The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JULY 13, 2023

The IASSW 2024 Elections will be held between March-April 2024, with results announced at the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development in April 2024 in Panama . Nominations and documents should be sent to the Chair of the IASSW Nominating Committee, Dr. Barbara W.

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Community Care

APRIL 26, 2024

Roles and requirements The chief’s responsibilities include advising ministers and civil servants on social work practice and workforce issues; providing leadership to adult social work, including to the Adult Principal Social Worker Network, and advising on the national escalation of safeguarding issues from local safeguarding adults boards.

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Social Worker Government Communication Social Services 159

Community Care

JANUARY 22, 2024

This would remove the need for the post of director of resources at WCF as well as those of chair and non-executive directors on the company board. A children’s trust will be disbanded with services returning to council control later this year. WCF’s staff – numbering 942.01 in 2023-24.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Seventy per cent of directors said this was the case, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey carried out in September and October of this year. ADASS did not ask directors for details about specific NHS tasks that had been passed on to councils.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 6, 2024

Dear Colleagues, Please Congratulate to IASSW’s newly elected Board of Directors for 4 years of term (2024-2028) President – Antoinette Lombard from South Africa Secretary – Janestic Mwende-Twikirize from Uganda Member –at-large: -Auschala Chalayonnavin from Thailand and Sabine Bahrer-Kohler from Germany The IASSW Board of directors (..)

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Schools 52

Community Care

DECEMBER 12, 2023

1.6bn to tackle delayed discharges, with the funding split between councils and NHS integrated care boards. 1.6bn to tackle delayed discharges, with the funding split between councils and NHS integrated care boards. Overall, 835,335 people received long-term care during the year, up 2.1% There was also a 2.5%

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Community Care

JULY 16, 2023

Action must be taken to reduce the increasing demands on council social workers from age assessments of unaccompanied asylum seekers, a leading director has said. ” Earlier this year, the Home Office launched the National Age Assessment Board , which is designed to take on a significant proportion of assessments from councils. .

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Social Worker Interviewing Government 176

MQ Mental Health

APRIL 19, 2024

Lea then joined Mercy Ships UK , a charity that delivers lifesaving surgical care in West Africa, and was their Executive Director for 4 years. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of MQ’s CEO Lea Milligan who passed away following a sudden illness on Monday the 15th of April. Lea dedicated his life to helping other people.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Directors warned that the 3.5% Directors warned that the 3.5% The number of annual child protection enquiries has hit a new high but the proportion of those finding abuse or neglect has continued to fall, official figures show. Of these, 143,770 were a re-referral within 12 months of a previous one, up 3.1% (4,270) on 2021-22.

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Community Care

APRIL 20, 2023

The panel also called for disabled children and those with complex needs to have access to advocacy, for services for them to be jointly commissioned by councils and integrated care boards, for joint inspections of services by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission and for investment in the workforce.

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Disability Advocacy Government Communication 230

Community Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This was reflected in a revised statutory direction for the authority published by the DfE today , in which it appointed Paul Boyce – like Moffat, a former director of children’s services – as its new commissioner, to direct improvements at, and provide guidance to, the North West council. Related articles.

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Nicole Clark Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

The board of directors is a governing body for an incorporated organization, consisting of individuals that provide strategic governance and support to an organization’s leader, staff, and stakeholders. The post Ask Nicole: What To Do with Ineffective Board Members? Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know.

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Consultation Government 59

Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2023

” For the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, president Beverley Tarka said: “Funding is not keeping up with people’s needs, so fewer can access care and people who can’t afford to pay for care themselves are more likely to be going without the support they need. “The sector alone cannot solve those problems.”

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JUNE 25, 2023

The task force presented their report and definition to IASSW Board Members in the recent Board meeting held in Porto, Portugal on June 18-19. The Board of Directors reviewed the definition of clinical social work and this is the result after much feedback, but of course as all definitions, it is open to review and updating.

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Clinical Social Work Clinic 98

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Inspectors downgraded Nottingham City Council from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘inadequate’ on the back of a full inspection in July , prompting the Department for Education to appoint an adviser to chair the city’s improvement board for children’s services. Children left waiting for up to six weeks.

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Social Worker Adoption Interventional Foster Care 286

MQ Mental Health

APRIL 24, 2024

Emily Wheeler, Director of Research Partnerships & Development Lea has been MQ’s CEO for four years and during that time he put the charity on an upwards trajectory. Jey Balakrishnar, Finance Director The executive team have recognised that the loss of a CEO, especially in such sad circumstances, will be challenging.

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Healthcare Mental Health 59

Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Arndt, MSW, LSW, recently was elected secretary of the NASW national board of directors. He previously was director for Region XII on the board. “My My inspiration for serving on the national board of directors came from my desire to want to help shape the association and the profession,” the Hawaii resident explains. “I

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University Social Worker Engagement Schools 94

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

600m in funding designed to increase adult social care capacity in order to speed up hospital discharge, half of which is channelled through councils and half through NHS integrated care boards (ICBs), and all of which is pooled within the BCF. The £2.14bn improved better care fund (iBCF), the same as in 2022-23.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Government Disability 218

Community Care

JANUARY 8, 2024

The DfE and NHS England should require councils and integrated care boards (ICBs) to commission safe, sufficient and appropriate provision for disabled children and those with complex health needs. This is currently the subject of a criminal investigation. Accepted in principle. Accepted in principle. Accepted in principle.

