CAPC

MARCH 22, 2023

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee requested input on strategies to address the current health care workforce shortage.

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The Guardian

MAY 23, 2023

Report raises concerns about near 23% rise in children in care over 10 years amid serious shortage of social workers Radical reforms to the care system in Wales are needed to address a “shocking” rise in the number of looked after children, a Welsh parliament committee has concluded. Continue reading.

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Community Care

APRIL 17, 2024

Frontline’s chief executive, Mary Jackson, told the House of Commons’ education select committee yesterday that it had trained 1,800 supervisors and managers through the programme since it was given a £7m contract to deliver it for two years in 2022. ” More follows

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Michigan Social Work

JULY 26, 2022

DEI Program Manager Dillon Cathro has been elected to the U-M Police Department Oversight Committee, which receives and makes recommendations regarding grievances against any police officers deputized by the university.

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Therapist Development Center

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Dear TDC Community Member, The Therapist Development Center is recruiting members for our new Continuing Education Oversight Committee. The post Applicants Wanted for our CE Oversight Committee! appeared first on Therapist Development Center Blog.

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Professor Trina Shanks will serve on the Framing and Design Committee of U-M’s Inclusive History Project. This presidential initiative is designed to create a more accurate narrative about U-M’s history, with an initial focus on race and racism. “We We cannot move forward as a university until we acknowledge those we’ve excluded in the past.

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Community Care

JUNE 9, 2023

Those were among the messages from the Welsh Parliament’s (Senedd) children, young people and education committee in a report on reforming provision for children in care and care leavers in the country.

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Michigan Social Work

MARCH 30, 2022

House Committee on Financial Services. Associate Professor Terri Friedline was invited to share her research on overdraft fees with the U.S. Friedline is part of a nationwide movement to eliminate overdraft fees which are excessive, predatory, and punish lower-income people for not having enough money in the bank.

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Michigan Social Work

JULY 14, 2022

House Committee on Financial Services March 31, 2022 hearing. “If Associate Professor Terri Friedline submitted written comments about the elimination of overdraft fees to the U.S.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 12, 2022

That was one of the conclusions of a House of Lords committee examining 2014 children’s social care law reforms that, among other things, sought to make it easier for black and ethnic minority children to be adopted. Lack of diversity in adoption workforce and panels .

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Michigan Social Work

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

MSW/MPH student Brandon Bond is one of just two students named to the U-M Presidential search committee.

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2022

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) said a lack of underfunding – leading to inadequate pay and conditions – was behind the significant recruitment and retention difficulties the sector faced. We would like to thank the Migration Advisory Committee for their continued work on this area.

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International Federation of Social Workers

JANUARY 24, 2024

The tripartite committee comprising the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), are delighted […]

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Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 28, 2020

The post Importance of Addressing Internalized Racism in Clinical Practice (SCP Diversity Committee) first appeared on Society of Clinical Psychology. Interested in contributing to the SCP Blog Series? Download our Blog Submission Form !

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CAPC

JULY 20, 2023

The Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act includes provisions on palliative care.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MARCH 3, 2024

Key Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 March 2024 Notification of Acceptance: 15 March 2024 Duration of presentation: 15 minutes Registration: [link] Organizing Committee: The conference is organized by Students for Global Change, a student organization at the School of Social Work, University of Texas Arlington.

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University of Connecticut

APRIL 23, 2024

She is the UConn’s liaison with the Scholars at Risk Program and a founding member of the executive committee of Scholars at Risk USA chapter.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Upon receipt of EOI, the Joint Steering Committee will determine those EOI’s that will be moved forward and request greater budget and organizational detail. The decision to award the tender will be made by the Joint Steering Committee at its meeting in April 2024 after which a contract will be completed to finalize the agreement.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2022

This is driving huge spending on placements by local authorities, with fees of £8,000 plus a week “not unusual”, Will Quince told the House of Commons’ education select committee last week. The minister told the committee that the shortages meant that councils were having to send children “many many miles away” for a secure bed.

