Phil Heslop

Cat and I had our second book published this week, "Social Work: Theory into Practice", details at uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/soci…

I am a granddad again, baby Grace born today. Grace and Lucy my two lovely granddaughters, how lucky am I.

I'm on the panel for #BASW's webinar (7/5/20) on Working with Autistic People Through Covid-19 and Beyond - details can be found at basw.co.uk/events/working…

We seem to pay an awful lot of tax here in GB. Now we find how underfunded our health and social care services have been. I hope a future investigation explains where this taxation income has gone.

Social work is a key social care profession. Social workers have a very important role in supporting people who need social care.

One wish - we value carers and caring, many are looking after the most vulnerable but how well are they valued - as family, friends, partners, volunteers and paid workers. Governments have made mistakes but we've accepted caring to be undervalued, under-resourced and underpaid.

We are all affected by COVID 19 but some of our most vulnerable communities and groups much more than others. Many of these rely on social care and are economically disadvantaged. I am really worried.

See SCIE guides on supporting autistic people and people with learning disabilities at scie.org.uk/care-providers…

Excellent blog from @RobMitch92 @ElaineLJames

Lots of helpful advice here for #kinship carers from @GPlusinfo #covid19uk #coronavirus grandparentsplus.org.uk/for-kinship-ca…

BASW shares Professional practice guidance for social work home visits during the #COVID19 Pandemic. Supporting social workers and their employers to manage the risks of home visits during #coronavirus #UKsocialwork basw.co.uk/professional-p…

Lovely to see such an excellent review of the book Social Work: From Assessment to Intervention in @BJofSW - this book was written by two of our own, @felloutofbed and @UNNSW Well done! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

The first day of 2020

I hope everyone the best for 2020

Brilliant group.

BBC News - Children in Need: The North East project supporting young dads bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng…

As snug as a...? A photo of one our hives all wrapped up for winter. If only the cows didn’t keep photobombing us!

You can find new publication "Do parents and carers experiencing violent and challenging behaviour from their children fit with safeguarding models of support? Messages from a Facebook study" at emerald.com/insight/conten…

Great event, which I really enjoyed being a part of.

Really looking forward to day two of @Autistica #SocialCare summit: bringing all the many ideas and experiences shared yesterday into research questions that can improve lives