Social Work Haven

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This personal statement will suit social work students who will soon qualify as social workers, and may want to look into applying for a Newly Qualified Social Worker role within children services. I recognise that there may be a power imbalance between social workers and service users.

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Social Worker Mental Health Self-harm Diversity 97

Community Care

MARCH 5, 2024

Postcode lottery This identified huge variations between councils in the likelihood of children having no further action taken following a social care referral, proportions of children in need on CIN plans, the number of plans per head of population and their duration. ” Who are children in need?

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Interventional Disability Social Worker Government 259

Social Work Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

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. Quiet Quitting. What is Quiet Quitting?

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Disability Code of Ethics Social Worker Advocacy 111

Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 30, 2021

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. Was this it?

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Interventional Self-harm Advocacy Social Worker 130

Social Work With Adults

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

"Moving Social Work focuses on increasing physical activity [opportunities for disabled people] and the benefits this generates for mind and body." In this spirit, the Moving Social Work (MSW) programme aims to harness the skills and values of social workers to support the health, wellbeing and human rights of people with disabilities.

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Disability Substance Abuse Social Worker Interviewing 115

Social Work Blog

MAY 10, 2022

While RJ is becoming increasingly popular among K–12 educators and in schools, emphasis is typically on its social justice applications, including its use as an alternative to zero-tolerance discipline policies and its role in dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership.

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Schools Social Worker Self-harm LMSW 95

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 Worker Mental Health University Welfare 52

Community Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Figures from the annual children in need census , covering the year to 31 March 2021, also showed that referrals to children’s social care and child protection plans fell sharply during the first year of coronavirus restrictions in the country. End ‘staggering misuse’ of children’s social workers to allow more direct work, says care review.

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Domestic Violence Interventional Social Worker Schools 308

Community Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Inspectors said child protection practice helped improved children’s situations, resulting in intervention being stepped down, as a result of strong multi-agency planning that created clear expectations of families.

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Interventional Disability Social Worker 246

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In its latest monitoring visit to Bradford council, the inspectorate found that a bigger and more stable workforce of “committed and caring” social workers and personal advisers (PAs) were delivering more consistent practice under the oversight and leadership of “capable” senior managers. Related articles.

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Social Worker Interventional Disability Mental Health 219

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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Case Management Social Worker Healthcare Mental Health 52

Social Work Blog

MAY 11, 2023

It’s National Women’s Health Week (May 14-20), an opportunity for social workers to encourage women to make their health a priority, including avoiding drinking too much alcohol. Alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) is effective and relatively simple to do. Visit NASW’s Behavioral Health page for resources.

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Social Worker Disorder Schools Interventional 57

inSocialWork

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

These disparities demand the attention of social work change agents, along with the inability or unwillingness of our government leaders to pass long COVID legislation, the lack of long COVID clinics, and the need for advocacy and education related to workplace accommodations, paid sick and family leave and expanded disability benefits.

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LCSW Clinical Social Work Disability Advocacy 108

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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Disability Schools Rehabilitation Interventional 40

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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Disability Social Worker Interviewing Adoption 246

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 Worker Interventional Government Interviewing 254

Social Work Discoveries

APRIL 24, 2023

In this episode, Mim and Lis explore a story from a social worker in the Early Intervention space. We hear what Early Intervention is, and the approaches for supporting families before their situation reaches a crisis point. Learn more about the Targeted Earlier Intervention Programs discussed in this episode.

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Interventional Social Worker Domestic Violence Rehabilitation 40

Community Care

APRIL 22, 2022

‘Ongoing commitment to do even better’ Services for children in care and care leavers also drew broadly positive comments, with social workers’ relationships with children again being praised. Inspectors did, however, say that the consistency of return-home interviews with children who go missing needed to improve.

