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Agile working failing to meet social workers’ needs in Scotland, finds study

Community Care

Agile working practices such as hotdesking are failing to meet social workers’ needs in Scotland and employers should review them, a study has concluded. Approaches in which people are not allocated a fixed desk and work at different times and locations depending on need have become increasingly common, but practitioners are consistently negative about them, found a five-year study into newly qualified social workers published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). .

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Learn the Facts About Dementia and How You Can Help

Social Work Blog

The belief that dementia is a normal part of the aging process is familiar. But it is not true. “It is a common misconception in society that it is something we should all expect and something that happens to almost everybody,” says Natalia Shtompel, PhD, MSW. “But it’s not the case.”. Dementia is not a normal part of aging, she says. It is a disease that is linked with neuropathology in the brain.

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Social Work England to review fees for practitioners

Community Care

Social Work England is to review the fees it charges practitioners under its new strategy, covering 2023-26. Social workers have been charged £90 a year for registration, and its renewal, since 2015, firstly under the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and then Social Work England since 2019. The regulator said it was, consequently, reasonable to review levels, in a consultation paper on the new strategy, published last week.

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CMS Creates Additional Place of Service Code for Telehealth

Social Work Blog

Following a recent update from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), NASW has received multiple inquiries regarding telehealth place of service codes (POS) for Medicare, Medicaid and private health insurance companies. A blog post written by NASW Senior Practice Associate Denise Johnson, CMS Creates Additional Place of Service Code for Telehealth , clarifies what POS codes clinical social workers should use when providing telehealth services.

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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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60 Mental Health Quotes #13

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Helping Schools Motivate Parents to Participate in their Child’s Autism Education Plan

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As a human services professional or educator, you spend a lot of time devising a great autism education plan for each of the children you care for. For these plans to prove as effective as possible, you need to make sure that the child’s parents agree with it and practice it a home. To learn how to do this, we spoke with Cheryl N. Engel, Ph.D.

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Working When You are Struggling with Mental Health

Abuse Survivor

I’d like to tell you that it’s ok to take breaks and to stop working for a little while but that’s not a reality for most people. Bills and other financial obligations don’t stop when we aren’t feeling well. This list is helpful for me and my hope is that it may help others to think about things that can help them get through a work day.

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News Items – September 15, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Steve MacHattie is a member: Suicide Survivor Shares Hope and Support. Rocky Hill Patch. Steve MacHattie, LCSW and Owner of the Charter Oak Family Center in Manchester , has lived experience – he began experiencing suicidal thoughts and survived his first suicide attempt when he was six or seven years old. “I remember being in my bedroom alone.

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