Community Care

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The government has unveiled a £500m adult social care grant to free up hospital beds and bolster the care workforce this winter. The funding, announced today by health and social care secretary Thérèse Coffey, is designed to tackle the issue of people fit for discharge not being able to leave hospital for want of social care, preventing new admissions and causing backlogs in ambulance handovers to accident and emergency departments.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Thérèse Coffey announces measure aimed at freeing up beds in hospitals in England before winter pressures Latest politics news – live Ministers are setting up a £500m emergency fund to get thousands of medically fit patients out of hospital as soon as possible in an attempt to prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed this winter. Thérèse Coffey, the new health secretary, unveiled the move in the Commons on Thursday as part of her plans to tackle the growing crisis in the health service, especially p

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The care sector remains “unsustainable” in the face of spiralling energy costs despite the “much needed relief” provided by the government’s support package for business, charities and the public sector. That was the warning from provider umbrella body Care England, despite its welcome for the energy bill relief scheme unveiled yesterday by business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is encouraging its members to comment on an important proposed rule to strengthen nondiscrimination protections in health programs through Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. NASW will be submitting comments and encourages social workers to do so as well. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and partner organizations have created comment portals (listed below) for individuals to submit comments regarding specific populations, as well as

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The New Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Names capture the essence of who we are. They matter not only for the transgender and nonbinary communities but also for people in a variety of situations for whom a legal name or birth name may not be their true chosen name.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Shadow health secretary says medics are suffering ‘moral injury’ because they cannot deliver best care Wes Streeting has criticised a “gaping hole” in the Conservatives’ forthcoming NHS plan, which he said would do little to address the shortage of doctors, nurses and care workers that is fuelling backlogs and workforce discontent. The shadow health secretary said that doctors and nurses considering industrial action in the coming months were not just concerned about pay, but about the “moral in

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Key details from the launch of ‘our plan for patients’ by the health and social care secretary What is the new NHS plan? The first Commons statement by Thérèse Coffey since taking up the post of health and social care secretary on 6 September was used to launch “our plan for patients”. The package of measures is aimed at addressing the deepening crisis in the NHS in England, especially the long delays patients can face when seeking ambulance, GP or accident and emergency care, a hospital bed or

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Social Care

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Vickie Peters, Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Cygnet Health Care , explains what the healthcare company is doing to protect its vulnerable service users and staff from the impact of seasonal flu and the potential resurgence of COVID-19. "Social contact has now returned to pre-pandemic levels, which means there is likely to be a resurgence in influenza activity in winter.

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Famcare

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

You've probably noticed that there are many software alternatives available online if you manage client information for NGOs or human services organizations. If you don't know exactly what you're looking for, your software search will be extremely difficult. Let's look at human service case management and it's relationship with technology created for that industry.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

GCRA International Online Conference. “Researching the underrepresented: Experiences of CALD (Culturally & Linguistically Diverse) Communities during the pandemic” Online Conference on November 11-12, 2022 at 3 pm to 7pm IST * 9.30 am to 1.30 pm GMT via Microsoft Teams. Communication Research in the Pandemic Times: Implications for Theory Building and Policy Research.

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Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For older Ukrainians in front-line cities, visits from social workers bring comfort. NPR. On the fourth floor of an apartment building, Larisa lives alone. The 76-year-old uses a walker to move around, and she can’t go up or down stairs. She hasn’t ventured outside since before Russia invaded Ukraine. Only three people remain in her building, a reflection of how this front-line city in the east has fared.

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My Brains Not Broken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

There are many symptoms of depression that are frustrating to deal with. Among them, hopelessness is one of the most difficult ones to manage. Hopelessness is a feeling that can sneak up on us. It can be disguised as so many other ways of feeling, and it can be hard to distinguish between other emotions. But to me, living with depression is a constant balance.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The seeds of Q-Anon and Pizzagate were planted at the McMartin preschool, then grown and nurtured by a lot of “professionals” in "child welfare" who should have known better. Earlier this year, I did a series of posts about reputation laundering in family policing – the process by which mainstream “child welfare” organizations seek to co-opt the rhetoric of change while refusing to support any measures that would actually change anything.

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Blurt It Out

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Anxiety can happen at any time of day, but some of us notice that our anxiety often gets worse in the evening. We’ve finally reached the point in the day where we can sit on the sofa and try to wind down before bed, but our evening anxiety has other ideas. Some days, it can be really tricky to keep it at bay. Anxiety Symptoms In The Evening Evening anxiety, often intensified by the day’s end, stems from various triggers like processing daily events, worrying about long-term concerns, and a

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Blurt It Out

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Anxiety can happen at any time of day, but some of us notice that our anxiety often gets worse in the evening. We’ve finally reached the point in the day where we can sit on the sofa and try to wind down before bed… but our evening anxiety has other ideas. Some days, it can be really tricky to keep it at bay. WHY DOES EVENING ANXIETY HAPPEN? There are various reasons to feel more anxious on an evening.

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