Katie Küken
@katiekuken.bsky.social
She/Her. Social Worker. Lecturer. EdD Student. Once Approved Mental Health Professional before burnout struck. Vegan for the animals & 🌍. Love camping and a long ol’ walk. Views are my own. Might share pictures of trees.
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The difficult second book is landing on doormats (or lovely herringbone floors) and @capacitylaw.bsky.social approves… And breathe
#SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience
@elaineljames.bsky.social
#SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience
@elaineljames.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The difficult second book is landing on doormats (or lovely herringbone floors) and @capacitylaw.bsky.social approves… And breathe
#SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience
@elaineljames.bsky.social
#SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience
@elaineljames.bsky.social
Or maybe… just maybe… society is making people more physically unwell, mentally unwell, and compassion fatigued. Should we consider improving it? Looking forward to seeing @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social psychiatric qualifications.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions
Health secretary says too many people are being ‘written off’ and that is driving ministers’ changes to welfare
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Or maybe… just maybe… society is making people more physically unwell, mentally unwell, and compassion fatigued. Should we consider improving it? Looking forward to seeing @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social psychiatric qualifications.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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If Government were to approve #Rosebank oilfield, it would be an unforgivable act of environmental vandalism & simply can’t be squared with #climate commitments. Anyone else recall Reeves’s pledge to be first Green Chancellor? How long ago it seems now…@stopcambo.bsky.social
PM faces growing internal backlash over potential approval of Rosebank oilfield
Labour MPs describe ‘breaking point’ in relations, calling for Keir Starmer to stand by party’s manifesto commitments
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Fabulous evening with Merlin Sheldrake. Would highly recommend ‘Fungi: The Web of Life’ (available on iPlayer!!) 🍄🟫🕸️🍄
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Fabulous evening with Merlin Sheldrake. Would highly recommend ‘Fungi: The Web of Life’ (available on iPlayer!!) 🍄🟫🕸️🍄
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Window is closing to apply for this - check it out 👇🏽
The Education Beyond Borders programme is offering up to 30 scholarships to displaced people to study on a full-time postgraduate programme, starting in Sept 2025.
Applications close on 3 Feb.
Learn more ▶️ edin.ac/4atqEKv
Contact ✉️ EducationBeyondBorders@ed.ac.uk for further enquiries.
Applications close on 3 Feb.
Learn more ▶️ edin.ac/4atqEKv
Contact ✉️ EducationBeyondBorders@ed.ac.uk for further enquiries.
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Window is closing to apply for this - check it out 👇🏽
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More evidence the whole water sector is totally broken. Utterly toothless regulators & privatisation resulting in £80bn lining shareholders’ pockets since 1990 & raw sewage entering waterways for 3.6m hours last year, double amount recorded the year before #publicownershipnow @we-own-it.bsky.social
Water bills for households in England and Wales to rise by £31 a year
Water bills for households in England and Wales to rise by £31 a year
Regulator agrees to increase amount firms can charge over next five years so they can fund fixing leaky pipes and cut pollution
Households in England and Wales will see their water bills rise by an average of £31 a year, as suppliers pay to fix leaky…
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
More evidence the whole water sector is totally broken. Utterly toothless regulators & privatisation resulting in £80bn lining shareholders’ pockets since 1990 & raw sewage entering waterways for 3.6m hours last year, double amount recorded the year before #publicownershipnow @we-own-it.bsky.social
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📢 Are you a social worker in Southern England who works with people seeking asylum? 📢 Please join my research study as I seek to understand the challenges you face and how best to support you as individuals and as professional collectives. 📢 Contact me for more information.
November 28, 2024 at 10:59 AM
📢 Are you a social worker in Southern England who works with people seeking asylum? 📢 Please join my research study as I seek to understand the challenges you face and how best to support you as individuals and as professional collectives. 📢 Contact me for more information.
Great morning discussing all things practice learning with apprentices and practice educators
December 13, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Great morning discussing all things practice learning with apprentices and practice educators
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Universal Credit is falling short.
Our social security system should support all of us, especially when we need it most.
Together with @mindcharity.bsky.social , We Are Carers, Turn2Us, @trusselluk.bsky.social and over 100 orgs, we delivered the news to the UK government that it's time to act 📢
Our social security system should support all of us, especially when we need it most.
Together with @mindcharity.bsky.social , We Are Carers, Turn2Us, @trusselluk.bsky.social and over 100 orgs, we delivered the news to the UK government that it's time to act 📢
November 28, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Universal Credit is falling short.
Our social security system should support all of us, especially when we need it most.
Together with @mindcharity.bsky.social , We Are Carers, Turn2Us, @trusselluk.bsky.social and over 100 orgs, we delivered the news to the UK government that it's time to act 📢
Our social security system should support all of us, especially when we need it most.
Together with @mindcharity.bsky.social , We Are Carers, Turn2Us, @trusselluk.bsky.social and over 100 orgs, we delivered the news to the UK government that it's time to act 📢
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If you missed the UK cinema run earlier this year, this is finally crossing the pond on multiple US streaming platforms on December 3rd. Watch it, it’s smashing. And I’m in it very briefly.
More info here: geni.us/ICouldNeverG...
More info here: geni.us/ICouldNeverG...
