Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 4, 2023

Why would you want to invest in a relationship if what you saw between your parents was yelling, screaming, put-downs, or even hitting, pushing, shoving and perhaps even injuries? The learning for some is the closer you get intimately, the greater the risk of harm and/or betrayal. The thing is, even if you are with a good person, that fear, conscious or unconscious can undermine getting close.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The December 2022 – January 2023 issue of Social Work Advocates is available online. You can view the flipbook at this link. Some of the stories in this issue: When Prisoners Go Home: Preventing Recidivism Among Top Goals for Social Workers. Social workers are instrumental in helping men and women prepare for release and success as they leave prison.

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Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 4, 2023

If you were abused as a child and your parent(s) kept it secret, not wanting to cause turmoil for one’s family or a work relationship or someone else’s family, you are likely not only affected by the abuse at the hands of the abuser but by not having your abuse truly validated and dealt with meaningfully on your behalf. The lack of holding the abuser openly accountable suggests they or someone else is more important than you and what you experienced.

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The New Social Worker

JANUARY 4, 2023

What helped our tech columnist get through pandemic lockdown? Technology, of course, including reading and listening apps, cooking tech, Alexa, and others. And now that lockdown is over, the same tech continues to add value to everyday life.

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Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 4, 2023

There are many important reasons why someone may not leave an abusive relationship. People need somewhere to go. Not everyone has alternative accommodations available for themselves, let alone with kids and even pets. Then on top of accommodations, there is the cost of living beyond that. Food, clothing, transportation. Not all will have sufficient funds.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 4, 2023

Umbrella body for country’s 32 councils says plans would be too costly and disruptive at time of financial crisis UK politics live – latest news updates Scottish council leaders have called for Nicola Sturgeon’s government to suspend its plans for a new national care service, in a growing battle over funding. The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla), the umbrella body for the country’s 32 councils, said setting up the service would be unjustifiably costly and disruptive during a time

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The Guardian

JANUARY 4, 2023

Overworked staff allocated extremely short care calls by local authority struggling to meet users’ needs Care workers are taking as little as three minutes to help vulnerable people in their own homes, the social care ombudsman has found, after discovering a council was allocating extremely short visits to hundreds of people. Amid chronic staff shortages and rising unmet care needs nationwide, a homecare worker commissioned by Warrington borough council sometimes stayed for just three minutes, d

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Nicole Clark Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. The board of directors is a governing body for an incorporated organization, consisting of individuals that provide strategic governance and support to an organization’s leader, staff, and stakeholders. Here in the United States, in order to maintain 501(c)3 nonprofit status, an organization needs to [.].

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Famcare

JANUARY 4, 2023

We like to celebrate a New Year when the calendar turns its annual page. We believe that a “new” year offers us another chance to turn the bad into the good. However, case workers who work with the most vulnerable among us know that a “new year” is simply an artifice. Every day that case workers go into the office they believe they have an opportunity to turn the bad into the better.

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CAPC

JANUARY 4, 2023

Researchers develop KidneyPal, a specialty-aligned service, to enhance the provision of palliative care to patients with kidney illness.

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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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The Guardian

JANUARY 4, 2023

Sarah McClinton , Les Bright and Jeremy Seymour on the pressures facing the care home sector Heads of adult social services share concern at the poor quality of some care and support for people living with dementia ( Dementia patients in England facing ‘national crisis’ in care safety, 28 December ). But as your report makes clear, the underlying cause is inadequate funding of our social care system.

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CAPC

JANUARY 4, 2023

Study identifies goals and pain management behaviors of patients with cancer-related pain.

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Swhelper

JANUARY 4, 2023

SWHELPER. On November 14, 2022, Benoit Law Firm, PLLC, joined by Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR), filed a lawsuit against Red Roof Inns and Red Roof Franchising, LLC, and other local hotel entities on behalf of a survivor of a severe form of sex trafficking. Allegations by “Jane Doe” include that she was sex trafficked, sexually exploited, […].

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