Simone Litvaitis @SimoneLit
Social Work & Integrated Practice Academic interested in all things AMHP, MCA & Best Interests. Also: mummy, wife, cat owner & cake baker. Views are my own. Chorley, England Joined September 2012-
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Awesome day! Atmosphere was 🐝🐝🐝 in Manchester! Great highlights of the day, my highlight was students doing interviews for BBC - keep an eye on the one show👀🤗 @BoltonUni @SalfordUni @SocialWorkMMU @UoMSocialWork @LIPLUOM @Lisacassidybol1 @Lisa_SW77 @SimoneLit @LucyLBSW
Brilliant day at our careers fair yesterday some highlights captured in our short video! Thanks @OfficialUoM for hosting our event #GMCareers25 #socialwork #careers
@FionaMelding @GMMH_NHS @KishenNeelam @Polly_Solomon @DAWNPAR48306230 Happy Birthday Dr Jay!
The @Law_Commission is seeking your views on the law around disabled children and adult social care. Wide ranging - from needs assessment, to interface with education, mental health and more... please share with organisations supporting disabled children. lawcom.gov.uk/law-commission…
Thank you Eric & Louise for such an important session with our students! Your support to our programme is invaluable. @PatienceUdonsi @UoS_HealthSoc
Eric and Louise have been teaching first year learning disability nursing and social work students about communication at @SalfordUni today. It was good to see many of the people we interviewed for the course again.
Book your place for the @RCNFoundation Annual Lecture which this year focusses on Learning Disability Nursing -22nd October rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk/Alumni/Events/…
Come and celebrate with us on November 1st as it’s National Learning Disability Nurses Day! #ChooseLDNursing
Very proud to work alongside such inspirational colleagues, so well deserved!
📢📢Congratulations to our wonderful Minoritised Ethnic Student Collective who have been named this morning as one of the winners of the prestigious @AdvanceHE #CATEawards2024 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Read full story here: bit.ly/4dbBxBp #CATE #CATEawards2024 #Salford
🎓 It is hard not to celebrate with someone as energetic and positive as Michelle Singh, who has overcome unbelievable challenges during her degree at Salford... Michelle has just completed the BSc in Learning Disabilities Nursing and Social Work (Integrated Practice). 1/2
Congratulations Dr Jen @sueblackwellDS on your honorary doctorate from the University of Salford. What an awesome achievement, there was not a dry eye in the room when you gave your speech. #InspirationalWoman #UoS @UoS_HealthSoc
📰 NEWS | BASW England welcomes recommendations of independent evaluation of Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) with plan to develop & embed it further in practice. 🔗 Find out more: new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-…
It's finally out! The Routledge International Handbook of Feminisms, 2024. Privileged to have contributed to this great work. @routledgebooks
Very good new research from @CiaranMMMurphy et al - Findings include that when newly qualified social workers described being "ill-prepared" they tended to refer to workforce pressures, rather than direct working, theory, assessments etc ("well-prepared"). tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Excited for this event! Can’t wait! #GMPE24Con GM Practice Educators get booking - places will go fast! @GmpswA @Gemma_pen @Lyndymcd @Lisa_SW77 @davidcstockport @SimoneLit @SWManMet @UoMSocialWork @KirlewDr @LauraParkerSW @SalfordASC @Lisacassidybol1 @LDroogan @EmmaCoxon11
@GMSWAOfficial Confirmed Practice Educator Conference 12th June - Focus "Neurodiversity" Key notes speakers include @suzipayton and colleagues from @ND_SWgroup. Cant wait for this event, all GM Practice Educators contact your workforce leads to book a place. @Lyndymcd @GmpswA 🙌
3 weeks to go🙌Calling all final year social work students, come and feel the love on 14th Feb at @GMSWAOfficial Social Work Careers Fair at Geoffry Manton. To register attendance see link: forms.office.com/Pages/Response… @SimoneLit @SalfordUni @BoltonUni @SWManMet @OfficialUoM
Call for AMHPs to take part in an interesting research project here. Link takes you to the information sheet. A really sound evidence base for AMHPs starting to emerge! #AMHPResearch @AmhpLeadsNet @jaymand1 @kateblakeholmes psytoolkit.org/c/3.4.6/survey…
📢Calling all final year social work students, only 8 weeks till our GMSWA Social Work Careers Fair 2024 - to register use link below: Come and feel the love for social work on Feb 14th 🩷forms.office.com/Pages/Response… @SWManMet @BoltonSWCentre @SalfordUni @UoMSocialWork @UoS_Students
“… those involved in CAMHS provision and Tier 4 decision making have to recognise this resource crisis and have to take the lack of adequate social provision into account when making decisions under the MHA”: Lancashire County Council v X [2023] EWHC 2667 bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/…
It is Learning Disability Nurse Day today. Thank you to all the Learning Disability Nurses who work hard to advocate for people with a #LearningDisability. #LDNurseDay #LearningDisabilityNurse @ukldcnn
Can dual registration degrees enhance nurses’ careers? Find out how nursing and social work may benefit from a seamless approach to care and what to expect from an integrated programme. rcni.com/nursing-standa…
Learning disability nursing careers: what pathways can I take? Click here to find out how to develop your learning disability nursing career > rcni.com/learning-disab…
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