Yup… Words that make me go hmmm: Care rewritingsocialcare.blog/2020/05/31/c...
Care. We use the term all the time. Care is described in a plan and delivered in a package. Care has a start date and an end date. It comes in episodes. Time frames. Short-term. Temporary. Intermediat...
My first ‘why language matters’ blog post 5 years ago focused on the language used ‘in’ social care to communicate with and about people and about practice. Here’s part two, on why the language used ‘about’ social care matters too. #RewritingSocialCarerewritingsocialcare.blog/2024/08/11/w...
“Stories can change the world. And social care needs a better story.” Social Care Future [1] When I published my first ‘why language matters’ blog post five years ago, I focused on the language we use...
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Flourishing - new blog on shifting the purpose of social care from safety net to springboard 🌱 #RewritingSocialCare#LanguageMattersrewritingsocialcare.blog/2024/03/30/f...
“The goal of a reimagined system of care and support is to enable all humans to flourish. Care can sometimes be reduced to tasks, focusing on our physical needs of eating, drinking and going to the to...
We define our purpose as ‘keeping people safe’ ‘Safeguarding vulnerable adults’ ‘Protecting those at risk of harm’ But what good is it making someone safer if it merely makes them miserable? New blog: Words that make me go hmmm: Safe #RewritingSocialCarerewritingsocialcare.blog/2024/03/09/s...
There are 416 references to ‘safe’ / ‘safety’ / ‘safeguarding’ in the Care Act 2014 statutory guidance. The term dominates our narrative. But what do we really mean by ‘safe’? And is the extent of our...
Following on from last week’s blog post about dehumanising and re-humanising language and practice here’s part two: how to be human. #RewritingSocialCare#LanguageMatters#UsNotThemAndUsrewritingsocialcare.blog/2024/02/10/b...
“We can talk about inclusion. We can talk about diversity. But what we really need to talk about is how to be human.” Elly Chapple [1] In their brilliant book about “learning how to make our social sy...
As Elly Chapple rightly says, ‘human’ is “a label we all share”. Yet many of the other labels we so liberally apply imply that older and disabled people are lesser human beings… New blog: Human #RewritingSocialCare#LanguageMatters#UsNotThemAndUsrewritingsocialcare.blog/2024/02/03/h...
I talk and write a lot about seeing people as human beings, about being human, and about how much of the way we currently work in the ‘human services’ is actually pretty inhumane. So, I thought it...
Washing. Dressing. Feeding. Toileting. Looking after our most vulnerable. Delivering care. Low pay. Low skills. Vacancies. Exploitation. Abuse. It’s time to tell a different story about working in social care. New blog: Workforce #RewritingSocialCarerewritingsocialcare.blog/2023/12/30/w...
‘Workforce’ is another term that dominates the narrative of social care. So, let’s unpick this a little to understand the story we’re currently telling about working in social care, and how th...
The purpose of our roles is determined by the lens we use to view the purpose of social care and the people we support and serve. We need to remember that our purpose is people, not process. New blog post: Purpose #LanguageMatters#RewritingSocialCarerewritingsocialcare.blog/2023/12/09/p...
The dictionary definition of ‘purpose’ is “the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists”. [1] If we want to change our practice, and escape the confines of o...