Thu.Oct 07, 2021

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It Sounded Better in My Head

My Brains Not Broken

One of the more prominent aspects of my anxiety is my difficulty with conversation. Most of that stems from social anxiety, which (according to the National Institute of Mental Health ) is “an intense, persistent fear of being watched and judged by others.” Having conversations with others, especially people I don’t know all that well, can make me very nervous.

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World Mental Health Day

Social Work With Adults

‘Mental health in an unequal world’ is this year’s theme for World Mental Health Day – and it’s one which speaks to all social workers working alongside people living with mental health conditions. The pandemic and mental health. Since returning to my role as Chief Social Worker for Adults, I have been impressed by many stories of social workers in local authorities, NHS mental health trusts and voluntary and community agencies stepping up to make sure people, their carers and the communities th

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Grow Your Own Home Health Aides To Capture New Business

Relias

Demand for home healthcare continues to rise, and at the same time home health aide staffing remains an ongoing challenge for agency administrators. Recruiting qualified aides is one aspect of the staffing challenge, and high turnover is another. To ensure you can maximize your share of the home health market, consider developing your own pool of home health aides by training them from the ground up.

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How has COVID-19 impacted Higher Education? Questions over Online Learning

The Critical Blog

By Julian McDougall. Professor in Media and Education, Head of the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice at Bournemouth University and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I had been teaching on online or blended programmes for eight years and, when COVID-19 hit, in our centre we found ourselves in demand, to support colleagues with the ‘pivot’ to online or virtual.

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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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Chronic Illness Diagnosis Impact — Bipolar, Hypermobility, POTS

Nnatasha Tracy

Bipolar disorder has been a chronic illness for me, and my chronic illness diagnosis of bipolar disorder happened around when I was 20. That was 23 years ago. I have become a bipolar disorder expert since then due to years and years of study since then. On top of that, I have all those years of personal experience dealing with a chronic mental illness.

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Child Protection Social Work: Abolish or Reform?

Reimagining Social Work

This week I have had the good fortune to participate in the US-based (Denver-Colorado) Kempe Centre International Virtual Conference: A CALL TO CHANGE CHILD WELFARE. The theme of the conference was generated by the challenges facing child protection systems globally, and specifically across the English-speaking / Anglophone ‘world’. In the US context demands to dismantle … Continue reading Child Protection Social Work: Abolish or Reform?

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“Mental Health in an Unequal World.” The International Federation of Social Workers is calling for greater equality.

International Federation of Social Workers

World Mental Health Day is celebrated on October 10th. This year’s theme is: “Mental Health in an Unequal World.” The world is becoming more polarized. Poverty levels are on the rise again. Inequalities based on race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc., are becoming increasingly more apparent. Experiencing these types of discrimination can often have a […].

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Online Capacity Building on Social Work Practice Research Central-Asian Workshop

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

The International Association of Schools of Social Work ( IASSW ) , in collaboration with China and Global Development Network, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and Department of Sociology and Social Work, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan organized an Online Capacity Building on Social Work Practice Research Central-Asian Workshop on October 7th, 2021.

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Improving professional decision-making in situations of risk and uncertainty: a pilot intervention

Health & Social Care Workforce

Dr Mary Baginsky,Senior Research Fellow at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, reflects on our seminar led, online, by Professor Cheryl Regehr on 28 September 2021.

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Child protection social work: Abolish or reform?

Reimagining Social Work

This week I have had the good fortune to participate in the US-based (Denver-Colorado) Kempe Centre International Virtual Conference: A CALL TO CHANGE CHILD WELFARE. The theme of the conference was generated by the challenges facing child protection systems globally, and specifically across the English-speaking / Anglophone ‘world’. In the US context demands to dismantle Child Protection Services (CPS) can be linked to a groundswell of concern about systemic racism as reflected in the Black Live

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

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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News Items – October 7, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Mississippi aid program gave little help to renters but millions to a top law firm. The Washington Post. Gwen Bouie-Haynes, executive director of the Mississippi chapter of the National Association of Social Workers , said her organization has been working in concert with other groups to hold clinics across the state, to help people in rural areas fill out paper applications that are then sent onward to the MHC.

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NCCPR at the Kempe Center conference: Child Abuse, COVID-19 and the Legacy of “Health Terrorism”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

This is the text of the second of two NCCPR presentations at the 2021 Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare I’m going to spend a lot of time criticizing things people said and did in the past. Call that whatever else you’d like, but please don’t call it hindsight. All of what I am criticizing now was criticized then by a wealth of experts.