Community Care
MAY 5, 2022
Foster carers feel “cut adrift” by social workers when facing allegations about their behaviour towards children in their care, Fostering Network research has found. Carers felt they were assumed to be guilty, undervalued and ostracised from the team around the child, said the charity, in a report analysing findings from its 2021 State of the Nation Foster Care.
My Brains Not Broken
MAY 5, 2022
May means one thing on My Brain’s Not Broken – it’s time to talk about mental health awareness ! May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, which means it’s a time where there is added emphasis on how we talk about mental health in this country. And before I dive into that topic (which I’ll revisit later this month), I want to talk about the concept of mental health awareness.
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Community Care
MAY 5, 2022
A “significant variation” in the quality of social work has led inspectors to downgrade York council to ‘requires improvement’. The authority lost its good rating – earned in 2016 – after inspectors found deficits in the quality of assessments, direct work, evidence to court and supervision, amid rising turnover of social workers, in a full inspection in March.
Nnatasha Tracy
MAY 5, 2022
I had a mentally ill parent. It was my father. He's dead now , but when he was here, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Of course, I didn't find out about that until I was an adult. That secret affected my life from the time I was a child. What it's like to have a mentally ill parent is different for different people, but here's what having a mentally ill parent was like for me.
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Society of Clinical Psychology
MAY 5, 2022
Before you continue reading this blog, take a moment and reflect for one moment: what do you, as a clinical psychologist, use as a criterion for recovery or therapy success? Do you mainly focus on recovery from symptoms? Or do you use broader criteria, like whether the client is feeling well, and able to develop as a person and be part of community?
The New Social Worker
MAY 5, 2022
The model minority myth has drawn lines between Asian Americans and other communities of color, making Asian Americans the “others” who do not need support. Social workers need to be aware of the growing and varying needs among Asian Americans.
R.E.A.L. Social Workers
MAY 5, 2022
Mothers’ Day is the day that we celebrate the ones who gave us life. We make breakfast and serve it in bed, or we take her out to dinner. Some spend lots of money buying the biggest, prettiest, and freshest bouquet of flowers. Some take her shopping or give her that piece of jewelry she has always admired. This blog will share how to give your mom the gift of relaxation a sweet Mother’s Day gift.
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