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40% of family support staff have personal experience of domestic abuse, finds survey

Community Care

Case studies in five of the authorities, involving interviews with practitioners and managers and analysis of strategic documents. Interviews with four domestic abuse training providers. Authorities support the wellbeing of their workforces through clinical and reflective supervision and access to counselling.

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Police opens investigation into abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC

Community Care

Meanwhile, the trust said it had suspended a number of staff pending investigation and commissioned an independent clinical review of the service, which experts interviewed for Panorama said had a “toxic culture” What did Panorama find? What is happening to people in inpatient care, 10 years on from Winterbourne View?

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Guest Post: Interview with Merryl Hammond, PD; Author of Mad Like Me and Navigating Bipolar Country

Bipolar Bandit

Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? When she saw me in hypomania, she immediately referred me to a clinic for assessment. A: Thankfully, no. My heart breaks to think of these atrocities.)

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UPDATE: Federal Rule to Prevent Surprise Health Care Billing – Application to Clinical Social Workers

Social Work Blog

We are also advocating on behalf of clinical social workers with key federal regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. Document the GFE in the clinical record. If you reviewed our December 21 post, you may also find it helpful to review this one. Background on Federal Rule. Updating Provider Directories. Timeframes.

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How to attune self-report measures for people with cognitive impairments

Society of Clinical Psychology

2020) and Shogren (2021) emphasized the importance of using self-report measures to gain insight in the thoughts and feelings of individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ID). Clinicians and researchers can use self-report questionnaires or interviews to ask persons about their mental states directly. Target Article. Kooijmans, R.,

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 27, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In the wake of the stunning – in a good way – Supreme Court decision on the Indian Child Welfare Act, ProPublica talks to Kathryn Fort , director of the Indian Law Clinic at the Michigan State University College of Law about how to make sure the law is enforced. And, in a commentary about the ICWA decision in Slate, Prof.

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‘Inadequate’ council confident of improved rating after Ofsted praises reduced reliance on agency staff

Community Care

In an interview with Community Care, cabinet member for children and young people Dave Evans said he was confident that the authority would receive a better rating at its next full inspection. New DCS attracted by council’s ‘team spirit’. She previously led children’s services in Wokingham and Slough.