Wed.Sep 27, 2023

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Best books for mental health professionals

Save the Social Worker

I look at my supervisor , slightly stunned. She has just told me that my client has refused to continue seeing me, saying that I’ve been insensitive to his needs and that I’ve asked irrelevant questions. That night, I go home, wondering if I should just quit social work. As professionals, there are those days, aren’t there? When you wonder if you should just leave the profession, since you seem to be doing more harm than good.

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How I Got Better at Sharing My Story

My Brains Not Broken

Let’s be honest: talking about mental health is hard. It’s broad, it can feel all encompassing and because everyone has their own experience, it can become complicated very quickly. Oftentimes, conversations about mental health can be overwhelming, and we can’t always find the solutions we need because of it. While talking about mental health and mental illness is hard, talking about our own mental health is even harder.

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Addressing homelessness in social work education

Health & Social Care Workforce

Carolin Hess is a PhD student in the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce who has been awarded Doctoral funding from the NIHR School for Social Care Research.

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What is a Rehab Center

Sober Courage

Rehabilitation centers for Substance Use Disorder (SUD), commonly known as rehabs, are specialized facilities that provide comprehensive treatment and support for individuals struggling with drug or alcohol addiction. These centers are designed to help individuals address the physical, psychological, and social aspects of addiction to achieve and maintain long-term recovery.

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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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Are Discharge to Assess services delivering on their promise?

The Social Care Elf

Daisy Long reviews E.W Gadsby, G Wistow & J Billings article A critical systems evaluation of the introduction of a ‘discharge to assess’ service in Kent The post Are Discharge to Assess services delivering on their promise? appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Ph.D. Student Awarded Training Grant through NIDA

University of Connecticut

Ph.D. student Cynthia Nichols has been awarded a NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research (BST) T32 program grant of $26,352 through the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The BST program provides intensive training to 16 fellows from various behavioral disciplines to gain hands-on experience conducting research, building their publication records, and writing grants for outside funding.