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• Still trying to do the impossible?
  By Neil Thompson on Monday 23rd August 2010, 12:25pm
  
  Communitycare.co.uk recently reported a survey which showed that four out of ten social workers regard their caseload as 'unmanageable'. This is, of course, an unacceptable situation, as unmanageable caseloads add up to stress, poor-quality practice, ...
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• What future for managerialism?
  By Neil Thompson on Wednesday 28th July 2010, 9:57am
  
  Russell House have recently published a book on children's services that is very critical of managerialism and its insidious effect on quality of practice and morale of staff (see the Book News section on the home page of this site). This adds to the ...
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• Losing our identity?
  By Neil Thompson on Thursday 24th June 2010, 8:44pm
  
  In recent years I have noticed that many social work colleagues seem to be narrowing their horizons. Their focus seems to be increasingly on their own area of practice without seeeing it as part of the broader picture of social work as a diverse prof ...
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• Leadership in social work
  By Neil Thompson on Thursday 27th May 2010, 9:01pm
  
  I was running a training course on leadership recently and it reminded me how important leadership is for social work. For me leadership isn't just about management. I would like to think that managers see leaderhsip skills as part of their repertoir ...
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• Is residential child care social work?
  By Neil Thompson on Monday 3rd May 2010, 10:48am
  
  I began my career in residential child care a long time ago. I had the official title of 'residential child care officer' (RCCO), but was also often referred to as a 'residential social worker'. These days in the UK we have protection of ti ...
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