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23 interventions to supercharge your social work

Save the Social Worker

As a social worker who was just starting out, I longed for a long list of social work interventions which I could look through whenever I had a client problem I couldn’t solve. Okay okay, maybe no intervention is that easy, but you get the idea. Easy applicable interventions. He’s also someone with a learning disability.

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55,000 on waiting lists for child sexual abuse support services, estimates research

Community Care

The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) found that just half of services were able to meet demand for services including one-to-one therapy or counselling, group-based interventions, helplines or advocacy for child or adult victims/survivors and family members.

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The State of Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training and What it Means for Your Staff

Relias

The multifaceted challenges that human services organizations have contended with over the last several years have only further accentuated the importance of strategic planning for crisis prevention and intervention training. What We Mean by Crisis Prevention and Intervention. What Our Survey Uncovered About Crisis Training.

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Should you take a FSC social worker job?

Save the Social Worker

In fact, to warrant an intervention from a social worker, there often needs to be multiple different needs. That means counselling, in a 1 to 1 or a group setting. And if you read books like Lori Gottlieb’s ‘Maybe You Should Talk To Someone’, you would quickly realise the beauty of counselling.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. They involve clients in decision-making processes and encourage them to actively participate in setting goals and developing intervention plans.

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Here’s the lowdown on the social work salary in Singapore

Save the Social Worker

This meant that I could be dealing with a mental health problem (even though I was taught and had little counselling experience in university), and then a domestic violence case, where I had to use more of my powers, rather than persuasion. South Central FSC has been known for its innovative approach to social services. There, I’ve said it.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending April 11, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

. ● In the Advertiser -News , which serves parts of Northern New Jersey and Upstate New York, three mothers talk about the deep trauma inflicted on their families even by what should be called CPS-Lite: In two cases, no more than a relatively brief intervention from a well-meaning caseworker.