CLS Hero: Bob Edwards
Bob has recently joined Thurrock's Team as a Social Worker. Despite lock down, he has proactively sought opportunities to engage with the community and has found a number of places where drop in sessions can be held.
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CLS Hero: Alison and Pip
Both Pip and Alison have and continue to provide support, insight and commitment to working together to shape the future under the Living Well work in Warrington.
CLS Hero: Vic Cole
Vic was seconded to lead the 'end to end' system review with the aim of delivering whole system change and the adoption of the CLS principles and practice.
CLS Heroes: Chichester Community Social Work Team and the Communities Team
These teams working in partnership have provided excellent support for many people and one example, where they acted as ‘a team around’ the person, is used to demonstrate this.
CLS Hero: Andrew Dunston-Brady
Andrew Dunston Brady has embraced strength based practice throughout his work and always strives to promote independence, control and self esteem with those he works with.
CLS Hero: Lee Calvert
Cheshire West & Chester are the most recent area to join the network and are still in the very early stages of getting going. He is a reluctant but highly deserving Hero demonstrating the preparation that is possible, behind the scenes and on top of an already highly busy and pressured ‘day job’.
CLS Heroes: Hazel and Alica
Hazel and Alica have been nominated for their amazing work with the Denbighshire Community Support Services Volunteers Project. It was set up at pace at the height of Covid 19. They have recruited and supported over 50 volunteers and careful matching with citizens has led to some fantastic outcomes for all. This award is for them and all the amazing Volunteers involved.
The right thing to do is also the economically sound thing to do
Mike Richardson explains why the recent report demonstrates a forest of impact, rather than just green shoots of hope, for strength-based practice in Adult Social Care.
Podcast Series: Small Supports in Time of Crisis
explores how individually designed and led, community-based supports have worked to protect both people’s health and human rights.
Bending the arc
‘The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice’. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous quote is full of optimism, a sense that progress is inevitable. The notion that a hopeful future of greater equality, health and wellbeing is somehow preordained.