Community Care

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Community Care’s Choose Social Work campaign aims to counteract the negative media coverage of the profession, and show the brilliant work social workers do every day. Read about why we’re launching this campaign , and the five steps you can take to support it. In July, as part of our Choose Social Work campaign, we published an interview with Sharon Shoesmith , director of education and children’s services at Haringey Council when the Peter Connelly case (known at the time as Baby P

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

About that anxiety. It referred to as a disorder because those feelings of fear are either unfounded or far greater than what is reasonable to the trigger. Given an anxiety disorder, the saying, “trust your gut,” just doesn’t hold. The nature of the disorder is to be held hostage by feelings that don’t fully fit the situation.

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

On 22 November 2023, the University of London celebrated its esteemed Foundation Day, a tradition that had been part of the university’s history since 1903.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

I asked. She told. She spoke about her experiences with things unimaginable to most. She said that previous therapists had said her background was the most extreme they have ever heard. Hearing that, my concern was that she worried about overwhelming the therapists. I don’t know. They may have been. However, I assured her that although her experiences were indeed extreme, I have actually heard similar and worse.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

While it seems to start earlier each year, with Thanksgiving celebrated this week (23 November) and Diwali last week (13 November), the holiday season is undeniably upon us. No matter your religious beliefs or traditions, all holidays hold some similarities in the joys to be had and the difficulties we may face in many areas, particularly when it comes to mental health.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

His problems seemed endless. The list of problems was long and the parents were exhausting all their punishments. There was only one left, his part time job. As awful as school was and as much as he got into trouble there, no amount of punishment would make things better. That job looked like something he might work for. They wondered about taking it away.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

If you are in your thirties or forties, consider what it feels like if I ask if you have put grab bars in your shower. It probably feels irrelevant at the moment. It’s just is not a consideration. Indeed, if I tried to convince you of the need before you actually need them, you will likely be annoyed with me. That is what many teens feel when we seek to advise them of how current choices can play out in their adult life.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

“Getting the basics right” around social work has been key to year-on-year improvements in council performance in children’s services, an Ofsted leader has said. Yvette Stanley’s comments came as the inspectorate’s latest annual report showed 60% of the 153 English authorities were rated good or outstanding for children’s services as of September this year.

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