michelle Thorne

What a week to be considering mental health, given it is the start of GCSEs and many young people potentially feeling anxious to each looming exam. Our young people may need a little more support over the next few weeks

Question at 5am - what does a social worker do? That was a big question for my tired brain with lots of information to share about the role of a social worker. Lots of inquisitive people and teaching/learning opportunities - that’s why it’s great to be a social worker

3am quote of the night shift - “the doctor has taken away her capacity” which led to a 3am learning session! The evidence and assessment process, the decision required and the differences between Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act

@CommunityCare @NikiShaw4 interesting debate, but one I would support. Not only is it about fair and equal pay, but about being the best practitioner possible. the frequency of moving around only enables a percentage of learning & professional development!

Agency social work to be banned in Northern Ireland trusts next year - Community Care #Echobox=1668429079" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">communitycare.co.uk/2022/11/14/age…

A little reminder that there are refreshed PEPs standards for all us practice educators basw.co.uk/social-work-tr…

Thankyou @somersetcountycouncil @schoolofshabs for letting me join your #carnivalofpractice this morning. Great way to refresh my supervisory and practice educator skills to assist in continuing to support learners and newly qualified practitioners #antiracistpractice

@carolynsmith_ Amazing achievement for you all. Be very proud, you are fantastic leaders

Team Somerset at the Social Work Awards! #SWA22

Social workers it’s time to renew! Don’t forget to add you CPD and re-register before 30th November

@VanessaHodge You will be amazing in your new role but very missed in Somerset. Thankyou for all your support and late afternoon catch ups. Xx

So it’s goodbye to Somerset from me. Thank you to all my lovely colleagues for your kindness, generosity. I leave knowing that Mrs Miggins is firmly in your hearts. What a time to be a PSW in Adult Social I’ve learnt a lot, but it’s time for a new adventure, but first a holiday.

Here’s our initial reflections on the Spending Review - ‘We are facing a perfect storm‘ adass.org.uk/adass-responds…

We all have tools around us to help promote our mental health. It may be hard to see at times, some need to look a little deeper for tools available to help us thrive. Today we’ve taken a morning to be in the great outdoors, which promotes our mental health #WorldMentalHealthDay

@VanessaHodge Completely agree with this!! Started my social work career in the care sector and I can confidently say I wouldn’t be who I am now without that experience xx

Some of the best social workers I know were care workers. I wouldn’t have the depth of understanding I have now, if it wasn’t for the care work I did before I trained. So if you’re thinking about social work, why not get some valuable experience first. facebook.com/somersetcounty…

@SammyUpham Haha tempting 🤔 but I now have gin 🤭

@mich_thorne Do you need me to bring chocolate cupcakes... I did notice the shop had some tasty looking ones earlier 😂😂🤣

Day 1 of coordinating the park and ride bus to work - missed the 8am bus 🤦‍♀️

@SammyUpham It will be balanced with home working x

@mich_thorne 😥 I can't imagine having to do that everyday... That wouldn't be good for anyone's wellbeing! Hopefully having the flexibility to work from home will help

@SammyUpham Haha I did but my commute time has got longer 😢 it’s taken me an hour this morning and an hour tonight

@mich_thorne Hope you managed to get the bus home in time 😉😂x

@AWolke Oh Tony that has made me chuckle this Monday morning 😂

@mich_thorne Just hope the inbetweeners don't see you 😉

What a fab idea! The fight against prejudices. Each person has a title "unemployed", "refugee", "bipolar" etc - but by listening to their story, you realise how much you shouldn't "judge a book by its cover". Innovation at its best 🙌🏼humanlibrary.org 🌈💛 #unjudgesomeone

Just so honored to have collected this award on behalf of ⁦@SomersetCouncil⁩ for Delivering Better Outcomes. Astonishing work from our colleagues across health & care and of course our amazing microproviders. Well done you lot ⁦