Mon.Jan 03, 2022

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President Biden intends to appoint social worker Mia Ives-Rublee to Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

Social Work Blog

Mia Ives-Rublee. President Biden has announced his intent to appoint social worker Mia Ives-Rublee, MSW, to his Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Ives-Rublee is currently director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. She earned her master’s in social work at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

Photo credit. A nervous breakdown can happen to anyone, including someone who seems to have a high level of emotional resilience. People have different physiological and biological makeup, some are naturally able to cope with heavy or extreme stress, while others are easily overwhelmed. It does not mean you are weak, it only tells how much the brain can take.

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UK care home firm says visitor rules in ‘total imbalance’ to Covid risks

The Guardian

Four Seasons Healthcare boss says depriving residents of their right to see loved ones is ‘an absolute outrage’ Coronavirus – latest updates One of the UK’s biggest care home operators is calling on the government to lift visiting restrictions after it recorded one Covid death in the last fortnight. Four Seasons Healthcare, which operates 165 care homes, said close to 4,000 residents were living under strict lockdowns because of outbreaks, but the Omicron variant was proving so mild in a well-va

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Racism in the War on Drugs

Gateway Foundation

Racism has been embedded in the United State’s war on drugs since its inception. The war on drugs has had little impact on drug use rates or public safety, but it has resulted in a skyrocketed prison population, especially among communities of color. The impact of the war on drugs has been mass incarceration, increased… The post Racism in the War on Drugs appeared first on Gateway.

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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 9 Social Work Competencies You Need to Know

Social Work Haven

In social work, there are a range of social work competencies. An understanding of these different types or forms of social work competencies can be helpful in supporting you to recognise the use of a range skills in any given situation. If you think about social work competencies in the UK, you realise that competence in social work is a combination of several social work skills, including knowledge, professionalism, skills and values, etc.

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Tips for Investing in A Case Management Solution For Your Nonprofit 

Famcare

If you work in a non-profit or head one, you’re probably well aware of how hectic things can get. From managing fundraising to juggling large numbers of cases at a time, there’s too much to do all the time, and you probably end up leaving things for the next day—pretty much every day. If this has been happening for a while now and you have a backlog of epic proportions, it may be time to invest in a non-profit case management software.