Community Care

AUGUST 30, 2023

Social Work England is seeking views on proposed standards it will use to approve and monitor best interests assessor (BIA) training courses. “I think we need providers to respond to the consultation [on this point],” she said.

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Consultation Self-harm Government Mental Health 173

Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. This included initiatives such as the use of social work academies to develop staff, with training days backfilled and caseloads capped. of the workforce.

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Social Worker Anxiety Government Interviewing 247

Community Care

JULY 11, 2023

The Department for Education has proposed far-reaching changes to social workers’ roles under Working Together to Safeguard Children, its guidance on services for children in need of help and protection in England. By contrast, the proposed update to the guidance mentions ‘social worker’ just 23 times.

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Social Worker Consultation Engagement Youth Worker 204

Community Care

JUNE 17, 2022

The lack of adult social workers is the sector’s biggest concern as it prepares to deliver the cap on care costs, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has found. More social workers needed amid shortages. It is giving a further £2.9m over that period.

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Social Worker Consultation Government Therapist 306

Community Care

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The flexibility comes despite Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) concerns that breaches would risk undermining national rules on councils engaging child and family social workers, of which the price caps are a part.

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Engagement Consultation Social Worker Administration 276

Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. This had led to “unparalleled dependency”, whose numbers had grown by 13% over the same period, accounting for 17.6% of the workforce.

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Social Worker Government Anxiety Interviewing 205

Community Care

AUGUST 8, 2023

The government is reviewing the case for giving social workers in England powers of entry in adult safeguarding cases. However, the review said that social workers “often referenced” their lack of a power of entry as a barrier to effectively protecting adults experiencing abuse at home from carers.

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Social Worker Government Domestic Violence Disorder 201

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

JANUARY 8, 2024

Welcome Welcome to the REAL Social Workers Online Magazine this is the place where we support and encourage social workers, like me, through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. As social workers, we know beauty is not one-dimensional. As social workers, we have so much to offer.

Social Worker 52

Social Worker Anxiety Consultation Depression 52

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

You asked, what are the 10 roles of social workers ? While I can provide a list of 10 common roles of social workers, it’s important to note that our roles often go beyond these. Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.

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Social Worker Treatment Planning Justice and Corrections Interventional 95

Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

By Daniel Pollack & Kathryn Krase Social workers cannot assume they will stay in their jobs for a long time. Most social workers stay in a job for fewer than five years. Social workers serve a variety of clients, in many capacities, for many different types of employers. Or illegal?

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Social Worker Code of Ethics Self-harm Consultation 96

Community Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They described how this had worked in the past with children with more complex needs, who did not want to engage face to face. For example, some workers who were interested in gaming and digital activities used these as a tool for engagement, which resulted in positive connections.

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Case Management Communication Adoption Self-harm 193

Community Care

APRIL 17, 2024

He was one of those children whose lives were transformed by a social worker. From the age of seven, up until his adoption, he had the same social worker, with whom he remained in contact into his 20s. “I had a really positive experience of social workers,” he says.

Social Worker 264

Social Worker Diversity Government Adoption 264

Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 26, 2022

South Carolina social worker Macie Smith has devoted her career to helping people older adults and people living with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and developmental disabilities – and their families — live life to the fullest and get the best possible care. Saltbox TV logo. You can prepare yourself and plan for it.”.

Social Worker 98

Social Worker Disability Engagement Consultation 98

Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

By Daniel Pollack & Kathryn Krase Social workers cannot assume they will stay in their jobs for a long time. Most social workers stay in a job for fewer than five years. Social workers serve a variety of clients, in many capacities, for many different types of employers. Or illegal?

Social Worker 96

Social Worker Code of Ethics Self-harm Consultation 96

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Social Work England is to review the fees it charges practitioners under its new strategy, covering 2023-26. Social workers have been charged £90 a year for registration, and its renewal, since 2015, firstly under the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and then Social Work England since 2019. the year before.

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Consultation Therapist Social Worker Engagement 236

Community Care

JULY 12, 2023

The DfE consulted on the proposals, which include capping the pay of agency staff to the equivalent of permanently-employed social workers , between February and May this year, and is due to report back on the consultation this September. A requirement for a minimum six-week notice period for agency social workers.

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Social Worker Consultation Government Interviewing 201

Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

It is the worst case of child abuse and neglect that I have ever seen,” said a hospital consultant who treated Victoria in her final days. And so it is on councils and senior management to be “absolutely realistic, honest and open” with both social workers and the government about what can and can’t be achieved, he stresses. “I

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Social Worker Government Interviewing Social Services 330

Beyond Advocacy

MAY 29, 2023

Scores of macro practice social workers and students will gather at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis-based community and organization development consulting firm that helps individuals, groups, and organizations, find their paths to empowerment. The keynote speaker for the conference is Rebeccah L.

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Social Worker Schools LMSW Advocacy 52

Community Care

APRIL 18, 2023

Crocker’s year at the helm was dominated by proposals to overhaul children’s social care – from the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care and the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s inquiry into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson – and the government’s response to them.

