Thu.Nov 17, 2022

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How We Shape the Future: Reflexive Questions for the Social Work Profession

Social Work Futures

As I’m making my way through a book project (Anticipatory Social Work!!!) I’m doing a lot of working and thinking about and structuring activities to guide the profession into meaningful, direct and generative questions for individuals and collectives. The future of social work isn’t only “out there.” It is connected to the things we are doing, the places we are looking, the places we aren’t looking…right now.

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Hunt announces two-year care cap delay to help councils deliver 200,000 extra care packages

Community Care

Councils will be able to deliver an extra 200,000 care packages over the next two years through what chancell0r Jeremy Hunt described as the “biggest increase in funding” adult social care sector had received in its history. As widely trailed , Hunt used his autumn statement today to announce a two-year delay to the adult social care charging reforms, including the £86,000 cap on care costs, which are now due to come into force in October 2025, beyond the next election.

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Writing Through Sadness

My Brains Not Broken

I put a lot of pressure on my writing. Sometimes writing about mental health is a release. It helps me express things I can’t say, and put into words a feeling or emotion I’ve had trouble explaining. But it’s also difficult, in many ways, to write when experiencing anxiety. In those moments, it feels like every word has to be perfect or flow naturally.

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LADO role faces review after disabled children abuse inquiry identifies ‘major failings’

Community Care

The government will review the local authority designated officer (LADO) role after an inquiry into the abuse of disabled children identified “major failings” in relation to the function. Education secretary Gillian Keegan announced the review in a statement to Parliament after the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published the report of phase 1 of its inquiry into serious abuse and neglect of disabled children in three residential special schools in Doncaster.

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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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Jeremy Hunt says he has not ‘ducked difficult decisions’ as OBR says living standards growth wiped out – autumn statement live

The Guardian

Chancellor denies postponing financial pain as fiscal watchdog’s figures show eight years of income growth wiped out In the Commons Rishi Sunak is making a statement about the G20 summit. These statements are normally routine, and just summarise what was said or decided at the meeting. They don’t normally include fresh announcements. Sunak started by talking about the missile incident in Poland.

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‘No real recognition’ of children’s social care pressures in Hunt statement, warn leaders

Community Care

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has failed to recognise the pressures facing children’s social care services in England in his autumn statement today , sector leaders have warned. The package included some additional support for children’s social care over the next two years, with Hunt allocating funding previously earmarked for the adult social care charging reforms for councils to invest in either service.

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Bigger council tax rises will not prevent more cuts to services, councils say

The Guardian

Chancellor relaxes cap on raising rates to part-finance planned cash injection for adult social care Increasing council tax bills next April will hit struggling residents, fail to lift the pressure on cash-strapped local authorities and will not prevent more cuts to key services, from social care to waste collection and libraries, local government leaders have said.

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The view from here

Health & Social Care Workforce

Karl Womack is a disability activist and poet who lives in a care home. (544 words) Karl about Karl My name is Karl Jonathan Womack. I was born in 1966.

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Extra funding announced for NHS only half of what is needed, experts warn

The Guardian

Thinktanks say new £3.3bn in each of next two years won’t account for the £2.5bn inflation and other unexpected cost pressures The NHS will receive an extra £3.3bn in each of the next two years, the chancellor has announced, but experts warn the cash is probably only half of what is needed to keep the health service afloat. Jeremy Hunt told the Commons during his autumn statement he had been assured the funding would mean the NHS can hit its “key priorities”.

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National CASA/GAL launches the Parental Incarceration Learning Series  

National Casa Gal

Susan Burton virtually joined CASA/GAL’s staff and volunteers to discuss her award-winning memoir. Read More. The post National CASA/GAL launches the Parental Incarceration Learning Series appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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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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Architect of Tory social care cap plans ‘puzzled’ by Hunt’s two-year delay

The Guardian

Andrew Dilnot says chancellor has broken 2019 manifesto promise to ‘fix social care’ and implement changes finalised year ago Autumn statement 2022: key points at a glance Politics live: latest news and reaction on UK budget plans The economist behind the government’s plan to cap social care costs has said he is “astonished, puzzled and deeply disappointed” at the delay until October 2025 of proposed reforms announced by the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.

