Community Care
MAY 10, 2022
Proposals to overhaul the Mental Health Act 1983 will be considered by Parliament over the next year, the government announced today in the Queen’s Speech. It will produce a draft bill designed to reduce the number of detentions, tackle longstanding racial disparities in the use of compulsory powers and end the detention of people on the sole grounds of them being autistic or having learning disabilities.
My Brains Not Broken
MAY 10, 2022
During Mental Health Awareness Month , there is a lot of attention focused on knowing what mental health challenges look like. It makes sense – mental illness and mental health disorders have become much more prevalent in the past few decades and the pandemic has only amplified that, so awareness is extremely important. But there are so many things to be aware of when it comes to mental health that not everyone might know.
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Community Care
MAY 10, 2022
Social workers’ quality of working life continued to decline following the end of Covid lockdown measures despite other frontline professionals reporting improvements, according to a new study. Phase four of the Health and Social Care Workforce Study, covering November 2021 to February 2022 , found social workers were more likely to feel burnt out than social care workers, nurses and allied health professionals.
Social Work Blog
MAY 10, 2022
Restorative justice (RJ) is both a philosophy and a set of practices meant to repair harm and maintain connection in the face of wrongdoing. While RJ is becoming increasingly popular among K–12 educators and in schools, emphasis is typically on its social justice applications, including its use as an alternative to zero-tolerance discipline policies and its role in dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline.
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National Casa Gal
MAY 10, 2022
May is National Foster Care Month. With more than 407,000 children entering the system on any given day, National CASA/GAL is thankful for foster families. Read More. The post National Foster Care Month – Thank you for being a part of the village appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.
MQ Mental Health
MAY 10, 2022
Research suggests doing good things and helping others can positively impact your mental health. . In this episode of MQ Open Mind, Professor Rory O'Connor from Glasgow University and MQ's own Craig Perryman spoke to podcaster, journalist and MQ ambassador Gemma Styles about this and what others can do to get involved. . Gemma shared her experiences with anxiety and depression and the impact of having a large following on social media on her mental health. .
MQ Mental Health
MAY 10, 2022
Loneliness is a growing problem in modern day life. Even before the lockdowns and social distancing that were brought on by the pandemic, around 5% of adults in the UK reported feeling lonely. And ONS data shows that 3.7 million people reported ‘chronic loneliness’ in 2021 following a year of COVID restrictions. Of course, just because you may be alone doesn’t mean you are automatically lonely.
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