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Self-Care A-Z: The State of Self-Care—The Need is Great, The Time is Right

The New Social Worker

The time is right for social work. The need for social workers is great. Great social workers need serious attention to self-care. Let’s get it right. It’s time.

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Free Mental Health Webinars, March 2022

Social Work.Career

Dear Social Workers and Colleagues, March is #SocialWorkMonth and I just wanted to thank all of you for all the hard work that you do throughout the year! #TheTimeIsRightForSocialWork! Don’t forget to check out 25 Social Workers Share Why They Love Social Work! This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers […].

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Social Work Month 2022 - Thank You for All You Do Now and Every Day

The New Social Worker

It's time! March is Social Work Month, and The New Social Worker invites you to spend it with us. THANK you for all you do. Follow us all month (March 2022) to celebrate the social work profession. The time is right for social work.

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Knowledge about adult development and aging for psychologists

Society of Clinical Psychology

Older adults experience changes in health, social functioning, personality, and emotional development that occur as part of the typical aging process. These changes are important for psychologists to understand so that symptoms aren’t accidentally dismissed as “normal aging” and also so that older adults aren’t overdiagnosed in situations where their symptoms represent a typical aging process.

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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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Sussex woman forced to sleep in wheelchair due to lack of care staff

The Guardian

Hove MP says lack of care provision for woman receiving dialysis is heartbreaking A woman has been left to sleep in her wheelchair several nights a week and remain in bed for the rest of it due to a lack of social care in her local area. Mandy Page, 53, who lives alone in Hove, has difficulty getting into and out of bed on her own and previously had carers to provide support in the morning and evenings.

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6 Signs of a Great Social Work Supervisor

Social Work Bubble

Supervision in social work is an essential part of effective practice, support, and preventing burnout. A supervisor can make or break your experience at an organization, and is essential for licensure and growth. I’ve had mixed experiences with supervisors, and through this, have gained insight on what really makes a good social work supervisor.

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Tips for Child Welfare Organizations to Improve Handling of Caseloads

Famcare

In the United States, there are around 328,120 child welfare employees. However, given the rising number of cases of child abuse and neglect, as well as the demanding nature of the job, it's reasonable to state that there is a severe shortage of child and family social workers in the United States. Bridging the gap between available employees and children in need of help can take years and need significant adjustments to the current system.

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Safeguarding teams took no action on ‘serious’ concerns regarding people segregated in hospitals

Community Care

Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said. Alerts were raised concerning 13 people with learning disabilities or autistic people in long-term segregation for reasons including poor-quality environments, a lack of care and observation and the person not being able to access outdoor spaces.

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6 Signs of a Great Social Work Supervisor

Social Work Bubble

Supervision in social work is an essential part of effective practice, support, and preventing burnout. A supervisor can make or break your experience at an organization, and is essential for licensure and growth. I’ve had mixed experiences with supervisors, and through this, have gained insight on what really makes a good social work supervisor.

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Weighted, Scented Stuffed Animals

Creative Play Therapist

These weighted, scented stuffed animals are very popular in my playroom, and I some times make them with clients for them to take home. Lately they have made great “EMDR buddies” to help support clients through processing trauma. Some times I even put my buzzies in wrist bands on the panda’s feet and then the client feels the BLS on their legs when they sit with the plushy.

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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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Charles Williams Reflects on Juwan Howard in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

Michigan Social Work

Charles Williams' editorial, “The Real Lesson That We Learned from the Juwan Howard Incident: A Black Man Still Has No Rights That Require Respect” is included in the latest issue of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. “Watching Coach Howard try to negotiate anger the best way he could when walking down the handshake line, makes me flashback to every single moment in my life when I got to my car, or made it to my office or left the conflict and literally thanked God that I got away without havi

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Maine’s “Senator Soundbite” styles himself a crusader against child abuse. He also was “Director of Government Relations” and “Superintendent of Schools” for one of the most notorious “troubled teen industry” institutions in America.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

State Sen. Bill Diamond says he thought any problems at the Elan School were resolved before he got there. Some survivors disagree. Maine State Sen. Bill Diamond Every state legislature has one: the lawmaker who rushes to “blast” the state or local “child welfare” agency after a child “known to the system” dies. Either overtly or by implication the attacks demand that the state move more quickly to take away children and move more slowly, if at all, to reunite foster children with their families