The Guardian

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

At Belong Chester, the older residents and young children have the chance to spend each day together, and it’s led to big improvements in all their lives. What’s the secret? It is lunchtime in the bistro at Belong and half a dozen toddlers are tucking into sausage cassoulet, mash and seasonal vegetables. Anyone acquainted with the table manners of two- and three-year-olds may well be bracing themselves for carnage.

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Bipolar Bandit

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Music has been proven to help with your mental health and overall health. Singing, songwriting, listening to music and playing an instrument are all things that you can do deal with your mental health. Ways Music helps: Connects you with your feelings Gives you a way to express yourself Boosts your mood Makes you dance Forms a community Helps you feel your feelings Increases dopamine to help with stress, depression, and anxiety Helps to figure out who you are Helps with memory Challenges your mi

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Zimbabweans say they paid large sums to Gloriavd Health Care but got far less work than expected and were squalidly housed A care company serving NHS patients has been charging migrant workers from Africa thousands of pounds to work in the UK when the cost of a visa is only a few hundred pounds, the Guardian has learned. Care workers from Zimbabwe were told to pay the sums to Gloriavd Health Care Ltd in return for arranging social care jobs in and around Leeds and Bath.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

● Why do family police agencies so often turn a blind eye to rampant abuse in group homes and institutions. The head of the family police agency in Rhode Island gave a chilling answer. I have a column about it in Rhode Island Current ● In 2022 grandparents of an autistic boy in Kentucky couldn’t control his constant running away. All the grandparents needed was therapy for the child and help to be sure he was never out of someone’s sight.

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Nicole Clark Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. Let’s get straight into it ! The #1 misconception about meeting facilitators is that they are responsible for generating buy-in to your organization’s call to action. Let’s say you want to build a partnership with organizations doing similar work to address an emerging issue [.] The post Ask Nicole: The #1 Misconception About Meeting Facilitators appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

(Chicago) Thanks in large part to a bill signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker, the number of licensed non-independent social workers has increased by 100% since Dec 1, 2021 in Illinois, exceeding the 10,000 mark for the first time. In light of severe mental health workforce shortages in the state as well as issues of diversity within the profession, this achievement is a first step to addressing an alarming shortage of mental health professionals in Illinois.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A new supportive ecosystem for UK innovators working on immersive digital mental health therapeutics is being launched. The UKRI Mindset XR Innovator Support Programme is going to be led by the Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London it was announced today. The full Mindset extended reality (XR) for digital mental health programme 2022- 2026 is a £20m investment which aims to treat more people with mental health needs by investing in Extended Reality (XR) and other immersive technologies; a

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Thanks in large part to a bill signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker, the number of licensed non-independent social workers has increased by 100 percent since Dec 1, 2021 in Illinois, exceeding the 10,000 mark for the first time. In light of severe mental health workforce shortages in the state as well as issues of diversity within the profession, this achievement is a first step to addressing an alarming shortage of mental health professionals in Illinois.

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Michigan Social Work

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

PhD student So’Phelia Morrow describes in a New York Amsterdam News editorial how seeing a squirrel chasing a butterfly sparked hope and inspired her to leave an abusive partner. “The moment lasted only a second, but it was long enough for me to receive the message,” she wrote. “Although I never thought much about butterflies before, at that moment, I saw it as hope.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Routledge International publications has dedicated this handbook to the IASSW Immediate Past President – Late Prof. Vimla Nadkarni who along with her colleagues from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) had written a chapter on Social Work and Sustainable Development Goals – An Indian Perspective. The post Routledge International handbook of Social Development, Social Work and Sustainable Development Goals first appeared on International Association of Schools of Social Work (IAS

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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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Relias

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Hiring new employees is always challenging, even when there are many seemingly qualified candidates. Hiring for roles with high turnover when the pool of candidates is shrinking — a continuing reality in nursing — is an even bigger challenge. In this article, we’ll look at how the behavioral interview technique can provide deeper insights to better inform your hiring decisions.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This is a review of Nurturing Professional Judgement by Benjamin Knight. Click on the title or the link below for more information. Nurturing Professional Judgement by Ben Knight is an inspiring, thought-provoking, and useful book. It has been inspiring for me, as it has led me to explore ways of inquring into what underpins my own, and colleagues’ professional judgement.

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CAPC

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Authors of JPM study found that while automated referrals and virtual palliative care can increase access, there are limitations in place.

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CAPC

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How to provide comprehensive, equitable palliative care for people with disabilities.

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