Community Care
JULY 11, 2023
The Department for Education has proposed far-reaching changes to social workers’ roles under Working Together to Safeguard Children, its guidance on services for children in need of help and protection in England. The revisions are a key plank of the DfE’s proposed reforms to children’s social care, articulated in its draft strategy, Stable Homes, Built on Love, published in February.
My Brains Not Broken
JULY 11, 2023
It feels like I write a version of the same post every year. I don’t intend to write this post, and I don’t even know how I get to the point I do. But at some point during the summer, I take a moment, I look around, and I take in just how busy I am. Oh, you thought I’d say how calm everything was at the moment? That after writing about the importance of slowing down, I’d be able to have create more time for myself?
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Community Care
JULY 11, 2023
Adult social care vacancy numbers have fallen slightly from an all-time high over the past year, but remain over 150,000, show figures released today. The number of empty posts fell from 165,000 to 152,000 in the year to March 2023, revealed Skills for Care’s annual State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England report. However, this remains well above the 110,000 recorded in March 2021.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 11, 2023
The state capitol in Austin What the Tribune (and the Dallas Morning News ) can’t face is that after decades of seeing the system that calls itself “child welfare” do enormous harm to children, people across the political spectrum are coming together and finding common ground. They've come to understand that due process for families is the best way to ensure children’s rights and child safety.
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The Guardian
JULY 11, 2023
HC-One employed nurse at Tower Bridge Care Centre, which was found to be ‘not safe’ by inspectors One of Britain’s biggest care home companies employed an 80-year-old senior nurse in a short-staffed care home who was older than some residents and not strong enough to help lift them. HC-One employed the octogenarian at Tower Bridge Care Centre, which was found by inspectors to be “inadequate” and “not safe”, in a case that highlights a chronic shortage of care workers across the UK.
Beyond Advocacy
JULY 11, 2023
Mit Joyner’s voice will continue to be heard. She was a passionate advocate for social justice and a superlative steward of the social work profession, holding many national and international leadership positions along with her academic responsibilities. I first got to know her when she met with former Congressman Ed Towns shortly after we created the Congressional Social Work Caucus.
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International Federation of Social Workers
JULY 11, 2023
Cross- Learning between Israeli Union of Social Workers and Ugandan Social Workers- a positive step towards achieving the Global Social Work Agenda.
The Guardian
JULY 11, 2023
Readers respond to Jonathan Freedland’s article about the enduring appeal of the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and others Jonathan Freedland’s deeply evocative piece about ageing rock stars and their faithful fans struck a chord with me ( From Springsteen to McCartney, ageing rockers are teaching us about something bigger than music, 7 July ). I first saw Bob Dylan in 1966 in Glasgow on my 19th birthday.
Creative Play Therapist
JULY 11, 2023
Play Therapists, you’re invited to join the vCAT Partner Program, brought to you by Cognitive Leap. Developed with extensive research in collaboration with virtual reality expert Dr. Skip Rizzo, we present the “Virtual Classroom Attention Tracker” (vCAT ), which allows you to measure a child’s ability to focus in a VR-simulated classroom environment.
Parenthood Understood
JULY 11, 2023
A mouse drowned in the sauce, Marilla. Raise your hand if you loved this book in your own childhood! It was certainly one of my favorites. Anne Shirley didn’t have a diagnosis, and I’m certainly not trying to give her one now, except… if I did, I think ADHD would be a front-runner. A lot of people in the internet agree: Anne’s behaviors suggest that she might be a person with ADHD.
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