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More council ‘bankruptcies’ predicted as government rejects calls for extra social care funding

Community Care

About council ‘bankruptcy’ notices Five authorities with social services responsibilities – Birmingham, Croydon, Nottingham, Slough and Thurrock – have issued a section 114 notice in the past three years, meaning they were unable to meet their legal requirement to set a balanced budget.

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CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

Community Care

There will be no observation of practice by social workers or other professionals, such as occupational therapists. . ” For the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, president Beverley Tarka said: “Families up and down the country are facing constant struggles to get the support they need to care for loved ones.

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‘The power of social work has shaped who I am’ – ADCS’s new care experienced president

Community Care

.” A passion for social work His positive experience is one he shares with the social workers he oversees in Derby council as its strategic director of people, a role that encompasses the statutory positions of director of children’s services (DCS) and director of adult social services (DASS).

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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

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Social work educator teaching green social work, including research on climate change and coproduction through community engagement in Croatia. Nepal School of Social Work Students learn about green social work and sustainable interventions in all types of disasters including climate change. Dominelli, L.

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Why do social workers burnout?

Save the Social Worker

Following the stress on social services that has come about as a result of COVID-19, there has been more research sharing about the emotional toll this has taken on social workers. It may lead you to feel frustrated that your interventions are not working, especially because the client isn’t owning the change.

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How you can use the self better in social work (no hacks required)

Save the Social Worker

Rather, you slowly expand the intervention outwards. Similarly, in planning a sustainable intervention for someone, rather than looking at how to do it yourself, or whether it will even work, start with the smallest thing you can do first. You plan interventions based on your proposed answers. They grow outwards.

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DfE pledges action on ‘excessive’ workload pressures for children’s social workers

Community Care

The Department for Education said it would set up a national workload action group to identify solutions to “unnecessary” pressures on practitioners, while also promising steps to reduce the burden of case recording and free social workers from some case work with children in need.