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Social Worker Interviewing Disability Interventional 282

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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Foster Care Self-harm Social Worker Mental Health 325

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. 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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Disorder Criminal Justice Human Services Interventional 103

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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Social Worker Disability Interventional Government 253

Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Alcohol-exposed pregnancies may also lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that affects an estimated 2-5% of schoolchildren in the U.S. Alcohol screening and brief intervention is an evidence-based practice that is recommended by the U.S.

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Interventional Healthcare Disability University 102

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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Social Worker Foster Care Diversity Disability 276

Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Stoke-on-Trent council is confident of improving on its inadequate rating after Ofsted hailed its “tenacious” recruitment of social workers and “discernible progress” since its damning 2019 inspection. Social workers analyse risks and needs for children effectively and, in most cases, apply the right level of threshold,” it said.

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Social Worker Interviewing Disability Interventional 239

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A wide range of treatment is available including psychological and other therapeutic interventions and our clinical teams work collaboratively with the service user towards their recovery and discharge.” Overhaul needed to end ‘inhumane’ hospital care of people with learning disabilities or autism, says CQC. Related articles.

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Hospitals Mental Health Patient Safety Clinic 343

Social Work Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

How Social Workers Can Make a Difference. and are the leading preventable cause of developmental disabilities. Social workers can make a difference by sharing this key message with clients—and by screening all adults for risky alcohol use. September 2022. FASDs may affect up to 1 in 20 schoolchildren in the U.S.

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Disorder LCSW Social Worker Healthcare 108

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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Domestic Violence Social Worker Social Services Social Services 130

Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

No one was waiting to be seen by mental health or learning disability teams, with waiting lists of less than 100 for the other teams, who managed them in a risk-based way. People using care and support praised the quality of their relationships with social workers and said they felt involved in their assessments.

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Government Mental Health Engagement Social Worker 243

Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

Reflecting upon past experience is a vital capability for all social work professionals to develop improved communication skills, commend ourselves for what went well, enhance future performance, and continuing professional development. Reflection also allows social workers to link theory to practice.

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Social Worker Disability Interventional Empathy 52

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 28, 2022

The themes and sub-themes are as follows: Groups in vulnerable situations: the quest for social protection. Persons with disabilities. Social Work Education and Empowerment. Human rights and social justice. Building core competencies, newer skills and global standards for social work education. Older persons.

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Welfare Disability Interventional Engagement 145

Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

As a Newly Qualified Social Worker a few years ago, I understood that to become effective at what I do as a social worker , there was a need for me to write good Care Act 2014 needs assessments. A needs assessment is carried out by social services to decide your care and support needs.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 20, 2023

International Self-Care Day is July 24 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines self-care as “individuals, families and communities’ promoting and maintaining their own health, preventing disease, and coping with illness and disability, with or without the support of a health worker.”

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Code of Ethics Mental Health Disability Interventional 52

Social Work Blog

JULY 20, 2023

International Self-Care Day is July 24 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines self-care as “individuals, families and communities’ promoting and maintaining their own health, preventing disease, and coping with illness and disability, with or without the support of a health worker.”

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Code of Ethics Disability Interventional Mental Health 52

Social Work Blog

JULY 20, 2023

International Self-Care Day is July 24 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines self-care as “individuals, families and communities’ promoting and maintaining their own health, preventing disease, and coping with illness and disability, with or without the support of a health worker.”

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Code of Ethics Disability Interventional Mental Health 52

Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Social Work Quotes. In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles.

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Code of Ethics Substance Abuse Justice and Corrections Social Worker 52

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 23, 2022

The themes and sub-themes are as follows: Groups in vulnerable situations: the quest for social protection. – Persons with disabilities. Social Work Education and Empowerment. – Human rights and social justice. – Building core competencies, newer skills and global standards for social work education.

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Welfare Disability Interventional Engagement 97

Social Work Haven

JANUARY 3, 2022

Helps us understand our role as social workers. What are the 9 core social work competencies in the UK? Skills and Intervention.   Identify and behave as a professional social worker, committed to professional development. Social workers are members of an internationally recognised profession.

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Social Worker Self-harm Diversity Code of Ethics 52