Wednesday, September 30, 2020
You face two doors - which will you step through????????????????
...... come on.
Have a go.
Make a decision.
Which door will you choose
& WHY?
L⃣o⃣v⃣i⃣n⃣g⃣y⃣o⃣u⃣
ᖻᓍᑘᗩᖇᘿᗷᘿᗩᑘᖶᓰᖴᑘᒪ
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
CAVERN CLUB - Beautiful Human - wife-to-be - Joan. Today in 1961
Above is a little membership card which is
framed in my home office.
It is my
CAVERN CLUB MEMBERSHIP CARD
I had been a member for a few years.
Beatles and all the 'beat groups' used to play there.
All of them were,
IN THOSE DAYS,
warm-up acts for the Jazz bands
who were always top of the bill.
The Beatles were just one of the groups
who played the Cavern Club
now a tourist venue by
visitors from all over the world
In 1961 I had my first date
with a Beautiful Human - wife-to-be - Joan.
Today in 1961
The first date was me taking her to the
Cavern Club in my little grey Morris Minor van.
We didn't see much of the bands
as we were kissing all the time at the back of the Cavern.
The BEATLES were not playing that evening BUT
Gerry and the Pacemakers
were on stage - full volume
A 🅱🅴🅰🆄🆃🅸🅵🆄🅻 relationship
started here!!!
When you walk through a storm ...................
Love this.
Not a football fan - me.
I love the ordinary humans captured.
It fits well into my life
Our lives.
Cavern Club Life
BHP
Monday, September 28, 2020
Essential Skills of a Youth Worker
...... the first essential skills of a youth worker / people worker is:: OBSERVATION. .................
Havea go at answering these questions
1 which of these blobs is the leader? Say why.
2 which on want to leave the group hug? Why.
3 which blob is not engaging with the group physically? Why? ....................
Lastly - next time you see a group of humans together - read their body language.
This transposes the Blob Tools experience into real life learning.
ᖻᓍᑘᗩᖇᘿᗷᘿᗩᑘᖶᓰᖴᑘᒪ
#YouAreBeautiful
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BHP
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Cookham Wood Young offenders institution in Kent, inspectors found that children were allowed out of their cells only 40 minutes a day.
Cookham Wood Young offenders institution in Kent,
inspectors found that children were allowed out of their cells
only 40 minutes a day.
I worked in the STC (Secure Training Centre) next door to this YP some years ago.
I wasTraining Staff on a sessional basis.
Back in the 60’s I was a residential Housefather in a Young Offenders Unit of 15 boys.
My innards hurt when I read about the above.
My Friend Simon responds to this report::
"I used to work in a Young Offenders Institute and as much as sometimes young people have to be locked up for public protection reasons, it's also evident that the vast majority of them have had extremely troubled childhoods. They have suffered much emotional damage along the journey and this is absolutely no way to help them change and grow positively for the future. A mental health time bomb if there isn't one already. Truly appalling."
The 2019 report included these comments/conclusions ::
This report details findings from our latest inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood, a facility holding up to 188 boys aged between 15 and 18. In common with all young offender institutions (YOIs), and recognising the risks and accountabilities relating to the imprisonment of children, Cookham Wood is subject to independent inspection annually.
When we inspected last year, we reported outcomes for children that were insufficient in three of our healthy prison tests and reasonably good in only one, ‘care’. At this inspection, the situation had deteriorated to the extent that outcomes were now insufficiently good against all our healthy prison tests. Despite these disappointing verdicts, local managers sought to provide some context in terms of their frustration at being unable to recruit and retain sufficient staff. New recruitment initiatives were underway and there was some hope that the impending closure of the adjacent Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) would lead to an influx of transferred staff in the new year. Staff shortages, however, could not have come at a worse time as the institution was running near capacity as children were diverted away from Feltham A YOI, as that institution responded to the Urgent Notification we issued to it earlier in the year.
Cookham Wood was still not safe enough. Children were received into the institution reasonably well but induction arrangements were undermined by extended periods of inactivity and lock-up. Safeguarding procedures were sound and levels of self-harm were lower than at comparable prisons, with those in crisis telling us they felt supported. Levels of violence, however, some of which was serious, remained high. Work was in place to resolve conflict, supported by a comprehensive behaviour management strategy, but much of this was impeded by the shortage or regular re- deployment of staff. In addition, too much low-level poor behaviour went unchallenged and too little was done to encourage fuller engagement among children. Safety was further undermined by overreliance on reactive ‘keep apart’ lists, which hindered a full and smoothly-run regime, and by significant amounts of lock-up.
