Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 18, 2022

When something on Facebooks irks, triggers or or simply rubs the wrong way and you seek to comment or reply, how do you do so, particularly when it’s something you feel passionate about? Do you respond pointedly, almost or actually admonishing as you deliver your reply? Are you sarcastic, using some bitter humor to cut, yet inform? Do you believe in “speaking your mind” with a belief that it is within your right to get a point across with less concern of how it lands?

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The Guardian

APRIL 18, 2022

Charities highlight plight of hundreds of asylum-seeking children placed in hotels by Home Office Hundreds of unaccompanied children who have arrived in the UK on small boats in the last few months are suffering from hunger and neglect in hotels, charities have said. Charity workers have catalogued a list of concerns about the welfare of lone asylum-seeking children in hotels, with some being forced to shave their heads after scabies outbreaks and to wear prison-style grey tracksuits.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 18, 2022

Your kid makes a bad choice that lands them in trouble. You have choices. You can admonish or punish. Those options may create shame and avoidance. Alternatively, you can ask, “What did you learn from that?” or, “Is there anything you would do differently?” With those questions you create the conditions for self-reflection. One has to ask sincerely though.

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The New Social Worker

APRIL 18, 2022

Social Workers Are Human. As such, we must attend to our human-ness. This need is even more crucial when we’re engaged with human dynamics that require intense engagement, empathy, and advocacy.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 18, 2022

In or about 1977, I had a job. The job was to visit as many grocery stores as possible in a day. In a week I would visit over a hundred stores easily. I did this week after week, visiting the same stores over and over. I would enter each store and count the number of facings of a particular brand of frozen orange juice concentrate in the freezer section.

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The Guardian

APRIL 18, 2022

A worker in the sector claims local authorities cost taxpayers money by going for the cheap option first English councils pay £1m per child for places in private children’s homes Council bosses in England are sometimes having to pay seven-figure sums annually in order to house a child with complex needs. Many local authorities currently have at least one child whose care costs £10,000 a week or more, with providers increasing their prices further in recent weeks and blaming the cost of living cr

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has joined as an official partner of the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC). The guiding principles of the PPC include a commitment to the preservation of democracy, to lifting up and deepening the leadership of those most affected by systemic racism and institutionalized oppression, and to elevating up the essential needs of individuals and communities affected by systemic poverty.

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Untipsy Teacher

APRIL 18, 2022

Dear Readers, You know the saying, “Feel the fear and do it anyway?” Well, I am making up a new one! Ha, ha! “Feel old and do it anyway!” Mr. UT and I are getting older, along with the aches and pains, and pulled muscles, and all the other things that come with our bodies slowly fading, not to mention our brains! Yikes! Recently we had a chance to stay in a condo in Breckinridge, CO to go skiing!

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The Guardian

APRIL 18, 2022

Union says vote overwhelmingly supports action that could include strikes and is likely to occur before federal election Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing Aged care workers across the country have voted to take industrial action over acute staff shortages and continuing low rates of pay, and their union says the mood for strike action prior to the election is “very strong”.

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National Casa Gal

APRIL 18, 2022

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, which recognizes the importance of communities working together proactively to prevent child abuse or neglect by helping to strengthen and support families. Read More. The post Proactive partnerships help families thrive — A message from our CEO appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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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.

Private Practice

Doin' The Work

APRIL 18, 2022

Episode 52 Guest: Monica Cox, PhD Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. www.dointhework.com. Listen/Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify. Follow on Twitter & Instagram , Like on Facebook. Join the mailing list Support the podcast Download transcript. Check out the new Doin’ The Work Collection of hoodies, tees, mugs, and tote bags!

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Relias

APRIL 18, 2022

Specialized wound care education reaps financial and human rewards that can give you a trackable return on investment. The human side focuses on positive patient outcomes, naturally, but benefits also include clinician engagement and retention. Financial rewards of wound care education flow outward from the human benefits. Your business model revolves around competent clinicians, care quality, and reimbursements.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

The Great Resignation and Social Work. Laetitia Clayton, Editor. The COVID-19 pandemic spurred employees in many professions to leave their jobs in record numbers, resulting in what’s being called The Great Resignation. Social workers are leaving jobs, too, but it seems most are staying within the profession. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that social work will continue to grow “faster than average” for all occupations.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 18, 2022

KZN floods: Climate change and the infra-politics of power. It is heart-breaking, 395 dead and human suffering that cannot be quantified. The horrific flooding, and its disastrous consequences that we have witnessed in KwaZulu Natal is no freak of nature. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2022 concluded, what has been known for decades that, beyond doubt, there is the human contribution to global warming and climate change.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

April 18, 2022. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released clarifying information about Part 2 of the No Surprise Act, Good Faith Estimates (GFEs). The frequently asked questions (FAQs) answer many of the questions that social workers asked when the No Surprise Act was implemented in January 2022. Part 2 focuses on services provided to the uninsured or self-pay patients who receive services provided by clinical social workers in independent practice.

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The Guardian

APRIL 18, 2022

Private providers accused of making ‘obscene’ profits out of some of society’s most vulnerable children ‘How can it cost £20k a week to look after one child?’ Councils in England are paying more than £1m a year for a single place in privately run children’s homes, with operators citing the cost of living crisis as a reason for raising their prices, the Guardian has learned.

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CAPC

APRIL 18, 2022

Doctor pens opinion piece in The New York Times about the recent conviction of Tennessee nurse.

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