November 18, 2024 at 7:23 PM
If you missed the UK cinema run earlier this year, this is finally crossing the pond on multiple US streaming platforms on December 3rd. Watch it, it’s smashing. And I’m in it very briefly.
More info here: geni.us/ICouldNeverG...
More info here: geni.us/ICouldNeverG...
I found nothing more disheartening than being told “Labour won’t win here, so you should vote LibDem” during the last election. I voted Green*, maintaining an 18 year streak of never getting what I vote for.
Labour MPs join group pushing for electoral reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour MPs join group pushing for electoral reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Dozens of new Labour MPs join group pushing for electoral reform
Exclusive: All-party parliamentary group on fair elections argues proportional voting system would help restore trust
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:57 PM
I found nothing more disheartening than being told “Labour won’t win here, so you should vote LibDem” during the last election. I voted Green*, maintaining an 18 year streak of never getting what I vote for.
Labour MPs join group pushing for electoral reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour MPs join group pushing for electoral reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hidden from the storm outside, and focussed on calming the inside storm of procrastination(and business!) this weekend! #EdD #reflexivity ☕️
November 24, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Hidden from the storm outside, and focussed on calming the inside storm of procrastination(and business!) this weekend! #EdD #reflexivity ☕️
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Despite talent and hard work, professionals from working-class backgrounds earn significantly less than their peers. It’s unacceptable.
Let's work together to close this gap and ensure fair opportunities for all. #ClassPayGapDay
#SocialMobility
Let's work together to close this gap and ensure fair opportunities for all. #ClassPayGapDay
#SocialMobility
November 19, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Despite talent and hard work, professionals from working-class backgrounds earn significantly less than their peers. It’s unacceptable.
Let's work together to close this gap and ensure fair opportunities for all. #ClassPayGapDay
#SocialMobility
Let's work together to close this gap and ensure fair opportunities for all. #ClassPayGapDay
#SocialMobility
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I'm delighted to be part of this important discussion with Darren McGarvey, award-winning writer, social commentator, broadcaster and performer about poverty, class and trauma. Tickets are going fast - time to book your place! Please repost and share widely. www.relationalchange.org/training-and...
People Like Us: Trauma, Social Class and Poverty | Relational Change
A conversation between award winning writer, columnist, social commentator and rapper Darren McGarvey and Miriam Taylor, Gestalt therapist, trauma specialist and writer.
www.relationalchange.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:12 PM
I'm delighted to be part of this important discussion with Darren McGarvey, award-winning writer, social commentator, broadcaster and performer about poverty, class and trauma. Tickets are going fast - time to book your place! Please repost and share widely. www.relationalchange.org/training-and...
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⭐️ Do you work in mental health social care?
⭐️ Do you want to improve your science communication & research dissemination skills?
⭐️ Book a free place on our social media training, taking place at 10:00-12:00 on Wed 11 Dec
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⭐️ Do you want to improve your science communication & research dissemination skills?
⭐️ Book a free place on our social media training, taking place at 10:00-12:00 on Wed 11 Dec
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM
⭐️ Do you work in mental health social care?
⭐️ Do you want to improve your science communication & research dissemination skills?
⭐️ Book a free place on our social media training, taking place at 10:00-12:00 on Wed 11 Dec
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⭐️ Do you want to improve your science communication & research dissemination skills?
⭐️ Book a free place on our social media training, taking place at 10:00-12:00 on Wed 11 Dec
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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#EqualPayDay is sooner this year because that gap has widened, with men earning an average of £631 more than women per month, and even more for black, minoritised and disabled women.
The Government must take urgent action to reduce the pay gap.
The Government must take urgent action to reduce the pay gap.
Today is Equal Pay Day, when women effectively stop being paid compared to their male colleagues.
We would require all large and medium-size companies to carry out equal pay audits and redress any inequality uncovered.
Equal pay for equal work should not be too much to ask.
We would require all large and medium-size companies to carry out equal pay audits and redress any inequality uncovered.
Equal pay for equal work should not be too much to ask.
November 20, 2024 at 7:11 PM
#EqualPayDay is sooner this year because that gap has widened, with men earning an average of £631 more than women per month, and even more for black, minoritised and disabled women.
The Government must take urgent action to reduce the pay gap.
The Government must take urgent action to reduce the pay gap.
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‘At the last COP, fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered representatives of scientific institutions, Indigenous communities and vulnerable nations’ C Figueres (ex UN) . We don’t have time for this corrupt and inept fiasco - we are being failed www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP29: UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say experts
Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a 'gift of God'
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:29 AM
‘At the last COP, fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered representatives of scientific institutions, Indigenous communities and vulnerable nations’ C Figueres (ex UN) . We don’t have time for this corrupt and inept fiasco - we are being failed www.bbc.com/news/article...
Time to carefully curate a timeline of funny cats and heckin good dogs
November 19, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Time to carefully curate a timeline of funny cats and heckin good dogs
It was with the utmost confidence that I repeatedly told my husband that blue sky was a type of thinking. Like he didn’t know that. 😬
November 19, 2024 at 10:20 PM
It was with the utmost confidence that I repeatedly told my husband that blue sky was a type of thinking. Like he didn’t know that. 😬