Use of force had increased and was high, and more than half of incidents required the full deployment of restraint techniques. Children could also find themselves segregated on at least two units, Bridge and Phoenix, or on normal location. The purpose of these units required clarification and the regime for children on them was too limited, despite the attention of caring and supportive staff. The accommodation on Phoenix was poor.
Relationships between staff and children generally were not good enough. Barely two-thirds of children felt respected and staff rarely had sufficient time to meaningfully engage with them. Relationships were better on the Cedar unit. Accommodation was modern but its upkeep poor: the environment was often grubby and standards of cleanliness and general maintenance required improvement. The quality of food was reasonable but most children were required to eat their meals in their cells. Consultation arrangements needed more support and children experienced limited access to application and complaints procedures. The promotion of equality was poor, but the quality of health provision remained good.
We found 28% of children locked in cell during the school day, with most accessing just five hours a day out of cell during the week and two hours at weekends. Access to the gym and library was restricted. Despite some improvements to provision, punctuality and attendance at education and vocational training were poor, which limited education hours and contributed to the fact that only half those engaged on courses completed them. Overall, our colleagues in Ofsted judged the learning and skills provision as ‘requires improvement’, their second lowest assessment.
When we inspected last year, we reported outcomes for children that were insufficient in three of our healthy prison tests and reasonably good in only one, ‘care’. At this inspection, the situation had deteriorated to the extent that outcomes were now insufficiently good against all our healthy prison tests. Despite these disappointing verdicts, local managers sought to provide some context in terms of their frustration at being unable to recruit and retain sufficient staff. New recruitment initiatives were underway and there was some hope that the impending closure of the adjacent Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) would lead to an influx of transferred staff in the new year. Staff shortages, however, could not have come at a worse time as the institution was running near capacity as children were diverted away from Feltham A YOI, as that institution responded to the Urgent Notification we issued to it earlier in the year.
Cookham Wood was still not safe enough. Children were received into the institution reasonably well but induction arrangements were undermined by extended periods of inactivity and lock-up. Safeguarding procedures were sound and levels of self-harm were lower than at comparable prisons, with those in crisis telling us they felt supported. Levels of violence, however, some of which was serious, remained high. Work was in place to resolve conflict, supported by a comprehensive behaviour management strategy, but much of this was impeded by the shortage or regular re- deployment of staff. In addition, too much low-level poor behaviour went unchallenged and too little was done to encourage fuller engagement among children. Safety was further undermined by overreliance on reactive ‘keep apart’ lists, which hindered a full and smoothly-run regime, and by significant amounts of lock-up.
Use of force had increased and was high, and more than half of incidents required the full deployment of restraint techniques. Children could also find themselves segregated on at least two units, Bridge and Phoenix, or on normal location. The purpose of these units required clarification and the regime for children on them was too limited, despite the attention of caring and supportive staff. The accommodation on Phoenix was poor.
Relationships between staff and children generally were not good enough. Barely two-thirds of children felt respected and staff rarely had sufficient time to meaningfully engage with them. Relationships were better on the Cedar unit. Accommodation was modern but its upkeep poor: the environment was often grubby and standards of cleanliness and general maintenance required improvement. The quality of food was reasonable but most children were required to eat their meals in their cells. Consultation arrangements needed more support and children experienced limited access to application and complaints procedures. The promotion of equality was poor, but the quality of health provision remained good.
We found 28% of children locked in cell during the school day, with most accessing just five hours a day out of cell during the week and two hours at weekends. Access to the gym and library was restricted. Despite some improvements to provision, punctuality and attendance at education and vocational training were poor, which limited education hours and contributed to the fact that only half those engaged on courses completed them. Overall, our colleagues in Ofsted judged the learning and skills provision as ‘requires improvement’, their second lowest assessment.
LINK TO THE 2020 REPORT
https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/HMYOI-Cookham-Wood-Action-Plan-Final.pdf
These children deserve and need the most attentive and loving care at their most needy time of life.
We need a light to shine in these dark corners.
BHP
Saturday, September 26, 2020
This what I do/ love/ grow in/ stretch in/ but NOW all in LOCKDOWN HOLD
The following items will give you a glimpse of what I do.
