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What Does KVC Stand For?

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KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. We work locally, one child, family and community at a time, while also influencing the fields of child welfare and mental health nationally.

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A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

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and best practice training and consultation that stretches around the world, KVC’s presence in its home region of Kansas and Missouri has expanded. If you are wondering what mental health and child welfare services KVC provides and in which areas, this guide is for you! KVC Kansas. Plus, follow KVC Hospitals on Facebook here.

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How social workers’ role would change under Working Together overhaul

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The consultation document on the changes suggests that alternatively qualified practitioners could include family support workers, drug and alcohol practitioners, domestic abuse workers and youth workers. Have your say The consultation on the revised Working Together runs until 6 September 2023. consultation@education.gov.uk

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Councils struggling to manage children’s homes market, amid placement shortage, study finds

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This is despite this being a requirement of statutory guidance on councils’ Children Act 1989 duty to, as far as reasonably practicable, take steps to secure enough suitable accommodation locally for children in care, consistent with their welfare. Some firms ‘profiteering’ from children’s homes, says minister.

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LADO role faces review after disabled children abuse inquiry identifies ‘major failings’

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Arrangements should be put in place to ensure all such cases are referred to the service without delay, and that any necessary actions to address children’s welfare are taken by the LADO or team immediately.

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Finley Boden: professionals should have protected baby murdered by his parents, review finds

Community Care

Professionals involved with the family were not consulted prior to the reunification plan being put to the court and were unaware of the details of the transition plan. This was signed off by a team manager and head of service at the council.

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Making the Invisibility of Social Work Interventions in Climate Issues Visible: Varied activities of a profession with a deep history of activities aimed at environmental justice

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Social work educator teaching green social work, including research on climate change and coproduction through community engagement in Croatia. Social work doctoral candidate engages a local community in recycling waste in Shanghai, China. Erin Kennedy, social work educator, teaching students about climate change in China.