Scottish Care SDS

Presence is not a luxury. It is the work. Reflections on #friendship, #belonging and #care in this week's #podcast. #SocialCare #FriendshipDay open.spotify.com/episode/5XJpM3…

The small bonds of #friendship, #belonging and #presence are not extras in care – they are what hold us together. #SocialCare #FriendshipDay scottishcare.org/news/the-small…

Scottish Care is one of eight UK social care organisations calling on the new Prime Minister to exempt providers from recent increases to employers' National Insurance contributions (eNICs). Read the joint letter and find out more: buff.ly/FD839Qo

In celebration of #MandelaDay my #podcast this week argues that #socialcare in #Scotland can learn much from his example of #courage to build and restore in the face of challenges to #justice, #dignity and #rights, #67Minutes. #NelsonMandela. open.spotify.com/episode/2qiogS…

Delighted to have worked on this thought piece on #AI and #carecleansing with Dr Caroline Green and @AnnaSteffeney @EthicsInAI #socialcare #ethics #care. oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/ai-ethics-oxfo…

This week’s #blog recognises #MandelaDay and argues that seeking #justice and #fairness in our community does not always need a courage that roars but one that builds. There are lessons for #socialcare in #Scotland, #dignity, #67Minutes. scottishcare.org/news/service-r…

Lighting tonight’s #candleforcare hoping that the increased media focus on #socialcare and the inequity faced by people living with #dementia as a result of the new #PM will lead to a real debate and focus in #Scotland on these issues.

I hope #AndyBurnham’s personal awareness of the inequity of our current #socialcare system esp for people living with #dementia will lead to real change under the new #PM and that that will influence Scotland. Join me at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare.

In my #podcast this week and to celebrate the International Day of Cooperatives I explore why we need to change the way we see #socialcare provision from a competitive market model to one based on #collaboration and #cooperation. #commissioning, #CoopsDay open.spotify.com/episode/0GeRST…

In recognition of #WorldPopulationDay my blog this week celebrates the interconnection of #young and #old in #Scotland and argues against the policy, media and popular dualism that fails to see the young as tomorrow’s old. #ageing, #community #generations scottishcare.org/news/young-sco…

This week’s #podcast explores the issue of the reality #ageing in society in celebration of #WorldPopulationDay. The divides between #young and #old serve no one and limit our #community. open.spotify.com/episode/4zTPBi…

I light tonight’s #candleforcare which comes on #BastilleDay and am wondering if that French sport of equality, fraternity and revolution might have something to say #socialcare in #Scotland. Hope springs eternal!

Join me at 7pm tonight and light this week’s #candleforcare which comes on #BastilleDay. Is there a possibility of real change, even revolution for #socialcare in #Scotland. Some of us would say it is long overdue.

This week’s blog celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives and explores why we need to change the way we see #socialcare provision from a market of #competition to a #collaboration & #cooperative model. #commissioning, #procurement, #CoopsDay. scottishcare.org/news/co-operat…

I light this week’s #CandleforCare in thankfulness for all those who deliver care and support in our communities, day in and day out, season after season. #ThankYouDay #carecreates

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #CandleforCare and in thanking all those who deliver care and support in our communities. #ThankYouDay #carecreates

Social care is built on relationships; relationships within the walls of our homes but also the relationships which weave into communities, across professional divides, locally & nationally. Caring is sharing; love, ideas, business, responsibility.

This weeks’s #podcast explores the importance of self-care for individual and societal #wellbeing. #workforce #socialcare #SelfCareMonth, #health #selfcare open.spotify.com/episode/1wri2j…

Self-Care is not selfish. A blog exploring the critical ways in which we support the #workforce. #wellbeing #selfcare #support #health #socialcare. #SelfCareMonth scottishcare.org/news/self-care…

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