was chosen for the report (no, I’m not completely naive in terms of creating press interest!) and there were the requisite reports and… [Read more…]
October 23, 2011 by ermintrude2
While Z has been writing up the fantastic post about the Mind New Media awards, I’ve also been busy. As well as contributing to the new College of Social Work blog here I’ve also written up ‘how I became an AMHP’ for the Guardian Social Care Network and have written a guest post on a… [Read more…]
October 22, 2011 by Zarathustra
Mind have been kind enough to ask me to review the New Media nominees in the Mind Media Awards. Go here to read my review. The winners will be announced on the 28th November. [EDIT: Just fixed the broken link to the review page. Oops.]
October 31, 2011 by ermintrude2
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