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You've got a friend in Social Care Talk

Social Care

Nadra Ahmed, Executive Chair of the National Care Association, explains how a new website can help people make informed decisions about paying for care. The power of testimony. Friends, family and colleagues are all great sources of information. Sometimes, information comes from chance encounters, when you’re walking the dog or dropping off the kids.

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Countertransference in Palliative Care Practice: What’s a Clinician to Do?

CAPC

Understanding the psychology behind an unconscious response in patient encounters, and how clinicians can make meaning of these experiences.

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Miracle in Pinellas County, Florida! Child Abuse suddenly plummets by 50%! (Unless there’s some OTHER reason the sheriff suddenly found a way to stop taking away so many kids)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The rate at which children were torn from their homes in large Florida counties where sheriff's offices are in charge of child abuse investigations. Note that even if Pinellas County has now cut removals in half, it's still above the state average and well above Broward County. Hey, remember when the Sheriff of Pinellas County, Florida, Bob Gualtieri, whose office is responsible for child abuse investigations in the county, insisted that his officers never, ever needlessly take children from the

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Do you want to develop your own creativity and the creative skills of children?

The Critical Blog

If you are a teacher or a parent wanting to make sure that you are giving young people every chance to be creative, this book by Dr Karen Hosack Janes looking at how creativity can be nurtured is for you. First it explores the early creative experiences of some people well-known for being creative and then draws together these insights to propose three conditions for nurturing creativity: Being in an environment that values the arts in everyday life; having time for experimentation and play; and

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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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Why don’t people receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments after self-harm?

The Social Care Elf

Amelia Talbot looks at a recent qualitative study of patient and carer perspectives, which explores the reasons why some patients do not receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments following self-harm. The post Why don’t people receive a psychosocial assessment in emergency departments after self-harm? appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Self-Care A-Z: Best Self-Care Advice for Social Workers—From the Experts

The New Social Worker

The best self-care advice is that which you give yourself. Advice from others sparks new ideas, reminds us of something we did previously and need to resurface, and reinforces or refines our own self-care practice. So, let’s hear from some experts.

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3 Tips to Sail Through as A Rookie Caseworker

Famcare

Casework can be very rewarding. So naturally, as you study hard and get through tough exams and finally get to practice—you’re going to be pretty excited. And you should be because you’ll be making a real difference in people’s lives and helping them turn things around on a daily basis. But you’ll soon find out that social work is one of the toughest jobs out there.

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Curtis Center Supports CDC on Addressing COVID-19 Health Inequities

Michigan Social Work

The Vivian A. and James L. Curtis School of Social Work Center for Health Equity Research and Training Center has secured a contract with the National Network of Public Health Institutes to review best or promising practices that address social and structural determinants of health related to COVID-19. The Curtis Center was one of just four research centers contracted to support more than 100 grant recipients from the CDC in the assessment, translation and dissemination of evidence-based practic

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Benefits of Detoxing From Alcohol

Gateway Foundation

Having a “why” behind any major commitment is one of the best ways to ensure you follow through, and detoxing from alcohol is no different. While it might not be easy to give up alcohol, understanding all the ways that quitting alcohol can enhance your life will help keep you motivated. As you stop heavy… The post Benefits of Detoxing From Alcohol appeared first on Gateway.

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Shanna Kattari and Leonardo Kattari Receive 2022 SSWR Book Award Honorable Mention

Michigan Social Work

Assistant Professor Shanna Kattari and Lecturer Leonardo Kattari have won the 2022 SSWR Book Award Honorable Mention for the book they co-edited, “Social Work and Health Care Practice with Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals and Communities: Voices for Equity, Inclusion, and Resilience.” The book includes chapters co-authored by Assistant Professor Ashley Lacombe-Duncan, PhD student Mattthew Bakko, alex kime, MSW ‘18, and Jennifer Schwartz, MSW ‘13.

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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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Call for book contributions – community development in Africa

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Call for book contributions – community development in Africa. TIMELINE OF PROJECT The following is a tentative outline of submission deadlines: Proposals of Intent: March 31, 2022. Email Acceptance of Proposals: On or before May 31, 2022. For more information, please write to Dr. Charles Gyan, Co-Editor E: charles.gyan@mcgill.ca. Call for book contributions - community development in Africa.

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