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Social Worker Government Consultation Engagement 319

Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) is certain to be delayed again, with the government yet to consult on how to put the scheme into practice. “We were given a realistic expectation of consultation. Spring to summer consultation – it’s now winter. Regulations can then take up to 40 days to become law.

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Consultation Government Advocacy Hospitals 329

Social Work Haven

MAY 9, 2023

You Asked, Can Social Workers Prescribe Medication? This is a very common question a lot of people ask in relation to the role of the social worker in health and social care. Social workers play an important role in promoting the health and wellbeing of people in the community.

Social Worker 52

Social Worker Treatment Planning Mental Health Interventional 52

Community Care

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Between 2019-21, researchers analysed the impact of DfE intervention in 24 authorities after they were rated inadequate by Ofsted, through interviews with leaders, managers, social workers, partners and government-appointed advisers, and an analysis of outcomes. Social workers urge inspection overhaul to enable more direct work.

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Interventional Consultation Social Worker Government 222

Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Please know I support persons of the LGBTQ2 community, BIPOC community, women, immigrants, working poor… I value inclusion and social policies that provide for choice on matters concerning one’s own body. Some may seek to engage, argue, blame, etc. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker.

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Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 130

Community Care

MARCH 28, 2024

Following the first of only two virtual child in need meetings held during this time, the allocated social worker gave the family court an inconclusive assessment of Boden and Marsden’s capacity to care for their children, with no proposals for final care plans.

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Rehabilitation Social Worker Self-harm Engagement 273

Community Care

MAY 12, 2023

The regulator had also been “inundated” by applications from practitioners and others to take part in the group’s work, said Blackmore, the regulator’s executive director of professional practice and external engagement. of FTE children’s services posts were held by agency workers, up from 15.5%

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Social Worker Government University Consultation 200

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JANUARY 5, 2024

On 18 December the project had a one-day Expert consultation workshop on ‘Co-creating spaces and empowering tribal communities’ aimed to promote cooperation and knowledge exchange among organizations who engaged in the sphere of education, health, and livelihood. Bipin Jojo, Dean, School of Social Work also graced the occasion.

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Consultation Schools Mental Health Engagement 98

Social Work Haven

MAY 9, 2023

Curious to know the differences between a Psychologist vs Social Worker? Well, it is vital to note the difference between psychology and social work because they both seek to help individuals in different ways. Do social workers use psychology? Is psychology degree equivalent to social work?

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Social Worker Psychology Mental Health Interventional 52

Community Care

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Department for Education has scrapped its national assessment and accreditation scheme (NAAS) for children’s social workers. The DfE’s original plan was for all children’s social workers to be assessed by 2020, which it later revised to rolling out the scheme from that year following a series of trial phases.

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Government Social Worker Consultation Interventional 356

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 26, 2023

Rather, let your kids see you engage in volunteer activity that serves others. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

Empathy 147

Empathy Private Practice Mental Health Counseling 147

Community Care

MARCH 2, 2023

It confirmed its support for authorities appointing designated social care officers (DSCOs), in its improvement plan for SEND and alternative education provision (AP). This would enable practitioners other than social workers to hold children in need cases, including for disabled children.

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Government Disability Interventional Social Worker 242

Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The eldest adores Sidney and wants to engage. After a moment of calm, I would say, “Play” and Sidney would re-engage with our grandson. Both engaged having fun yet within limits. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. We still always watch.

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Private Practice Engagement Mental Health Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 4, 2022

Anything else is engagement. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. Courts in Ontario, Canada, consider him an expert in social work, marital and family therapy, child development, parent-child relations and custody and access matters. Your moving on leaves it there.

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Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker 202

Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Come, let’s start dinner…” As you learn not to engage and let things roll off your back, you are at the same time teaching your child how to do so too. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. Other parent has lots of feelings about me.

Private Practice 147

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 147

Community Care

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The decision came on the back of a consultation, published in June, that saw 131 out of 141 respondents – including practitioners, sector leaders and researchers – endorse Ofsted’s proposal. Criteria for care leaver services.

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Consultation Engagement Social Worker 244

Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Department for Education (DfE) has ditched plans to cap agency social worker pay to the equivalent of permanent staff in local authority children’s services. The changes came after the DfE received over 1,200 responses to the consultation on the rules , 70% of which were from individual social workers.

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Social Worker Consultation Engagement Government 333

Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 23, 2023

If a partner discloses issues of violence or abuse, it can upset the other who engages in such behavior. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Courts in Ontario, Canada, consider him an expert in social work, marital and family therapy, child development, parent-child relations and custody and access matters.

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Counseling Domestic Violence Therapist Private Practice 147

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It also doesn’t mean the teen will attend and if they do, it doesn’t mean they will engage. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Courts in Ontario, Canada, consider him an expert in social work, marital and family therapy, child development, parent-child relations and custody and access matters.

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Counseling Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker 130