A creative mind will be buzzing with ideas, information and innovative possibilities. This has potential to benefit others but how do...

Compassionate practice requires health and social care professionals to have, and use, emotions that prompt them to reach out to those in...

This blog started as a write up of a creative writing activity that prompted reflexive discussion for my social work students...I ended...

Empathy -the ability to stand in another’s shoes and see the world from their perspective. Is this is a quality that professionals in...

Noticing and encouraging ‘sparks’ of potential in others is the core business of social workers and educators. We will all have examples...

I was prompted to write this blog by a pair of sparkly shoes on a Social Worker’s Tweet. Amazing shoes and a positive ‘anonymous’ post....

So what is the Learning Social Worker blog all about? It's a play on words because I am learning but I also wanting to prompt others to...