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DfE proposes law change to improve adults’ access to adoption therapy

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The government has proposed changing the law to make it easier for adults to access adoption-related counselling. The Department for Education is consulting on removing the requirement for counsellors providing adoption-related therapy to adults to register with Ofsted as adoption support agencies.

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News Items – December 15, 2022

Social Workers Speak

The event organized by Dr.Angelo McClain, CEO National Association of Social Workers (NASW), supported by the US Department of VA and attended by top government officials and other dignitaries who showed solidarity in the fight to end gender-based violence and discrimination towards women. The Texas Tribune.

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News Items – December 22, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Bryan Mares is government relations director of NASW-TX: Texas Fights Anti-Discrimination Policy For Adoption. The National Association of Social Workers Texas government relations director, Bryan Mares believes this could create a deficit in foster homes supply for LGBTQ+ children. . Local Profile.

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News Items – November 18, 2021

Social Workers Speak

The job Palmer held is one of the highest-profile positions in state government because it involves the care and protection of hundreds of thousands of Iowa’s most vulnerable residents. Micki Grimland is a licensed clinical social worker with Southwest Psychotherapy and Associates. He was 82 and lived in Des Moines.