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.

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Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

What’s the difference between a psychologist, psychiatrist and a social worker? The social worker looks at the problem of the individual in a broader context, such as one’s relationship, family, community, society. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker.

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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”.

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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.”

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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.

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Social Worker Government Anxiety Interviewing 206

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.

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Social Worker Consultation Mental Health Case Management 187

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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Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. Still heroes. Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2023

This was exacerbated by Covid and, potentially, high turnover of social workers, team managers and commissioning staff, though the panel highlighted good practice from some practitioners who travelled up to 200 miles so they could visit children regularly.

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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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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 21, 2024

Use at your discretion or in consultation with your lawyer and/or counselor.) I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice.

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Private Practice Consultation Mental Health Counseling 147

Community Care

JUNE 6, 2023

Frontline will face tougher targets on qualifying and retaining social workers after winning the right to continue delivering fast-track training for aspiring children’s practitioners in England. This is above the 85% target it is currently measured against, but in line with its performance in recent years.

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Social Worker University Consultation Mental Health 169

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 11, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. If not, you are missing many more posts!

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Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. You would be a gentle parent. Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Counseling 147

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 15, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Social Work England has finalised training standards for approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) and the new role of approved mental capacity professional (AMCP) following consultation. AMHP and approved mental capacity professional training standards launched for consultation. Related articles.

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Consultation Mental Health Therapist Confidentiality 277

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.

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Social Worker Anxiety Consultation Depression 52

Social Work With Adults

MAY 11, 2022

It is with a sense of relief, but also pride in our collective resilience as a profession, that we are able to publish the Chief Social Worker for Adults Annual Report 2021-22 in a world which has, at long last, regained some of the familiar trappings of normality. Social work’s contribution to this area is needed now more than ever.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 31, 2023

While the EA had prior documented mental health issues, those issues never interfered with her workplace duties. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.

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Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Counseling 264

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 21, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. Many a relationship not only deserves this, but needs this.

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Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. If not, you are missing many more posts!

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Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Consultation 147

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. After all, who does that! Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. Magical if you let it. Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Counseling 147

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 218

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 15, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. Therein we make a difference. Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Counseling 147

Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. (Click on the link to access the comments.)

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Private Practice Schools Mental Health Social Worker 264

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

What can differentiate the better parenting consultant, is their not being married to any one approach, but having the ability to draw from a number of different theories and approaches to selectively and somewhat scientifically determine which may be more helpful to the child given an assessmentof the situation.

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Private Practice Mental Health Consultation Social Worker 113

Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Once an adult, it is reasonable to have a will in case of death as well as a living will, a set of instructions representing your preferred health choices and management of financial matters. For some people it can be very helpful to consult a lawyer for estate planning and the devising of a will. That is where your power resides.

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Private Practice Consultation Mental Health Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It can be difficult to appreciate the impact of mental illness on one’s capacity to meet the daily demands of life and on the capacity to manage stress. Having a mental health diagnosis is like carrying additional weights on one’s back. To add, the issues of mental health must be separated from the person.

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Mental Health Counseling Private Practice Social Worker 113

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 21, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. Be their safe place. Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Counseling 147

Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 28, 2023

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Communication Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Empathy Private Practice Mental Health Counseling 147

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 11, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Mental Health Private Practice Social Worker Counseling 147

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 11, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. [Pat Green] Are you following me on Facebook yet?

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Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker 113

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.

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Social Worker Treatment Planning Mental Health Interventional 52

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 11, 2024

I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. That is respectful and loving behavior.

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Private Practice Mental Health Empathy Social Worker 113

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 29, 2024

Editor’s note: In this blog post, four social worker educators share a sample from their new and free resource about using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in social work education. Alexander Rubin , LCSW, is a clinical assistant professor based in field education at the University at Buffalo School of School of Social Work.

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