Social Work Update

Professional Collaboration Networks for Social Work Practice

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 26, 2020

In this post, I am outlining previously published content from this blog about the concept and practice of a Professional Collaboration Network (PCN), which are technology-mediated user-centered relationship constellations designed to enhance or enrich connections, knowledge, and professional opportunities. How do you do relational Twitter?:

Communication

Communication Consultation University Schools

Collaboration - Innovation

Famcare

MARCH 1, 2023

Prior to the 1900’s local governments collaborated with private charitable organizations to share responsibility for public assistance. A few states also provided cash assistance to needy elderly residents through old-age pensions and a more complex social services collaboration began to evolve.

Public Welfare

Public Welfare Welfare Government Social Services

What is collaborative care?

Prosper Health Collective

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Collaborative care is the cornerstone to everything we do at Prosper Helath Collective. The post What is collaborative care? But what is it and why does it matter? We hope this infographic explains. appeared first on Prosper Health Collective.

Why data and collaboration are key to social workers’ success

Social Work Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Here are three digital-driven innovative best practices enhancing social workers in their careers and impact by harnessing data and facilitating collaboration to build alliances around clients to improve outcomes for people and communities. 2: Collaborate to Increase Impact. 1: Develop a One Front Door Onboarding Practice.

Social Worker

Social Worker Case Management Substance Abuse Mental Health

The Power Within: Networking And Collaboration In Social Work

The New Social Worker

MAY 18, 2023

Networking and collaboration are big terms heard throughout social work. That old adage of "it's not what you know but who you know" comes to mind.

Episode: Louise Arseneault and Collaboration in Research

MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fresh from having a new paper published, Professor Louise Arseneault, Professor of Developmental Psychology at Kings College London, joined the MQ Open Mind podcast team, Professor Rory O’Connor and Craig Perryman, to chat about collaboration in research.

Mental Health

Mental Health Interviewing Psychiatry Schools

Why Collaboration and Data are Important for Social Workers to Succeed

Famcare

OCTOBER 13, 2022

However, given the incredibly rapid requirements in all areas of their work, from case management, collaboration with stakeholders , to the procedure of client data intake, social workers must take into consideration new procedures, processes, and innovative approaches to the system.

Social Worker

Social Worker Case Management

IFSW CPD on Collaborating with the UN’s Human Rights Mechanisms

International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 28, 2024

The IFSW present a CPD striving to provide specific guiding information for colleagues to work with the various human rights instruments of the United Nations. The session will focus on […]

The next MQ Data Science meeting, in collaboration with DATAMIND

MQ Mental Health

MARCH 13, 2022

The next #MQDataScience meeting is on Wednesday the 23rd of March and for the first time we are collaborating with DATAMIND , the HDR UK’s new hub that enables researchers to use and find the UK’s rich datasets. The post The next MQ Data Science meeting, in collaboration with DATAMIND first appeared on MQ Mental Health Research.

Self-harm

Self-harm Mental Health University

Palliative-Behavioral Health Collaborations Benefit Patients with Serious Mental Illnesses

CAPC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

CAPC staff viewpoint included in article about palliative care and meeting the needs of people living with serious mental illness.

NASW Member Voices: Using Collaborative Poetry to center student voices, create connection and celebrate diversity

Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

By Amber Sutton, PhD, LICSW As part of a BSW diversity course at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama, I used a collaborative poetry exercise as a way to center the lived experiences of the students and to showcase how research can be creative and meaningful.

Diversity

Diversity University Social Worker Clinic

Supervising in 2024: A Field and Continuing Ed Collaboration

University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Supervising in 2024: Who are our Supervisees and How Can We Use a Social Justice, Anti-Racist, Whole-Person Approach to Facilitate their Growth?

LMSW

LMSW Diversity LCSW Psychology

Making a reality of asset-based practice in social care

Community Care

APRIL 24, 2024

Getting buy-in from social work teams Whilst there had been strong engagement from general practice and pharmacy, there had been more reluctance from social work teams to collaborate with IMPACTAgewell and introduce older people to the support available.

Hospital Discharges

Hospital Discharges Social Worker Engagement Hospitals

Increasing Palliative Care Accessibility through Grassroots Community Collaborations and Teamwork

CAPC

OCTOBER 1, 2022

How a senior center in upstate New York created a grassroots model to address the needs of an aging population.

Clinic

Episode 21 – Co-designed and collaborative research involving missing persons, suicide prevention, social media and podcasting with Dr Sarah Wayland.

Social Work Discoveries

JANUARY 29, 2023

There are some really exciting things coming out this year on the Social Work Stories podcast, as well as some amazing new series’ soon to be launched by us.

Interviewing

Interviewing Welfare University Schools

The Key Workers Cycle review – a tender collaboration to keep the darkness at bay

The Guardian

MARCH 10, 2022

Almeida theatre, London A cycle of nine community pieces that use black comedy and cautionary tales to celebrate the people who keep things going For its latest show, the Almeida, in Islington, London, has looked back to theatre’s amateur origins for a template – specifically to the pageants by trade guilds that grew into the medieval mystery plays. (..)