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Community Care

AUGUST 1, 2023

Migration Advisory Committee chair Brian Bell has also castigated ministers for their failure to respond to an April 2022 MAC report they themselves commissioned, which called for increases to social care pay, rather than a reliance on immigration, to tackle the sector’s workforce problems.

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The Guardian

MARCH 19, 2024

The public accounts committee said “chronic underfunding, rising waiting lists and patchwork funding” has placed sustained pressure on local authorities, and the government is falling short on Boris Johnson’s promise in 2019 to “fix the crisis in social care once and for all”.

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Community Care

JANUARY 10, 2023

This view was echoed in a report last year by Parliament’s joint committee on human rights on the adoption of the children of unmarried mothers in the post-war period. ” In evidence to the committee, then education secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the DfE agreed, pledging to bring forward proposals to change the law.

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Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 13, 2023

by Kathryn Conley Wehrmann , PHD, LCSW, Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Steering Committee Chair "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has…" -Margaret Mead

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The Guardian

APRIL 25, 2024

Without La Rocca – who was not named at the time – serious problems with carer’s allowance overpayments may never have come to light, the Commons work and pensions select committee concluded: without him the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) would never have been persuaded of the “urgent need to act”. Continue reading.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

She served on the Town of Leonia Juvenile Conference Committee for many years, and later health committees in Bergen County. Diana also volunteered with the Bergen County Division of Senior Services Health Committee (which she chaired for a time). Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital.

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International Federation of Social Workers

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In an era where understanding and resolving conflicts have become paramount, the NASW International Committee is set to host a webinar titled “Beyond Borders: Navigating Conflict Using Insight from Global […]

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

I am prompted to write to you as it has now been over three months since the health and social care select committee published its report on the Treatment of people who have a learning disability and autism. I attach Dimensions’ response to the committee report. Disappointing.

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International Federation of Social Workers

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In an era where understanding and resolving conflicts have become paramount, the NASW International Committee is set to host a webinar titled “Beyond Borders: Navigating Conflict Using Insight from Global […]

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

. “Whilst the latest figures are largely positive, we should not assume this is ‘job done’ as the sector is under significant pressure,” said the chair of the ADCS’s workforce policy committee, Rachael Wardell.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

An international committee comprising of the Regional Vice-Presidents and a Chair of the Committee appointed by the IASSW President and representatives from the CSWE Kendall Institute reviews nominees for the award and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors, which makes the final decision. Members of the Katherine A.

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Community Care

JULY 16, 2023

.” Introduction of scientific assessments The government has legislated to introduce so-called scientific methods of assessing age – such as dental x-rays and bone scans – and specific such tests will come into force once they have been approved by a new Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee.

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Community Care

MAY 3, 2023

However, Helen Whately said the government remained committed to introducing the LPS to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), in an appearance yesterday before Parliament’s health and social care select committee.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 19, 2023

End of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPs Post-Brexit restrictions on the free movement of workers from the EU have contributed to modern slavery becoming “a feature” of the care sector in England the Care Quality Commission has told MPs.

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Community Care

MARCH 15, 2024

“Diversity in the workplace matters both because representation matters and it is important that our workforce is able to reflect the local communities we serve and because discrimination may still impact on colleagues even as representation improve,” she added.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This was recently scrutinised by a parliamentary committee but – despite the AMHP Leads Network calling for the changes in the evidence it provided – the committee’s report did not recommend the changes.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JUNE 25, 2023

Nominations and documents should be sent to the Chair of the IASSW Nominating Committee, Dr. Barbara W. 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 .

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MARCH 6, 2023

IASSW WOMEN ‘S INTEREST GROUP AND IASSW HUMAN RIGHTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE STATEMENT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND ABORTION: A SOCIAL WORK RESPONSE This is the Statement of the IASSW Women’s Interest Group and the Human Rights & Social Justice Committee for the 8. March , International Women’s Day.

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