Community Care

JUNE 28, 2023

However, there appears to have been a sharp fall in the number of partnership arrangements between NHS trusts and councils to deliver services, according to a census of the mental health social care workforce carried out for NHS England. from 2021-22.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Agile working practices such as hotdesking are failing to meet social workers’ needs in Scotland and employers should review them, a study has concluded. Our findings (consistent over the last five years) indicate that agile working models in Scotland are failing to meet the needs of social workers.”

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Community Care

JULY 12, 2023

Councils would continue to employ social workers and other social work staff under the Scottish Government’s plan to establish a National Care Service across the country. We know too that successful change is driven by the valuable staff who deliver services.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A council criticised by inspectors for high caseloads has improved to a good Ofsted rating after hiring more social workers to reduce workloads. The council’s full-time equivalent of social workers rose from 345 to 368 between 2017 and 2020, during which time average caseloads fell from 19.5 Direct work praised.

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Social Work Awards

APRIL 15, 2024

The Social Worker of the Year Awards is pleased to announce The British Association of Social Workers, BASW England, will become the new headline sponsor for the next three years. Vava Tampa, Chair of BASW England “We are thrilled to be the new headline sponsor for the Social Worker of the Year Awards.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

By Sue Coyle, MSW In October 2022, NASW published “Undoing Racism Through Social Work Vol. This report serves not only as a launching pad for the profession to build awareness and take meaningful action, but also as a foundation for individual social workers and social work organizations. This isn’t in my wheelhouse.

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The Frontline

JUNE 14, 2023

We spoke with Charlie, who is passionate about diversity and inclusion, representation. Charlie is a registered social worker but decided to move out of statutory social work to find new ways to ensure that young people, within the LGBTQIA+ community, receive the support they need from their social workers.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

You asked, what are the 10 roles of social workers ? While I can provide a list of 10 common roles of social workers, it’s important to note that our roles often go beyond these. Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2022

Temporarily registered social workers are being urged to restore their full registration to stay in practice with the government expected to end provisions enabling them to work in the near future. The Department for Education calculates average caseloads for children’s social workers in England as 16.3.

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Community Care

MARCH 15, 2024

The findings follow those of a 2021 survey of almost 2,000 social workers that found that over a quarter (28%) had experienced racism from people they worked with over a 12-month period, while almost one in five (18%) disagreed that their organisation was doing enough to tackle the problem.

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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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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2024

The book, edited by Rebekah Pierre, professional officer at the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), features contributions from people aged 13 to 68, from renowned poet and author Lemn Sissay to first-time writers. “[But] social workers often have the tendency to do the same thing. “I

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Social Work Haven

MAY 14, 2023

You asked, what are the benefits of being a social worker? Social work is a profession dedicated to improving the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. It is a field that requires social work practice skills and offers a unique opportunity to make a real and lasting impact on people’s lives.

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The New Social Worker

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Social workers must recognize this heightened risk and increase screening and prevention efforts in gender-diverse community spaces. Eating disorders may affect gender minority individuals at up to double the rates of their cisgender counterparts.

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Community Care

APRIL 17, 2024

He was one of those children whose lives were transformed by a social worker. From the age of seven, up until his adoption, he had the same social worker, with whom he remained in contact into his 20s. “I had a really positive experience of social workers,” he says.

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The New Social Worker

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As the social work profession continues to engage in difficult dialogues about diversity, equity, and inclusion, many are facing resistance to this work. Resistance presents in denial-oriented, disengaged, and derailing approaches.

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Kylie the Creative Social Worker

MARCH 8, 2021

This post may seem a little late since Black History Month is over, but diversity and social justice should be something we incorporate all year long.

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Social Work With Adults

MAY 11, 2022

The annual report captures a wide range of updates from our diverse and dedicated profession. Social workers and social care and health colleagues continue to help individuals and families process the disruption, loss and trauma of the last two and half years. Coming out the other side.