Schools

The Narcissistic Ex – a 90-minute workshop

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Private Practice

Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Consultation

The Training for Social Workers to Respond to Emergencies and Long-Term Response in Turkey Was Successfully accomplished

International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 13, 2024

Organized in collaboration by IFSW Europe, in partnership with the Association of Social Workers of Turkey and the Center for Training and Evaluation in Social Work (CFCECAS), the training program […]

Social Worker

Cafcass starts prioritising London private law cases to ‘maintain safe workloads for social workers’

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Over the past two years, there has been a high degree of collaboration and support from local family court judges in maintaining the current system and preventing prioritisation.

Social Worker

Social Worker Welfare

“Financing for Better Care” Conference in Moldova Highlights the Crucial Role of Members of the Social Service Workforce in Collaborative Care Reform Efforts

Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

by Beth Bradford, Senior Associate, Maestral International and Marie Blum, Program Manager of Influence, Learning and Communications, C hanging the Way We Care.

Social Services

Social Services Social Services Communication

Help Your Fellow Social Workers in Just Eight Minutes

Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

NASW, along with other leading professional groups, is part of the Collaborative for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initiative. Your responses will be completely anonymous. We appreciate your feedback and support for the NASW community. Visit NASW’s page on Behavioral Health for more resources.

Social Worker

Social Worker Disorder Clinic University

Lady Funcke Receives Latinx Research Week 2024 Familismo Award

Michigan Social Work

APRIL 5, 2024

“I am deeply touched to have been chosen for this award, as it signifies my commitment to welcoming and inclusive practices, caring deeply for the holistic success of individuals and communities, and nurturing sacred relationships through meaningful interactions and collaborative endeavors,” said Funcke.

Call for REGISTRATION: SHAPING THE FUTURE: CONFERENCE ON ECOSOCIAL WORK

International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 7, 2024

CONFERENCE ON ECOSOCIAL WORK June 13/14 2024 We are thrilled to invite you to the Conference on Ecosocial Work, a dynamic conference aimed at fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation […]

Helping Your Child Between Separated Parents Starts with the Parents

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 8, 2023

To find a therapist with the specialized knowledge necessary for oneself, Google collaborative law, and your city, province or state. You are looking for the local collaborative law association where you can then find a listing of family specialists. These are counselors with additional training to work with separated parents.

Counseling

Counseling Private Practice Mental Health Therapist

Sierra Leone National Social Work Conference

International Federation of Social Workers

APRIL 24, 2024

National Social Work Conference Aims to Shape the Future of Social Work in Sierra Leone Freetown, Sierra Leone – The Sierra Leone Association of Social Workers (SLASW), in collaboration with […]

Social Worker

Fostering Collective Growth for Social Workers: Highlights from the International Social Work Week 2024 at HAN University

International Federation of Social Workers

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

HAN University hosted International Social Work Week 2024, providing an enriching platform for students to collaborate, learn and develop with colleagues from different countries. The overarching objective was to cultivate […]

University

University Social Worker

Oh Those Education Workers….

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Private Practice

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker

When You’re Turned into The Bad One

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 11, 2024

He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Private Practice

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker

The Messenger Review: a roadmap for great leadership

Social Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

These reforms, developed and rolled out in close collaboration with our friends at Skills for Care , Think Local Act Personal and other valued sector partners, include the launch of a new Care Workforce Pathway. It was also a way to help people new to their roles to better understand what is expected of them.

Diversity

Diversity Interventional

Gentle Parenting. Yes, and…

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Private Practice

Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Counseling

That Conversation… It may Be Time

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 21, 2024

He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Private Practice

Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker

When that Coparent is Often Late or a No-Show

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 21, 2024

He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Private Practice

Private Practice Consultation Mental Health Counseling

Relational practice helping keep numbers entering care below long-term average, claim councils

Community Care

JANUARY 28, 2022

The collaborative and relational approach to our work with children and families promotes trust and a solution focused approach to supporting families to overcome difficulties where possible; this includes children and families receiving intensive support from our edge of care team.

Adoption

Adoption Government Social Worker

Using immersive technology for mental health

MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Says Dr Rishi Das-Gupta, CEO of the HIN “Working with Innovate UK and our collaborators across the UK presents an exciting opportunity to make a wide-scale difference.” Providing advice and expert support to existing and future competition applicants. Says MQ's Director of Research Partnerships and Development, Emily Wheeler.

Mental Health

Mental Health Administration Engagement Clinic

‘Why practice education research must be catalyst for tackling longstanding issues facing role’

Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Collaboration between stakeholders, including Social Work England, BASW, NOPT and teaching partnerships, will be pivotal in driving meaningful change and supporting the invaluable work of PEs nationwide.

