My vision is to generate a practical, down to earth, digestible, but also stimulating way of sharing knowledge between social professionals who work in caring, protection and safeguarding services.
My name is Debbie Amas and I am a social worker with over 25 years experience working with vulnerable children and adults. I also have 10 years experience of being a senior lecturer in social work. I am a independent social work consultant and practitioner currently completing a PhD in social work on a scholarship programme in Australia. On this website you can find details of my research, browse my blog and find out more about the services I offer as an independent consultant practitioner.
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It’s International Women’s Day today. Apparently. I didn’t even know until I got up and turned on the radio. BBC 6 music are certainly celebrating with a host of women DJs, women’s music and w...
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A social worker I was once responsible for called me a ‘very human supervisor’. I felt honoured and was pleased that someone was able to recognise skills I’d tried to nurture for many years. Thi...
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Is case load weighting helpful? Or might a better measure be the quality of "case work"? For many years now arguments about the number of cases social workers should hold has raged. A recently publish...
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Sand tray work is a well known play therapy technique that acts as a powerful cathartic tool for use with children, young people and adults. Over a number of years I've adapted it as a tool to work wi...
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As social professionals we work with nuanced skills that are difficult to explain or recognise. There is something that happens which social professionals might understand as being more than the sum o...
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In 2011 I had the honour of meeting a very special man by the name of Terry O’Neill. Terry’s brother, Dennis was killed by his foster carers in 1945. If you are in Child Protection you may be fami...
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Articles: Amas, D. (2012). We all love playing in the sand! Using sand play therapy in critical ref...
Debbie brings energy, humour and playfulness to her creative projects
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