The Frontline

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For the majority of my social work career I was a senior practitioner in a children with disabilities team. Though I am no longer in Frontline practice, I am still passionate about safeguarding children with disabilities and I have recently achieved a Masters degree in Advanced Child Protection. . appeared first on Frontline.

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Relias

JANUARY 16, 2023

For those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who have experienced abuse, trauma-informed care can prove very helpful. The impact and prevalence of trauma among persons with disabilities is hard to ignore. Other experiences that are unique to individuals with disabilities can be considered traumatic.

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2023

Government safeguarding advisers set out a series of recommendations for improving care, social work practice, commissioning and regulation in residential services for disabled children and those with complex needs, in a report last week. ”

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Prosper Health Collective

JULY 31, 2023

million Australians with communication disabilities. Communication is a fundamental human right that empowers us to express ourselves, connect with others, and fully participate in society. However, for many individuals, communication can present challenges due to various disabilities and disorders.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MAY 20, 2022

Your institution may already offer guidance or have policies established – please check with your administrators, online learning specialists, and offices of disability services. Additionally, each learning environment is unique, so understanding the broader contexts of your students and the communities where you teach can be helpful.

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Prosper Health Collective

JULY 30, 2023

In Australia, it’s very common to have difficulties with communicating. A speech pathologist is a health professional who works with anyone who has trouble communicating or swallowing. It might also include forms of assisted communication, like signs, symbols and gestures. muscular dystrophy), cancer, spinal injury.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Looking back now, Laming says poor communication between services was the catalyst behind their failure to save Victoria. We’ve never had such a means of easy communication as we have now. Laming tells me of a severely disabled young adult who, until the age of 18, had been well supported by children’s services.

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

Learning disabilities and autism The draft bill aims to strengthen safeguards for those with learning disabilities and autistic people. The draft bill would also remove learning disabilities and autism as conditions for which an individual could be detained for treatment under section 3 of the MHA.

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Social Work With Adults

JANUARY 23, 2024

However, making sure we are working with people with learning disabilities to achieve these outcomes is imperative. Thanks to Simon and his friend and colleague with learning disabilities, Wendy, for the rich resource they have created to support social workers. Citizenship and inclusion are the cornerstones of social work.

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Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2022

A London borough has agreed to pay £2,500 to a disabled boy and his adoptive mother after issuing care proceedings on “incomplete and flawed information”. It said that there was no record that the council communicated the potential change in the plan for Y to Ms X and neither did it discuss other options for support that were available.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 25, 2022

Most institutions have a Center for Teaching and Learning, IT support services, an office of student disability services, and many other resources to support you as an adjunct instructor. Plan for communication. Share with your students your preferred mode of communication and when they might expect a response (i.e.,

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Relias

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For direct support professionals (DSPs) and others working in the intellectual and development disabilities field (IDD), acting as an ally for client self-advocacy is a huge part of the job. Access : This means being able to use places and services that people without disabilities can use. But knowing where to start can be tricky.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

. ‘Welcome protection for people receiving care’ Bottery said the government “deserves some credit” for its inflationary rise in the MIG, while Abrahams also welcomed the increases in this, the PEA and the savings credit disregard, saying these would “protect the income of people who have funded care” For learning (..)

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The information covers registrants’ ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion and belief and whether their gender identity is different from their sex at birth.

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Relias

JUNE 27, 2023

For organizations that provide services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there has been much research around the problem of turnover among direct support professionals. Communicate clearly and often Effective communication is the backbone of service planning and delivery.

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Relias

JUNE 27, 2023

For organizations that provide services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there has been much research around the problem of turnover among direct support professionals. Communicate clearly and often Effective communication is the backbone of service planning and delivery.

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Relias

MARCH 5, 2024

In fact, in a Relias-conducted survey , a majority of direct service providers, who work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, said showing appreciation for their work and experience could make them stay on the job. As a leader, it’s imperative that effective communication be a priority.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 7, 2021

All but six of services surveyed reported a shortage of carers to meet local needs, particularly for teenagers, large sibling groups, children with disabilities and parent and child placements. While 45% of foster carers rated the support they received from children’s social workers as excellent or good, 23% said it was poor or very poor.