PipWilson BHP::
I ask for #reflections after my #Training Days
Can I ask you a question?
My question is relating to the 5 BLOBS above.
The one we find the hardest to LOVE.
ACTIVITY::
Think of a a person who is bruised.
Someone who is going through a rough time.
THEN -
pick one of the Blobs above
which illustrates best
how that person FEELS?
If you touch the screen physically -
it makes more/greater impact on you.
NOW.
Did you do it?
If you did that
you more of a 'Participant'
than an 'Audience'
NOW
Pick which BLOB which is you right now -
the nearest to your FEELINGS RIGHT NOW.
TOUCH IT ...................
The Blobs help many people to identify their feelings.
Even young children who are not emotionally literate.
They can point/touch and OWN their feelings.
ALL GOOD this is for me.
Feelings are signals and nothing to be afraid of.
I had a big signal this morning.
I need to dig into it.
Put a name to the feeling and decide why
I have that feeling.
They are mine and I will not run away
hide
bury
suppress.
Now one last exercise.
Read the quote below
then touch the Blob above
which is nearest this BHP.
Doing this develops empathy.
AND that is great in my book.
"My father
always made me know I was fat.
I could never make him love me.
I decided nobody would love me
unless I was perfect.
I felt ugly,
as if I was falling down a dark hole."
Jane Fonda
Thank you - join me on the journey
of becoming ...........
HERE on these pages - www.pipwilson.com
You are beautiful
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Friday, September 25, 2020
COVID19 and social distancing - WHY are people not helping?
COVID19
As we do our daily walk
often we need to step into the road because
two three or four humans
are coming at us -
offering no social distancing.
So many individuals don’t seem to bother
about crushing past you in many contexts.
Why when everyone knows that illness & even death can be passed on -
WHY NOT BE AWARE?
I hear & see TV interviews
from around our nation -
humans of many backgrounds showing a couldn’t care less response
to the invisible Corona Virus around us.
I think
'Toothache’
WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE TOOTHACHE?
If we have toothache we only think about one thing =
Toothache!
So many beautiful humans have at least
one big issue in their lives
and I call it toothache.
Working in areas of
severe deprivation
I have experiences a numbness in many humans
about life issues (personal social national worldwide)
and they can’t afford to care.
Like Maslow's hierarchy of human needs -
if we are in SURVIVAL
we can think of little else ………...
What is your toothache?
What stops the journey towards your own full potential
and seeking wholeness?
What stops the journey towards your own full potential
and seeking wholeness?
Why not become a
NUMBNESS DETECTIVE
becoming more aware of humans numbing themselves to survive?
becoming more aware of humans numbing themselves to survive?
......... so, whatever your toothache …….
...... "you are a beautiful human person" ……
BHP
Thursday, September 24, 2020
TAKE THE RED PILL ...............
If we take the red pill of
self-awareness,
there is no way back
x
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BHP
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Blob Tree Resources - BLOB HEALTH COLLECTION - a massive selection INSTANTLY DOWNLOADABLE
A Blob Health Collection
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Full collection of Blob scenes with a Health theme, includes : Blob A&E, Blob Areas Of Health, Blob Chaplaincy, Blob Drawing The Line Dementia, Blob Drawing The Line (Black & White & 2 Colours), Blob Elderly Care, Blob Grief, Blob Health, Blob Hospital, Blob Memory, Blob Memory Loss (B&W & Colour), Blob Mental Health, Blob Mobility, Blob Obesity, Blob PE lesson (B&W & Colour), Blob Personal Wellness, Blob Research, Blob Service Users, Blob Sexual health, Blob Stages Of Grief (B&W & Colour), Blob Stress Stones, Blob Surgery, Blob Visiting, Blob Ward, Blob Drowning (B&W & Colour), Blob It's Your Road To Walk Rumi (B&W & Colour), Blob Leading Causes Of Death, Blob The Cycle Of Revenge
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A total of 36 Blob Scenes in this pack (including black & white and colour variants)
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
#BlobTree tools are not like a lesson.
.... #BlobTree tools are not like a lesson.
Or a lecture.
They seek out participation- engaging each person to go deeper into self.
Awareness.
Relationships.
Affirmation.
Emotional intelligence
++++ plus
#SEN #homeschool #school #teachers#parents#primary #secondary #adults#socialdistancing #isolation #pipwilson #OFSTED#TES #TheTimes https://
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