There is something inherently counter-intuitive about the use of evidence based work when it is associated with practice in a changing environment. In the sector at the moment, all that is spoken about is how much things are changing and how uncertain so many things ar...

Social care practitioners have to let go of their obsession with assessment.

There are more assessment tools out there than I care to mention. The ONI, I-Can,  Headspace Psychosocial Assessment for Young People, The ADAT,  Scales of Independent Behaviour - Revised (SIB-...

Learning Number One – A new Brand and Marketing Plan isn’t the answer  
When the going gets tough, it seems social care organisations get a new brand and a new marketing plan. Although brand and marketing are important in the evolving social care market place, it...