Mandi MacDonald
@macdonald_mandi
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Joined December 2014
FINAL CALLšImplementing Trauma Informed Practice in yr organisation/work setting? Based in NI? @QUBSSESW want to hear from you. Don't miss opportunity to share yr experience. Examples welcome acrss eductn/health/social care/justice; stat/comm&vol; child/family/adult services
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Is Social Wrk the career for u? Info Eveng on 4 Oct at 6pm (with info stands & refreshmts frm 5.30pm) will answer yr questons & explain applic process, course content/delivery & intervw prep. Info on studt finance, peer mentors & NISCC. Info & registrtn: https://t.co/znBH1Jrz4Q
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šREMINDER: Just a few weeks left to respond! Has your service/organisation been implementing trauma informed practice (TIP)? Are you based in NI? If so, @QUBSSESW want to hear from you! Donāt miss this opportunity to share your insights @safeguardingni
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SSESW collabrtd with social wk practitnrs, policymkrs & service usrs to produce Reflections: Family Support to help social wrkrs dvlp their wrk with families, childrn & yg ppl. SSESW's Mandi MacDonald spoke at a launch hosted by NI Social Care Council. See https://t.co/TaPeri5pS0
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Delighted and honoured that our paper in @BJofSW received the ESWRA Outstanding Publication in European Social Work Research Award. A big thank you @ESWRA1 ! Can read it open access https://t.co/tVUFy0sxbS
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Delighted to get this piece published - a fuller reporting of my doctoral work - including thoughts on how, "The restrictions put in place to manage the spread of COVID19 forced the profession to reconsider its approaches and itsā¦ https://t.co/YBb9szYWjH
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If you are a social worker with care experience you are uniquely placed to be the bridge between the social work profession & those we serve. You belong in both camps. The association is your space. You may join by emailing them on acescw100@gmail.com
We are the Association of Care Experienced Social Care workers. We exist to provide support, awareness, training, education and community to those who have both lived experience of social work and also work within the profession.
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A longitudinal study, led by @Lisa_Holmes_ESW on behalf of the @ReesCentre & published today found that childrenās mental health and wellbeing, improved year on year following Lifelong Links š https://t.co/FW1kuNDj9E
#MakeNotBreak #LifelongLinks
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Thanks to funding from @TheLawSociety we put together ten FAQs that parents, carers and other family members often have when they hear about, or are involved in, care proceedings ā”ļø https://t.co/62okCz2PWX
#FamilyCourt #ChildWelfare #FAQs
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IT'S HERE! Details for the #AISWR seminar 1 of our series. We have an amazing line-up and can't wait to see you all there. Plz share, retweet and register here: https://t.co/NAHX6oqR2b
#PractitionerResearch #SocialWorkResearch
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.@Jones1Beverley explains how the process of prototyping a digital product and engaging with adoption agencies already thinking about digital systems helped to inform our latest project on modernising post-adoption contact. https://t.co/86EeGpZ1UV
nuffieldfjo.org.uk
Examining potential ways to modernise the post-adoption letterbox contact system, which hasnāt changed in decades.
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Listen back to R4 Today Programme from 6.45am today - adopted young person and @RachaelMaskell on unsupported contact via social media. Curtain raiser for tomorrow's #AdoptionBarometer with its deep dive into the lives of adopted young people.
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Listen again to @BBCr4today as they discuss the subject of contact ahead of our #adoptionbarometer21 launch tomorrow https://t.co/wLqdU2ewmT The piece ran at 6:50am this morning.
bbc.co.uk
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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Covid: What is the mental health cost to the young?
bbc.co.uk
Could the long-term mental health impact of virus restrictions be far more damaging than the virus itself?
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Why should siblings be kept together in foster care? š Read our BLOG below to see the benefits for the children and young people. š«š„°āļøš #HSCFosterCare #FosterCare #Fostering #Siblings
https://t.co/rPLTopkIJH
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For anyone interested, see below my piece in the psychologist on the relationship between adoption and trauma
Adoption and traumaā¦ @DomMcSherry1 on a debate and a journal special issue. @ELSPsychology
https://t.co/bbSXCKwa9b
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delighted to have this paper published in BJSW - hoping it's useful for social workers and trainers involved in adoption or contact, and ultimately for adopted children and their families
academic.oup.com
Abstract. There are recent calls to consider face-to-face birth family contact for more children adopted from care. Given that the threshold for this autho
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variation in post-adoption face-to-face contact across the UK - a snapshot of the what - would now be interested to find out more about the why @_christinejones @QUBSSESW
researchgate.net
PDF | Key findings ā¢ Rates of direct contact between birth families and adoptive families vary considerably across the UK from a low of 16% in Wales to... | Find, read and cite all the research you...
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parents' perspectives and voices - essential reading and listening for social workers aiming for empathetic relationship-based practice
Check out a new resource for parents navigating the NSW child protection system, co-designed by parents and their allies at Wash House & IDRS. Full of information, tips, videos, stories https://t.co/6MTNVW4XKp
@AmyConleyWright @Parentingrc @FamilyRightsGp
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