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The Victoria Climbié Inquiry chair reflects on social work, 21 years on

Community Care

Our interview with Lord Herbert Laming is part of a new series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to celebrate Community Care’s 50th anniversary. It has also been adopted by the Department for Education in its 2023 strategy for the sector, Stable Homes, Built on Love.

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The $20 million boondoggle that perfectly illustrates the banality of child welfare thinking

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But it’s hard to imagine anything that more perfectly captures the banality of child welfare thinking than this waste of $20 million: Five organizations will spend this federal grant money to create a “Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency.” And what will these groups do with the $20 million?

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7 Ways To Improve Your Human Services Organization

Relias

Some temporary regulatory measures that made telehealth adoption easier during the pandemic have now faded away. In an interview with Social Work Today , John Jay said, “As organizations adapt to and become more accustomed to delivering telehealth, telehealth is going to be more prevalent in behavioral health moving forward.

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A Day in the Life of a Social Worker

KVC

We interviewed them to learn more about what it’s like to serve in these important roles with KVC. I was adopted myself and have my own personal background with the foster care system. For each of the case managers, delivering bad news and handling administrative tasks were the least enjoyable parts of their day. “My

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Throughout the case, despite the fact that the parent was engaged in treatment, the treatment was not effective. Throughout the case, despite the fact that the parent was engaged in treatment, the treatment was not effective. But Alberi seems to want OCFS to adopt a policy that boils down to: Please pass the salt.