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Review launched into safeguarding people from carer abuse at home

Community Care

It will also cover the offences of ill-treatment or wilful neglect by care workers or providers , under sections 20 and 21 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. Under the terms of reference, the review will cover all people receiving care at home, including in supported living or other housing with care arrangements, in England.

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Child poverty rises linked to 10,000 more children going into care over five years, finds research

Community Care

. “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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Beth Angell Appointed the Phillip Fellin Collegiate Professor of Social Work

Michigan Social Work

Angell’s research focuses on behavioral health, particularly on serious mental illness and its intersection with substance abuse and criminal justice involvement.

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Social Work’s Critical Role in Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Social Work Blog

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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Children with Parents Behind Bars

Beyond Advocacy

I will be privileged to engage these three dynamic individuals in a discussion as moderator. He has avidly pursued a mission to ensure young people overcome their trauma, eliminate or reduce their risky behaviors, and escape the pitfalls of the criminal justice system.

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“A Liminal Moment in Social Work”: Access NASW’s Social Work Journal Online

Social Work Blog

Burned Out, Engaged, Both, or Neither? Exploring Engagement and Burnout Profiles among Social Workers in Spain Few studies have analyzed the existence of homogeneous groups in burnout and engagement among professionals, and none in social workers. The research has implications for the practice of child social workers.

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NASW Member Voices: It is crucial Democratic Coalition that delivered Midterm Elections Successes Must Stay Intact for 2024

Social Work Blog

It is especially heartening that the youth voters, Gen-Xers included , were fully engaged in the 2022 Midterm Elections. It goes without saying that it is important that the social work profession remains engaged with the pro-democracy coalition. He is a co-chairperson on the Justice Roundtable’s Drug Policy Reform Working Group.