Mon.Mar 13, 2023

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Does the Hospital Price Transparency Rule Increase Your Audit Risk?

Relias

In the healthcare industry, regulations and best practices are always changing. Regular compliance audits help organizations provide the most efficient, effective patient care. But they can also be a source of stress and frustration. In addition, failing an audit can lead to fines and other penalties. The best way to protect your organization is to monitor your compliance risks proactively.

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175% rise in number of overseas social workers applying to work in England in past three years

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The number of overseas social workers applying to work in England annually has risen almost threefold in the past three years, Social Work England has reported. While 611 practitioners from abroad applied to register in England from 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020, 1,684 did in the 2021-22 registration year, the regulator said in its State of the nation 2023 report , published last we

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Getting Past Numb

Gary Direnfeld

I know. It eases the pain. It masks the multitude of hurts. Away you go to another place. You get by. However, it catches up with you. It’s unsustainable. Further the fall. Circling. Circling. Catch a branch. Hold on. Tight is your grasp but weak your resolve. You need support. Another to hold you. Hold you. Therein some strength. Borrow their resolve.

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Here’s the lowdown on the social work salary in Singapore

Save the Social Worker

Money is the one thing we don’t often talk about when we are in social work. You may think that because you’ve joined the non profit sector, you can’t talk about money. And you can’t think about money. Because you’re trying to do good, and these two things simply don’t square together. Well, well. I’m going to talk about it. After 2 years being a social worker in a Family Service Centre (FSC) in Singapore, earning all of $3600 per month, before having a pay bump to $3690 in my second year (which

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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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Managing the Lies the Narcissist Tells Another

Gary Direnfeld

The narcissist will not only spread lies about their ex, they will tell people how their ex will deny those lies if confronted about them. Think about that. It means that the ex who seeks to defend themselves against those lies may inadvertently wind up confirming what the narcissist said in the mind of the person the ex is trying to convince otherwise.

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MQ announces its biggest ever investment in new research

MQ Mental Health

MQ Mental Health Research is today announcing an investment of £2.2 million into seven new research projects, through the prestigious MQ Fellowships programme. These new MQ Fellows will be conducting research into how serious mental illnesses and physical illnesses can combine to cause premature death. Vital research that will help to save lives in the future, and that would not be possible without donations from the public.

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Inspiring Occupational Wellness Among Direct Support Professionals

Relias

Occupational wellness is a key ingredient to a healthy, happy, and balanced life — no matter one’s line of work. When it comes to direct support professionals (DSPs) and other positions focused on care where burnout is prevalent, occupational wellness is even more important. Although achieving occupational wellness is often discussed from the perspective of the employee, there’s actually quite a bit that organizations can do to promote it.

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Your Social Work Career Coach: Do You Need a Social Work Side Hustle?

The New Social Worker

Social workers shouldn’t “need” to have a side hustle to make a living wage. Still, a side gig can provide extra income to reach your financial goals. An additional job can also be a great way to gain new skills, knowledge, and experience.

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Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway review – Rani Mukerji goes dowdy in mama-drama ordeal

The Guardian

Adaptation of a nightmare true story about a woman whose children were removed by the Norwegian state gets passionate too late This epic Hindi-language testament to tenacious maternal love has been neatly timed for release over the UK Mother’s Day weekend, although it’s based on a true story which began over a decade earlier. Sagarika Chakraborty had already been living in Norway for four years when, in 2011, her two young children were taken by the state for no apparent reason.

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Nursing associate stories: a journey of personal discovery

Social Care

Student Nursing Associate, Mercy Sharp, 52, was born in the Philippines and moved to England in 2007. She has worked at Royal Star & Garter in High Wycombe, since the care home opened in 2019. She is nearing the end of her nursing associate course, which she began in 2020. Royal Star & Garter is a charity providing compassionate care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia.

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

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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Shelter Receives Cook County Behavioral Health Grant

Shelter, Inc

The Cook County Department of Public Health has announced Shelter is one of 18 recipients out of 140 applicants to receive a Behavioral Health Initiative Grant (BHI) to support behavioral health services for Cook County’s most vulnerable communities. The BHI program will address mental health and substance use inequities and aims to increase and enhance access to a full continuum of integrated and equitable behavioral health and substance use services, support, and treatment.

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FREE ASWB Question: Parenting Styles

Therapist Development Center

This month’s FREE ASWB practice question for the LCSW and LMSW exams covers the topic of parenting styles. Parenting styles refer to the standard strategies, behaviors, attitudes, and emotional climate parents use in their child rearing. There are four main … Continued The post FREE ASWB Question: Parenting Styles appeared first on Therapist Development Center Blog.

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Ethical Challenges: Profession Prepares to Protect Social Workers Amid Changing Political Landscape

Social Work Blog

By Alison Laurio Search online for “Planned Parenthood and abortion rights” and a page opens with large white letters standing out against a dark background. The message: “The U.S. Supreme Court has ended the federal constitutional right to abortion — handing our power to control our own bodies to politicians.” After Roe was overturned on June 24 last year, and lacking a federal policy, many states scrambled to either protect access to abortion or ban it.

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Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Chinese American Patients

CAPC

With an expected exponential population rise, Chinese American patients who experience serious illness may find their cultural values influencing medical care.

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Unsafe Partners

American Board of Clinical Social Work

In 2009, the South Carolina governor reportedly “disappeared” for a few days. It was later discovered that he had been with his mistress in Argentina. In one of his former wife’s interviews on a news talk show, she described their therapy together after his return. She said that she could recall the moment in their treatment when she knew their marriage was over, as she began to realize that he was not going to take any responsibility for his part of the problems in their marriage.

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CMS Releases New Guidance for the End of the PHE

CAPC

New Fact Sheet from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Helps Providers Plan for the End of Public Health Emergency