Sun.Feb 12, 2023

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Councils able to recruit overseas social workers through £15m fund

Community Care

Councils will be able use a £15m international recruitment fund to source social workers from overseas to work in adults’ services, the government has confirmed. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said that, though the focus of the fund should be on recruiting care workers, it could also be used to help source social workers, occupational therapists or nurses.

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Anticipatory Social Work: Foresight-Based Tools for Social Imagining and Collective Praxis

Social Work Futures

Progress and focus for forthcoming book under contract with Oxford University Press – anticipated publication date: September-November 2024. This is starting to get very real! First draft finished – now entering a multi-month process of editing and finalizing. Thanks for you many expressions of support and excitement about this work. I’m incredibly grateful to be at this place.

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CQC checks on council adult services still set for April 2023 start

Community Care

Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments of local authority adult social services are still due to start in a matter of weeks despite the process for doing so not having been agreed. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) confirmed that the adults’ assessments were still on course to commence at the start of April. This means it has not bowed to calls from council leaders for a delay, to help them deal with current pressures on services, including severe shortages of care staff,

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Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social Worker: Difference?

Gary Direnfeld

What’s the difference between a psychologist, psychiatrist and a social worker? A psychologist tends to focus on individual functioning; how a person processes information, copes on an individual basis, deals with issues in their life from a personal perspective. Counseling may be directed to facilitating that individual’s coping skills or understanding of their situation on a deeper level.

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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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How to Deal with Loneliness for Better Mental Health

Psychological Health Care

Feeling lonely? It’s a common feeling of isolation, sadness or dissatisfaction with your social connections or relationships. The feeling may last for a short while or it can remain for long periods impacting your mental and physical wellbeing. Studies show that loneliness is a growing concern in many countries, including Australia, with one in four people reporting feeling lonely on a regular basis.

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Teens Use of Smartphones and Parental Influence

Gary Direnfeld

A few years back I chatted with some 110, grade 10 students in a workshop. I asked what they wanted me to talk about. I asked what they were grappling with. One young woman raised her hand and said, “Fatigue.” I explored that with the group. A show of hands suggested some 90% dealt with fatigue on a regular basis. I asked how many of the students here slept with their smartphone within a foot of the heads.