Community Care

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

No ‘carte blanche’ for authorities. Mr Justice Poole said this did not give councils “carte blanche” to arrange any type of vaccination for looked-after children.

Welfare 307

Welfare Administration Government Schools 307

Social Work Blog

JUNE 17, 2022

The ballot initiative, which is very similar to Proposition 22 in California, sought to significantly narrow who is an “employee” under Massachusetts law, thereby excluding hundreds of thousands of workers from the employment rights and protections provided by state law.

Recovery 98

Recovery Social Worker Advocacy 98

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 20, 2022

It is less the fear of upsetting some apple carts than be seen as someone who may have actually appreciated the experience. This scenario also causes many a child, come adult to believe they were complicit in their own exploitation. They feel guilty instead of angry. These secrets are harder to tell another.

Private Practice 100

Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker 100

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

So the Task Force is actually going to put the horse before the cart and first address how to do that. As the interim report explains: Colorado’s current definition of abuse and neglect is too broad and conflates several circumstances – such as poverty – with child abuse.

Domestic Violence 110

Domestic Violence Child Welfare Welfare Disability 110

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Foster parents have carte blanche to intervene in a case – and play the bonding card – if they have a child in their “care” for just three months. --Colorado makes it incredibly difficult for impoverished parents to get their children back – and incredibly easy for foster parents with enough money to keep any child they damn well please.

Child Welfare 40

Child Welfare Foster Care Confidentiality Welfare 40

Clinical Philosophy

MAY 2, 2019

That sits too close to the cognitivist idea that learning a language involves internalising / implicitly learning the rules against which our practices can be judged as correct or incorrect.

Psychology 52

Psychology Therapist Adoption Clinic 52

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

I think it was just too much stimulation: a crowded parking lot and store, negotiating a large unwieldy shopping cart between other shoppers and employees stocking shelves. I kept leaving and then coming back to items, all the time fighting carts, kids and shoppers going about their business. The wait to cash out was torture.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52