Fri.Mar 04, 2022

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WEBINAR: Voices from the Borders:  Social Work responds to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine

International Federation of Social Workers

IFSW Europe hosts a webinar on the 15 March 2022, World Social Work Day, at 18.00 CET REGISTRATION FORM Participation is free, but the registration Is mandatory. Our colleagues in Romania, Poland, and Slovakia and other countries in the East of Europe have responded directly to the growing humanitarian crisis caused by the invasion of […].

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Scottish Labour leader pledges nearly £1bn to provide free care for older people

The Guardian

Anas Sarwar believes totally integrating social and health care is essential to NHS reform Anas Sarwar , the Scottish Labour leader, has pledged to spend nearly £1bn to provide free residential care for all elderly people and free home care in a bid to address Labour’s slump in support. Sarwar said Scottish Labour planned to expand the ethos of the NHS , which provides free care regardless of income, to the social care service.

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Revisions to DSM-5 Coming in March 2022

Social Work Blog

The American Psychiatric Association has announced revisions to the DSM 5 which will be released in March 2022. The revised manual, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) is used by clinical social workers and other health care professionals in the United States as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders.

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Free Yourself from Worrying About Change

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

How often do you find yourself worrying about a situation, impending event, or the past? Chronic worry leads to chronic stress. Chronic stress negatively affects our physical, mental. and emotional health. So, what is the benefit of worry? Worry is deliberately spending time pondering difficulties or concerns. When we worry, our mind dwells on the problem and the uncertainty of the outcome.

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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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IASSW elections 2022:  vote on-line

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

IASSW elections 2022: vote on-line. The IASSW is holding elections for three positions on the IASSW Board of Directors (Treasurer and two Members at large representing all IASSW members). The voting is organized in electronic way. You may go to the link : [link] and vote for candidates. Please note following points: Only those members who have paid membership dues for 2022 are eligible to vote.

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NCCPR in Youth Today: In child welfare, if the solution is money, the problem is poverty

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In the beginning, the builders of what would become a system of massive intrusion into families , and, ultimately, the separation of millions of children from their parents, all in the name of “child welfare,” insisted that poverty had nothing at all to do with what they labeled “child abuse” and “child neglect.” “Child abuse crosses class lines” was the mantra in the 1970s and 1980s.