The HOPP Practitioner Project

The HOPP Practitioner Project

@hoppproject.bsky.social

A radical outsider philosophy for humanitarian practitioners. Views entirely my own. Substack link for articles: https://open.substack.com/pub/thehopppractitioner/p/the-hopp-practitioner-project?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=43grz0

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The HOPP Practitioner Project
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A few years ago a much-valued colleague and I wrote a piece on why human rights law is necessary but insufficient in #socialwork. In the present alarming UK context, the points we make are I think newly relevant. #humanrights #humanrightsact #politics #echr @basw-uk.bsky.social 🌎📔📜💜

link.springer.comBeyond Legalism in Turbulent Times: Re-grounding UK Social Work in a Richer International Human Rights Perspective - Journal of Human Rights and Social WorkHuman rights have always been intrinsically woven into social work, but in the UK, often in a way that is either vague or wholly legalistic. In this article, we make a case for embedding a broader and...
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All systems exclude. Sometimes it's accidental, frequently it is very intentional. As supposedly moderate governments try to manage populism by flexing about who they exclude from help, it is a deeply appropriate time to become a radical humanitarian outsider. Take the mantle, make it your own 🩷

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'Liberal' means different things in different lands. It can live on the left, centre or right, and vary on redistribution and markets. What liberals of all strands share is loathing of demagogues and concentrated power. Work together. Stop them. Argue later. #liberalism #liberal 🌊🔶🟩

The HOPP Practitioner Project
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Three tiny little ideas for making HOPP practical. #socialwork #nursing #midwifery #psychology #therapy #teaching #occupationaltherapy #odp #physiotherapy #counselling #medicine #radicalism #outsider #humanitarian #ipe #scrapbook #lunchandlearn #HOPPproject

open.substack.comTopic lunches, Navigational CPD and Interagency Scrapbooks: three little HOPPy ideasBefore anything else, and before anything else it might achieve, the HOPP practitioner project exists to change and challenge thinking.
The HOPP Practitioner Project
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Liberty is freedom from unjustifiable constraint. Not being able to afford food is unjustifiable constraint. So is being punished for fleeing persecution. So is being unable to afford healthcare. I like liberty. Some who say they do only like their own. #antiauthoritarian #HOPPproject

The HOPP Practitioner Project
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🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵 Dear the US Over here we tried a horrible bit of law called Section 28 in the 80s and 90s. It didn't keep anyone 'safe', it just caused harm. Lots of harm. Laws can stop people being heard for a while, but they don't stop them existing. #transrights

The HOPP Practitioner Project
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If you want a new way of conceptualising the helping landscape, particularly in the UK, here you go #HOPPproject #socialwork #nursing #midwifery #teaching #youthwork #communitywork #odp #physiotherapy #counselling #therapy #psychology #occupationaltherapy open.substack.com/pub/thehoppp...

open.substack.comFortresses in the fog: an analysis of the system‘Fortresses in the fog’ is an allegorical analysis of the current helping landscape – the institutions in which humanitarian professions work and the resources they have to draw on in offering help an...
The HOPP Practitioner Project
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This page exists to spread a five-line idea, especially but not exclusively for humanitarian practioners across disciplines who are exhausted by dysfunctional, amoral systems. Everything else here will flow from that 🩵💛🩷💜 #HOPPproject #humanitarian #outsider #pluralism

The HOPP Practitioner Project
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If you are a #socialworker #nurse #teacher #odp #physiotherapist / #physicaltherapist #occupationaltherapist #therapist #youthworker #communityworker #counsellor #psychologist or any other flavour of humanitarian practitioner, you might like the HOPP project 😊

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