Save the Social Worker

JUNE 29, 2023

It’s funny how I was never taught this in university. Sure, I learnt all about the theory, but I never formally learnt how to ‘manage a case’, until I was a social worker back in Singapore. That may be the case for you too. You’ve learnt: The psychology (and abnormal psychology) The socioeconomic theories, and why there is still poverty Sociology But then you come into Day 1 of your social work career, and you hear people saying, You just have to ‘case manage’ this.

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Community Care

JUNE 29, 2023

By Clare Jerrom Social worker vacancies have fallen in Wales as staff shortages in England have risen, show official figures. The social worker vacancy rate fell from 10.8% to 7.9% in the year to summer 2022 across Welsh council and local authority-commissioned services, according to Social Care Wales statistics. The vast majority of the data covered councils.

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Relias

JUNE 29, 2023

Supervision is necessary to ensure that practitioners are correctly implementing services and are developing professionally. The Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) requires supervision for those seeking to become Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) or Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts (BCaBA). The BACB also requires ongoing supervision for BCaBAs and for Registered Behavior Technicians (RBT).

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A Splintered Mind

JUNE 29, 2023

The biggest challenge in my life right now is Long COVID. The post exertion malaise leaves me depleted with no extra energy for blogging. All that energy is directed towards my Daddy Duty (I have an adult, learning disabled, autistic child at home) and my current work in progress. Yes, I am writing, and it’s filled with attitude and humor, but I’m not writing here.

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Advertiser: Caseworthy

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Social Work With Adults

JUNE 29, 2023

Lyn Romeo: I am delighted to introduce Hannah’s blog this week as we look ahead to the national Children and Adults Principal Social Worker Conference in Birmingham. The PSWs are vital to improving social care services for children, adults and families, helping to create supportive environments in which best practice can thrive. I feel very proud to work with them to support, challenge and evolve our practice to be the very best it can be.

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The Frontline

JUNE 29, 2023

Zariyan Syed (he/they) is an LGBTQ+ youth support worker, social work graduate, speaker and trainer. He strives to empower and uplift young LGBTQ+ individuals, as well as train professionals and carers who support LGBTQ+ young people in care. Introduction Being an LGBTQ+ care leaver is one of the most significant parts of my identity. I feel proud to share my experiences and today I would like to share my experience of coming out to my personal advisor (PA).

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 29, 2023

MQ Mental Health Research and the University of Glasgow, with support from The Lord Mayor's of London, have collaborated to help the UK better respond to the mental health issues arising from the ongoing cost-of-living-crisis. The UK are currently experiencing high inflation, rising costs for essentials such as food and housing and experts are predicting that impacts to health will be huge.

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Famcare

JUNE 29, 2023

Mental health issues have been identified in more than 50 million Americans. The most prevalent mental ailment among Americans is depression, but they also have bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD. Due to the vast amount of mental health difficulties that the American populace is dealing with, case managers for mental health are in high demand.

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The New Social Worker

JUNE 29, 2023

Dr. John Gallagher, Associate Professor at Morgan State University, a historically Black university (HBCU) in Baltimore, MD, developed a service-learning juvenile justice class to support students in exploring their career goals.

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CAPC

JUNE 29, 2023

A Veterans Affairs (VA) clinician explores important ways that a palliative care team can meet the unique needs of veterans.

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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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The Guardian

JUNE 29, 2023

The undervaluing of social care is a betrayal of the hardworking healthcare professionals who got us through the pandemic, writes Rachael Dodgson , while Kalvin Morris calls for better-run care recruitment Your editorial on care workers being undervalued and underpaid hits the nail on the head ( 25 June ). There needs to be a long-term workforce plan for adult social care as well as the NHS to enhance the quality of care and support provided by both.

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Social Work Discoveries

JUNE 29, 2023

Exciting news! We are introducing a new podcast project to you all. In this episode you’ll hear all about the podcast we’ve been working on with the Agency for Clinical Innovation and NSW Health called ‘Making Visible: Preventing and Responding to Violence, Abuse and Neglect’ We hope you enjoy it. Here’s a link to the podcast webpage: [link] You can also search ‘Making Visible: Preventing and Responding to Violence, Abuse, and Neglect’ on your favourite

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Community Care

JUNE 29, 2023

The NHS increased the size of its mental health social work workforce by 20% from 2019-22, official figures show. However, there appears to have been a sharp fall in the number of partnership arrangements between NHS trusts and councils to deliver services while vacancy rates also appear to have risen, according to a census of the mental health social care workforce carried out for NHS England.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Social Work leaders gather for photo in front of the U.S. Capitol before visiting lawmaker offices. By Dina L. Kastner, MSS, MLSP, Senior Field Organizer Nearly 100 social workers from 44 states and two U.S. territories attended 143 meetings with Congressional offices in the U.S. House and Senate on June 28, 2023, to build bipartisan support for key federal legislation that will assist the social work workforce, our clients, and communities.

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