Blurt It Out

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Just like that, the festive season is upon us again, and our feeds are filling up with picture-perfect families in unrealistically tidy spaces. For some, it really is “the most wonderful time of the year”, but it can also be overwhelming, emotional, and stressful. With that in mind, we’ve created this years’ thoughtful gift guide. The post A Very Thoughtful Gift Guide: 2021 appeared first on The Blurt Foundation.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Retaining direct support professionals (DSPs) is a seemingly never-ending challenge for organizations that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Agencies are always looking for ways to help new hires understand and get excited about the job, engage their employees, and recognize the experience of their veterans. A DSP peer mentoring program is a great way to increase employee engagement and retention.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Katy Etherington’s personal assistants help her live independently and run a website matching up disabled people with PAs. But shortages are so acute some disabled people may be forced into residential care, she says. Katy Etherington runs a website, PA Pool, that matches disabled people with personal assistants (PAs). “Last year, we had 460 PAs join from Poland, and this year we’ve only had 36,” she says.

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Swhelper

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

SWHELPER. The rates of death and health burdens associated with air pollution are borne unequally and inequitably by people of color and those with lower household income and educational attainment in Washington, D.C., according to a new study. Air pollution is considered the leading environmental risk factor to health, and recent efforts have successfully brought down […].

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Advertiser: Caseworthy

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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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Analysis: what has been announced, what people will pay, and what the experts think England’s poorest pensioners ‘face same costs as wealthy’ under cap The cap is a lifetime limit of £86,000 on how much individuals will have to pay towards their care costs. First proposed more than a decade ago by the economist Sir Andrew Dilnot in a government-commissioned review, it is designed to allow individuals hit by hefty care costs to pass on more of their assets to their children, instead of seeing the

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Swhelper

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

SWHELPER. Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation. Tavyev’s strategies include: Staying engaged at home. Tavyev, also an assistant professor of Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai, pointed out that kids who turned 2 or 3 during the pandemic might have little experience interacting with people who […].

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

? Let’s start by looking ahead to Saturday – it’s time for National Adoption Day! Cake! Ice Cream! Balloons at the courthouse! Because what could be more appropriate than a festival commemorating the aftermath of termination of children’s rights to the parents they were born with. If termination of parental rights is child welfare’s equivalent of the death penalty, then what is Adoption Day but a macabre celebration of family executions ?

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Boris Johnson warned ‘red wall’ MPs could revolt when cap on home and care costs put to a vote The UK social care cap: how will it work and is it fair? Tens of thousands of England’s poorest pensioners face paying the same for their old age care as wealthier people after the government published details of the new cap on home and care costs. The move will save the government hundreds of millions of pounds but leave many poorer homeowners exposed to “catastrophic costs” including the need to sell

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National Casa Gal

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Co-authored by Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, and Heather E. Bullock, the book covers myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding the issue of poverty, as well as the realities of poverty. The book also provides insight on society’s view of economic prosperity. Read More. The post What we’re reading: Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Trina Shanks was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. The Academy is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high-impact work that advances social good. Fellow status is among the highest professional accolades bestowed to social work scholars; Michigan Social Work now has 12 academy members.

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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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Famcare

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Few Americans can look at "human trafficking" with clear vision. The legacy of slavery in America is so distasteful that we prefer to remain in denial and look away from this modern iteration of slavery. Latin American countries, however, where many of the victims are preyed upon, take a much harder look at this criminal depravity and proactively strive to curtail its devastation.

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Gateway Foundation

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Have you ever felt so stressed or worried that you couldn’t fall asleep at night? Maybe you laid in bed, unable to turn off your thoughts, feeling your heart pound in your chest. If this sounds familiar, you may know what it’s like to have an anxiety attack. Anxiety attacks can be extremely uncomfortable and… The post Signs of an Anxiety Attack appeared first on Gateway.

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Famcare

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This short training video puts the spotlight on several features of FAMCare's Internal Communications Module. We understand our clients in the human service field need a simple yet powerful communication system. Our messaging and email tools offer both simplicity and superior functionality to our users. Enjoy watching this overview of the messaging and emailing tools.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Profits in children’s services should be banned or limited to tackle a market ripe for a “cartel” of providers, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned. ADCS made the call in its response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) interim report from its study of the children’s social care market, issued last month.

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