Sun.May 22, 2022

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Care review urges national social work pay scales to reward expertise and boost retention

Community Care

By Mithran Samuel and Rob Preston. The government must introduce national pay scales for social workers, tied to a “vastly improved” learning and development offer, to boosts skills, reward expertise and retain staff in practice, the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care said today. The Department for Education-commissioned review’s final report called for the introduction of a five-year early career framework for practitioners on qualification, with progression, a

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How a parents-first approach to child services in north-west England is getting results

The Guardian

New Beginnings gives social workers the time to develop relationships with the families they help Almost a year ago, Clare Western wrote a letter to her two teenage children. She opened up about her regrets and how she should have listened when they urged her to leave an abusive ex-partner. It was a “monumental moment”, she said. “They both broke down and hugged me.

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My Sober Skin

Living Sober

I think a big part of the reason I've never picked up a drink since I made the decision to stop doing that is that from Day One I put on my Sober Skin and left it there. From Day One I said to myself 'I am now a non-drinker'. and with that I metaphorically stepped out of my […]. The post My Sober Skin first appeared on Living Sober. My Sober Skin was first posted on May 23, 2022 at 1:10 am. ©2019 " Living Sober " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Overhaul of children’s social care in England urgent and unavoidable, review finds

The Guardian

Root-and-branch review calls for five-year, £2.6bn programme to reform a system that is under ‘extreme stress’ An urgent multibillion-pound overhaul of children’s social care in England is needed to transform the life chances of thousands of vulnerable young people and reform a system that is spiralling out of control, a government-commissioned review has concluded.

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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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Developmental Issues Impacting Mental Health Infancy to Adolescence

Counselor Toolbox podcast