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See our contributions on 14th & 15th August 2008 to the CareSpace Forum on honesty and harm in social work practice.
August 2008 - we now have our own moodle area, a virtual learning enrironment, where online learning resources can be accessed.
The final seminar in our current seminar programme - 'Can I? Should I? Must I?' is on charging for services on 10th September 2008. See our blog entry on the artwork for the series published 15th August 2008.
Blog entry published 7th August 2008 - commentary on M, R (On The Application of) v Slough Borough Council [2008] UKHL 52 (30 July 2008).

Sick asylum seekers: Somebody Else's Problem ...asylum seekers who are sick, or vulnerable for other reasons are the responsibility of statutory social services authorities, while those who are not are the responsibility of the Home Office. Or so we thought for the last decade...
'Outsourcing Abuse' - published 14th July 2008, by Birnberg Pierce, Medical Justice & NCADC. See also our blog entry on 15th July 2008.
Blog entry published 14th July 2008 - Destitution at Mornington Crescent

Having heard argument from Slough on 9th and 10th June, on social work's duties to destitute and ill failed asylum seekers, the House of Lords is due to play 'Destitution at Mornington Crescent' in the next few days... 
Blog entry published 24th June 2008 - commentary on B (Children), Re [2008] UKHL 35 (11 June 2008).

Mediaeval trial by ordeal for child protection social workers? "If we don't intervene, we don't know what we might find!" My discussion with the students was taking an interesting turn...
Blog entry published 9th June 2008 - commentary on LA v General Social Care Council [2007] EWCST 985(SW) (2 June 2008).

Who won Lisa Arthurworrey's appeal? Who will be pleased by the decision of the Care Standards Tribunal on Lisa Arthurworrey's registration?
Article published May 2008 in Professional Social Work - Can I? Should I? Must I? ...take this child into care