Community Care

MAY 25, 2023

The number of places contracted to the Ministry of Justice to place children detained by the criminal justice system remained stable, at 105, meaning the drop in capacity fell entirely on local authorities looking to place children on welfare grounds or, more rarely, on remand.

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Criminal Justice Welfare Self-harm Interventional 242

Famcare

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Case managers in juvenile justice frequently face unfathomable work pressure, a plethora of children's criminal justice guidelines to follow, and a harsh system to deal with. To compound matters, juvenile justice agencies are frequently scrutinized due to their close proximity to children subjected to criminal justice.

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Criminal Justice Case Management 52

Community Care

JULY 12, 2023

Under the new approach, councils, the NHS and the Scottish Government would share accountability for the NCS, which would initially cover adults’ services only, with the possibility in future that it would also incorporate children’s and criminal justice social work.

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Social Worker Criminal Justice Government Diversity 186

inSocialWork

JUNE 20, 2023

While adult incarceration gets most of the attention, that’s only a part of a series of loss, separation, trauma and other stressful circumstances experienced by children and families whose parent or loved one is involved in the criminal justice system. She describes what these organizations do — and, critically, why they do it.

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Criminal Justice LMSW Schools Social Worker 68

Famcare

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Few people outside the social work profession are aware that juvenile justice is administered on a state-by-state basis. Whereas sentencing for a serious crime following a guilty verdict in the criminal justice system often results in jail or prison time, the juvenile justice system seeks to avoid incarceration whenever possible.

Criminal Justice 52

Criminal Justice Rehabilitation 52

Community Care

JANUARY 6, 2022

. “Places that experience the double-burden of increased child poverty and numbers of children entering care must shoulder the wider societal costs of children’s impaired life-chances, in education, health, criminal justice, and economic contexts,” it added. Extra £1.4bn cost to public purse.

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Criminal Justice Interventional Child Welfare Social Worker 356

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Social Work Practice and Criminal Justice System. Social Work Practice and Child Protection. Social Work Practice and Professional Self Care. Social Work Practice and Substance Abuse. Social Work Practice and Domestic Violence. Emerging trends in Social Work Training and Practice. Social Work Practice and Palliative Care.

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Domestic Violence Criminal Justice Substance Abuse University 130

Community Care

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Scottish Government intends to create a National Care Service (NCS), under ministerial control, by 2026 , initially with responsibility for adult social care but with a view to taking charge of children’s social care and criminal justice social work over time.

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Michigan Social Work

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Angell’s research focuses on behavioral health, particularly on serious mental illness and its intersection with substance abuse and criminal justice involvement. Dean Beth Angell has been appointed the Phillip Fellin Collegiate Professor of Social Work.

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Criminal Justice Substance Abuse School Social Work University 98

Famcare

JUNE 14, 2023

Social workers specializing in criminal justice have been dealing specifically with the rapid rise in police related violence since the onset of the COVID pandemic. They were surprised to discover that police are suffering from PTSD at an elevated rate.

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Criminal Justice PTSD Social Worker 52

The Guardian

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Too many young people are doomed to criminality, addiction and homelessness as provision is stripped to the bone I grew up in care, and spent some time homeless, but I eventually made it to university and became a journalist and author. Instead, too many are in the criminal justice system, lost to addiction or off the map.

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Criminal Justice Addiction Mental Health Government 62

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Since her career path started, she has specialized in working with a wide variety of at risk populations; however, her main career focus has been to specifically work with those who are reentering society from the criminal justice system. At that time, she obtained her Bachelors in Social Work with a focus area in Criminal Justice.

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LMSW Justice and Corrections Criminal Justice Addiction 52

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Since her career path started, she has specialized in working with a wide variety of at risk populations; however, her main career focus has been to specifically work with those who are reentering society from the criminal justice system. At that time, she obtained her Bachelors in Social Work with a focus area in Criminal Justice.

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LMSW Justice and Corrections Criminal Justice Addiction 52

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

There were also increases in the size of the adults’ (1,790 to 1,851) and criminal justice workforces (858 to 914), though the number in generic roles dropped from 281 to 252. Growing mental health officer shortage.

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Mental Health Criminal Justice Social Worker Hospitals 197

Famcare

AUGUST 24, 2022

Social workers and workers from other professions were so intrigued by the work that forensic social workers do within the criminal justice system that they asked if we would flesh out a little more the career details of the forensic social work specialty.

Criminal Justice 52

Criminal Justice Social Worker 52

Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

People with FASDs may be at high risk for school challenges, criminal justice issues, substance use disorders, and mental health disorders. About one in 20 pregnant people report binge drinking in the past 30 days, and up to five percent of school children in the U.S. September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month.

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Disorder Criminal Justice Human Services Interventional 104

Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Article author: Dawn Apgar, PhD, LSW, ACSW, assistant professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, Seton Hall University. Proceeding forward on the licensure portability continuum toward mutual recognition is no longer an option but a necessity for social work practice in a post–COVID-19 world.

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Criminal Justice Telehealth University Social Worker 94

University of Connecticut

AUGUST 10, 2023

Yolanda earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut in 1998 with a major in Human Development and Family Relations and a minor in Criminal Justice. This organization encourages, inspires, and empowers women to get active. She has served on the Board of Champions since 2022.

Criminal Justice 52

Criminal Justice Foster Care Adoption Social Worker 52

University of Connecticut

MAY 17, 2023

In an effort to address these challenges we have developed four workshops to provide a framework for understanding group work and how it is practiced with different populations (children, adults and older adults) across various settings (schools, criminal justice institutions and elder care settings).

