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.

Social Worker 272

Social Worker Anxiety Government Interviewing 272

Community Care

MARCH 25, 2022

Children’s social workers’ caseloads are bigger, more complex and harder to manage, taking a toll on their mental health and family life and leaving some contemplating quitting. A third of social workers said their caseloads had increased “a lot” over the past year, while a further 36% said they had risen “slightly”.

Social Worker 327

Social Worker Mental Health Government Interventional 327

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.

Social Worker 225

Social Worker Government Anxiety Interviewing 225

Community Care

JULY 12, 2023

Transferring child in need cases to non-social workers may undermine the quality of practice and increase risks to children, Ofsted and the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) have warned. ” “It would be dangerous if specialist skills and awareness are lost across family help.”

Social Worker 235

Social Worker Consultation Mental Health Government 235

Community Care

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

“[Evidence] points to a need to act now to attract higher numbers of people to join, rejoin and stay in the profession,” it wrote in Stable Homes, Built on Love , its proposed children’s social care strategy, issued for consultation earlier this month. This is borne out by the data.

Social Worker 207

Social Worker Consultation Mental Health Case Management 207

Community Care

MARCH 18, 2022

The draft updated Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, was published for public consultation on 17 March. The government has decided to produce one overarching code to ensure the principles of the MCA are embedded in the LPS from its introduction. Consultation ends on 4 July. The meaning of deprivation of liberty.

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Government Therapist Mental Health Hospitals 327

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.

Social Worker 264

Social Worker Disability Schools Government 264

Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

In 2001, the government tasked the former chief inspector of social services with chairing a statutory inquiry into the murder of the eight-year-old Ivorian girl by her great aunt, Marie-Therese Kouao, and Kouao’s boyfriend, Carl Manning the previous year.

Social Worker 343

Social Worker Government Interviewing Social Services 343

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

Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

By Leeanne Olivant, NOPT In the dynamic landscape of social work, practice educators (PEs) stand as vital pillars. The role’s critical importance in nurturing the next generation of social workers and retaining experienced practitioners was highlighted in a Social Work England-commissioned review, which reported last month.

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Social Worker Interviewing Diversity Disability 240

Community Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Sector bodies have heavily criticised the government’s provision of one-fifth of the resources called for by the care review to reform social care in its response today. The review said that £1bn should be made available over the first two years. Today’s announcement does not provide that.”

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Domestic Violence Government Social Worker Consultation 278

Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The lack of an appointed care minister comes with significant decisions needing to be made about the sector including: Whether there will be a delay to the government’s adult social care charging reforms, in the light of the economic situation.

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Government Mental Health Interviewing Disability 267

Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Doug Ford’s government through Stephen Lecce, the Minister of Education will be spinning tales hoping to pit parents against educators. Just like this government tried to cut the nurses off at the knees, so too this government is attacking and undervaluing teachers. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker.

Healthcare 147

Healthcare Private Practice Government Mental Health 147

Community Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Social Work England has found broad support from the profession for its proposed expectations of students’ knowledge and skills on graduation. Recognising when and how your health might impact your practice and taking steps to seek support, ensuring that you continue to practice safely and effectively.

Consultation 245

Consultation Social Worker Government Diversity 245

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. However, the government is yet to confirm that it will need to delay LPS again. However, the government is yet to confirm that it will need to delay LPS again.

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Consultation Government Advocacy Hospitals 338

Community Care

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Social Work England is commissioning research into the profession’s mounting recruitment and retention challenges, particularly in councils. of social work posts in council adults’ services were vacant as of September 2022, up from 9.5% a year earlier, said a Skills for Care report published this month. in the year to 2022.

Social Worker 256

Social Worker Diversity Consultation Mental Health 256

Community Care

JUNE 7, 2022

A report for social work leaders has proposed specific caseload limits for practitioners to help mitigate the mounting workload burdens many face. Scottish Government proposes National Social Work Agency. Caseloads bigger, more complex and harder to manage, say children’s social workers. cases, adults’ 19.5

Criminal Justice 319

Criminal Justice Administration Social Worker Government 319

Community Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A report proposing reforms to agency social work. The consultations close on 11 May, 2023. Agency social work: The department has proposed bringing in national rules to reduce the cost and use of agency social workers in children’s services. You can respond online by following the links above.

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Consultation Social Worker Foster Care Government 213

Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

This in turn was linked to social workers’ biggest concerns: staff shortages – in relation to which 73% of respondents were very concerned and 20% a bit concerned – and workload (59% very concerned, 31% a bit concerned). “We can’t keep good social workers,” she added.