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Prosper Health Collective

MARCH 27, 2023

There are also more advanced language skills like understanding turns of phrase ( “It’s raining cats and dogs”) or using indirect communication ( “This bag is so heavy!” The goal is always to find the system that fits each individual’s skills, circumstances, and preferences for communication. as a way of asking for help ).

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Helping clients discuss their alcohol use can also reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Here are some common questions and answers that can help you discuss alcohol with clients.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Women Interest group and Human Rights Committee Appeal for Peace IASSW is expresing a deep concern and condolences to all people who are suffering current armed conflicts in different parts of the world and who suffer displacement, deaths and disability. Many would be more than willing to offer their services to get this initiative going.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Gaps in care for people with more complex needs Authorities reported gaps in care for people needing specialist dementia care, autistic people, those with learning disabilities and people with mental health needs.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The ombudsman also criticised the level of communication provided by Miss X’s then social worker, who went a month without contacting her, including a week in which she went without overnight care between two of a succession of hospital admissions. .” reassess her night-time needs or communicate properly with her.

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Social Work With Adults

MAY 10, 2023

The priorities covered questions about how to support the wellbeing and safety of people and carers, frameworks for communication between professionals and people in need of support and legal literacy in ensuring equal treatment for people who may lack capacity to consent to their care and treatment.

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Relias

APRIL 3, 2023

We’ve said it before: Providing professional feedback is a form of organizational communication and, just like any other form of communication, it must be a two-way street to be effective. Read more data and insights about appreciation and recognition, supervision, and career advancement in the 2023 DSP Survey Report.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2022

Disability, Intimacy, and Sexual Health: A Social Work Perspective by Kristen Faye Linton, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lela Rankin Williams. In this book the authors compile comprehensive research and candid interviews with social workers to explore the complicated intersection of disability and sexuality.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Helping clients discuss their alcohol use can also reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Here are some common questions and answers that can help you discuss alcohol with clients.

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 26, 2023

To mark Autistic Pride Day this weekend, MQ supporter and artist Mark Noble (creator of the above artwork) writes about his experience of autism and how using art as a way to communicate has helped him. In 2021, I became an ambassador for a charity called 'Outside In' who help disabled artists. Over to Mark for his story.

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Relias

OCTOBER 6, 2021

People with disabilities and their families suffer the most serious effects of staff turnover. Constant training of new workers interrupts the continuity of care that allows individuals with disabilities to reach their full potential. Use open and transparent communication strategies. But what exactly makes a good supervisor?

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Social Work With Adults

JANUARY 31, 2024

They have supported the championing of social workers expertise in communication and relationship skills, together with their broad and specialised knowledge of law, entitlements, and the system. We have also improved safeguarding responses for people experiencing homelessness, through publication of good practice guidance and top tips.

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Famcare

MAY 4, 2022

Autism Spectrum Disorder is a heritable neurodevelopmental disability that is characterized by delayed or inconsistent development in social interaction and communication and a restricted repertoire of activity and interests.

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Prosper Health Collective

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Empathy and Communication: Encourage open communication by actively listening to your child’s feelings and thoughts. Additionally, communicate with family and friends about your child’s needs. Coping with transitions might require additional support. How Parents Can Support Children’s Social Skills?

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Social Care

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In Swansea, a group of adults with learning disabilities who had set up a formal user-led co-operative to pool their direct payments and collectively decide how to support their care needs wanted to facilitate the creation of other co-ops across Wales, as well as expand their membership.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This means the individual cannot articulate themselves properly and therefore is unaware of what exactly is happening and cannot communicate clearly to those around them. Expressing Differently Sometimes, adults might expect children to express themselves verbally, as adults tend to communicate.

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Social Care

MAY 19, 2022

Image by freepik.com] Ewan King: In 2018, we were part of a Department of Health and Social Care project looking at how people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs - and their families - can be in control of decisions about their own future. What are the obstacles to expanding the named care role into other areas?

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Recent communication research shows that many healthcare professionals are surprised to learn how few drinks per week are considered excessive. Is there a level of drinking that’s “ok” for someone who is pregnant or thinking of having a baby? If you’re not sure how to answer these questions, you’re not alone.

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Psychological Health Care

JUNE 26, 2023

Some children, particularly those who have anxiety, or who may have a developmental disability such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Autism Spectrum Disorder, can experience more frequent and severe outbursts of anger. Communication difficulties also play a role in children’s expression of anger.

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