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Social Work England consults on best interests assessor training standards

Community Care

It has launched the consultation in the wake of the government’s decision in April to delay introducing the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) – its planned replacement for the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) – beyond the next election, due in 2024.

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Social workers to face return to practice requirements in Scotland

Community Care

Regulator the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has launched a consultation on introducing return to practice requirements similar to those in England and Wales. The CPL and return to practice proposals flow from an SSSC consultation last year on reforming the regulation of social care professionals in Scotland.

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For Some, the Greater the Closeness, the Greater the Perceived Risk

Gary Direnfeld

The learning for some is the closer you get intimately, the greater the risk of harm and/or betrayal. Just be open to self-examination. 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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How equipped is children’s social work for digital safeguarding?

Community Care

Our work seeks to develop innovative ways in which children and young people can digitally and safely self-refer to children’s social care, allowing them to communicate harms and experiences in real time. By Corinne May-Chahal and Sarah Carlick Many think digital safeguarding is about staying safe online but it means much more.

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Leaving Home Before Your Time

Gary Direnfeld

They flee those conditions that being harm to self and others within the home. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Some young people don’t leave home. Not yet with all supports in place.

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Couple Counseling: Is It Safe?

Gary Direnfeld

Risk indicators includes screaming, name calling, breaking of objects, hitting, pushing, shoving, choking, threatening harm, abuse of pets, limiting access to resources, police or child protection agency involvement. The reasons typically have to do with safety and/or substance use and/or serious mental health issues.

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Changing Your Set-Point on Responding to Abuse

Gary Direnfeld

If from early on, you experienced trauma and were poorly supported, it may skew your set-point for self-protection. As you now take care of yourself, set boundaries and risk losing those relationships now understood as harmful and/or exploitive, you take charge of your self-worth and elevate it.

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