Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Social workers’ wellbeing at work is lower than that of other health and social care staff groups, in the wake of Covid, research has found. The profession’s quality of working life has also fallen further than nurses’, midwives’, social care workers’ and allied health professionals’ during the pandemic, found the latest and fifth round of an ongoing study into Covid’s impact on health and care staff.

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National Casa Gal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Neglect is the most common reason why children enter child welfare system. Read More. The post The common thread in child removal – neglect not abuse appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Average pay for adult social workers is 57% higher in local authorities than in the independent sector, official data has revealed. The hourly pay gap was higher for social workers than for any other job role in adult social care, showed Skills for Care’s annual state of the adult social care sector and workforce report. Estimated average hourly pay for local authority adult social workers was £19.75 in 2021-22, compared with £12.56 in the independent sector.

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National Casa Gal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 is a federal law that recognizes tribal sovereignty and governs jurisdiction over the removal of Native American (Indian) children from their families. Read More. The post United States Supreme Court to hear oral argument on November 9th on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Social workers have been urged to help tackle the impact on Gypsy and Traveller families of increased police powers to evict them from unauthorised camps, brought in this year. Practitioners from the communities have produced a guide to carrying out welfare enquiries to help social workers and others support families affected by the measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

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Famcare

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The social services sector has begun incorporating technology into routine work, just like other sectors. Managers and front-line employees at these human services firms can streamline processes, enhance client communication, and deliver better results thanks to a variety of technology and applications. However, this is only feasible if a social services organization makes use of cutting-edge, game-changing human services software.

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A Splintered Mind

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A month has passed since I last updated my journal. I'm afraid progress has been in short supply, but understanding my obstacles and deciding how to surmount them has made this writing process invaluable. Reach out to me on Facebook or Twitter if you've got something to say about what I've written. (Mobile browsers only display the first page. Please view the text entry after the embedded PDF if you don’t wish to download it.) 25 OCTOBER 2022 BOOKWORK 10: It’s been a month since I la

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