Bryony Shannon
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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…
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Chronos time
“Care is not an activity that can happen by the clock… Care belongs in the world…
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Just words
“Reading my SW files a few years ago and seeing me described as manipulative by a…
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Beyond blame
As I discussed in my previous blog post, the language of social care is filled with…
Rewriting social care 