Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 10, 2024

Its Christmas Eve. It’s nearly 8pm now. I’m sat at the hospital with a client, wondering what I should do. Should I go home to take a break, or should I continue staying? It’s Christmas tomorrow after all. But duty calls. And until this client feels assured of what will happen, I don’t think I can leave. Boundaries aren’t always crystal clear in FSC social work.

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Social Worker Domestic Violence Administration Case Management 130

My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 10, 2024

When you read the words comfort zone , what comes to mind? You might think of the way people tell us to leave them; you might wonder if you’re in one right now. A comfort zone might not be a place at all; it could be a feeling or a moment in time. It could even be a way of doing things you’re comfortable with, a routine or rhythm. Every year around this time, the idea of comfort zones pops into my head.

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Mental Health 130

Social Care

JANUARY 10, 2024

As the Department of Health and Social Care announces its adult social care workforce reform package , Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care , gives her insight into what this means for recruiting, retaining and empowering the care workforce. The Care Workforce Pathway and Care Certificate will help new and existing care colleagues chart a bright and rewarding future [Image created by freepik.com ] A positive direction for social care I’m pleased we've begun 2024 with the Government's announcemen

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Diversity Disability Consultation Engagement 140

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

A decision by the California Supreme Court sheds rare light on how family police agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) like the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services behave, and how that behavior hurts children. What makes this case stand out is that, aside from making it all the way to the California Supreme Court, it doesn’t stand out.

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Child Welfare Welfare Family Services Substance Abuse 72

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Social Care

JANUARY 10, 2024

"There will. be funding for hundreds of apprenticeships and digital training places so that new and existing care colleagues can keep pace with the latest digital innovations." [Image created by freepik.com ] New package of training, support and professional development It feels like a long time coming (and there’s nothing wrong with extensive preparation to get things right) but finally, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced a package of measures to elevate the true value, vari

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Counseling Social Worker 126

Lawson Psychology

JANUARY 10, 2024

Setting and Sticking to New Year’s Resolutions That time of year has rolled around once more, when many of us are beginning to ponder New Year’s resolutions. Perhaps you’re considering trying to get fit, spend less time on your phone, read more, beef up your savings account, or spend more time with loved ones in 2024. New Year’s resolutions are a ubiquitous tradition.

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Clinic Psychology Disorder Diversity 52

American Board of Clinical Social Work

JANUARY 10, 2024

I have written many times about the radical intersubjective stance that Neurodynamic Couples Therapy takes regarding the treatment of couple relationships. In essence, we are treating what happens between the partners–not individual psychologies. The theory holds that it takes two brains in each other’s presence to access the affective material that has been generating the couple’s conflicts in order to heal historical wounds.

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Therapist Psychology 40