@copperbird @GdnSocialCare A is for Advocacy, which means your LA will do any necessary speaking for you.
— Kara (@KaraChrome) January 5, 2016
'B' is for 'Budget'; mysterious creature, unicorn-like, frequently hunted, seen only by men in suits @GdnSocialCare #SocialCareAlphabet
— Emilie Whitaker (@Dr_EmWhitaker) January 5, 2016
@GdnSocialCare B for boundaries.Not crossing those that are required,yet removing ones that prevent service users receiving the care needed.
— Making Space (@MakingSpaceUK) January 5, 2016
@GdnSocialCare C is for citizen - strange how rarely we refer to citizen-centred services in #socialcare & more powerful than service user
— Shirley Ayres (@shirleyayres) January 4, 2016
@GdnSocialCare #SocialCareAlphabet I'd like to make the case for Dignity - vital for person-centred care and support @NCFCareForum
— Des Kelly OBE (@DesKellyOBE) January 5, 2016
@GdnSocialCare E = evidence or evidence-based approach
— Chris Papadopoulos (@chrispaps) January 5, 2016
E is for enabling: enabling people to live life to the fulĺ @GdnSocialCare
— Ruth Crowder (@RuthCr) January 5, 2016
@GdnSocialCare F has to be Funding, surely. Or Fudge, which is what we do about funding...
— Simon Bottery (@blimeysimon) January 4, 2016
G is for Gathering Information, says Melissa Tettenborn , professional development officer, Borough of Poole’s social care team: “An important task for social care practitioners in order to avoid assumptions, understand situations, and form the basis for reasoned decision making.”
Finding it hard not to be snarky in @GdnSocialCare A to Z of #socialcare. So H is for hope, and for those people who refuse to lose it ✊
— Martin Coyle (@coyle_mj) January 5, 2016
@Ermintrude2 @shirleyayres @GdnSocialCare H is for Human Rights. Core to soc care. If SWkrs don't get that they need to go stack shelves.
— Social Work Ops (@RobMitch92) January 4, 2016
@GdnSocialCare I is for integration. Sigh. It's the holy grail of health and social care. A mythical idea bit like a unicorn
— Ermintrude (@Ermintrude2) January 4, 2016
@GdnSocialCare j is for jargon. Social care has its own language which doesn't seem to exist anywhere else (individual/personal budgets)
— Ermintrude (@Ermintrude2) January 4, 2016
@Ermintrude2 @GdnSocialCare spot on! More 'languages' & silly jargon for people need to negotiate their way through. pic.twitter.com/9ycVB4F3oZ
— Steve Turner (@stnov8) January 4, 2016
@GdnSocialCare K for kindness
— Des Kelly OBE (@DesKellyOBE) January 6, 2016
@GdnSocialCare 'L' is for listening and learning. One of the easiest ways for every single one of us to make a difference.
— Katherine Brown (@beauty_utility) January 4, 2016
@SocietyGuardian @GdnSocialCare M for Mental Health Our mental state can suffer at any stage of life
— OACP (@OxonACP) January 5, 2016
N is for Night Shift, says Tettenborn: “An invaluable aspect of social care without which services would be affected to the detriment of service users and their networks.”
@GdnSocialCare O for Occupational Therapy, the best profession in the world, and the one that Improves Lives and Saves Money!
— Julia Scott (@JuliaScottCOT) January 5, 2016
@GdnSocialCare p = person - not client/service user/resident and the rest of those awful terms
— Brian Mitchell (@briantheroomie) January 4, 2016
@GdnSocialCare Quality of life not just quality of care? Can't believe quality hasn't already been nominated! @NCFCareForum
— Des Kelly OBE (@DesKellyOBE) January 6, 2016
@GdnSocialCare R is for relationship building, the cornerstone of good practice. P is for paperwork, which gets in the way of R.
— Take 2 Mums (@take2mums) January 4, 2016
@GdnSocialCare S is for signposting and the need for more referrals to vital services and support from charities #SocialCareAlphabet
— Blind Veterans UK (@BlindVeterans) January 5, 2016
@GdnSocialCare 'T' is for transformational (though if referring to pace of service change 'G' for geological a better descriptor)
— Richard Humphries (@RichardatKF) January 4, 2016
@GdnSocialCare T is for third sector - delivering more and more social care services
— Gemma Finnegan (@Gemma_Finnegan) January 4, 2016
@GdnSocialCare U for unpaid carers who help to look after people with health needs & who need support from social care in order to do so!
— Matt Hawkins (@Matt_Hawkins89) January 4, 2016
@Ermintrude2 @shirleyayres @RobMitch92 @GdnSocialCare V is for Vanguard. This means, erm, dunno, but lots of people claim to be one.
— Mark Neary (@MarkNeary1) January 5, 2016
@Barod_CIC @GdnSocialCare how about 'W' for 'well-being' as that has to be the continuing goal
— Stewart Greenwell (@greenwell893) January 5, 2016
@SocietyGuardian @GdnSocialCare X is for cross-country possibilities. The only job role needed in every locality across the whole country.
— OACP (@OxonACP) January 5, 2016
@GdnSocialCare Oh & for Y: how about Younghusband, Dame Eileen? Influential figure in post-work SW development..
— Brendan Clifford (@brenclifford01) January 5, 2016
@SocietyGuardian @GdnSocialCare Z is for...ZZzz Sleeping well at night, knowing your contribution to someone else's life
— OACP (@OxonACP) January 5, 2016