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Criminal Justice Diversity Schools Engagement 52

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker Exam

APRIL 15, 2023

Actuarial risk assessment is often used in criminal justice settings to assess the risk of reoffending. Honorable mention: Actuarial Risk Assessment - Involves the use of statistical models to predict the likelihood of specific outcomes based on relevant risk factors.

Criminal Justice 52

Criminal Justice Interventional Social Worker 52

Counselor Toolbox podcast

AUGUST 29, 2020

Objectives - Identify purpose, sources of information and areas of concern for screening - Explore the pitfalls of diagnosis in the CJ system - Identify preferred screening and assessment instruments and what they measure - Examine placement strategies based on criminality, mental health and addiction issues - Discuss general treatment issues in CJ (..)

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Criminal Justice Substance Abuse Addiction Mental Health 20

The Guardian

MAY 23, 2022

Overrepresented among homeless people and in the criminal justice system, they also suffer from worse health, education and employment outcomes than almost any other group. Care-experienced people face some of the most severe disadvantages of any section of the population.

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Criminal Justice 68

Children and the Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Yet, there is a lack of these resources when it comes to the criminal justice system seeping into the educational environments. Rehabilitation efforts are key to addressing the school-to-prison pipeline. Resources are of the essence when it comes to these situations.

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Criminal Justice Schools Rehabilitation University 52

Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Police, Crime and Sentencing Act 2022 amends the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (CJPO) to: Create an offence of residing on land, or intending to, without the consent of the occupier, in or with a vehicle, under a new section 60C of the CJPO. Tougher eviction powers.

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Social Worker Welfare Criminal Justice Anxiety 212

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

In criminal justice cases that involve the death penalty, the accused is entitled to a lawyer. Here’s a case in point. ● And then there are the times when the foster child doesn’t live long enough to be reunified. Reason has an update on one such case in Arizona. ● The accused also is entitled to a lawyer for an appeal. Perhaps.

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Child Welfare Criminal Justice Foster Care Welfare 40

Social Work Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

Given that regulatory boards represent the social work profession, it also seems fitting that regulatory processes support social work values and principles such as human relationships, access to needed services, and respect for the dignity and worth of all people….

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Social Worker Justice and Corrections Criminal Justice Interviewing 52

Stop Abuse Campaign

APRIL 14, 2022

Brand Specialist & Social Justice Enthusiast. Gem's career began in criminal justice reform, supporting young people with trauma and ACEs. Now Gem melds a passion for parenting, antiracism, social justice, leadership, and storytelling as a marketing and brand specialist, with a focus on inclusivity. Gem Garcin.

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Criminal Justice Confidentiality Mental Health 97

Social Work Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA, is a former senior policy advisor who continues to be active on a range social policy area including youth justice, immigration, criminal justice, and drug policy. He is a co-chairperson on the Justice Roundtable’s Drug Policy Reform Working Group.

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Diversity Criminal Justice LCSW Social Worker 98

The Advocate

JUNE 24, 2021

NACSW will be dedicating one full day to our special tracks: Criminal Justice (Friday November 19) and Immigration (Saturday, November 20th), scheduled for these days will be special Educators Forum, panel discussions and community conversations, please visit the schedule for details.

Criminal Justice 52

Criminal Justice Rehabilitation Interventional 52

Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2023

The number of welfare placements in England and Wales’s 14 secure homes has declined from 105 in 2016 to 82 in 2022 , during which time the overall occupancy rate – including criminal justice and remand placements – has fallen from 83% to 66%.

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Self-harm Government Criminal Justice Welfare 263

Social Work Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Wilson served for close to 20 years as NASW’s lead staffer on social justice policies and legislation, and related matters. He continues to be active on a range social policy area including youth justice, immigration, criminal justice, and drug policy.

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Social Worker Medicaid Criminal Justice LCSW 104

Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Reimagining Suicide Prevention as a Social Justice Issue: Getting Back to Social Work’s Roots Suicide is a leading cause of death overall, and among people ages 10 to 34 it is the second leading cause of death. These patterns underscore disturbing new trends that necessitate multifaceted and social justice–centered responses.

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Criminal Justice Recovery Engagement Military 94

American Board of Clinical Social Work

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In a culture in which medicine diagnoses and treats illness and disease and the criminal justice system identifies the perpetrator and delivers judgment and punishment, it is no wonder that couples might believe that identifying and correcting what is wrong with someone solves the problem.

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Justice and Corrections Criminal Justice Therapist 40

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Contemporary challenges facing social work and the communities it serves, among them: poverty; social exclusion; discrimination and oppression; inequalities, injustice and relationships of power; abuse, trauma, violence and conflict; cultural, political and environmental hazards.

Criminal Justice 52

Criminal Justice Addiction Diversity Disability 52

Stop Abuse Campaign

APRIL 30, 2022

Brett is a law student studying criminal justice and national security issues. Answer these ten confidential questions developed with the CDC and understand your warning signs. Check my ACE score. Brett Michael Fuller. JD Candidate at Albany Law School.

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Criminal Justice Confidentiality Substance Abuse Depression 98

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The agency would be responsible for social work qualifications, workforce planning, improvement, training, professional development and pay and grading and, under current plans, would be a part of the Scottish Government, not an independent entity.

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Social Worker Criminal Justice Government Adoption 255

Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

He continues to be active on a range social policy area including youth justice, immigration, criminal justice, and drug policy. He is a co-chairperson on the Justice Roundtable’s Drug Policy Reform Working Group.

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Criminal Justice Advocacy Social Worker LCSW 93