Thu.Jun 16, 2022

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Surviving Ofsted: a team manager’s story

Community Care

By a safeguarding team manager. One Monday a few months ago, I said to my (ever supportive!) partner: “I think something’s awaiting me today, I’ve just got a feeling. They’re coming today.” He kindly reminded me: “You’ve said that every Monday morning for the last six months.” But on that Monday, I was right (it only took six months of Monday morning “feelings” to hit the jackpot!).

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Five Ways To Prioritize Rest

My Brains Not Broken

Earlier this week, I wrote about my upcoming vacation, which is coming on the heels of learning just how bad at resting I really am. Most of the time, my first step toward change is awareness – in the past few weeks, I’ve become painfully aware of just how poorly I prioritize rest and getting what I need for my physical health. That’s why I decided to try and five ways that can help me begin to prioritize rest – not because it’s what I want, but because I know it

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Another journalist discovers the “secret bombing” of families by CPS – when the shrapnel reaches into the white middle-class

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his wife, and some friends. A Washington Post columnist is horrified – and rightly so. In what is, in many ways, a very good commentary, Post opinion columnist Alyssa Rosenberg pulled it all together : from Tucker Carlson’s suggestion that family policing agencies (aka “child protective services”) investigate parents who make their children wear masks (which never happened) to Texas Gov.

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IASSW pays tribute to John Small

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) pays tribute to John Small. Social work mourns loss of pioneering anti-racism leader the social reformer, humanist, author, academic and practitioner John Small, who has passed away aged 74. Moving tribute to John Small by friend and social work activist, scholar and practitioner Professor Lena Dominelli [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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Dear Person on Day One

Living Sober

Republishing this powerful post. == Welcome to a very special day - the first day of the rest of your life! I know that's a terrible cliche but image that it's true. Imagine that from today things start to really turn around for you. Imagine that today heralds the start of a massive period of self-growth. Imagine that today you […]. The post Dear Person on Day One first appeared on Living Sober.

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New Legislative Action Happening in East Lansing and Washington DC

Michigan Social Work

Thanks in part to actions by the Joint Task Force on Stipends (JTFOS), Payments for Placement (P4P), other schools of social work in Michigan, and NASW-Michigan, we have encouraging news of legislative action happening in East Lansing and Washington DC. . In the Michigan legislature, Senate Bill 1012 , which calls for the creation of a new Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Retention and Training (SMART) program, has passed the senate.

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Spare a thought for overwhelmed carers, for whom there’s no end in sight | Letter

The Guardian

A reader describes how her husband’s 24/7 needs have cost her freedom and independence I have enormous sympathy for those who need care ( Letters, 10 June ), but spare a thought also for the unsung, unpaid carers whose lives are overwhelmed by the task of looking after a close relative. I have “cared” for my husband for 13 years so far. Neither of us is old and neither of us asked for this burden.