Social Worker

Social Worker Interviewing Diversity Disability

Divorcing? Invest in Learning with These Tips

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 30, 2023

He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Private Practice

Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker

Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social Worker: Difference?

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Figuring out what may be best in any particular situation can be determined by a team approach, where hopefully the three kinds of clinicians can collaborate. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.

Social Worker

Social Worker Counseling Private Practice Mental Health

Family group conferencing good practice must not be diluted in rollout, experts warn

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Tim Aldridge Meanwhile, Camden council director of children’s services Tim Aldridge said that FGCs should be seen as one element in making the whole children’s social care system more collaborative with families.

Interventional

Interventional Confidentiality Government Social Worker

When You Need a Poke

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Private Practice

Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Counseling

Barry Checkoway’s Book “Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity: Challenging Segregation, Strengthening Diversity” Published

Michigan Social Work

APRIL 5, 2024

The book illustrates how young people can collaborate across boundaries and actively participate in the decisions that affect their lives and transform their communities.

Diversity

Diversity University

The Austrian Association of Social Workers has taken significant steps to safeguard the title of SOCIAL WORK through legislative measures in Austria

International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For some time, the Austrian Association of Social Workers (OBDS) has been working in collaboration with the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs to protect the title of Social Worker. Now, […]

Social Worker

School of Social Work Named #1 Social Work School in U.S.

Michigan Social Work

APRIL 17, 2024

The rankings reflect the School’s steadfast role as a national leader in developing innovative knowledge, collaborating with communities, and educating the next generation of social workers who will shape practice and policy of the future. Since 2012, our School has had the honor to be ranked # 1 in the nation.

Schools

Schools Social Worker

Giving In to a Narcissist Doesn’t Buy Peace

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Private Practice

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker

Second Chance Act Reintroduced: Seminal Criminal Justice Reform Legislation

Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

This legislation, originally passed in 2008, came about through years of advocacy and activism from the criminal justice reform community– in collaboration with SCA’s Congressional champion, Danny Davis (D-IL). This news of the reintroduction of SCA is more gratifying when we realize that it coincides with the act’s 16 th anniversary.

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Advocacy Government

Professional Collaboration Networks for Social Work Practice

Collaboration - Innovation

Trending Sources

What is collaborative care?

Why data and collaboration are key to social workers’ success

The Power Within: Networking And Collaboration In Social Work

Episode: Louise Arseneault and Collaboration in Research

Why Collaboration and Data are Important for Social Workers to Succeed

IFSW CPD on Collaborating with the UN’s Human Rights Mechanisms

The next MQ Data Science meeting, in collaboration with DATAMIND

Palliative-Behavioral Health Collaborations Benefit Patients with Serious Mental Illnesses

NASW Member Voices: Using Collaborative Poetry to center student voices, create connection and celebrate diversity

Supervising in 2024: A Field and Continuing Ed Collaboration

Making a reality of asset-based practice in social care

Increasing Palliative Care Accessibility through Grassroots Community Collaborations and Teamwork

Episode 21 – Co-designed and collaborative research involving missing persons, suicide prevention, social media and podcasting with Dr Sarah Wayland.

The Key Workers Cycle review – a tender collaboration to keep the darkness at bay

The Narcissistic Ex – a 90-minute workshop

The Training for Social Workers to Respond to Emergencies and Long-Term Response in Turkey Was Successfully accomplished

Cafcass starts prioritising London private law cases to ‘maintain safe workloads for social workers’

“Financing for Better Care” Conference in Moldova Highlights the Crucial Role of Members of the Social Service Workforce in Collaborative Care Reform Efforts

Help Your Fellow Social Workers in Just Eight Minutes

Lady Funcke Receives Latinx Research Week 2024 Familismo Award

Call for REGISTRATION: SHAPING THE FUTURE: CONFERENCE ON ECOSOCIAL WORK

Helping Your Child Between Separated Parents Starts with the Parents

Sierra Leone National Social Work Conference

Fostering Collective Growth for Social Workers: Highlights from the International Social Work Week 2024 at HAN University

Oh Those Education Workers….

When You’re Turned into The Bad One

The Messenger Review: a roadmap for great leadership

Gentle Parenting. Yes, and…

That Conversation… It may Be Time

When that Coparent is Often Late or a No-Show

Relational practice helping keep numbers entering care below long-term average, claim councils

Using immersive technology for mental health

‘Why practice education research must be catalyst for tackling longstanding issues facing role’

Divorcing? Invest in Learning with These Tips

Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social Worker: Difference?

Family group conferencing good practice must not be diluted in rollout, experts warn

When You Need a Poke

Barry Checkoway’s Book “Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity: Challenging Segregation, Strengthening Diversity” Published

The Austrian Association of Social Workers has taken significant steps to safeguard the title of SOCIAL WORK through legislative measures in Austria

School of Social Work Named #1 Social Work School in U.S.

Giving In to a Narcissist Doesn’t Buy Peace

Second Chance Act Reintroduced: Seminal Criminal Justice Reform Legislation

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