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Reinstate hospital social workers to improve discharge outcomes, PSWs urge Barclay

Community Care

The DHSC has also said that social workers and other social care staff should carry out “limited assessments” on wards prior to discharge. There is evidence that such discussions – setting out options and listening to what matters to people – result in less or less expensive care options.”

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

Micro Social Workers include the following: Psychotherapist Child Protection and Family Services Worker Foster Care & Adoption Worker Juvenile Court Liasion School Social Worker Court Advocate Probation Officer Rehabilitation Case Worker Medical Social Worker Substance Recovery Worker Forensic Social Worker Case Manager Group Therapist Behavioral (..)

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

Micro Social Workers include the following: Psychotherapist Child Protection and Family Services Worker Foster Care & Adoption Worker Juvenile Court Liasion School Social Worker Court Advocate Probation Officer Rehabilitation Case Worker Medical Social Worker Substance Recovery Worker Forensic Social Worker Case Manager Group Therapist Behavioral (..)

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Chapter 1: Understanding the context for the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years (2015)

The Critical Blog

The subsequent Education Act (1981) adopted much of the philosophy of the Warnock report. There is a focus on ‘ cure’ and ‘rehabilitation’ (Frederickson and Cline, 2015, p 11) where treatments and strategies can cure or ameliorate the disability (Hodkinson and Vickerman, 2012), using normal functioning as a bench mark.

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Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care for Juvenile Offenders

Relias

By adopting a trauma-informed perspective, juvenile justice systems and organizations can address immediate legal concerns but also foster healing, resilience, and positive transformation for young people engaged in the juvenile justice system.

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When the journalism of child welfare fails, part two: A reporter in Scranton has her facts wrong – and her blunder is hurting children

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

And if the cases Morgan-Besecker cites supposedly show a "pattern" of taking too few children, what does the even more horrific case of the rape, torture and murder of foster and adopted child Susan Hunsicker (known in news accounts as Grace Packer) elsewhere in Pennsylvania say about a "pattern" of taking too many and taking them needlessly?