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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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Secure children’s home bed numbers fall despite huge level of need

Community Care

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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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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Risk Assessment Methods

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker Exam

DRA involves ongoing monitoring and assessment of risk factors to identify any changes that may require intervention. Actuarial risk assessment is often used in criminal justice settings to assess the risk of reoffending. This method emphasizes the individual's capacity to overcome challenges and promotes resilience.

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Social workers urged to help tackle impact on Gypsy and Traveller families of tougher eviction laws

Community Care

This isn’t about parenting; this is about state intervention into private and family life,” she says. To ensure this issue is not exacerbated, Allison Hulmes, co-chair of the GRTSWA, said the guide puts the focus on the vulnerability created by evictions, not parenting. “So social workers need to separate those two things.

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Children are in ‘extreme crisis’: top judge berates DfE’s six-year failure to tackle ‘gross’ lack of secure units

Community Care

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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2021 NACSW 71st Annual Convention

The Advocate

NACSW’s Convention 2021 will offer inspirational keynote speakers such as Father Greg Boyle, Founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. Check out this video message from the 2021 Planning Committee members. Check out all of our convention keynote speakers !