A rich and nourishing offering : issue 14 of the goodenoughcaring Journal will be brought out of the oven on December 18th, 2013

On December 18th, 2013, Issue 14 of the goodenoughcaring Journal will be brought out of the oven and put online. The flavour of this issue is nuanced by the work of Clare and Donald Winnicott and its influence on our thinking about how children develop, how they are brought up and how social work can help troubled children and their families. Our authors have drawn generously from the ingredients in their Winnicottian larders. John Burton writes about compliance and abuse in care settings, Cynthia Cross considers the Winnicotts' impact on residential child care, John Fallowfield cites Donald Winnicott among others in his essay about child development and observation in social work, Joel Kanter considers Clare’s and Donald’s notion of the social worker/therapist as 'transitional participant' when in relationship with children traumatised by dislocation, Patrick Tomlinson cites Winnicott’s game "The Squiggle "in his article about communicating with traumatised children. Charles Sharpe reflects upon Clare Winnicott's interview with Alan Cohen and examines her influence on social work, and Jeanne Warren’s essay is a consideration of the Scottish philosopher, (and contemporary of the Winnicotts) John Macmurray’s ideas about the education of children.

Added to our new bake's relish is Bob Royston’s account of a childhood spent in a ‘country club’, an article which continues our series of individual memoirs of childhood, John Stein's recollections of Richard T. Cass, the first social worker he ever met, tell us all that John learnt from him, while Kevin Ball provides a comprehensive explanation and evaluation of the role of the Regulation 33 visitor whose task it is to monitor the care provided for children who live in children’s homes. Finally, for some, the icing on the cake will be “The Girl from the Workhouse” an article from a magazine edited by Charles Dickens.

More articles may well be added to further spice our mix but we hope that visitors to the goodenoughcaring website and readers of the Journal will agree this issue is looking to be a rich and nourishing offering.

This news item first appeared on the homepage of the goodenoughcaring website on November 27th, 2013.

The new goodenoughcaring Journal, "the Winnicott" issue is on its way !!

The new issue of the goodenoughcaring Journal has embarked upon the journey towards its destination on December 15th, 2013. This issue has a principal focus on the work of Donald and Clare Winnicott, yet it also contains other outstanding articles on matters to do with childhood, parenting, nurture, social child care and all things relating to bringing up children. More details to follow on this page within a few days, so keep clicking in for a visit. 

This news item first appeared on the home page of the goodenoughcaring website on November 20th, 2013

Radical Then, Radical Now : Care and Education in Communities

The Child Care History Network, in association with Hilfield Friary, presents:

Radical Then, Radical Now : Care and Education in Communities

A conference to celebrate the centenary of the Little Commonwealth and Homer Lane, and to reflect on the future of residential therapeutic child care and education with a group of leading practitioners, academics, writers and thinkers.
The conference takes place on Saturday, November 9th, 2013 from 10.15 am to 4.45 pm at Hilfield Friary, Dorset DT2 7BE
The conference is preceded by the 5th Anniversary AGM of the Child Care History Network.
Delegates are invited to share the evocative spaces built and lived in by the child and adult citizens of one of the 20th Century’s best known and most influential experiments in child reclamation and education. Created in 1913, closed in 1918, in 1921 the Little Commonwealth farm and buildings became home to a radical new Anglican order of friars, created to serve the homeless and destitute, and still flourishing in an ever-evolving community as part of the world-wide Anglican Society of Saint Francis. The conference will be a day-long discussion of history, heritage, community, continuity, and the future of education in communities and residential therapeutic child care.

The speakers are :
Judith Stinton, "Round the Houses: A walking tour of the Little Commonwealth"
Michael Fielding, "Self-government, shared responsibility and the possibility of radical democratic education"
Albert Lamb, "The Rescue of Childhood: Homer Lane and A.S. Neill"
Brother Philip Bartholomew, SSF, St. Francis School, Hooke, and the place and role of Hilfield Friary and the Society of Saint Francis in community living, service, and education
Charles Sharpe, “Freedom cannot be given. It is taken by children and demands the privilege of conscious wrong-doing." Has Homer Lane's thesis space to be accommodated in the 21st century?
Emily Charkin, "Building and Learning: Exploring the fundamentals of radical education and child care"
John Diamond, 'the children of the dangerous and perishing classes'
David Gribble, "Similar ideas in dissimilar settings"
Booking forms and further details of the conference can be found at the CCHN website.
Fees (which include lunch) for the conference are £85 and £70 for members.


This news item first appeared on the goodenoughcaring home page on October 9th, 2013

Separation and Reunion Forum 14th Annual Conference - Attachment Issues: Children’s Rights

The Separation & Reunion Forum cordially invites you to their 14th annual conference :



Attachment Issues: Children’s Rights


Date: Friday 29th. November 2013
Venue: London Voluntary Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA
Time: 9.30am to 4.30 pm

The Conference will explore, the relationship between Attachment and the Rights of the Child; how these are reflected in the approaches of policy makers and practitioners in the provision of services for children and families. Participants will be able to select from a wide range of practical workshops which address various issues affecting children. Example, Education, Health, Adoption, Child Abuse, Migrant Children and Children in the Justice System .

Key Note Speakers:

• Dr Simon Hoffman, School of Law; Wales Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People, Swansea University. “Attachment and Children’s Rights: Exploring the Relationships.”
• Dr Antonia Bifulco, Professor of Psychology, Middlesex University. “Understanding Adult Attachment in Family Relationships: Impacting on Children’s Needs.”
• Dr Linda Ince, Researcher, Freelance Life Coaching, Social Work Trainer and consultant.
• Dr Tirril Harris, International Attachment Network. Chair of Panel ”Question Time.”