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R.E.A.L. Social Workers

JANUARY 8, 2024

Welcome Welcome to the REAL Social Workers Online Magazine this is the place where we support and encourage social workers, like me, through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. As social workers, we know beauty is not one-dimensional. As social workers, we have so much to offer.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

(Chicago) Thanks in large part to a bill signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker, the number of licensed non-independent social workers has increased by 100% since Dec 1, 2021 in Illinois, exceeding the 10,000 mark for the first time.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Thanks in large part to a bill signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker, the number of licensed non-independent social workers has increased by 100 percent since Dec 1, 2021 in Illinois, exceeding the 10,000 mark for the first time.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

A student contacted me recently wanting tips on how to write on the topic; ‘why I want to be a social worker’ I explained the great benefits of being a social worker. I also embedded myself in this task and wrote with my own experiences and views on why I became a social worker in an essay format.

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Community Care

JANUARY 6, 2023

While there had been a general improvement in discourse around racial diversity and inclusion, there was often a disconnect between the intent of senior managers and the experiences of newly qualified social workers, found Skills for Care’s 2021-22 report on the children’s ASYE.

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

of FTE children’s services posts were held by agency workers, up from 15.5% The number of frontline “case holding” social workers working in children’s services fell by 8% , from September 2020 to September 2022. At the same time, 17.6% as of September 2021. a year earlier.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Drakeford was hailed for maintaining his social work values and commitment to social justice, after announcing he would be stepping down from the role in March 2024. This was followed by stints in several ministerial roles, including as health and social services minister from 2013-16, before he became first minister in 2018.

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Community Care

MAY 1, 2024

It called on councils to widen the pool of potential DCSs, including by looking beyond managers with a social work background and tackling the lack of diversity in the role, particularly in relation to race.

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Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

By Leeanne Olivant, NOPT In the dynamic landscape of social work, practice educators (PEs) stand as vital pillars. The role’s critical importance in nurturing the next generation of social workers and retaining experienced practitioners was highlighted in a Social Work England-commissioned review, which reported last month.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need a sample letter of recommendation for a social worker? Well, writing a letter of recommendatio n can be a powerful tool in helping social workers advance in their careers, prepare for their interviews, secure job opportunities, or pursue educational endeavors.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 25, 2023

Empathetic social work practitioners are those that can harness this natural function of empathy and use it to create meaningful connections with their clients. TRENDING CONTENT ON SOCIAL WORK HAVEN As social workers, empathy is not just important in our professional lives, but in our personal ones as well.

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Social Work Awards

MARCH 16, 2022

Vivian Okeze-Tirado, winner of the 2021 Social Justice Advocate and overall Social Worker of the Year, made an impassioned speech for cultural competence in social work practise to a gathering of past and present winners, sponsors and special guests at a Parliamentary Reception on 7 March held at the Palace of Westminster.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

You asked, can you be a social worker with a psychology degree? You also asked other burning questions … Whether you’re contemplating a career in these fields or simply curious about the intricate facets of human behaviour and social work, this is the place to start. What degree do you need to be a social worker?

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Introducing specialist child protection social workers is posing workforce challenges for the councils testing the system. Issues included retaining staff, maintaining safeguarding skills among other social workers and avoiding disruption to families as a result of the reform.

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Community Care

MAY 9, 2023

Social work leaders must integrate anti-racism into all aspects of practice to achieve change, experts told a conference recently. Self-reflection Fellow panelist Kristel Campbell, a trainee social worker with 20 years’ experience within youth justice, called on service leaders to look critically at their own biases.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Black, male and 40-plus social workers are disproportionately subject to fitness to practise processes , Social Work England has found. Black social workers, those aged over 40 and men were also disproportionately likely to progress from the case examination stage to a hearing.

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 20, 2023

As part of this World Social Work Day celebration, we consider the key question: How does diversity affect our own self-care and, by extension, our abilities to join others in social action?

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 27, 2021

MSW student Catie Bargerstock is the recipient of the 2021 MSW Student Leadership in Diversity Scholarship from the Michigan Chapter of the National Association of Social Worker (NASW). Bargerstock will be honored at NASW- Michigan’s virtual Legislative, Education & Advocacy Day on October 28.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 14, 2023

As a Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW), the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) period can be a daunting and challenging time, especially when you do not have access to the right resources. Knowing where to find the best books for newly qualified social workers could help make your ASYE more enjoyable.

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