Tue.Feb 08, 2022

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When Anxiety Leads to Restlessness

My Brains Not Broken

Sometimes, anxiety is like an itch you can’t scratch. You know it’s there – you can sense it, feel it, even acknowledge it if you’re able – but you feel helpless to do anything about it. I’ve experienced this feeling a few times here and there during the past week, which is what I want to talk about today. There are times when I can accurately describe how anxious I’m feeling to someone, and there are times when I can’t even get close.

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‘Inadequate’ council confident of improved rating after Ofsted praises reduced reliance on agency staff

Community Care

Stoke-on-Trent council is confident of improving on its inadequate rating after Ofsted hailed its “tenacious” recruitment of social workers and “discernible progress” since its damning 2019 inspection. In a recent visit focused on the council’s front door, inspectors praised its recruitment of 77 social workers since March 2021, cutting its number of vacancies and use of agency staff by over 50%.

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When Your Ex is Abusive and Intimidating, Know This:

Gary Direnfeld

Like so many other meetings, this was a separated person terrified and intimidated by an abusive former partner. The person’s main source of information about their position and responsibilities was the former abusive partner. The separated person was being exploited and was fearful to rock the boat. Sometimes what is therapeutic is not dwelling on how the person in this situation feels.

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Care cap: government change leaves less well-off at risk of ‘catastrophic’ bills, analysis finds

Community Care

People with less wealth and in poorer regions will have significantly reduced protection against “catastrophic” care costs due to a government change to the way the cap on care costs will work, an analysis has found. The proposed government amendment to the Care Act 2014 would would mean that only client contributions to personal care costs – not the full bill – would count towards the £86,000 cap for those receiving means-tested council support.

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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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Cutting through the spin about predictive analytics in child welfare

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The Scarlet Number: Allegheny County (metropolitan Pittsburgh) has been trying to slap a "risk score" on every child at birth. The score could haunt them their entire lives. In Allegheny County, Pa., even the county’s hand-picked ethics reviewers had reservations about the county’s Orwellian “Hello Baby” algorithm. A key feature of the program flunked one reviewer’s ethics test.

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CAPC Staff Presents at the Virtual Annual Assembly

CAPC

Learn more about CAPC's virtual sessions and exhibit booth.

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