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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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

This outcome further disables the child come adulthood and also financially burdens society. We need a government in power who understands that the investment in meeting the needs of all children is not only an investment in the child, but all of society. That will not be a conservative government. It is so short-sighted.

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Community Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

There was also recognition for the former chief executive of social work charity Frontline, Josh MacAlister, who recently led a government-commissioned review of children’s social care. ‘Believe in yourself’ An MBE was also awarded to social care consultant, and expert by experience, Jak Savage.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2023

Providers reported a “sharp increase”, particularly since spring 2022, in referrals for children – some very young – with deteriorating mental health, with rising numbers self-harming as well. 3m of this will go towards a regional recruitment project in the North East. .

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

By Tim Spencer-Lane The joint committee on the draft Mental Health Bill was appointed in July 2022 to consider the government’s draft bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) , which is summarised here. Its final report, which includes over 50 recommendations, was published today (19 January 2023).

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Community Care

MARCH 31, 2022

A draft report and best practice guidance from the supervision review will go out for consultation later in the year. Domestic abuse, mental health problems and substance misuse predominated and a third of the children had special educational needs and disabilities. There is an urgent need for this review.

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MQ Mental Health

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

For the last seven years the annual MQ Science Summit has platformed innovative and interdisciplinary scientific meetings for those across the mental health landscape. With this in mind, the Wellcome Trust’s mental health team was invited to contribute to the day’s discussions. Nothing about us without us" -Niharika.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.

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SECTIONED

JANUARY 30, 2019

Hard-pressed GPs will be able to refer patients to someone else and free up their consulting room at a time when we face a GP shortage. However, there are a number of problems with social prescribing, especially as it impacts on people with serious long-term mental ill-health. What do I mean by “inaccessible”?

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Social Workers Speak

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Stephen Wanczyk-Karp is executive director of NASW-CT: Ways to address the pandemic’s impact on children’s behavioral health. Covid-19 has brought on a behavioral health tsunami , a crisis in the brewing even before the pandemic. The effects on children’s health and mental health will be long-term.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“The government has committed to offer more support for carers through its reform funding and there are new rights for unpaid leave in the new Carer’s Leave Act , but that won’t be enough. These scores will inform the single-word rating.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2024

The blueprint for the chief social worker role The recommendation to appoint a chief social worker came from Professor Eileen Munro, in the final report of her landmark review of child protection from the government in 2011. Promoting social work’s role in society and raising public awareness of, and confidence in, the profession.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

A serious and complex condition is defined as a condition “serious enough to require specialized medical treatment to avoid the reasonable possibility of death or permanent harm” or a chronic condition that “is life-threatening, degenerative, potentially disabling, or congenital; and requires specialized medical care over a prolonged period of time.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. In the meantime, her daughters suffered abuse at a foster home and her younger son descended into a mental health crisis.

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