Community Care

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Social Work England is commissioning research into the profession’s mounting recruitment and retention challenges, particularly in councils. It has issued a tender of up to £60,000 for researchers to examine the key drivers of high vacancies and help it identify whether there are sufficient social workers to meet demand across all services. This in turn would inform its approach to regulating the profession, it said, given the potential for current workforce pressures to lead to increased

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Social Work Futures

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This is part of a monthly series of posts to share a few things each month that I run across regarding the future of social work (and beyond). For people involved in foresight practice, the practice of scanning, organizing and creatively interpreting “signals of change” in the ecosystem is a primary and foundational part of the work. This blog is a place where I’m doing that “out loud” and in public to both share what I’m finding, and encouraging readers to do

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

By Marisa Markowtiz, LMSW, CASAC-T Multi-ethnic group of kids in fitness class together. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that develops in childhood and lasts into adulthood. Approximately nine percent of children get diagnosed with ADHD, according to the latest CDC survey from 2019. Common features of ADHD include problems with executive functioning tasks, including working memory, self-monitoring, planning, prioritizing, task initiation, organiz

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Social Care

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Chelsea Batchelier, 25, joined Royal Star & Garter at the start of lockdown. She has just begun her student nursing associate (SNA) course and is looking forward to what the next two years have in store. Royal Star & Garter provides compassionate care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia, with homes in Solihull, Surbiton and High Wycombe.

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Living Sober

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This week's Sober Story comes from Stu, a 72-year-old living on the Thames Coast. Mrs D: How long have you been sober? Stu: I celebrated fourteen years of recovery on the 27th of July last year. Mrs D: Can you describe your drinking for us? Stu: I'd always been a heavy drinker but it just got more and more […] Sober Story: Stuart was first posted on February 18, 2023 at 3:18 am. ©2019 " Living Sober " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

By Alison Laurio Heavy rainfall in late August exacerbated ongoing problems at the main water treatment facility in Jackson, Miss., prompting Gov. Tate Reeves to declare a state of emergency. The Pearl River flooded Jackson, leading to low water pressure and a malfunction of pumps. Although a boil-water notice was lifted in mid-September, many residents remain skeptical about water safety.

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