Simone Litvaitis

Social Work & Integrated Practice Academic interested in all things AMHP, MCA & Best Interests. Also: mummy, wife, cat owner & cake baker. Views are my own.

[Janine Mcloughlin @JanineMcloughl5]

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

[Simone Litvaitis @SimoneLit]

@FionaMelding @GMMH_NHS @KishenNeelam @Polly_Solomon @DAWNPAR48306230 Happy Birthday Dr Jay!

[Lucy Series @TheSmallPlaces]

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. https://t.co/Jah8eRpZGc

[Simone Litvaitis @SimoneLit]

Thank you Eric & Louise for such an important session with our students! Your support to our programme is invaluable. @PatienceUdonsi @UoS_HealthSoc

[SPICE @FD_SPICE]

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.

[(inactive) Jonathan Beebee RNLD @JonathanBeebee]

Book your place for the @RCNFoundation Annual Lecture which this year focusses on Learning Disability Nursing -22nd October https://t.co/oCLVQNyG5y

[Steve Hardy🏳️‍🌈 @SteveHardyLDN]

Come and celebrate with us on November 1st as it’s National Learning Disability Nurses Day! #ChooseLDNursing

[Simone Litvaitis @SimoneLit]

Very proud to work alongside such inspirational colleagues, so well deserved!

[UoS Health & Society @UoS_HealthSoc]

📢📢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: https://t.co/7KEGlFpWgN

#CATE #CATEawards2024 #Salford

[UoS Health & Society @UoS_HealthSoc]

🎓 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).

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[Patience Udonsi RNLD @PatienceUdonsi]

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

[BASW @BASW_UK]

📰 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: https://t.co/3sslGWSUyS

[Patience Udonsi RNLD @PatienceUdonsi]

It's finally out! The Routledge International Handbook of Feminisms, 2024. Privileged to have contributed to this great work. @routledgebooks

[Joe Hanley ⏹️ @JoeEHanley]

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").
https://t.co/mxS4ry54DL

[Janine Mcloughlin @JanineMcloughl5]

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

[Greater Manchester Social Work Academy @OfficialGMSWA]

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: https://t.co/8V8Kzze9HV @SimoneLit @SalfordUni @BoltonUni @SWManMet @OfficialUoM

[Jill Hemmington (Dr) @JillHemmington]

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
https://t.co/7Y5NtaFjrP

[Greater Manchester Social Work Academy @OfficialGMSWA]

📢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 🩷https://t.co/8V8Kzze9HV @SWManMet @BoltonSWCentre @SalfordUni @UoMSocialWork @UoS_Students

[Neil Allen @NeilAllen39]

“… 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 https://t.co/oYV9iVsmi3

[LDEngland @LearningDisEng]

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

[Nursing Standard @NurseStandard]

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.

https://t.co/N2XcsiOfWa

[Nursing Standard @NurseStandard]

Learning disability nursing careers: what pathways can I take?

Click here to find out how to develop your learning disability nursing career > https://t.co/wRDrIBOWPa