Community Care

MAY 20, 2022

Frontline has a lower social work qualification rate than other fast-track programmes, according to data from the providers. Starters and graduates at fast-track courses. Lack of comparable figures for university courses. Frontline: 2020-21 – 463 starters, 419 graduates (90%). 2019-20 – 391 starters, 346 graduates (88%).

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University Mental Health Social Worker Consultation 324

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 25, 2022

Collect the key course materials as soon as you can. Start by getting a copy of the course syllabus as soon as possible, along with the textbook and other materials such as PowerPoint slides, lecture notes, and handouts. Contextualize your course within the Social Work Program. Plan for communication.

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Communication Disability Counseling Mental Health 217

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 17, 2022

In this blog post, she shares two practical suggestions for social work research courses, focusing on ways to decolonize traditional content and integrate an anti-racist/anti-oppressive approach to teaching about research methodology. And, consistently, 50% of students say that, given a choice, they would not take the course.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Lyn Romeo (photo: DHSC) The DHSC’s chief social worker for adults, Lyn Romeo, added: “We know that mental ill health affects people across the life course and that social workers working with people in many areas will be providing support in relation to their mental health often alongside other multiple needs.

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Social Worker Mental Health Diversity University 322

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Currently, I serve as the Masters of Social Work (MSW) Field Coordinator at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which means teaching seminar courses for field education. I received an email that morning about exploring a specific AI platform, ChatGPT, for teaching social work courses. What is AI? And I think I have found it.

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Community Care

AUGUST 30, 2023

Social Work England is seeking views on proposed standards it will use to approve and monitor best interests assessor (BIA) training courses. Existing BIA courses were allowed to continue, with the regulator ready to approve any new programmes under previous standards set in 2009.

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Consultation Self-harm Government Mental Health 174

Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2024

The DHSC said it expected the funding would help authorities boost social work capacity to help them tackle waiting lists for assessments, support discharges from hospital and deliver safeguarding enquiries and other complex casework. According to Skills for Care , 740 people started social work apprenticeships in 2021-22.

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Community Care

JANUARY 11, 2024

About social work apprenticeships Social work apprenticeships are degree-level qualifications that generally take three years, with apprentices spending at least 20% of their time in off-the-job training, delivered by a university or other learning provider.

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Social Worker Government University 243

Community Care

JULY 7, 2023

Students have also said that the boycott and previous strike action by UCU have also affected those in other year groups, who have missed learning and had work go unmarked that they need to progress in their courses or secure placements. “Anyone wishing to practise as a social worker in England must be registered by law.”

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University Social Worker Hospitals Communication 204

Community Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Following a consultation , the regulator will now move ahead with plans to assess social work course providers against a set of statements of their students’ readiness for professional practice, from 2024. However, others described the statements as too vague or lacking in detail, compared with existing standards frameworks.

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Consultation Social Worker Government Diversity 228

Community Care

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Undergraduate degrees – three-year generic university course, with 70-day practice placement in year 2 and 100-day placement in year 3. Postgraduate degrees – two-year generic university course, with 70-day placement in year 1 and 100-day placement in year 2. Related articles. Differences in job satisfaction.

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University Social Worker 216

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Among the reasons this does so much harm to children: ● Research shows the trauma caused to children when they’re separated in these types of cases is even worse than the trauma in other situations. Therapists are, of course, mandated reporters of “child abuse.” The new course is a muddled mess of mixed messaging.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 20, 2024

We can, and must, do better in preventing adverse child experiences and in mitigating the life course consequences.” There is a graded dose-response relationship between ACEs in childhood and unfavourable life course outcomes, but it is possible to both prevent their occurrence and mitigate their impact.

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Healthcare Government Interventional Mental Health 128

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

APRIL 19, 2023

Excited about the opportunity ahead of me, I started to share the news with other social work professionals and was surprised at the confused looks I received. What social work course do I wish I could take over? Or what was my favorite social work course in college? What are my areas of expertise? What do you think?

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Private Practice Domestic Violence Social Worker University 182

Social Work With Adults

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Lyn Romeo: I am delighted to support the launch of a free online training course for social work in disaster situations. Since the tragedies of Grenfell and the Manchester Arena bombings, so much work has been done by social workers and others in the social care sector to support our profession in this vital area.

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Social Worker University Engagement Psychology 137

Social Work Futures

JANUARY 3, 2023

” I’m sure this isn’t exhaustive…and always welcome other ideas if someone has them. This is something that generally is covered in the history of social work courses…but can and should be done with more focus. It is, as they say, the “receipts.”

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

They will do one of two courses approved by regulator Social Care Wales, both managed and delivered by partnerships of employers and universities. My children have left home but other members of the team have teenagers and were very overwhelmed.” “But I am glad it is out of the way.”

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Social Worker University Communication Social Services 209

Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It can determine how we connect to others in intimate relationships come adult life. It’s like they are waiting for the other shoe to drop. This too can cause the other to wonder about the connection and commitment to the relationship. Then of course there is the intensity of any of these style and impact on relationships.

