Wed.Mar 09, 2022

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Councils struggling to manage children’s homes market, amid placement shortage, study finds

Community Care

Local authorities are struggling to manage the children’s homes market, amid a shortage of suitable placements, according to a study. published yesterday. Almost half (44%) had either no publicly available or up-to-date strategy to secure sufficient local accommodation for looked-after children, found an analysis by What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC).

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How To Begin Your Social Work Career During the Great Resignation

The New Social Worker

New social work graduates should not have to settle. Apply for your dream job and ask for fair pay and work-life balance. Employers need you to apply. This is your chance to set the stage for your future.

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IFSW EUROPE – Beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work ethics and values as a contribution to a new eco-social world

International Federation of Social Workers

Download: IFSWE_SWREG webinar flyer 01.03.22 The IFSW and Social Work Ethics Research Group (SWERG) would like to warmly invite Social Workers around the world, from different backgrounds, to join us in a webinar, with small group discussions, to reflect on learning from social workers’ rethinking of what counts as ethical practice during Covid-19. We want […].

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How are Social Workers and Schools Recovering from COVID Trauma?

SSW Netrwork

In this new survey we are interested in elevating your ideas and experiences about ways schools are responding to and recovering from the multiple COVID-related traumatic experiences during the 2021/2022 academic year.

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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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IFSW North America – Beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work ethics and values as a contribution to a new eco-social world

International Federation of Social Workers

Download the NA Webinar Flyer The IFSW and Social Work Ethics Research Group (SWERG) would like to warmly invite Social Workers around the world, from different backgrounds, to join us in a webinar, with small group discussions, to reflect on learning from social workers’ rethinking of what counts as ethical practice during Covid-19. We want […].

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending March 8, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

? Every once in awhile, a story about the horrors of the family policing system “breaks through” to a larger audience. Such is the case with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott using the vast power of the family police to enact his version of a far-right agenda: persecuting transgender children and their families. But the system he is using is largely a creation of the Left.

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The Unique Nonprofit Candidate

Famcare

Pandemic related labor shortages are threatening the nonprofit sector's recovery. Many smaller nonprofits, virtually shut down during the worst of COVID-19, have begun to revitalize but find progress hampered by a shortage of qualified personnel. Large corporations have raided the nonprofit personnel ranks with lucrative pay increases, flexible work hours, and work from home options that smaller nonprofits find it difficult to match.

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IFSW Action on Ukraine Crisis

International Federation of Social Workers

“IFSW Europe has organised coordination of professions and community’s responses to the needs of refugees as they flee Ukraine. Additionally, they are delivering assistance to people who remain in the country. These collective actions are unprecedented in the life of IFSW and show the growth and the strength of our development”, said Rory Truell, IFSW […].

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Residential childcare is crying out for a complete overhaul | Letters

The Guardian

Readers respond to to an editorial about the rigorous regulations every care provider should be subjected to in the wake of the Bolton children’s home scandal I had involvement with residential childcare for over 40 years, from the early 1960s until I retired. While your editorial ( 6 March ) is correct, it highlights issues that have been around since I started.

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seth's vision

Clinical Philosophy

on it 'looking as if' the sun goes round the earth Anscombe and Wittgenstein by Dave McKean A gloriously pithy little dialogue between Wittgenstein and Anscombe goes like so: Wittgenstein: ‘Why do people say that it was natural to think that the sun went round the Earth rather than that the Earth turned on its axis?’ Anscombe: ‘I suppose, because it looked as if the sun went round the Earth.

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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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Systematic Desensitization Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Nuggets

Counselor Toolbox podcast

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‘Dysfunctional’ care market needs overhaul to tackle high prices and scarce placements, says watchdog

Community Care

The ‘dysfunctional’ children’s social care market needs an overhaul to tackle high prices, scarce placements and provider debt levels, the competition watchdog has said. Following a year-long review, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) called for national and regional bodies to be set up to help councils find the right placements for children, get better value for taxpayers and reduce out-of-area provision.