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How equipped is children’s social work for digital safeguarding?

Community Care

Social work skills and training gaps However, echoing previous research, (SCIE/BASW, 2019), interviewees said their workforces were not sufficiently digitally skilled, and that current case management systems were not able to adapt to the ways in which children communicate.

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Council takes children’s services back from country’s first trust

Community Care

Though the council had implemented a “robust contract management cycle” since taking ownership of the trust in 2019, the report said current governance arrangements limited the authority’s ability to challenge poor performance. Unmet need. No redundancies. First children’s trust.

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Reforms would require ‘unfeasible’ boost to social work numbers without system change, says report

Community Care

Councils would require an “unfeasible” increase in adult social work numbers to implement the government’s care reforms unless they change systems, according to a report last week. “This increase in productivity could enable authorities to manage a proportion of the additional demand being forecast.”

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support. Researcher : Some social workers engage in research to better understand social issues, evaluate programs, and inform policy development.

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How you can use the self better in social work (no hacks required)

Save the Social Worker

They are case managers. It’s easy to rail at the government and say, You should do this! Secondly, on the whole, we have an efficient government that has planned well, if you plan well. The government tops up the Medisave for the Merdeka generation. There’s an important distinction here. Nor therapists.