Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Inaccessible information, “complicated and stressful processes” and a lack of advocacy were undermining people’s ability to challenge local authority decisions in England and Wales, the rights regulator found, on the back of an inquiry it started in 2021. The report also raised concerns about access to advocacy.

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Swhelper

OCTOBER 29, 2021

” Whether you realize it or not, this season of the “Bachelor” franchise spinoff took on the topic of disability empowerment. View Full Article - What “Bachelor in Paradise” Can Teach us About Empowering the Disability Community. Which is not exactly an expected topic for mainstream television.

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Swhelper

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

adults who report they have a disability is 27%, representing 67 million adults, an increase of 1% since the data were last analyzed in 2016. Adults Identify as Disabled; Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities Persist. A new analysis led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers finds that the number of U.S.

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Doin' The Work

OCTOBER 5, 2020

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups.

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Community Care

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) found that just half of services were able to meet demand for services including one-to-one therapy or counselling, group-based interventions, helplines or advocacy for child or adult victims/survivors and family members.

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inSocialWork

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

These disparities demand the attention of social work change agents, along with the inability or unwillingness of our government leaders to pass long COVID legislation, the lack of long COVID clinics, and the need for advocacy and education related to workplace accommodations, paid sick and family leave and expanded disability benefits.

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Famcare

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Some people say that the devil is in the details, but some say details can be a devil to deal with! According to Heather Lytle, Executive Director of F.A.C.T.

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The U-M Council for Disability Concerns established the James T. Neubacher Award in 1990 as a memorial to Jim Neubacher, a U-M alum who was a columnist for The Detroit Free Press and an advocate for equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities. The award is presented annually in October during Disability Community Month.

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Doin' The Work

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

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Social Work Blog

MAY 27, 2022

Social workers have a long tradition of social justice and political advocacy – to include working to expand and protect voting rights and promote voter registration. If passed, such bills will have sweeping impacts on communities of color, students, veterans, LGBTQIA+ people, people with disabilities, and older adults. Getty Images.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Children Act defines children in need as those who are disabled or whose health or development will be significantly impaired, or not be maintained to a reasonable standard, without the provision of services.

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Relias

OCTOBER 6, 2021

People with disabilities and their families suffer the most serious effects of staff turnover. Constant training of new workers interrupts the continuity of care that allows individuals with disabilities to reach their full potential. The State of Medicaid Programs and the Need for Grassroots Advocacy. However, it is possible.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I met Mike in London in the early 1980s, when we both worked for Camden social services department.

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inSocialWork

APRIL 18, 2023

Born and raised on Buffalo’s East Side, Brown has worked at the intersection of education and social justice as a general and special education teacher, an advocate for students with disabilities, and a school administrator. Brown’s most notable work involved teaching young children about justice, specifically food apartheid.

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Prosper Health Collective

MARCH 27, 2023

OT’s work with people of all ages and through all stages of life, with varying physical, cognitive or psychological disabilities and conditions. Advocacy and education: OTs work with not only the Autistic person themselves, but also with their support network, such as families, teachers, colleagues/employers and friends.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2022

Disability, Intimacy, and Sexual Health: A Social Work Perspective by Kristen Faye Linton, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lela Rankin Williams. In this book the authors compile comprehensive research and candid interviews with social workers to explore the complicated intersection of disability and sexuality. CEUs for reading this title! _.

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University of Connecticut

AUGUST 11, 2022

Supervisors explore techniques for supporting teams in service planning, health education, and health advocacy. Encourage and partner with supervisees to seek contemporary literature to better understand the health challenges confronted by clients (including chronic conditions, developmental disabilities, and acquired disabilities).

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

? Last week, I was asked to list the most important contributions to the field of family advocacy and family defense made by Prof. It gets less attention than the racial and class bias that permeate family policing, but discrimination against families with disabilities is just as pervasive. Martin Guggenheim.

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Prosper Health Collective

MARCH 27, 2023

Advocacy and education – Speech Pathologists advocate for autistic individuals to be their authentic selves and so don’t aim to eliminate autistic traits like echolalia (repeating things they’ve heard) or stimming (this is a method of regulating the body). The post How does a speech pathologist work with autism?

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Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

This can include roles that support larger systemic change through advocacy and policy in order to better support communities. Mezzo Social Work. Mezzo Social Work includes social workers that develop programs, organizations and work with groups and communities. Macro Social Work. Finally, Macro Social Work is a broad field of social work.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said. Almost half did not have an exit strategy from long-term segregation or a robust discharge plan.

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Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 30, 2021

Even though you never needed to, you still served people with disabilities. I started volunteering with a group that served persons with intellectual disabilities. He’s also someone with a learning disability. It’s manned by others with learning disabilities. When I was 17, I wondered if this was all there was to life.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

Ives-Rublee is currently director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. She is a well-known advocate for disability justice and inclusion at nonprofit organizations and businesses in the United States. She earned her master’s in social work at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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Michigan Girl's Café

MARCH 15, 2019

SAGE Guide to Social Work Careers: Your Journey to Advocacy (2019) by Melissa Bird, PhD is a career book about macro social work practice. Rather, it provides guidance for social work students whose dreams and aspirations are leading them toward a career in social justice and advocacy work.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

These vague, punitive, and intensely subjective laws have been vehicles for channeling students—disproportionately Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) students and students with disabilities – into the criminal system. That student was then arrested for speaking out against the officer’s misconduct.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Client Advocacy Client advocacy is a core aspect of social work, reflecting a commitment to improving the lives of those who may face challenges in advocating for themselves. Advocacy takes various forms, including individual, organisational, and systemic levels. Client Advocacy 6. What are the roles of social worker?

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Doin' The Work

JANUARY 6, 2020

Transcription services provided by FIU’s Disability Resource Center. . They also discuss their educational outreach and advocacy work for racial justice, as well as how they got into this work. Transcription services provided by FIU’s Disability Resource Center. . Follow on Twitter & Instagram , Like on Facebook.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Johnson’s case is particularly concerning given his extensive documented history of mental illness, learning disabilities, abuse, and trauma. Johnson’s adolescence was riddled with suicide attempts and hospitalizations, and he ultimately was diagnosed with schizophrenia as early as age 16, according to the Missouri Supreme Court.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Disability. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and partner organizations have created comment portals (listed below) for individuals to submit comments regarding specific populations, as well as social media toolkits for organizations to promote them. The deadline to submit comments is Monday, October 3. COMMENT PORTALS. Language Access.

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Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

This can include roles that support larger systemic change through advocacy and policy in order to better support communities.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Women, people of color, older workers, workers with disabilities, LGBTQ workers, immigrant workers, and those with multiple and intertwining identities, continue to face employment discrimination at alarming rates, despite decades of civil rights protections.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

Read more about NASW’s work on several key policy issues at socialworkers.org/advocacy/policy-issues ). Our second feature article examines social work as it relates to advocating for those with developmental disabilities.

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Social Work With Adults

JUNE 14, 2023

When working with LGBT+ people, as social workers we should be mindful of their diverse experiences and challenges, taking into account factors such as race, ethnicity, disability, and socioeconomic status. This can include advocating for inclusive policies, supporting legislative efforts, and collaborating with community organizations.

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The Frontline

JULY 13, 2023

A lack of gender affirmative care and LGBTQ+ focused support around safe housing and mental health advocacy was also reported. The research showed the high levels of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic abuse the young people faced by their social workers and foster carers; being made to feel ignored, invalidated and unwanted.

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Doin' The Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

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