Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Pay is now the top motivator for social workers to change jobs, Community Care’s annual jobseeker survey has found. Improving salary has overtaken achieving a better work-life balance as the biggest temptation for practitioners to move roles, found the research. While pay was also the most compelling reason to move for respondents to our 2021 survey, a bigger proportion (55%) selected it in 2023 than in previous rounds of the research.

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My Brains Not Broken

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Today’s guest post is from Michael Vallejo, a licensed clinical social worker and founder of Mental Health Center Kids. When we watch TV, scroll through social media, or see other people’s achievements in life, we can develop unrealistic standards of beauty, intelligence, and success. This can create a habit of constantly comparing ourselves to others, which can lead to harsh self-criticism.

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Monday 11th December 3 PM CET Time ONLINE ZOOM Platform Kindly use this link for registration __ Join us in this free webinar organised by the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Europe […]

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Nnatasha Tracy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Because of the black box warnings (also known as boxed warnings) on antidepressants, many people think that antidepressants cause suicidal thinking , suicidal behavior, and suicide. The black box warning on antidepressants is, after all, the strongest warning the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can place on a medication. However, the black box warning on antidepressants was authored almost 20 years ago, and we have learned a lot and have synthesized a lot of data since then.

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Advertiser: Caseworthy

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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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Steve Barclay says home secretary is looking at restrictions after Robert Jenrick proposed banning workers from bringing children The number of dependants that foreign care workers are allowed to bring in to the UK could be cut under government plans to reduce immigration, a cabinet minister has said. Steve Barclay, the environment secretary, said the home secretary, James Cleverly, was considering restrictions on dependant numbers as an option to reduce figures.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The effects of Covid-19 on brain function and mental health, as well as the reasons for flaws in diagnosis of psychiatric illness, are all discussed in this episode of the MQ Open Mind podcast. Professor Rory O’Connor and MQ’s Craig Perryman spoke to MQ researcher and academic clinical fellow at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, Dr Maxime Taquet.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

MQ is pleased to announce that Dr. Alexandre Lussier from the Lussier Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital has been awarded an MQ Fellowship. Alexandre is studying extent to which the timing of child and adolescent depression interacts with genetic susceptibility to influence suicide risk in early adulthood. Please give a brief summary of your academic career to date : Over the years, my academic career has progressed from being narrowly focused on molecular mechanisms to investigating broader

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Underfunded, overstretched sector to become testing ground for battle against low pay but critics say policy is weak and vague “My sister is a care worker. She was a care worker during the pandemic. Fourteen-hour shifts, often overnight. Unimaginable pressure. And the reward? A struggle every week – and I mean every week – just to make ends meet.” So spoke Keir Starmer last month, drawing on experience close to home in his party conference speech to underline his determination to overhaul the ca

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

MQ is pleased to announce that Dr. Alexandra Burton from University College London has been awarded an MQ Fellowship. Alexandra is studying the impact of social prescribing on people who have severe mental illnesses. In particular she wants to understand why social prescribing is effective and how we can improve access to it for vulnerable people. Please give a brief summary of your academic career to date : I have a masters in Mental Health Services Research from Kings College London and stu

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CAPC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Why it's important for palliative care teams to incorporate employee feedback, including taking stock of challenges and needs such as mental health supports.

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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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Living Sober

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Yummy kombucha-based drink, good for the festive season!

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CAPC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

How to screen people living with serious illness for nutritional risk—and when to consult with a registered dietitian.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Imagine that you run a small software firm. One of your engineers just stopped by for his annual performance review. You ask what he accomplished in the past year and he says: “My new software crashed the systems of half our clients. They lost millions and they’re considering suing us! But you can’t fire me because anyone else you hire would be worse.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

One child cost a local authority £63,000 a week and the number of placements has shot up to more than 1,500 from 120 five years ago Councils have claimed they are being “held to ransom” by private care providers, as it emerged the taxpayer has been paying as much as £63,000 a week for single children’s social care placements. The extraordinary bill – equivalent to £3.3m a year for one placement – came in new figures from local authorities in England released on Wednesday that showed the number o

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