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Burden Predictors for Informal Caregivers of Older Adults in Spain: The Role of Cohabitation, Coping Strategies, Social Support, and Evaluation of Preexisting Relationships

Social Work Blog

Informal caregivers play a role in caring for older adults and it is important to understand the variables that may predict the burden that they experience due to caregiving. A recent issue of the journal Health & Social Work , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press, contains an article which aims to examine the relationship between different variables and the caregiver’s subjective burden.

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Jeremy Hunt put vital social care reforms on hold – and failed Britain’s most vulnerable people | Andrew Dilnot

The Guardian

The decision to defer the improved funding system will leave individuals and families who need social care entirely on their own Andrew Dilnot was chair of the Commission on the Funding of Care and Support Dementia. Chronic lung disease or arthritis. Loss of mobility, sight, hearing. These are all things that could hit any of us, make us vulnerable and require compassion and social care.

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Four Tips for Increasing Fundraising for Your NGO

Famcare

There are an estimated ten million non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide. There are 1.5 million of them in the United States. America has one of the most promising welfare infrastructures due to its extensive network of social services. At the same time, the presence of the vast majority of non-profits in the United States makes it difficult for these NGOs to run their operations consistently and with adequate funds.

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Michigan Medicine’s Social Justice Grand Rounds Renamed to Honor Daniel Fischer

Michigan Social Work

Assistant Dean of Field Education and Clinical Associate Professor Dan Fischer was honored on Tuesday by the Michigan Medicine Department of Social Work for his work as “a formidable leader, mentor and social work pioneer.” The Social Work Social Justice Ground Rounds will be renamed The Daniel J. Fischer Social Justice Grand Rounds. “It is a tremendous honor to have my name associated with the Michigan Medicine Social Justice Grand Rounds series.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending November 17, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Before the news, a reminder about an important virtual meeting tomorrow (Nov. 18): The New York Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is hosting a series of public briefings to examine the extent to which racial disproportionalities and disparities exist in the New York child welfare system and its impact specifically on Black children and families.

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Trina Shanks Named to Framing and Design Committee of U-M’s Inclusive History Project

Michigan Social Work

Professor Trina Shanks will serve on the Framing and Design Committee of U-M’s Inclusive History Project. This presidential initiative is designed to create a more accurate narrative about U-M’s history, with an initial focus on race and racism. “We cannot move forward as a university until we acknowledge those we’ve excluded in the past. We must have the courage to understand the lived experiences of all those in our community, past and present,” said U-M President Santa J.

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Invitation to Join International Webinar on “Social Work Career in Canada”

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Invitation to Join International Webinar on “Social Work Career in Canada”. Dear Sir/ Madam, Greetings from GUNI-DSW !!! We take immense pleasure to inform you that Ganpat University-Department of Social Work and The International Association for Schools of Social Work jointly organized an International Webinar on “Social Work Career in Canada”. We are pleased to invite you to join this virtual session along with your team members.

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My 98-year-old mum is fit to be discharged but trapped in hospital | Letter

The Guardian

One reader on their elderly mother being made to stay in hospital when she wants to be at home with family support Re patients stuck in hospital, ( ‘A doctor told me I could be here for months’: patients stuck in England’s hospitals, 13 November ), my 98-year-old mother was admitted to treat an infection. She has dementia, but on the day she was admitted she walked downstairs, got into the car, and then into a hospital bed.

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News Items – November 17, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Matthew Decker is a member of NASW-CA: Heavy equipment mechanic finds calling as ‘therapist’ in Marines, State Guard. Daily Republic. Seeking mental health services in the Marine Corps, at least at the time, was not exactly an accepted choice. “Even though I didn’t think of it at the time, the standing order was if you want to cry, go see Decker,” as in Matthew Decker, a heavy equipment mechanic who had been working on his sociology degree when he and about five or six others from his unit – all

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Releasing Trauma from Your Body

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Review why vagal tone is important in releasing Explore strategies to help you gain more control over your autonomic nervous Review why vagal tone is important in releasing Explore strategies to help you gain more control over your autonomic nervous

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