Community Care
JULY 25, 2023
Three councils have been selected to test giving responsibility for child protection cases to specialist social workers. Dorset, Lincolnshire and Wolverhampton will also trial merging targeted early help with child in need teams within a new family help service, as part of the Department for Education (DfE’s) proposed children’s social care reforms.
My Brains Not Broken
JULY 25, 2023
Over the years, I’ve learned a number of words, phrases and definitions that have helped me understand my own mental health. Some of these are connected to mental illness or medicine, while others are connected to mental wellness. In this recurring series, I break down some of the mental health terms I’ve learned over the years. Today, I’ll be breaking down should statements : what they are, what they look like and what we can do about them.
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Community Care
JULY 25, 2023
The government must phase in its standards regime for currently unregulated care placements to avoid a “catastrophic” loss of provision, after a study found 20% of existing beds were set to close. The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) issued the warning after a report published last week found several providers of semi-independent placements for 16- and 17-year-old looked-after children and care leavers were planning to shut beds because of the introduction
Social Care
JULY 25, 2023
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Living Sober
JULY 25, 2023
You know that thing when you go away for the weekend and you want to make it ‘special’ so you get ‘special’ booze (i.e.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 25, 2023
● New England Public Media has an excellent story about how Massachusetts is piloting the most promising innovation in the country for safely reducing needless foster care. There’s a link to the story in this NCCPR Blog post – in which I discuss who is trying to undermine the program. (If you know Massachusetts “child welfare” you know the answer.) Two stories illustrate that there’s no such thing as “Minnesota nice” if you’re poor, and especially if your poor and nonwhite.
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Gateway Foundation
JULY 25, 2023
Gambling disorder is a condition that affects millions of people around the world. The disorder can damage lives, tear families apart and lead to significant financial losses. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR) lists the signs, diagnosis criteria, specifications and treatment options for anyone with a gambling disorder.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JULY 25, 2023
Dates: October 5th, 6th & 7th, 2023. Mode: Hybrid Official languages: Spanish-English PURPOSE To promote spaces for dialogue and reflection from the diverse insights and contributions of Social Work. Regarding the social research, intervention, and innovation towards inequalities, and global and local social conflicts within complex context, that challenge our disciplinary, formative and professional cornerstones.
Michigan Social Work
JULY 25, 2023
Professor William Elliott III had an in-depth discussion with CBS News Detroit about President Biden’s new student loan forgiveness program. “For those who have received a degree and come out with debt, this is going to strengthen the return on the degree,” he said. “The money they are making from having gone to college will benefit them far more by not having all this debt on them for really years and years — decades even.
Relias
JULY 25, 2023
At the beginning of 2020, we never could have imagined that the development of a vaccine for a virus would be the highlight of our year. It gives us all hope for a better future in life after COVID-19. Some of the other hardships we endured that year also brought hope for positive changes in the behavioral health landscape. Through all the extraordinary challenges of 2020, we learned much that can serve us moving forward.
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.
Michigan Social Work
JULY 25, 2023
Professor Luke Shaefer was quoted in a New York Times op-ed which examines how quick action from the government at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the shortest recession on record. “This is the best, most successful response to an economic crisis that we have ever mounted, and it is not even close,” said Shaefer.
Social Care
JULY 25, 2023
I am incredibly humbled and honoured to have been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for my contributions to personalisation, disability, social care, and health policy. This blog is a reflection of my journey and an exploration of why it is crucial to recognise people involved in social care, those with lived experience, the dedicated people who support them, and the Global Majority.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 25, 2023
If only you were half as creative about actually helping families The public and private “child welfare” agencies that institutionalize children never want to actually say they’re institutionalizing children. So they’ve come up with a variety of euphemisms. The institutions are “residential treatment centers” or “shelters.” They have “cottages” so they’re “home-like.
Michigan Social Work
JULY 25, 2023
Anne Blumenthal, Joint PhD in Social Work and Sociology, has successfully defended her dissertation, "Essays on Child Well-Being and Parenting During the Covid-19 Pandemic." Todd Herrenkohl, Katie Maguire-Jack and Sandra Danziger (co-chair) served as on her committee. Blumenthal has accepted a position as the Harold A. Richman Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.
CAPC
JULY 25, 2023
Patient-facing resource guide supports the care of people living with dementia, and their caregivers, in the home.
Michigan Social Work
JULY 25, 2023
Andrea Mora, Joint PhD in Social Work and Psychology, has successfully defended her dissertation, “An Examination of Community Violence Exposure and Sexual Harassment Among Latino/a Adolescents.” Todd Herrenkohl and Lorraine Gutiérrez (co-chair) served on her committee. Mora has accepted a position as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh for fall 2023.
The Guardian
JULY 25, 2023
My sister-in-law Marion Davis, who has died aged 67 from complications associated with Parkinson’s disease, was a social worker and a passionate advocate for children’s services. She argued that “the voice and the needs of the child … must always be heard”. Her concern for children’s wellbeing was pivotal when she was appointed vice-president and then president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services from 2009 to 2011, and as a member of the expert reference group who worked on th
International Federation of Social Workers
JULY 25, 2023
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