Bryony Shannon
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Words that make me go hmmm: Needs
“Needs: the things you must have for a satisfactory life.” Cambridge dictionary [1] “Needs: a catalogue…
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Rewilding social care
“Nature has the power to heal itself and to heal us, if we let it. That’s…
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Transformation
“Within the world of social care, there has been much talk about the ‘transformation’ of adult…
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Words that make me go hmmm: Prevention
“‘Prevention’, along with ‘integration’ and ‘innovation’ is one of the most used and abused terms within…
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Love shows up: past, present, future
“Love is a central feature of family life and yet remains invisible in health and social…
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Belonging
“Good social workers will carefully check themselves to make sure that… they aren’t becoming street-level bureaucrats…
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Lasting change
“Despite the urgency, lasting change takes much longer than we appreciate. Darn. One way to counteract…
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Time for change: the language of social care reform
“Change is needed, and it is needed now, to protect some of the most vulnerable members…
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Me time
“…she lived for it. She counted down the days to it. And when she returned it…
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Kairos time
“Care is not an activity that can happen by the clock… Care belongs in the world…
Rewriting social care 