Clear + detailed report of case before Mr Justice Hayden about whether it's in the best interests of a young man with a rare chromosomal disorder (trisomy-13) to have COVID vax. Excellent reporting So rare to get journalists in Court of Protection Thank you Rachel Roberts 🌸 💃✍️🧘‍♀️🍀✈️🗽

“You will ensure that all cases are progressed efficiently through the system within this fast paced environment” 🤖 Social work is about people, relationships, rights, hope, love, time. Let’s let social workers be social workers, not robots #WSWD2024🩷🌍 rewritingsocialcare.blog/recruiting-rob…

New paper! Navigating uncharted territory with a borrowed map: lessons from setting up the BATH‑OUT‑2 randomised controlled trial in adult social care and housing services in English local authorities rdcu.be/dCwgJ Phillip Whitehead NIHR School for Social Care Research RCOTSS Housing Foundations

There aren't many research jobs like this in childhood neurodisability! ⬇️ Come and work with us!

A great *masterclass* in sensory processing and autism, highly recommended! A complex topic made simple, elegant, and very very human 👏👏👏

Great opportunity to find out about how delivery partner charities, NHS and Local Autorities are promoting health and wellbeing of parent carers of disabled children👍 Spread the word and sign up here eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-pare…

If you like these podcast episodes as much as I did, please put your review on the podcast itself, whatever platform you use. Give the credit where the funders can see it and we'll maybe get some more to listen to 😜😇

A great nights craic and the groundwork done for a great day tomorrow building inclusive methods. Come on children's therapies, get behind #CHESS if you're interested in early years independence skills, we need you and we want you! DM me 🙂

Social worker Rachel Meade has been awarded £40,000 for injury to feelings against Social Work England and Westminster City Council, aggravated damages against both, and exemplary damages against SWE. thetimes.co.uk/article/social…

We are currently recruiting educational settings to explore the effectiveness of #IntensiveInteraction to support children and young people with #PMLD. Visit our website for more information and to register your interest: interacttrial.com

New research about demand and supply of OT, PT, SALT for children with SEND ⬇️ RCOT CYPF RCSLTResearch TheAPCP British Academy of Childhood Disability

📢📢📢 We've got 2 Clinical Lead Occupational Therapy posts in our Rehabiltation and High Support Services, a great development opportunity for anyone looking to advance their career by utilising their knowledge and experience to lead and support OT's penninecare.nhs.uk/jobs#!/job/UK/…

⁦The Challenging Behaviour Foundation⁩ National Strategy Day discussing diverse topics. Great sharing of innovations and practices. ⁦LDEngland⁩ ⁦Mencap⁩ ⁦NHS England⁩

Exemplary, co-produced manifesto for Good Lives for people with learning disabilities. Please support and share widely RCOT_PLD Jennifer McAnuff Lisa Karen Scorer Joanna Grace

The majority of my clients have a recognised disability. Social services routinely ignore referrals from midwifery, to get my clients early help and then attempt to remove at birth due to the parents “lack of support” Grotesque.

This is a long blog about an order for caesarean with chemical or physical restraint if deemed necessary (conditions specified). It is important. A rare case. But very important. Stay with it: read the three observer accounts. Trinity Wilson ThePractisingMidwife Royal College of Midwives 💙

Love to see this issue being explored, lots to learn

My family was affected by prolonged disorder of consciousness last year. We hadn't a clue what to do, nor did the care team. Coma Research ensured my relative's best interests were assessed. She died with dignity as she'd have wanted. V happy to support this: justgiving.com/page/darren-sm…

Good to see research trickling through on occupational therapy-led home adaptations for children with intellectual disabilities. Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment (IHN) can you put us in touch with Georgie about this? Dr Rachel Russell Foundations we can help with getting impact from this research 💪

Should the term "persistent vegetative state" be abolished? My response to Joshua Rozenberg reporting a judgment from Hayden J in his recent blog: rozenberg.substack.com/p/end-of-life-…