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Disability Advocacy Government Consultation 249

Community Care

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Jacky Tiotto made the comments at Cafcass’s latest board meeting last week, where she said staff losses could double from 20 to 40 a month without action to improve its offer to social workers, relative to councils’. And that puts a pressure on both recruiting staff and retaining staff in the organisation.”. “And

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Social Worker Government Interventional 252

Community Care

OCTOBER 24, 2022

” New director of children’s services. This month, Pete Campbell started as director of children’s services, following a 15-month spell as interim director by Tim Browne, whose substantive post is as assistant director for education at the authority. “All Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case.

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Michigan Social Work

MARCH 14, 2024

Clinical Professor Julie Ribaudo was elected to a four-year term on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), a nonprofit organization for scientific and educational professionals.

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Mental Health Clinic 52

University of Connecticut

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

UConn SSW is proud to have so many of our alumni leading in politics and policy across the state and country,” says Tanya Rhodes Smith , instructor in residence and director of The Nancy A. Four UConn School of Social Work alums recently won their local elections in Connecticut. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work.

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Social Worker Schools 52

Community Care

MARCH 12, 2024

Care homes or hospitals (‘managing authorities)’ must apply to councils or Welsh health boards (‘supervisory bodies’) to authorise a prospective or existing deprivation. Unlawful deprivations of liberty Depriving a person of their liberty without this having been authorised through a legal procedure is unlawful.

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Community Care

APRIL 26, 2024

Andrew Gwynne told the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ (ADASS) annual spring seminar that, should the party win the forthcoming election, it would “seek to introduce” the changes first conceived of by economist Andrew Dilnot in a 2011 report for the then coalition government.

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Community Care

APRIL 13, 2022

And while services for children in care and care leavers were ‘requires improvement’ – saving BCP from being rated inadequate across the board – inspectors were particularly critical of the placement of young people in poor-quality homes of multiple occupation.

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Disability Social Worker 242

Community Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The finding was based on comparing data from 99% of councils and 52% of NHS integrated care boards (ICBs) against the association’s the minimum price for home care, which was £25.95 The NLW will also be applied to staff aged 21 and 22, raising their wage floor from the national minimum wage (NMW), which is currently worth £10.18

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 31, 2024

Some social workers seem to forget the purpose of social work, often placing their personal values over professional values." -- Mildred "Mit" Joyner Dorothy Height 1912-2010 Although admitted to Barnard College, was not allowed to attend because the school did not admit African Americans.

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Code of Ethics Schools University Social Worker 65

Community Care

JULY 11, 2023

International recruitment has been helping to fill some of the gaps, but it’s not a proper, long-term solution to the workforce challenge,” said the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ joint chief executive, Cathie Williams. However, this remains well above the 110,000 recorded in March 2021.

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Government Home Care Social Services Social Services 174

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

However, inspectors found signs of a turnaround under director of children’s services Hilary Brooks and a new assistant director, both of whom were appointed in the summer following interim spells at the authority. “The increase of social work vacancies and sickness during 2021 meant that some. Turnaround under new leaders.

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Social Worker 196

Social Work Awards

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Following recruitment rounds earlier this summer, Lisa Buttar and Jon Glasby have joined the charity’s Board of Trustees, each bringing years of valuable experience. He is the author of numerous articles and a series of leading textbooks on health and social services and has sat on the advisory board of The Policy Press.

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Social Worker University Disability Hospitals 75

Social Work Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

The NASW-Wisconsin executive director, Marc Herstand, came to our class and explained the profound work that NASW does to advocate for our profession and the people we serve,” Wood says. Today, Wood has been honored to serve on the NASW-Wisconsin board for seven years. NASW members can read the full story here after logging in.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Human Services Welfare 98

Community Care

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Speaking to Community Care, Ofsted’s national director for social care, Yvette Stanley, said her organisation did not think there was a particular problem with groups owning multiple children’s homes generally, saying the private sector “does well overall”. Groups’ influence over children’s homes. Being involved in admissions decisions.

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Consultation Interviewing Welfare Government 260

Community Care

JUNE 6, 2022

While finding positives relating to individuals in senior positions, Dwyer said the council’s small size had hampered its ability to recruit experienced directors and, as a result, to improve services. This includes the Isle of Wight’s improvement through a strategic partnership with Hampshire.

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Government Interviewing Social Worker 205

Nicole Clark Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

My relationship to The Doula Project started with being a volunteer as a graduate student, and joining the board of directors a few years later. The first evaluation I ever led was for The Doula Project. Based on feedback from the organization’s Leadership Circle, there was a gradual decrease in volunteer shift sign-ups, and as [.]

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Consultation 82

Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2022

Prior to coming to the United States, Bisrat Abebe, director of Region I of the NASW national board of directors , spent several years studying philosophy and theology in a Catholic seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This changed the trajectory of my professional career,” says Abebe, LCSW, LICSW, MA. “I

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Justice and Corrections Clinical Social Work LCSW Clinic 97

Social Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Social care nursing advisory councils have now been launched in every ICB (integrated care board) in England and will be chaired by nursing colleagues from across the sector. The new councils will allow each Chair to form a board of representatives from the local area. For me, it’s an honour to be appointed as one of the Chairs.

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