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Social worker changes undermined engagement with children later convicted of violent crimes – review

Community Care

High levels of social worker turnover undermined engagement with six young people with histories of social care involvement who were later convicted of violent offences, a review has found. All six of those involved with children’s services were either excluded from school or the subject of a managed move from one school to another.

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Ultimate Social Work Intervention Strategies

Social Work Haven

Knowledge of social work intervention strategies is central to the social work role. Social workers use different intervention strategies to support individuals, families, and communities in times of crisis, using multiple interventions and strategies. Ultimate Social Work Intervention Strategies.

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Children waiting up to six weeks to see social workers, as authority downgraded to ‘inadequate’

Community Care

Most assessments had a clear purpose and rationale for intervention, with direct work providing valuable insights into children’s experiences, and their needs being well-considered by plans that also included their wishes and feelings. ‘Too many changes of social worker’ for children in care.

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“A Liminal Moment in Social Work”: Access NASW’s Social Work Journal Online

Social Work Blog

Burned Out, Engaged, Both, or Neither? Exploring Engagement and Burnout Profiles among Social Workers in Spain Few studies have analyzed the existence of homogeneous groups in burnout and engagement among professionals, and none in social workers. The research has implications for the practice of child social workers.

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Use of Universal Screening Scores to Predict Distal Academic and Behavioral Outcomes Among School-Aged youth

Society of Clinical Psychology

Katie Eklund discusses the use of universal screening scores to predict distal academic and behavioral outcomes among school-aged youth. As up to 20% of school-aged children exhibit maladaptive behaviors that remain steady over time (Dowdy et al., depression, anxiety) and data are not always collected reliably across school settings.

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Ultimate Guide on How to Use Social Work Ecomaps

Social Work Haven

How can you use the ecomap for intervention? With a social work ecomap activity, social workers can help foster positive working relationships and explore effective intervention strategies to facilitate change. This helps social workers determine the best intervention strategies for a child and their family.

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The Next Generation of Parenting Interventions: The role of Mindfulness and Compassion

Society of Clinical Psychology

The rationale for the inclusion of mindfulness to enhance the impact of traditional behavioral family interventions is that it could increase psychological flexibility and reduce the influence of negative thoughts and feelings a parent may have about a child’s behavior (Brown, Whittingham, Boyd, McKinlay, & Sofronoff, 2014). Compassion.