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The Irish Social Worker, Spring 2018(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2018-04)
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The Irish Social Worker(2018-05-15)
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School social work: a possible role for social workers in Ireland?(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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Evaluation of a co-location initiative: a Public Health Nurse working in a social work department to improve child protection practice(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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More Than a Caring Personality: Factors Affecting Staff Retention in Non Profit Organisations in Ireland(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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Report of the Expert Group on the review of the Mental Health Act 2001: what does it mean for social workers?(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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Children and Family Relationship Act 2015: review of certain commenced provisions(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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Balancing regulation and support in child protection: using theories of power to develop reflective tools for practice(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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Intellectual disability, caring and role reversal(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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Adoption as part of the Irish care system: a new challenge for social work?(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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A snapshot in time: stakeholders perspectives of the Meitheal Model(The Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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What happened to me? Responding to the impact of trauma on children in care: trauma informed practice in foster care(The Irish Association of Social Workers, 2016-03-01)
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'I'd prefer to stay at home but I don't have a choice': meeting older people's preference for care: policy, but what about practice?(University College Dublin, 2016-06)
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Transitioning: staff perspectives of service user involvement in mental health services(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2015-10)
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(Perspective): The Importance of strengthening the management system within mental health services(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2015-10)Within the civil and public service there are people appointed to managerial roles who have little or no training in management skills. Even where they have acquired the necessary skills, for example through their own initiative in attending a formal training programme, they commonly find themselves operating in a context where there are poor management processes, very patchy management tools and management role structures that are unfit for purpose. There are many problems with management structures in the health system generally and major weaknesses in all elements of the management system of the Mental Health Services (MHS) of the HSE. Managers are often not given the necessary delegated authority and, even if they are, people who are supposed to be accountable to their manager can simply refuse to accept that the manager has such authority over them, for example inappropriately citing ‘clinical independence.’ This article outlines the key management skills, tools, processes and structures that make up a coherent management system and argues that significant and sustained strengthening of the management system, will lead to a safer service, major cost savings, better service user outcomes and a higher job satisfaction among staff.
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Good governance-managing resilience at a strategic level(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2015-10)The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific defined “governance” as: the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented)1. The decisions that need to be implemented at a strategic level to build resilient social work organisations are identified. The author advocates the adoption of a strategic management framework to mature the processes by which decisions are implemented.
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Draw on your emotions: creative arts groupwork with adolescents attending a mental health service(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2015-10)This article describes two creative arts group interventions completed in a CAMHS clinic. Both authors work in the rewarding yet busy and challenging field of adolescent mental health. Following specialist training, we wanted to explore if groupwork using creative arts experiences could support young people attending CAMHS to make discoveries about their own well-being and promote positive mental health. The research results support positive qualitative and quantitative outcomes. We used writing this article as a means to summarise our learning and collate wider research on related topics.
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Improving Traveller mental health outcomes(2015-10-14)The article is a reflection of the author’s involvement with the National Traveller Monitoring and Advisory’s Mental Health Committee, with regard to making recommendations to improve the mental health outcomes for Travellers The article discusses the current situation of Travellers, the causes and risk factors for suicide, ways to address the risk of suicide particularly for young males, and the importance of an effective, culturally inclusive response from mental health service providers.
