Mon.Jun 05, 2023

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Even When So Young, They Know.

Gary Direnfeld

The three-year-old had trouble settling at night. There was also difficulty going to daycare or being away from their mother. They called it separation anxiety and tried to let the child cry it out. The child didn’t settle. In meeting with the mom I learned about the conflict between her and her partner. Often it was at night, after the child was put to bed.

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Self-Care A-Z: A Road Trip to Self-Care

The New Social Worker

One way to think about self-care is by using the metaphor of a road trip. Just like a road trip, self-care requires planning, preparation, and a clear destination.

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Reconnecting….

Gary Direnfeld

You may have been distant, distracted when your kids were growing up. That may have carried through into adulthood. You may find yourself in different cities as a result, rarely speaking. Hell, you can be down the street too, and distant, barely talking. Do know, there is a likelihood your now adult kid still wants a connection, to feel cared for even this late in the game.

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Tracing the significance of executive functioning among people experiencing homelessness

Health & Social Care Workforce

Carolin Hess is a PhD student at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, King’s College London.

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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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Dear Jeremy Hunt, I’d love to get a job. But thanks to your social care crisis, I can’t | Denise Wilkins

The Guardian

I had no other choice but to give up my career to become my mother’s full-time unpaid carer – and there are millions like me The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has been calling for people to get back to work. But there’s one group of people he’s overlooked. Many unpaid family carers like me would love to return to full-time employment. But the failure of successive governments to fix our broken social care system has left us to shoulder caring responsibilities that actively stop us working.

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Facilitate, Not Replace! How Case Management Software is Shaping Social Work

Famcare

Social work has a long history in the United States, having been formally established in the nineteenth century to assist immigrants in overcoming social and economic challenges. Two centuries later, social workers are one of the largest groups of public-sector employees. But as technology such as case management software has started to gain traction in the last few decades, social workers are concerned about their future.