Community Care

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The number of annual child protection enquiries has hit a new high but the proportion of those finding abuse or neglect has continued to fall, official figures show. Directors warned that the 3.5% hike in the number of section 47 enquiries, from 2021-22 to 2022-23, reflected the erosion of preventive services on the back of “a decade of austerity” At the same time, an academic specialising in the overemphasis of safeguarding risks said that the increasing number of section 47s that d

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Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 30, 2023

She just didn’t know how to connect. It affected every relationship. Turns out her parents separated when she was two. The parents both went on to remarry. Their respected partners each had two kids of their own. That meant four step-siblings. The mom had another child, so a half-sibling, Her father didn’t have any more kids. All that by the time she was twelve and mom separated again.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) are delighted to launch the theme […]

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Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 30, 2023

All those leaves. When our son was a young teen we had a basketball net on the side of the driveway. I kept it in perfect shape. All the kids in the neighborhood knew they could use it. They did. They even had permission to knock on the door if a car was in the way and they wanted to play. They did. Come fall with the leaves off our colorful maple making for a blanket on the front lawn, I stepped out to talk to a group of kids who gathered to play basketball.

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National Casa Gal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“I’m excited to join the team at the National CASA/GAL Association,” says Kennedy. “As a foster parent, I’ve seen firsthand the positive influence child advocates have on youth and their families. Read More. The post Introducing National CASA/GAL’s new chief development officer Kate Kennedy appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 30, 2023

FSW is pleased to announce that the Volume 20, Issue 2 (2023) of the International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics has just been published.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

We suggest that the National office for the Court-Appointed Special Advocates program use this item from The Daily Show as a training video In 2018, r esponding to former Today Show anchor Megyn Kelly’s appalling attempt to justify blackface, (for which she has apologized) her colleague Craig Melvin noted that, as a CNN story put it, “this controversy is an opportunity to inform people — but said most people already knew how offensive blackface is.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Group therapy is an effective means to support positive mental health. It also has the added benefit of being cost-effective, because one clinician can treat many clients at once. However, group therapy facilitation is understudied within psychology, so the evidence-base for how clinicians can lead groups most effectively is limited. In a recently published article, we argue that identity leadership theory can help to address this lack of research, by providing a new and practical framework for

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It may be for a short stay, or for longer. But it is vital to tell a whole number of service providers that you have moved out Moving an older person into a care home brings a number of challenges – not least about what will happen to their property. Often a house or flat they have spent many years in will be left empty for a short time or quite a while.

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Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Her trajectory to recognizing and accepting her same sex orientation took time. Coming from a strongly religious family, she did her best to deny her feelings. She dated men but never really connected. However, it was enough to keep her parents from recognizing her hidden truth. It wasn’t until she attended college away from home did she let experimentation take over.

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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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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As the bombings continue in Palestine and Israel, we witness many of the world’s governments and geo-political blocks taking sides or stumbling around wording relating to one or the other […]

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