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How can we protect peoples mental health during the cost-of-living-crisis?

MQ Mental Health

MQ Mental Health Research and the University of Glasgow, with support from The Lord Mayor's of London, have collaborated to help the UK better respond to the mental health issues arising from the ongoing cost-of-living-crisis. How will the cost-of-living-crisis impact the mental health and wellbeing of people in the UK?

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Councils face insolvency without rules curbing children’s care costs, warns ADCS head

Community Care

At the same time, the Local Government Association released research showing authorities as a whole were on course to exceed their approximately £4.7bn care placement budgets by £680m (14%), following a similar overspend last year. A fall in the number of mainstream fostering households.

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Quality of social workers ‘higher than ever’, says ADCS president

Community Care

“We’ve also seen a very significant increase in anxieties around children’s mental health, which the NHS does not seem to have the capacity to respond to sufficiently, which then leads ultimately to those children becoming in need of those children’s social care services,” Crocker added. More foster carers needed.

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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. .” Practice better beyond the MASH.

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988, Behavioral Health Services, and Better Crisis Response

Relias

Those across the United States experiencing or witnessing a mental health crisis will now have a dedicated line to call and talk with a trained counselor. This has the potential to positively impact the state of crisis prevention and intervention in the U.S. According to this study, 10.6% of American youth (and 14.5%

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Social workers urged to help tackle impact on Gypsy and Traveller families of tougher eviction laws

Community Care

“This isn’t about parenting; this is about state intervention into private and family life,” she says. Government guidance from 2006 requires councils to carry out welfare enquiries before evictions take place, to identify “pressing needs”, potentially leading to evictions being delayed while these needs are addressed.