Wed.Apr 13, 2022

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Council takes children’s services back from country’s first trust

Community Care

England’s first independent children’s trust is to close with the council taking services back in-house. Doncaster Children’s Services Trust (DCST), set up in 2014, is transferring provision back to the council after the organisations agreed the current model was hindering progress and as Ofsted downgraded services from ‘good’ to ‘requires improvement’ , with leadership rated inadequate.

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Stay Ready: Attending to Implicit Bias in Health Care

CAPC

A call for all in health care to become aware of unconscious, unintentional responses—or implicit biases—in order to provide the best care for patients and families.

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DfE intervenes in council following ‘inadequate’ children’s services verdict

Community Care

The Department for Education (DfE) has intervened in a council’s children’s services on the back of an ‘inadequate’ verdict from Ofsted. Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole (BCP) is now subject to the direction and oversight of DfE-appointed improvement adviser John Coughlan, under a statutory direction issued by the department this week.

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Sister Professions: Tips for Social Workers To Build a Thriving Partnership With Your Community Library

The New Social Worker

As library social work grows, it is vital to dispel the myth that social workers or librarians must be embedded in the same organization to accomplish desired outcomes. Although a viable choice, much can be done through project-based collaboration.

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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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Luke Shaefer Selected for the President’s Award for Public Impact

Michigan Social Work

Professor Luke Shaefer has received the 2021 U-M President’s Award for Public Impact. This award honors individuals whose research and expertise tangibly address a major public-sector challenge. Shaefer is a leading scholar of contemporary American social welfare policy and the inaugural director of U-M’s Poverty Solutions. He is co-author of the acclaimed book, “$2 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America,” which helped lay the groundwork for current anti-poverty legislative efforts, includin

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Clinical Philosophy

I don't know about you, but the reason I often make notes after psychotherapy sessions is because I need aides-memoires. I've about 18 patients - in my private psychotherapy practice - at any one time; most of them attend just once a week. And sometimes they'll say something, or I'll think of something during or after the session, that I want to make sure I hold onto for later lest it should then prove relevant.

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Back on the Hill for Dinner with Karen Bass

Beyond Advocacy

I was back on Capitol Hill Tuesday, April 5, for the first time in two years. My last visit to the Hill was CRISP’s Social Work Day on the Hill reception in the Rayburn Building in March 2020. We cancelled Student Advocacy Day scheduled for the next day as the House and Senate would go into hiatus until the Covid-19 pandemic abated. We are still waiting.

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Alzheimer's.The Suffering Behind the Suffering

Famcare

In the 2004 film, The Notebook , James Garner watches Gina Rowlands, the love of his life, slip away into the isolation of Alzheimer's disease. Garner's character reflects as Gina Rowlands stares off into the space of her isolated mind: "The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be.

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Making Peace with the Inner Critic

Counselor Toolbox podcast

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The Show Must Go On? An Abuse Survivor’s Take on Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock

Stop Abuse Campaign

← ACE 101: Incarcerated Household Member. The Internet has no shortage of opinions on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, but I felt compelled to share a perspective from an (at least this) abuse survivor. The reactions online appear to be polarized into “Team Will” or “Team Chris” and range from urging Chris to press charges and sue to making “five fingers say to the face” jokes.

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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Honoring Arab American Heritage Month

University of Connecticut

From the Office of Dean Heller Dear Colleagues, April is Arab American Heritage Month, an opportunity for the School of Social Work and the University to celebrate the cultures and achievements of Arab American communities. Nearly 4 million Arab Americans can trace their roots to 22 countries across the Middle East and North Africa. Despite a history of exclusion, today, Arab Americans reside in all 50 states, representing a wide range of faiths, races, and languages.