When depression seeps into one’s soul and mists the mind with sullen thoughts. Depriving the body of its will and motivation to do, existence becomes a dark cloud that floats without any sense of beneficent direction or will to fight. Depression is that loss, not of creativity, I can create when depressed, but that loss of doing something with it…. Read More

Sadly, whilst we should be shocked, angered, bewildered and puzzled we should not be surprised. We are working in a ‘perfect storm’ within health and social care. Deregulation, austerity, a recruitment and retention nightmare, poor leadership and management, discrimination and a whole host of other issues. I work within the health and social care sector and have done for many… Read More

We have been working with a local Company recently, one which to a degree had become a victim of its own person-centred philosophy and practice. Don’t get me wrong the being person-centred isn’t a bad thing, its just when the barriers between the roles between Employer and Employee become blurred. Employers have a duty of care towards their staff members,… Read More

We are nearly a fifth of the way through the present century. The 21st, I know I’m good for knowing that. I will take my bow later. But what has this new century brought us, this new millennia? I look at the world and I see an increase in poverty, racism, anger, xenophobia, hatred, homelessness and mental health problems. I… Read More

You would think that any changes to a piece of legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act 2005 would be a straightforward thing to do. Well, I would. The DoLs process was not working as effectively as it should have, so  those that do took a look at how to make it work better. But sadly in the proposals put… Read More

Training! What importance do you give to training within your Organisation? Is it high priority – low quality? Is it high priority – high quality? Is it low priority – we’ll get what we can? Is it high priority – we’re struggling to organise it? If it is 1 or 4 maybe we can help! Train for Care will support… Read More

Over the past four of five weeks I have personally encountered three people with harrowing stories of being let down by the very services that should be there to support them with their Mental Health problems. All three regard the mental health of children and young people. Two involved young people attempting to end their own lives. Sadly the local… Read More

It was in 1961 that the Suicide Act decriminalised the act of suicide, so ensuring people who had tried to end their own life would not be prosecuted. Prior to that, a person found guilty of ‘felo de se’, felon to himself could be sentenced to serve a term in prison or be taken to be ‘treated’ at a Psychiatric… Read More

“I’ve been working here for ten years, I know my job!” How many times have you heard something like that? A few times I would hazard a guess. I have, facilitating training over the years I’ve heard it a lot. It usually means “Don’t tell me how to do my job”. Or, “You can’t teach me anything”. Sadly it cannot… Read More