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There are lots of blogs available covering a myriad of subjects pertinent to social work, not least Neil Thompson's own. If you would like a blog to be considered for inclusion here, please contact us. 

Neil's website is currently being revamped. the new version will include the relaunch of the 'Neil Thompson on Well-being' blog.

Neil Thompson's Website 

Social work blogs 

The Big Picture: Social Care and the Wider World  

www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-care-the-big-picture/

Written by social care experts who reflect on key issues affecting those who

work in the social care field
The Social Work Blog
www.community care.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/
Covers a wide range of issues affecting social workers in the UK.
Social Care Blog
http://socialcareblog.wordpress.com
The blog of a journalist working on social work and social care related

issues.
The New Social Worker
http://blog.socialworker.com 
This blog is associated with a magazine for US social workers. As such, it

provides an opportunity to consider similarities and differences between the

roles and experiences of social workers in the UK and USA.
Social (over)worker
http://socialoverworker.wordpress.com
An individual social worker’s musings.
St Christopher’s Blog
www.blogs.stchristophers.org.uk/one
Malcolm Payne’s blog focuses on developments that affect palliative and end-of-life care.
Social Care Institute for Excellence
www.scie.org.uk/...blog
Links to various discussion threads relating to issues relevant to social care

and social work.
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services
www.iriss.org.uk/blogs
The focus here is on this organisation’s work on promoting innovative,

evidence-based practice and the dissemination of knowledge.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
www.jrf.org.uk/blog
Links to a broad range of discussions relating to over 20 themes

associated with social policy and social welfare.
AgeUK Blog
http://ageukblog.org.uk
Commentary on political and policy developments relating to the interests

of older people
General Social Care Council
www.gscc.org.uk/blog.php
Links to a number of blogs relating to social work registration

and education, including the perspectives of students and qualified social

workers.
Shaping Our Lives
www.shapingourlives.org.uk
Source of blog of the National User Network Organisation which focuses on

the perspective of service users.
What are good social workers made of?
www.collegeofsocialwork.org/
This is hosted by The College of Social Work who, as part of the aims of

encouraging  responsibility for continuous professional development and

representing the interests of social workers to policy makers, offers the

opportunity for social workers to participate in  discussions about what

matters to them. It also intends to provide links to other blogs of interest

to social workers.