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Government to create register of children not in school

Community Care

The government will create a register of children who are not in school following longstanding safeguarding concerns around home education. The Department for Education today pledged to place duties on councils to maintain a register, on parents to provide information on children not in education to authorities and on providers of certain unregulated educational settings to respond to enquiries from councils on children who may be covered by the register.

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Navigating the World

Untipsy Teacher

Dear Readers, I never know when an idea or a thought I want to write about will pop into my head, but often times when I play Candy Crush Soda! It’s like a meditation for me, as it’s mindless and pretty! LOL. So today, as I was playing my game, I had an “ah ha” moment. I have just returned from a Big Adventure, my yoga retreat in Florida.

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Managing back to school stress: part 2

Lawson Psychology

The post Managing back to school stress: part 2 appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology.

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CBU’s Department of Social Work Celebrates Black History Month

The Advocate

February 2022. Follow our College of Behavioral and Social Sciences’ sister blog “Center for the Study of Human Behavior” for special Black History Month posts by our Social Work Faculty: [link].

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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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Managing back to school stress: part 2

Lawson Psychology

Managing back to school stress: part 2 The first few weeks of school are usually very busy and can pass by very quickly. It can also be a stressful period of time. This article contains a list of activities that you and your child can do together to intentionally create some calm space during this time. Creating a calm space Create regular times for connecting (one on one) with your child at the end of the school day.

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Article Review: Nurse Onboarding Can Improve Critical Thinking, Knowledge, and Satisfaction

Relias

Highlights. Recently published in the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development , Onboarding New Graduate Nurses Using Assessment-Driven Personalized Learning to Improve Knowledge, Critical Thinking, and Nurse Satisfaction aimed to demonstrate how an evidence-based onboarding program can provide the most support possible to new graduate nurses as they transition from the classroom to practice.

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News Items – February 3, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Petition demands UMich School of Social Work fund degree-required internships. The Michigan Daily. Students in the University of Michigan School of Social Work drafted a Payment for Providers petition calling for Masters of Social Work students to be financially compensated for field work. A similar version of the petition was drafted in 2017, but the majority of field work positions through the SSW remain unpaid.

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Lunar New Year

University of Connecticut

From the Office of Dean Heller Dear Colleagues, This month, we celebrate the Lunar New Year and the history, contributions, and achievements of Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities. The Lunar New Year has been observed for thousands of years and 2022 marks the Year of the Tiger. At the School of Social Work, we would like to take this opportunity to highlight the rich heritage and cultural experiences of our Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander students and colleagues.

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Why We Need More Than “Checking In On Your Friends”

My Brains Not Broken

TW: This post discusses suicide and suicide-related topics. When I read about strings of death in the news about people who died by suicide, I am usually pretty shaken. It’s happened a number of times, and I usually always feel the same way, physically and mentally. I am sad yes, but my heart also breaks, and I feel hopeless, both for myself and for the world around me.

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Councils and police ‘failing to keep pace’ with child sexual exploitation, report finds

Community Care

Child sexual exploitation is becoming “even more hidden” as police forces and local authorities fail to keep up with this “pernicious and changing problem”, an investigation has found. The report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said agencies were underestimating the extent of CSE, and that less was known about its prevalence now than in 2015, when it was deemed a top policing priority.

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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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Maine Child Welfare Advisory Panel charts a better way forward

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

There's some good stuff in this report. At last: A group involved in oversight of Maine child welfare that shows a real understanding of the problems. The Maine Child Welfare Advisory Panel (MCWAP) Citizen Review Panel has produced a report with six recommendations. None of them is a dud and three have the potential for significant improvement. The only problem is that the recommendations are too timid, often suggesting pilot programs for ideas that have already been proven all over the country.