Fri.Jun 17, 2022

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Should the IRO role be abolished?

Community Care

Of all the 80 recommendations in the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care’s final report last month , the one that has met with the greatest opposition is its proposed abolition of the independent reviewing officer role. At a webinar held by the review last week, 32 delegates submitting questions in advance (around 7% of the total) asked about the proposal, while it was also the most popular question posed online during the session with review lead Josh MacAlister.

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What is the Importance of Information Security for Nonprofits

Famcare

It is impossible to overestimate the significance of information security in non-profit organizations. Businesses must take the necessary precautions to secure their sensitive data against unauthorized access and security breaches. Nonprofits require secure case management software and a trustworthy social workspace in which they can store their relevant data, as well as the data acquired from the clients they help.

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Social worker shortages sector’s biggest concern in delivering cap on care costs

Community Care

The lack of adult social workers is the sector’s biggest concern as it prepares to deliver the cap on care costs, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has found. The challenge for councils of recruiting significantly more practitioners to implement the cap and associated reforms next year at a time of mounting staffing pressures was cited by many respondents to a DHSC consultation on guidance to implement the changes. . 105,000.

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NASW, other organizations win legal victory over Massachusetts employee rights ballot initiative

Social Work Blog

Getty images. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) along with the National Women’s Law Center and 24 other groups on April 12, 2022 filed an amicus brief in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the matter of El Koussa v Massachusetts , challenging the constitutionality of a Massachusetts ballot initiative filed with the state attorney general by Uber, Lyft, Doordash, and Insta-Cart.

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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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National CASA/GAL hosts Book Club Discussion with Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller

National Casa Gal

“What family reunification services tries to do is try to prepare the child and the mother, father, parent, to reconnect and bridge the divide that’s caused by the absence that the prison enforces,” said Miller. Read More. The post National CASA/GAL hosts Book Club Discussion with Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Karla Goldman Examines the Culture of Silence in Reform Judaism

Michigan Social Work

Professor Karla Goldman’s op-ed in Lilth asks what can be expected from Reform Judaism in the wake of reports of sexual discrimination released by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC) in Cincinnati. Goldman shares her own personal history as the first tenure-track woman faculty member on the HUC’s Cincinnati campus, and describes her lawsuit against HUC for wrongful dismissal based on gender bias. .

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