Social Worker 273

Social Worker Mental Health Government Administration 273

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

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

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. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

Private Practice 190

Private Practice Mental Health Administration Government 190

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This government provides neither. Indeed, this government vilifies and demeans these valiant, caring, dedicated and talented workers who are mostly women. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. They demand our respect and gratitude. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

Schools 147

Schools Private Practice Mental Health Government 147

Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This after a several month stay in the children’s mental health centre to get his schizophrenia under control. I suggested they speak to the opposition health critic in government. In more recent years I consulted with a person whose adult sibling was languishing in hospital. I couldn’t live with that.

Schizophrenia 147

Schizophrenia Hospitals Private Practice Mental Health 147

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Then, to address these questions further and as I have mentioned from time to time, we need to consult those who are working with the students who present the greatest challenges. This government helped create it. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

Schools 147

Schools Private Practice Consultation Mental Health 147

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JANUARY 5, 2024

Pragati (the erstwhile Integrated Rural Health and Development Project) is a field action project of the Centre for Health and Mental Health, School of Social Work. The consultation was led by Dr. Smitha Nair (Faculty advisor) and Mr. Pravin Yadav (Project Co-ordinator).

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Consultation Schools Mental Health Engagement 98

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. .

Foster Care 331

Foster Care Self-harm Social Worker Mental Health 331

Community Care

MARCH 27, 2023

Social Work England will seek to tackle the systemic causes of fitness to practise issues over the next three years to reduce risks to the public and prevent social workers from enduring lengthy investigative processes.

Social Worker 258

Social Worker Diversity Consultation Mental Health 258

Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

The government has delayed giving all self-funders the right to take advantage of, typically lower, council care home rates, following concerns authorities would lack the workforce to implement the change. Latest announcement from Govt on social care funding reform.

Consultation 130

Consultation Government Administration Mental Health 130

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Funding for such services has eroded greatly over the years and most so during the term of the current conservative government. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. Public services are depleted and private services are flourishing for those who can afford it.

Private Practice 147

Private Practice Case Management Counseling Mental Health 147

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The previous conservative government of Mike Harris wanted to create a crisis in education to enable privatization. This government, so far, has been successful in this agenda. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. It got leaked to the public and was forestalled.

Private Practice 113

Private Practice Mental Health Government Social Worker 113

Community Care

MARCH 31, 2022

Not worth the paper they are written on’; ‘lack teeth’; ‘thresholds confusing’ – these are just some of the comments made by social workers and other professionals in a national study of supervision orders supporting family reunification in 2019. By Professor Judith Harwin and Lily Golding. There is an urgent need for this review.

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Interviewing Social Worker University Government 276

Social Work With Adults

APRIL 4, 2023

"Although progress towards real and sustained care sector reform remains challenging, the voice of adult social work has a powerful and constructive role to play." Recruitment and retention of adult social workers, indeed of social care professionals as a whole, remains a critical issue to resolve.

Social Worker 98

Social Worker Mental Health Adoption Government 98

Social Workers Speak

JUNE 29, 2023

Mel Wilson is a member of NASW-DC: Lancaster city police looking to hire social worker Lancaster Online Mel Wilson was on staff with the National Association of Social Workers for 20 years until he retired about 18 months ago. He now consults with the association. For police it should be two things.

Substance Abuse 52

Substance Abuse Anxiety Social Worker Crisis Intervention 52

Social Work Haven

APRIL 3, 2023

To become a Best Interests Assessor, social workers have to be registered with Social Work England for at least 2 years and enrol on a postgraduate BIA-DOLS qualification. P’s mental health condition affects on her ability to understand and process information. P cannot weight bear and is hoisted for all transfers.

Self-harm 52

Self-harm Social Worker Mental Health Consultation 52

Community Care

MARCH 8, 2024

Since Lyn Romeo announced her retirement in October last year , the tributes to the now former chief social worker for adults from across the profession have been warm and fulsome. Lyn Romeo is without a doubt a social worker for social workers! Will be hugely missed by many and certainly me.

Social Worker 294

Social Worker Government Mental Health Adoption 294

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.

Mental Health 40

Mental Health Domestic Violence Social Worker Clinic 40

Michigan Girl's Café

MAY 26, 2021

101 Careers in Social Work - Third Edition (2019) by Jessica Ritter, Ann Obermann and Kirstin Lindsay Danhoff, is an expanded career guidebook that addresses the breath of the social work profession and the different career options available with a social work degree.

Criminal Justice 52

Criminal Justice Crisis Intervention Child Welfare Administration 52