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Unions seek 11% wage rise for Cafcass staff after chief’s warnings of social worker exodus

Community Care

Unions have called for a 10.8% pay increase for Cafcass workers, after management warnings that it risked a staffing exodus over government wage constraints. The claim – a 3% pay rise plus the 7.8% retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation as recorded on 1 April 2022 – was made jointly this month by Napo, the main union for staff at the organisation, and UNISON.

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6 Useful Tips to Keep Your Mind and Body Healthy

Swhelper

MJ Fernandez. People these days are often so busy with work and their responsibilities that sometimes they forget to take care of their mental and physical health. However, if you keep this up, you risk your chances of burning out and developing certain illnesses that may be hard to treat later on. This is why it is […]. View Full Article - 6 Useful Tips to Keep Your Mind and Body Healthy.

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Pride Month and social work's essential role

Social Work With Adults

"[Pride Month] still hugely matters, even in these more enlightened times. Many LGBTQ+ people continue to face pervasive discrimination, experience abuse, or are subject to neglect throughout their lives." [Image created by freepik.com]. Supporting the right to be ourselves. As a lesbian, I always enjoy the visibility that Pride Month brings to those of us who are LGBTQ+ and the support it provides for our communities, families, friends and networks.

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The Positive Impact Social Work Can Have on Public Education

Swhelper

Sarah Daren. Social workers aren’t always associated with public education. Their roles in social service delivery, legal arenas, and advocacy are often more readily recognized. However, social workers provide vital support within our education system and contribute meaningfully to helping countless children progress through primary and secondary education in the United States every year.

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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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Vacancy in Japan College of Social Work

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Vacancy in Japan College of Social Work. The Faculty of Social Welfare, Japan College of Social Work, is looking for a faculty, full-Time (Non-tenured), field of studies on “Human Welfare and Culture” For details, visit the following URLs: [link] SeekJorDetail?fn=3&ln=1&id= D122061288&ln_jor=1. [link] saiyo/2022-0623-02.html.

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News Items – June 24, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Kim Schneiderman is a member: Why Childhood Rejection Can Leave Lasting Scars. Psychology Today. Whether or not an adult can attach their pain to specific memories, the sense of deficiency can often be traced back to childhood. Children are emotional sponges , absorbing information about who they are, and how the world works. They pick up their information from various sources: family, peers, teachers, and the media.

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Bill to remove social work from councils in Scotland published

Community Care

Legislation to remove responsibility for social work from councils in Scotland to create a National Care Service (NCS) was published this week. The National Care Service (Scotland) Bill would make social care the responsibility of the Scottish Government, and allow ministers to transfer local authority functions to the NCS nationally or to new care boards, which the bill would create to commission care locally.

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PART THREE OF FOUR: Reputation laundering in child welfare: “Social Current”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

That’s the current name of a child welfare trade association that co-opts the rhetoric of reform to promote the same old family policing agenda The hearings about the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection have prompted a lot of talk about “reputation laundering” as former Trump Administration officials try to distance themselves from the president they served so faithfully – the most notable example: former Attorney General William Barr.