Conference Fees: £65.00 for non-members £50.00 for members and £35.00 for Concessions: students, retired, unemployed.

A booking form for the event can be found at SRF
Payment can also be made by cheque to SRF, Room 003, 250 York Road, SW11 3SJ.

Venue: Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA
For further information on this event, please, email: serefo or ring 020 7801 0135.



This news item first appeared on the home page of the goodenoughcaring website on October 8th, 2013

Limbus : a useful link

A useful link : Limbus        http://www.limbus.org.uk/

Limbus was established 20 years ago. Its prime purpose is to organize lectures and events of interest to those in the psychological professions - particularly psychotherapists and counsellors - but they are also of interest to others within the helping professions in the south-west of England.

Limbus organizes four lectures or events a year. Limbus is a non profit organization run entirely by volunteers.

The lectures or events take place on Saturday mornings at Studio 3 on the Dartington Estate near Totnes. There is no need to book in advance. Turn up at 10am (when coffee and tea is served) for a 10.30am start and a 13.00pm finish. The fee for each event is £20.

Next Limbus Psychotherapy Lectures for 2013/14

Nov 30, 2013, Jeremy Holmes : The Clinical Imagination: Conversations with Freud, Coleridge & George Eliot

Mar 1, 2014, Liz Burns : Literary inspirations in therapeutic conversations: a systemic perspective

May 17, 2014, Nigel Smith : The Expertise of the non-Expert Position

Sep 20, 2014 Graham Music : The full title is to be arranged but will be associated with Morality & Altruism

This updated news item first appeared on September 24th, 2013 on the goodenoughcaring website at the Counselling and Psychotherapy page.

Keeping Children Alive : The Life and Legacy of Clare Winnicott - GAPS Annual General Meeting and Annual Lecture

Keeping Children Alive : The Life and Legacy of Clare Winnicott - GAPS Annual General Meeting and Annual Lecture

On October 4th, 2013 Joel Kanter, MSW, LCSW-C, the author of Face to Face with Children and The Life and Work of Clare Winnicott (both published by Karnac Books) will deliver the GAPS annual lecture in the 5th Floor Lecture Theatre at the Tavistock Centre, Belsize Lane, London, NW3 5BA

The event will begin with the AGM from 6.30pm to 7.30 and will be followed by Joel’s presentation Keeping Children Alive : The Life and Legacy of Clare Winnicott.

To register for this event please contact the GAPS office at info@gaps.org.uk or ring 0117 946 7799

GAPS (Group for the Advancement of Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy in Social Work) and The Journal of Social Work Practice was established in 1984 by a group of social workers interested in working with psychodynamic ideas established Since that time, GAPS has promoted the importance of relationship-based approaches in social work, and therapeutic, psychodynamic and systemic perspectives – perspectives that are central to the editorial policy of the Journal of Social Work Practice, which is owned by the GAPS membership.

A principal theme of the next issue of the goodenoughcaring Journal which goes online on December 15th, 2013, is a consideration of the influence of the Clare and Donald Winnicott on child care practice and childhood studies. Joel Kanter has kindly provided an article for this issue. Visit Joel's website about life and work of Clare Winnicott.

This news item first appeared on the home page of the goodenoughcaring.com website on August 30th, 2013.

The Child Care History Network presents: FROM MARIA TO MUNRO - Safeguarding Children: Procedures, Regulation, or Nurturing Relationships?

The CCHN's Summer 2013 conference, Barns is being held at Conference Centre, Planned Environment Therapy Trust, Church Lane, Toddington, Gloucestershire GL54 5DQ on July 25th. A stimulating day conference has been planned to do some fundamental thinking about child protection.

For the last forty years child protection and safeguarding have dominated social work with children and their families. The conference will look at how this thinking has developed and ask whether it is time to move on to a different way of viewing ways of meeting children's needs. In addition to the formal papers, the day will provide opportunities for delegates to participate and share thinking on the theme.

Programme

10.30 Arrival, registration and refreshments

11.00 Welcome and introduction to morning session: David Lane
11.15 Professor Ray Jones: Child protection and safeguarding

11.45 Jennifer Crane: The Historical Construction of 'Child Abuse', 1960-2000

12.00 Sir Roger Singleton: Protection systems: where next?

12.30 Discussion


13.00 Lunch




14.00 Introduction to afternoon session: Charles Sharpe

14.15 Mark Smith: Bringing up children: a pedagogical perspective

15.00 Discussion




15.15 Refreshments




15.45 Panel and discussion: Where next?




16.30 Charles Sharpe: In conclusion




16.45 End of conference

SPEAKERS

SIR ROGER SINGLETON Chair of the Independent Safeguarding Authority and the Government's Chief Adviser on the Safety of Children, with a background including Barnardo's as Chief Executive from 1984-2006.

RAY JONES Professor of Social Work at the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, run jointly by Kingston University and St George's, University of London, as well as Chair of Bristol's Safeguarding Children Board, with a career which has included Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, and Director of Social Services in Wiltshire.

MARK SMITH Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Edinburgh University, with an extensive background working in and managing residential school and care settings and secure accommodation, moving to Edinburgh in 2005 having established the first Masters level qualification for residential child care across the UK at the University of Strathclyde.

JENNIFER CRANE Wellcome Trust-funded doctoral student in the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick, carrying out research on the theme "From 'unnameable problem' to 'worst possible vice': The Creation and Construction of "Child Abuse", 1960-2000".

CHARLES SHARPE Presiding editor of the goodenoughcaring Journal, who trained as a teacher, worked as a residential child care worker for twenty years, and is now a practicing psychotherapist who has worked as a consultant to children’s homes as well as teaching post-graduate courses on child development and therapeutic child care.

This news item first appeared on the home page of the goodenoughcaring on July 22nd, 2013.