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.

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inSocialWork

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Jazmin Graham Just as the COVID-19 pandemic exposed cracks and disparities in many facets of society — including health care, governments, education and more — long COVID continues to disproportionately disrupt the lives of certain people. Jazmin Graham, LCSW , is a Licensed Clinical Social Work supervisor.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The council came under government intervention in 2019 after an inspection found children were not being protected, cases were being “inappropriately closed” and leaders did not understand the extent of the failings. Boost to social worker numbers despite funding constraints helps council improve Ofsted grade.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need to know about famous social workers? Famous social workers play an important role in our society, providing much-needed support to individuals and families who are facing difficult life situations. This list in this article comprises the 41+ most influential social workers currently alive.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – What is the Difference? – Social workers and case managers are both integral parts of the healthcare industry. Who is a social worker? Knowing the distinctions between these roles can aid in determining the ideal career path in human services.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Among the inadequate-rated councils, the inspectorate particularly highlighted improvements at Surrey and Newham, found disabled children’s services had recovered since a visit last year West Sussex, and said progress was “modest but fragile” at Medway. from reserves to tackle children’s social worker shortage. Related articles.

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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).

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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. They said that these placements required a specific skillset on carers’ part, as did other specialist placements, such as those for disabled children.

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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. Government. 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.

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Community Care

MAY 19, 2022

‘Considerable investment’ in social work has helped a council under government intervention since 2017 improve to ‘good’ after successive inadequate judgments by Ofsted. Its full-time equivalent vacancy rate for social workers rose from 27.1% Supervising social workers praised by foster carers.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Click to find out more This chapter provides: an understanding of the framework for the SEND CoP within the context of past legislation and guidance; identification of the current principles underpinning the current CoP; a consideration of definitions and terminology within the field of SEND; a discussion of medical and social models of disability.

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Save the Social Worker

MARCH 13, 2023

After 2 years being a social worker in a Family Service Centre (FSC) in Singapore, earning all of $3600 per month, before having a pay bump to $3690 in my second year (which I asked for), I realised that we were so sheepish about talking about money, that social workers were actually struggling. Well, well.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“Excellent” and “culturally sensitive” direct work by social workers has helped their council improve to ‘good’ in its latest Ofsted inspection. With children in care, social workers completed creative and age-appropriate work that ensured children’s views were central to decision-making. Excellent direct work’.

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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. It also warned that there were signs councils were withdrawing resources from discharge planning for people subject to the MHA.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2024

Since Lyn Romeo announced her retirement in October last year , the tributes to the now former chief social worker for adults from across the profession have been warm and fulsome. Lyn Romeo is without a doubt a social worker for social workers! Will be hugely missed by many and certainly me.

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SECTIONED

JANUARY 30, 2019

The activities they proposed were completely inaccessible to me as a disabled person. I was not able to take this up because my disability means it is completely inaccessible. One issue is that it overlooks what’s already there, including occupational therapists and social workers. What do I mean by “inaccessible”?

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Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

There will be no observation of practice by social workers or other professionals, such as occupational therapists. .” “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.

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Community Care

JANUARY 26, 2024

Children’s social workers’ caseloads have grown increasingly complex over the past decade, alongside a sharp rise in concerns relating to child mental health, an analysis of official data has found. Substantial investment in preventive services.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It followed a late 2020 focused visit to the authority – formed in 2019 after local government reorganisation in Dorset – which warned of serious failings in relation to management oversight and social work practice. ” ‘No strategic response’ to children’s needs. ” Children left to witness violence.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an invitation to social workers to make conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice—and to make sure they’re armed with the facts. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)? ounces); and a single glass of wine (5 ounces).

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an invitation to social workers to make conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice—and to make sure they’re armed with the facts. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)? ounces); and a single glass of wine (5 ounces).

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Social Work Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Social workers can help women prioritize their health by making conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice. As providers of mental and behavioral health services in a broad range of settings, social workers play a pivotal role in preventing risky drinking among women, including any alcohol use during pregnancy.

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