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Relational practice helping keep numbers entering care below long-term average, claim councils

Community Care

Relationship-based practice and edge of care services are helping keep the number of children entering care below the long-term average, councils have said. This was the most common explanation proffered by authorities in submitting data showing that care entry rates have continued to lag well behind the average for 2017-20 since the start of the pandemic.

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Revisiting safeguarding practice

Social Work With Adults

Lyn Romeo: Continuous professional development in safeguarding practice is essential if we are to serve individuals, families, and communities well. The recently published Revisiting safeguarding practice will support local authority social workers to refresh their knowledge and understanding of their roles and responsibilities in responding to enquiries and concerns.

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Asia Pacific Joint GS Seminar

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Asia Pacific Joint GS Seminar. The Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training were updated in 2020. However, the new document’s content is yet to fully reach the professional social work community in the Asia Pacific Region, and we face several challenges as we engage in educational reform. Please join the discussion for FREE. REGISTRATION by February 17th (Thu) 2022, 7:00 am (UTC) at [link]. * Zoom link will be sent to the registered e-mail address by February 18h (Fri), 7:00 am (

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Update: CMS Guidance for Nursing Home Visitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Work Blog

Posted January 28, 2022. Icon of two adults, facing each other and touching hands. One is sitting in a wheelchair. This post updates information provided in a Social Work Blog post of December 17, 2021. Following its November 12 release of guidance for nursing home visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS subsequently released two versions of frequently asked questions (FAQs) clarifying the guidance.

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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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When Does Research Become a Fixation?

A Splintered Mind

I pull back the curtain a bit today, revealing a deep, dark secret about myself—a secret so dank, surely I’ll lose the last three readers I have. I’ve been reading far too many Japanese light novels lately. It started as a form of research, but now I actually like the darn things. I can’t get enough of them. They’re my personal Pandora’s Box.

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Victorian coroner to investigate deaths of children who were repeatedly reported as at-risk

The Guardian

Inquest will examine how child protection handled reports made about four children aged between six months and 13 years old Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Download the free Guardian app ; get our morning email briefing The Victorian coroner will hold an inquest into the deaths of four children who had been the subject of multiple reports to the state’s child protection authorities before they died.

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Managing back to school stress

Lawson Psychology

The post Managing back to school stress appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology.

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Celebrating 40 years of impact – a message from the CEO

National Casa Gal

Our program as a model for safeguarding a child’s right to a safe and permanent family has stood the test of time for 40 years. Read More. The post Celebrating 40 years of impact – a message from the CEO appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Managing back to school stress: part 1

Lawson Psychology

Managing back to school stress: part 1 The idea of returning to school after the school holidays can be both an exciting and stressful time for young people and parents. Some of the concerns that we usually hear children talk about include: “Who’s going to be in my new class?” “What’s my new teacher going to be like?” “How will I get used to these new changes?

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Addictions In the Startup World

Gateway Foundation

Substance misuse of marijuana, alcohol, cocaine and more can cause serious health issues and complications both in a person’s personal and professional life. Substance misuse is especially prevalent in the corporate world, specifically in startup businesses. Many people in the startup world have a dependency on these substances. A dependency is a mental and physical reliance… The post Addictions In the Startup World appeared first on Gateway.

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

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.

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Rehabilitation Therapy and Wound Management: Strategic Partnership in Home Health

Relias

Rehabilitation therapists play an important role in the management of pressure injuries and other wounds in the home. Therapists have a strong foundational knowledge of evidence-based practices in wound care and, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team, can provide instrumental support for effective wound care management. Rehab therapists receive specialized training in wound assessment and documentation and perform essential interventions supporting optimal patient outcomes and im

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NCCPR in the Albuquerque Journal: To fix NM child welfare: listen to the gut, then do the opposite

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

It’s easy to fix a failing child welfare system like the one in New Mexico: just listen to your gut instinct – and do the opposite. Gut instinct says: Children have been dying, as a Journal editorial put it, “seemingly … under the noses” of workers for the Children, Youth and Families Department – so we should rush to tear more children from their parents at the slightest sign of abuse or neglect.

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Government should be required to ensure enough secure placements, says Children’s Commissioner

Community Care

The government should be responsible for ensuring there are enough secure placements for looked-after children to address the current shortage, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. In July last year, Ofsted said that, at any one time, 25 children were waiting for a place at one of England’s 13 secure homes, and 20 children from England had been placed in secure units in Scotland.