University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The School of Social Work’s Center for International Social Work Studies (CISWS) has received an award to support research on the perceptions and attitudes of young adults toward climate change. The research is supported by UConn Hartford Director’s Office for Student Research. “We hope to learn about the youth’s involvement with climate activism, as well as any anxieties or concerns with climate change broadly.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Councils lack the money to move towards paying providers a fair price for care, directors have warned, in the light of government-mandated analyses of the costs of services, directors have said. The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) issued the warning after councils published the results of costs of care exercises they were required to undertake by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) by 1 February.

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International Federation of Social Workers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Dr. Merve Deniz Pak Güre, the Liaison Officer for the Turkish Association of Social Workers, has provided an update on the local social work response to the devastating earthquakes.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Department for Education (DfE) has backed a care review proposal for a five-year early career framework (ECF) for the development of children’s social workers, but rejected its call to introduce national pay scales to recognise progress. The ECF would provide newly qualified local authority children’s social workers with two years of “high-quality support and development” that would replace the existing 12-month assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE).

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Case Management

The New Social Worker

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Fledgling clinical social workers may be apprehensive or embarrassed to reflect and take stock of how they did with their clients, but it is precisely this accounting that leads to growth and development. The DEAL model is introduced.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

● The first item is one I missed when it was published last November. I link to it now because I am in awe of the work from Raquel Rutledge of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Ken Armstrong of ProPublica that went into it and the skill required to tell this story. Called simply, The Landlord and the Tenant It’s a story about the failings of family policing, and so much more. ● Speaking of great journalism, on The Imprint podcast Joe Shapiro of NPR discusses his investigation into states forcing fa

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Nicole Clark Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Plan, reflect, and prepare for next time. As the world continues to reopen, conferences and meetings that transitioned from in-person to online during the COVID-19 pandemic are returning as in-person events. As a core component of my work, facilitating meetings and workshops occurs frequently. Whether for a client meeting or more publicly in a workshop setting, [.

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Michigan Social Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

PhD Student Irene Routté has recently received both the Lester P. Monts Award for Outstanding Graduate Research from U-M’s African Studies Center, as well as an honorable mention from the 2022 Bennetta Jules-Rosette Graduate Essay Award contest from The Association for Africanist Anthropology. Routté’s essay, “Will You Take Care? Bio-Space, Racial Assemblages and the U.S.

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Famcare

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Many legacy nonprofits suffer from a cliché image. They diligently support the original clientele that inspired their formation, but millennial donors do not identify with their legacy missions. Rather, young donors are concerned with society’s current challenges.

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Michigan Social Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Professor Luke Shaefer spoke with Michigan Radio about a new report from U-M’s Poverty Solutions, which shows that U.S. police officers kill more people in days than police in other countries kill in years. “This is one place where, if we’re trying to see things from the perspective of police … that fear, that vigilance really of anyone and everyone that they encounter may have a gun does look like it drives more police shootings,” he said.

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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

The Guardian

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Care services should be centred on children and their individual needs, writes Roy Grimwood , while Peter Riddle and Mel Wood say the government is evading its responsibilities I had first-hand experience of the residential care system for children in the 1960s and worked with children in care in a number of settings until I retired in 2007, witnessing changes including the privatisation started in the Thatcher era.

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Catherine Ewing, LCSW, MDiv Friday, March 24, 2023 In-Person 9:30 am – 1:30 pm 4 CECs $80 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors $100 – All Others This workshop is a great follow up for those who have taken Fundamentals of Emotional Freedom Technique : Care for Clients and Practitioners, for those who have taken any Entry Level EFT class or been practicing on their own.

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Nnatasha Tracy

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Do the laundry, wash the dishes, and don't kill yourself -- those are on my to-do list. That last one is on my daily to-do list. (Yes, I realize it's more like a to-don't item, but allow me some latitude, if you would.) Yes, I have to remind myself every day not to die. I put it on lists. I remind myself of it in blog posts, and I say the words to myself almost as a mantra — "no kill, no die.

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Catherine Ewing, LCSW, MDiv Friday, March 3, 2023 In-Person 9:30 am – 1:30 pm 4 CECs $80 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors $100 – All Others Room location and directions will be included in your confirmation email. Emotional Freedom Technique is a form of Energy Psychology, combining psychotherapy and energy healing techniques. It is based on the understanding of the human body as an electrical system and the recognition of the systems of subtle energy that surround and inte

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Gateway Foundation

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Substance use disorder significantly impacts a person’s life, damaging health, relationships, careers, and finances. Perhaps the most significant impact, however, is on the brain. Substances affect the brain differently depending on the type of substance it is and the individual’s health, habits, and other factors. Studies show that substance misuse can change the important parts of the brain that we rely on to function, feel pleasure, regulate emotions, exercise impulse control, and

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