Semi-retired (?) Social work academic. Infrequent tweeter. Mindfulness, Cumbrian fells, folk music and other stuff.

Joined April 2012
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@pollokfc⁩ Rainbow over Newlandsfield this afternoon- another good win!
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“Social work is backed by academic discipline, but grounded in humanity” John Trainer, Convener of @socworkscot & CSWO of @RenCouncil opening the discussions at #SWSConf2024
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We'll be at the NQSW Supported year conference in Dundee on 12 September. It's free to attend and open to all newly qualified social workers in Scotland (2 years since graduation) and all final year social work students. ow.ly/sr5M50SPW3z #NQSWSupportedYear #SocialWork
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The Scottish Physical Restraint Action Group (SPRAG) and The Promise Scotland are hosting a webinar on improving post-incident practice. If you work in residential child care, this is for you: buff.ly/3XQLVtp
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I just can’t choose between her and Therese Coffey
Proud to support Sign Language Week.👇🏻 #SLW2024
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9 Jul 2024
Grateful to have worked with great colleagues at @PauseOrg along with @Carolin15058218 and @bulawayojulie on this important report in @Child_Abuse_Rev about early death of mothers who have multiple children removed into care - we can, and should do better doi.org/10.1002/car.2892
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What A Beautiful Day
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We didn't have parties to "boost morale". We didn't have quiz nights. We didn't have champagne. We watched our colleagues die. We watched the bodies pile high in their thousands. These lying, cheating, self-serving charlatans need to be flung out of office. Use your vote. Vote.
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I am desperate to see the back of this lying, conniving, self-serving shower, but not overly optimistic that things will be that different. Perhaps Act Now provides something of a blueprint of how things could be different.
How can we measure the success of a new government? Against the feasible and popular policy changes proposed by @plancommonsense in this brand new, essential book, the blueprint for a better future for Britain. 'Act now' is available now from all good bookshops & online.
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Very much looking forward to it myself!
Compassionate leadership is essential when developing trauma informed and responsive systems and we are very excited and privileged in @southayrshire to be attending this course 💜
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26 May 2024
Ouch. After trying repeatedly to dodge giving an answer, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar admits on Sunday Show that his family's wholesale business (in which he no longer has shares) does not pay all its workers the real living wage despite his party's plan to improve it
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Delighted to be joining you, and looking forward to working with you!
📢 A huge Epione warm welcome to, Dr Martin Kettle, designer and lead for our new Compassionate Leadership Course: 📚Learn: • Why compassionate leadership? • Compassion starts at home • Managing boundaries • The ‘how’ of compassionate leadership • Listening as a key aspect of compassionate leadership • Doing the difficult thing in a human way
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🇬🇧 After 14 years of rule, we have a message to the @Conservatives on behalf of the British people. #ThankYouTories 🙏🏻

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Engaging first session (ironically about student engagement!). Importance of culture.
We’re kicking off our annual Learning and Teaching Conference this morning 👋 The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Student Success for All,’ highlighting how our colleagues are supporting student success through teaching and wider student support 👏 #GCULandT2024
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"Helpful and insightful" - @AngieBartoli "An extremely helpful companion to social work researchers at all stages of the research process" - @MartinK55 Discover @sao_sarah and @learnventurer's latest book here: bit.ly/49G6bAa #SocialWork #ResearchMethods
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Enjoy Still sitting in Frankfurt! #ecswr2024
After a very early start, time for our first pint in Vilnius, Lithuania @Jojofinchers #ECSWR24
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Apparently, it’s my X-anniversary today. Choosing to celebrate by auditioning for the Tom Hanks role in a remake of the Terminal in Frankfurt Airport, en route to Lithuania. #ecswr2024 Looking forward to getting there!
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