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Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker 147

My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This is easier said than done, of course, but I’d still like to have that option when possible. Other times…not so much. Whether it’s an intense physical workout or a brief walk outside, getting your body going is a good way to engage with other areas of health. Look at some other items on this list!

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Engagement Mental Health 243

Community Care

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Coutinho ended her speech by paying tribute to social workers, along with foster carers and other staff, “who are there tirelessly day in and day out providing support to children and their families” However, other MPs used the debate to raise concerns about the significant pressures on practitioners.

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Social Worker Government University Foster Care 227

Community Care

MARCH 12, 2024

The DoLS process must be completed within 21 days, other than when the managing authority has granted itself an ‘urgent authorisation’ to deprive the person of their liberty, in which case it should take seven days.

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Government Nursing Home Mental Health Social Worker 289

Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In the light of this, the report called on the regulator, course providers and employers “to develop mandatory CPD modules” for graduates education had been affected by the pandemic. The research also explored concerns around a lack of content on equality, diversity and inclusion on courses.

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Diversity Social Worker Communication Consultation 212

Social Work Futures

MARCH 24, 2023

Slow disasters – like our variety of forms of structural violence in underfunded social care resources – and – fast disasters like pandemics, large scale climate events, and other cataclysmic events like oil spills and the like…all real.

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LCSW Recovery Social Worker Engagement 268

MQ Mental Health

APRIL 19, 2024

Lea dedicated his life to helping other people. Of course, I need not have worried as we had found a truly exceptional CEO for MQ. He was a sports enthusiast, a keen golfer and was passionate about helping others. He turned down a place at Oxford University, deciding instead to launch his career in the charity sector.

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Mental Health CBT Healthcare University 141

The Critical Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The book is very well structured and clearly lends itself to being a course reader for SENCOs, aspiring SENCos and other SEN professionals undertaking professional development courses.

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Disability University 85

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As with her social care ministerial predecessors, Tolhurst’s brief will also encompass other issues concerning disadvantaged and vulnerable children, including special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and early help. The hiatus was caused in part by the mourning period following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Schools Child Welfare Adoption Social Worker 254

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Lisa Baker at Samford University’s Department of Social Work , and I collaborated on a study about a technology-meditated assignment that we developed for a Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) course. From other students’ boards, identify a concept from each learning module that you did not illustrate on your own board.

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Advocacy Social Worker University Diversity 130

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

APRIL 29, 2022

Editor’s Note: This blog post was written by Amber Sutton, LICSW, ABD, a social work instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in collaboration with students from her undergraduate social work research course during the Spring 2022 semester. The Power of Words: Using Poetic Analysis in a Social Work Research Course.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Relatively low job satisfaction Social workers were also less satisfied at work than the other two groups, with 38% saying they were completely, mostly or somewhat dissatisfied, compared with 32% of care workers and 23% of social care managers.

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My Brains Not Broken

JULY 12, 2022

Now of course, I could blame it on hustle culture, on being inundated by “the grind” or success or all the other ways that pushing yourself is glorified in today’s world. More than that, I am embarrassed when I’m tired. I’m ashamed to be tired. And that negatively impacts my mental health.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The 14-month Step Up course – designed to train children’s social workers – runs every two years, with 658 students graduating in 2021, 539 in 2019 and 2017 in 435.

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Social Work With Adults

JANUARY 31, 2024

And of course, I must thank and praise the many wonderful social workers, social care and NHS colleagues who, day in and day out, make such a positive difference to the lives of those we are all here to serve. There is much more to do of course. It's been an honour to play my part in helping others be agents of that transformation.

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Social Care

JANUARY 15, 2024

"My favourite part of the job has to be seeing practices taught in our courses being demonstrated across the three homes and making a positive change for residents." We offer a range of courses, from the induction programme for new starters and Care Certificate , to specialist training courses and apprenticeships from Level 2 to Level 6.

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Healthcare Interventional Mental Health Clinic 52

Community Care

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Okeze-Tirado was “shocked” to win the first award because she was up against five other “top contenders”. She already had an undergraduate and master’s degree in business administration but spoke to local universities about entry requirements for social work courses. I call it a book of solutions, really.

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Social Worker Diversity University Administration 335

Save the Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And whenever we want to improve, the options available to us seem to be another thousand-dollar course, another 3-day course, or another conference. I enjoyed it for what it gave me in my initial stages of growth in social work, giving me a helpful frame to support others. It’s simple, but no simpler than needed.

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Mental Health Counseling Self-harm Therapist 130

My Brains Not Broken

MARCH 13, 2024

But other days, it’s like I’m dealing with depression for the first time. The intrusive thoughts have changed course, attacking different areas of my mental health. You would think, after ten years of living with depression, of experiencing it on and off, I’d have a better understanding of it by now.

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Depression Mental Health Anxiety 130

Social Care

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I draw my motivation and inspiration from these great black leaders, prompting myself and others to utilise every opportunity and be the best we can be! As part of the FNF leadership programme, we underwent the RADA sessions and the ‘building your authority’ course. YES WE CAN! I wish I’d done it earlier in my work in social care.

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Healthcare Communication Diversity Home Care 129