Racism, anti-racist practice and social work: articulating the teaching and learning experiences of Black social workers

In the mid 1990s a Black practice teacher programme was established in Manchester and Merseyside with the primary aim to increase the number of Black practice teachers in social work organisations, and in turn provide a supportive and encouraging learning environment for Black student social workers whilst on placement. In the north‐west of England research has been undertaken, to establish the quality of the practice teaching and student learning taking place with Black practice teachers and students. This paper is an exploration of the ideas generated within the placement process that particularly focused on the discourse of racism and ant‐racist practice. Black students and practice teachers explain their understanding of racism and anti‐racist practice within social work. From the research, the paper will critique some of the ideas concerning anti‐racism. In particular, it will question whether anti‐racist social work practice needs to be re‐evaluated in the light of a context with new migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. It will concluded, by arguing that whilst the terms anti‐racism, Black and Minority Ethnic have resonance as a form of political strategic essentialism, it is important to develop more positive representations in the future

Co-production and self-care: new approaches to managing community care services for older people

A lack of management theory which is relevant to human service agencies, combined with a failure to recognise the very large contribution which older people make to their own care makes it difficult to deliver supportive services. Self care by elders is divided, in this preliminary classification, into new strategies for everyday living, the reallocation of time and the avoidance of risk. Managers who understand that service users are co-producers of care and recognise the need to manage the users, as well as their own staff and relations with other agencies, are more likely to be able to deliver good services. However the management of co-production is at present only theorised for the private sector where ethical issues are less pressing and users are customers. In future a greater understanding of co-production and the development of theory and practice which will combine the management of co-production with the empowerment of users will be essential

External assessment of practice teacher training programmes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland A manual for external assessors

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Education, social work and the law Preparing for professional practice

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Assuring quality for national vocational qualifications awarded by CCETSW Approval, review and inspection of NVQ assessment centres in England, Northern Ireland and Wales

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Challenge and change Celebrating good practice in social work in Northern Ireland

Collection of papers presented to 'Good Practice' and 'Comparative Study - Exploring Social Work Practices in Other Countries' seminars, N. IrelandSIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:m00/11629 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo

Assuring quality for mental health officer (MHO) training Approval, review and inspection of (MHO) programmes in Scotland

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