Wed.Mar 29, 2023

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Readers’ Take: How well are overseas social workers supported to work in the UK?

Community Care

The number of overseas social workers applying to work in England has almost tripled in the past three years, but are they getting the support they need to get settled? Recent Social Work England figures showed that the number of international social workers applying to work in England had risen from 611 in the 2019-20 registration year to 1,684 in 2021-22 – a 175.3% increase.

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What can we learn from cultural adaptations of dialectical behavior therapy?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Challenges with mental health occur worldwide. However, the psychotherapies that treat these concerns have been mainly developed by and for people who are White and live in Western countries. Because of this, many efforts have been made adapt psychotherapy to the cultures of people of color and cross-cultural clients. These cultural adaptations are similar to tailoring a pair of jeans to be a functional fit for an individual.

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5% rise in nursing payments to care homes

Community Care

NHS payments to care homes to fund nursing will rise by 5% for 2023-24, the Department of Health and Social Care announced yesterday. Standard funded nursing care (FNC) weekly payments will rise from £209.19 to £219.71 from 1 April, with the very few residents on the legacy higher rate seeing an increase in their payments from £287.78 to £302.25 per week.

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Conversations on Social Work Careers: Jennifer Luna on Social Work Month and Professional Branding

The New Social Worker

Jennifer Luna sends a "Happy Social Work Month" greeting, along with a message for your social work career: You already HAVE a professional brand. What do you want it to be?

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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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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending March 29, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

● Jimmie Garland, president of the Middle Tennessee chapter of the NAACP had this to say about the Black children needlessly torn from their family after a traffic stop that was, itself, questionable. As Tennessee Lookout reports , Garland: called the situation reminiscent of driving trips through Southern states that he took as a child in the 1960s when Black families feared being unjustly detained by police, accosted by residents and could not enter restaurants or motels.

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What Is Stimulant-Induced Psychosis?

Gateway Foundation

Stimulant-induced psychosis can disrupt a person’s sense of reality, leading to distressful symptoms like delusions and hallucinations. Anyone can experience the condition if they take too much of an illicit substance like cocaine or misuse a prescription like Adderall. Learning more about psychotic symptoms and signs of addiction can help you or someone you know prevent stimulant-induced psychosis and receive treatment.