Community Care

APRIL 24, 2023

Government safeguarding advisers set out a series of recommendations for improving care, social work practice, commissioning and regulation in residential services for disabled children and those with complex needs, in a report last week.

Social Worker 255

Social Worker Disability Schools Government 255

Community Care

MARCH 8, 2024

The blueprint for the chief social worker role The recommendation to appoint a chief social worker came from Professor Eileen Munro, in the final report of her landmark review of child protection from the government in 2011. Promoting social work’s role in society and raising public awareness of, and confidence in, the profession.

Social Worker 287

Social Worker Government Mental Health Adoption 287

Community Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The number of children in need in England has fallen for the third successive year, to its lowest level since 2013, according to official government figures. Closures due to lockdown measures during this period led to a 31% decline in referrals from schools and a 7% decrease overall, which contributed to the falls in interventions.

Domestic Violence 312

Domestic Violence Interventional Social Worker Schools 312

Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

As the nation’s largest group of mental health services providers, social workers are uniquely positioned to help clients make significant positive changes in their health and well-being by taking time to talk with them about their drinking. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)?

Interventional 112

Interventional Social Worker Human Services Healthcare 112

Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

First adults’ services ratings since 2010 The reports mark the regulator’s first published assessments of local authority adults’ services performance since 2010, when the previous ratings system was scrapped by the coalition government. ” Nottingham (indicative rating: requires improvement).

Government 239

Government Mental Health Engagement Social Worker 239

Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“The government has committed to offer more support for carers through its reform funding and there are new rights for unpaid leave in the new Carer’s Leave Act , but that won’t be enough. These scores will inform the single-word rating.

Nursing Home 258

Nursing Home Social Worker Government Social Services 258

Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

As the nation’s largest group of mental health services providers, social workers are uniquely positioned to help clients make significant positive changes in their health and well-being by taking time to talk with them about their drinking. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)?

Interventional 83

Interventional Social Worker Human Services Healthcare 83

Community Care

MARCH 8, 2023

Children making significant progress in residential care due to effective therapeutic interventions, making them ready and willing to move to a family-like setting. Within parent and child placements, IFAs had also witnessed an increase in parental mental health problems in parent and child placements, since the pandemic began.

Foster Care 319

Foster Care Self-harm Social Worker Mental Health 319

Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

may have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. People with FASDs may be at high risk for school challenges, criminal justice issues, substance use disorders, and mental health disorders.

Disorder 102

Disorder Criminal Justice Human Services Interventional 102

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.

Social Worker 95

Social Worker Treatment Planning Justice and Corrections Interventional 95

Save the Social Worker

MARCH 13, 2023

An overview of the three broad areas of social work in Singapore If you’re looking for the most money in the sector, go to the Ministry The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), being under the government, may offer the best benefits across the sector. You will be a civil servant, and that does come with fairly good perks.

Domestic Violence 130

Domestic Violence Social Worker Social Services Social Services 130

Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 10, 2024

In fact, to warrant an intervention from a social worker, there often needs to be multiple different needs. Within my first 3 months, I was able to hold a decent conversation about housing requirements, why couples fought, and how to get childcare subsidies from the government. That’s where I think the first thing to be aware of is.

Social Worker 130

Social Worker Domestic Violence Administration Case Management 130

Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said.

Hospitals 61

Hospitals Disability Mental Health Advocacy 61

MQ Mental Health

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

For the last seven years the annual MQ Science Summit has platformed innovative and interdisciplinary scientific meetings for those across the mental health landscape. With this in mind, the Wellcome Trust’s mental health team was invited to contribute to the day’s discussions. Nothing about us without us" -Niharika.

Mental Health 41

Mental Health Consultation Adoption Disability 41

Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

She was an American activist in the 19th century and a pioneering force for modern mental health reform. Dix’s work highlighted the need for better care for the mentally ill and led to the establishment of many mental institutions across the country. He was made a CBE in 2009 for his services to disabled people.

Social Worker 52

Social Worker Mental Health University Welfare 52

Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Social workers can work in different settings, such as schools, hospitals, non-profit organisations, government agencies, and private practice. Case managers focus on physical health needs by ensuring their client receives the necessary medical care, while social workers address psychological and emotional issues through therapy.

Case Management 52

Case Management Social Worker Healthcare Mental Health 52

SECTIONED

JANUARY 30, 2019

NICE guidelines and local healthcare policy specify that I need and should be provided with ongoing care for my ongoing serious health condition. However, I was recently discharged from the community mental health team altogether, to nothing. The activities they proposed were completely inaccessible to me as a disabled person.

Mental Health 64

Mental Health Disability Schizophrenia Consultation 64