Fri.Jun 10, 2022

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My Name Is Leon review – a small miracle of child’s-eye-view TV

The Guardian

Kit de Waal’s award-winning novel about a boy in foster care becomes a wise, touching and magical drama packed with stellar talent Child’s-eye view TV – especially the kind made for adult audiences – should be approached with caution. It’s been clear ever since Kevin started eyeing up Winnie on The Wonder Years that the cringe potential is just too great.

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Conversations on Social Work Careers: Library Social Work With David Perez

The New Social Worker

Libraries are a natural setting in the community for social workers to work on micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Jennifer Luna, MSSW, sat down with New Jersey bilingual library social worker David Perez, MSW, to talk about his unique career.

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Learn 5 Ways to Manage Stress for Better Mental Health

Psychological Health Care

Discover 5 Simple Ways to Reduce Stress and Improve Your Mental Health Right Now. Stress is a part of everyday life. But constant, elevated stress levels can take a toll on your mental and physical health, making daily life challenging. Identifying stressors and practicing healthy ways to cope with stress can help you reduce its impact on your daily life and the chances it will adversely affect you long-term.

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Book Review—Politics for Social Workers: A Practical Guide to Effecting Change

The New Social Worker

Politics for Social Workers is a roadmap for systemic change. It is a voice that can help spark discussion in classrooms and in agency staff meetings, as we get ready for the important mid-term elections of 2020.

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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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The stark choice between a life with care or no life at all | Letters

The Guardian

It’s difficult to feel positive about needing assistance when coming to terms with a disability, says Fiona Weir. Plus a letter from Louise Hardwick and Molly Hardwick Lucy Webster does a brilliant job of rewriting the narrative around care for disabled people, making it clear that such support is empowering for many ( Some people think they would rather die than have help brushing their teeth – but care is not tragic, 6 June ).

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Seriously Ill Individuals—A Canary in the Coal Mine for Medicare’s Transition to Accountable Health Care?

CAPC

Palliative care leader calls for quality measures and accountability for those living with serious illness.

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‘Why the evidence does not support multi-agency child protection units’

Community Care

By Andy Bilson . Last month, Sir Alan Wood called for the establishment of specialist child protection teams to create “… a highly skilled high performing group of staff that can ‘smell’ the cases likely to lead to death and serious injury”. Just days later, the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s report on the deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson similarly recommended that multi-agency child protection units (MACPU) be established in every local authority with the expertise of