Fri.Feb 18, 2022

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Councils compelled to take asylum-seeking children despite exemption requests

Community Care

The Home Office has told 29 councils that had asked to be exempt from taking unaccompanied asylum-seeking children into their care that they must do so. All 206 local authorities with responsibility for children in care in England, Scotland and Wales, plus all five trusts in Northern Ireland, must now take part in the national transfer scheme. The Home Office announced it would make the NTS – which aims to allocate unaccompanied young people across different councils to relieve pressure on port

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Social Justice: A Life-or-Death Issue for the Profession

Social Work Blog

[Note: Below is an excerpt from the lead editorial in the most recent issue of the journal Health & Social Work , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press. The editorial was written by Christine M. Rine, PhD, associate professor, Department of Social Work, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership.

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IASSW elections 2022: announcement of candidates

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

IASSW elections 2022: announcement of candidates. This is formal announcement of candidates standing for three positions on the IASSW Board of Directors. Their bio sketches and statements of all candidate translated into the IASSW official languages (Chinese, English, French, Japanese and Spanish): [link]. Electronic ballots for the 2021 election will be available on IASSW website to all paid up members on March 1, 2022.

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How Would You Define Alcohol Abuse? 

Gateway Foundation

Alcohol abuse, or drinking alcohol in excess, is a colloquial term that refers to the clinically proper label, alcohol use disorder (AUD). An individual’s risk for developing AUD depends on how quickly and often they consume alcohol. Heavy alcohol use and binge drinking, sometimes referred to as alcohol misuse, increase the risk of alcohol use… The post How Would You Define Alcohol Abuse?

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Social Services Software for Child and Family Welfare Agencies

Famcare

In 1998, a consortium of child welfare agencies in Missouri were researching the market for web based, social services case management software. When their search turned up empty.they hired a firm to create it for them. A few months later in the spring of 1998, FAMCare was born.

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Addictions In the Startup World

Gateway Foundation

Substance misuse of marijuana, alcohol, cocaine and more can cause serious health issues and complications both in a person’s personal and professional life. Substance misuse is especially prevalent in the corporate world, specifically in startup businesses. Many people in the startup world have a dependency on these substances. A dependency is a mental and physical reliance… The post Addictions In the Startup World appeared first on Gateway.