Community Care

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Children should be removed from their families if there is “any inkling” of harm to them, the education secretary has said. Nadhim Zahawi made the comment in response to a question from fellow Conservative MP Bob Blackman following his statement on the government’s response to the Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case yesterday. Blackman had said that what Arthur’s case had in common with those of Peter Connolly (2007), Victoria Climbié (2000) and Jasmine Beckford (1984) was that &

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 7, 2021

When I wrote last week’s post about why I feel like I’m always playing catch up , I thought a lot about perfectionism. It’s not something that crosses my mind often, but when I have time to reflect on how I treat myself, that word comes up. When I was growing up, no one ever made a connection between perfectionism and mental health.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Better relationships with children’s social workers is a key factor in tackling a foster carer recruitment and retention “crisis”, says The Fostering Network. That was among the findings from its latest State of the Nation’s Foster Care report, this year based on a survey of 3,352 carers and 99 fostering services. All but six of services surveyed reported a shortage of carers to meet local needs, particularly for teenagers, large sibling groups, children with disabilities and parent and child p

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Martin Webber

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Community-enhanced social prescribing brings communities and link workers closer together to improve wellbeing for both individuals and communities.

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Reimagining Social Work

DECEMBER 7, 2021

We are often told that the confluence of poverty, inequality and entry into the child protection system is not something that child welfare services can address. Child protection focuses on the risk of harm to children and the circumstances of their families. Structural inequality, if it is acknowledged at all, is regarded as a problem … Continue reading A Socially Just Child Protection System?

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The Social Care Elf

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Imogen Bell summarises a recent review of virtual reality experiences as tools to support mental health therapy, which finds some freely available applications that may show promise for mental health. The post Virtual reality for mental health: are there any freely available apps that show promise? appeared first on National Elf Service.

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International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The British Association of Social Workers, Social Workers Union, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Social Work Association and several partner organisations have co-signed a letter to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, opposing inhumane and unlawful draft guidance recently published in support of the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. The wording on many issues in the guidance makes it unworkable and unjust if put in place for not only […].

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Psychological Health Care

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As another Covid Christmas arrives, consider reframing your approach to the festive season. Forget the stress of trying to create the cookie-cutter commercial fantasy, globally hyped at this time of year, and instead embrace imperfection for a mentally healthy yuletide. The Most Joyful, Stressful Time of the Year. While Christmas can be filled with joy, for many it is one of the hardest times of the year to manage mental wellbeing.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Readers on the killing of the six-year-old, and the failings of wider society that allowed his abuse This is a heartbreaking case, and my heart breaks further when we learn that there were opportunities, in plain sight, to avert this tragedy ( The Guardian view on Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: more lessons to learn, 6 December ). So is it not time that grandparents had a legal right to protect their grandchildren?

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Reimagining Social Work

DECEMBER 7, 2021

We are often told that the confluence of poverty, inequality and entry into the child protection system is not something that child welfare services can address. Child protection focuses on the risk of harm to children and the circumstances of their families. Structural inequality, if it is acknowledged at all, is regarded as a problem of a different order.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Amanda Spielman warns ‘there is a minority of children who sadly are safer in school than out of it’ The head of the Ofsted schools inspectorate has said England risks a repeat of cases such as Arthur Labinjo-Hughes , the six-year-old abused and murdered in his own home last year, if schools and social services are disrupted by future lockdowns. Asked if further school closures could result in similar cases, Amanda Spielman said: “Yes, schools closing clearly has had some significant risks for c

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Socialwork License Map

DECEMBER 7, 2021

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: How to Address Mental Health for Students Experiencing Homelessness appeared first on Social Work License Map.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The chief social workers and the education secretary have condemned abuse levelled at practitioners in the wake of the Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case. In a letter to the profession , Isabelle Trowler and Lyn Romeo acknowledged that the “collective public shock about the cruel treatment to which Arthur was subjected” had created “a difficult context” for social workers’ practice.

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