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Government pushes ahead with rollout of SEND social work lead role

Community Care

The government will “strongly encourage” councils to appoint social work leads for special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision, it said today. The development of the role will be based on pilots run by charity the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) in 30 councils.

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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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Disability Justice and Other Concerns: The January Issue of Social Work Is Online

Social Work Blog

Here are some of the articles in this issue: Beyond Ramps, Curb Cuts, and Captions: A Call for Disability Justice in Social Work. Despite decades of advocacy, Disabled people continue to experience ableism—such as inaccessibility, stigma, and exclusion—in all realms of social work.

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How to Talk About Alcohol Use with Clients: Frequently Asked Questions

Social Work Blog

In a 2021 study, 83 percent of healthcare providers reported positive behavior change in patients after conducting alcohol screening and brief intervention with them. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)? ounces); and a single glass of wine (5 ounces).

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Seven lessons for practitioners from the review of children’s social care in Northern Ireland

Community Care

Parents of disabled children who need constant care may be exhausted. It also involves greater investment in voluntary and community services, such as Sure Start, Home Start and family centres with an expanded age range, and in respite care for families with a disabled child.

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How to Talk About Alcohol Use with Clients: Frequently Asked Questions

Social Work Blog

In a 2021 study, 83 percent of healthcare providers reported positive behavior change in patients after conducting alcohol screening and brief intervention with them. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)? ounces); and a single glass of wine (5 ounces).

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‘Significant’ cut in social worker caseloads helps council rise to ‘good

Community Care

‘Impressive’ interventions. And it found that the multi-agency safeguarding teams provided “impressive, effective and creative” interventions that had helped parents make and sustain changes to improve children’s circumstances. Social workers ‘skilled at building early relationships’.