duty of care… MCA: Who decides? 31 Dec 201829 Dec 2018 When assessing an individual’s mental capacity it is important that we confine ourselves to assessing that person’s ability to make this particular decision (or type of decision) at this time.…
challenging behaviour… Challenging behaviour: Do we need help? 8 Jul 20188 Jul 2018 This is the latest video in the 'Challenging behaviour' series/playlist. https://youtu.be/gTYIVGbDSm8
duty of care… A duty of care myth 8 Apr 201815 May 2018 Hanged if you do... hanged if you don't! Many people are confused about their duty of care. They think they're somehow responsible for the actions of other people. This leads…
challenging behaviour… Personality disorder and compassion 4 Dec 201712 Apr 2018 Sometimes a single day's training makes all the difference. You can access such a training day here. Watch a video on Personality Disorder below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTxwLpm6j-4 Complete the contact form below…
Courses… Introduction to Self Injury 28 Jan 201728 Jan 2017 This 1 day Introduction to self injury training course is only a basic introduction to the topic. It's intended for social care workers who may or may not have any prior experience…
mental health… How can a dead Greek and a medieval monk help care workers? 5 May 2016 Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher. He used questions to help people reach new insights or knowledge. Each question moved them a little closer to solving their problems. The technique…
Courses… Mental health care needn’t be complicated 4 May 2016 I used to think that mental health care would be really complicated. So I looked for complicated theories to underpin everything I did. For many years I studied and tried…
Uncategorized Duty of care: A slug in a bottle 12 Oct 201526 Jun 2018 If there’s one thing that unites almost everyone concerned with health and social care services it’s the fear of being sued. Otherwise rational and courageous workers have been reduced to…
training Course design 9: Schema (build on what they know) 18 Aug 20152 May 2016 According to Wikipedia a schema can be described as… An organized pattern of thought or behavior. A structured cluster of pre-conceived ideas. A mental structure that represents some aspect of…
mental health… Privileged glimpses 24: The clinician’s illusion 12 May 20152 May 2016 This series of blog posts first appeared a few years ago on a now defunct blog called ‘Care Training’. It was inspired by the training maxim of ‘making the unconscious…