April, 2022

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Figuring Out Child Behavior: More Than Meets the Eye.

Gary Direnfeld

The child was almost five. Acting out was an issue. There is much to examine to figure things out. I wonder about a “nonverbal learning disability.” While I am no psychologist, kids have their “tells” that can suggest a disorder. If a “tell” is recognized, observed, then it is wise to have the child further assessed.

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Free Mental Health Webinars, April 2022

Social Work.Career

This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 65 free webcasts that I could find for you this month in the field of social work and mental health. To make it easier for you to find a webinar that is of interest to you, […]. The post Free Mental Health Webinars, April 2022 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.

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The Power of Words: Using Poetic Analysis in a Social Work Research Course

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Editor’s Note: This blog post was written by Amber Sutton, LICSW, ABD, a social work instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in collaboration with students from her undergraduate social work research course during the Spring 2022 semester. The students are (in alphabetical order): Iva Burdette, Jackie Chavez-Martinez, Jennifer Dussich, Courtney Kramer-Williams, Katie Kramer, Hannah Marsh, Rachel Shunnarah, Natalie Trammell, Ahmia Vain, and Ella Wolfe.

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Turnover of social workers led to toddler suffering significant harm, review finds

Community Care

A lack of oversight caused by frequent changes of social worker led to a toddler suffering significant harm, a case review has found. The safeguarding practice review found multiple failings by Northamptonshire health and social care professionals in relation to the girl (referred to as Child Au), who suffered chronic neglect and serious injuries during the 17 months she was in her parents’ care.

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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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Managing Self-Awareness and Mental Health

My Brains Not Broken

Over the years, my relationship with therapy has ebbed and flowed. I’ve gone from being skeptical about it to going twice a week and everywhere in between. The common thread is that I’ve never been with one therapist long enough to making any long-term changes – until now. And now that I’m noticing some things about myself and how mental health affects my life, I’m facing a new challenge.

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JOINT WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JOINT WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. The SWESD 2022 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the JOINT WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: REDEFINING SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN A POST-PANDEMIC SOCIETY: SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS.

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National Report Addresses Nursing Home Quality & Promotes Value of Social Work

Social Work Blog

Image description: Photo of an empty bed in the corner of a room, topped by two pillows and a handmade blanket. A walker is positioned next to the bed, and sunlight is coming through a window with a curtain. The window is over a low table that holds a mug, plant, and open book. Posted April 22, 2022. On April 6, 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report entitled The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to

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A Letter to My Graduating Social Work Field Education Students

The New Social Worker

You are the embodiment of all we hope social workers will be—caring professionals who are known for their warmth, empathy, and genuineness. Congratulations, graduates! We are honored to call you colleagues in the ever-evolving social work profession.

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Council takes children’s services back from country’s first trust

Community Care

England’s first independent children’s trust is to close with the council taking services back in-house. Doncaster Children’s Services Trust (DCST), set up in 2014, is transferring provision back to the council after the organisations agreed the current model was hindering progress and as Ofsted downgraded services from ‘good’ to ‘requires improvement’ , with leadership rated inadequate.

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Looking Inward Instead of Outward

My Brains Not Broken

For the past month, I’ve been getting more into meditation as a daily practice. I’m trying to use meditation as something I look forward to during my day-to-day, instead of adding another item to my to-do list that I need to check off. This lets me put less pressure on myself (which is nice), but it also lets me go into those meditations with a bit of a freer mind.

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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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Stay Ready: Attending to Implicit Bias in Health Care

CAPC

A call for all in health care to become aware of unconscious, unintentional responses—or implicit biases—in order to provide the best care for patients and families.

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The Hit that Reverberated to Adulthood

Gary Direnfeld

Trigger warning. This post describes domestic violence. ——— She said she only saw her dad hit her mom once. With that she dismissed the impact of domestic violence and downplayed the fact that with that hit, she and her mom learned never to cross him again. They acquiesced to his demands and forever walked on eggshells. He continued to be a mean bully, but never did have to hit again because the fear from the one episode was enough to maintain his control on them.

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Reclaiming the social in social work

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

UK Social Work Education Committee (SWEC) Social Work Education and Research Annual Conference 2022. Reclaiming the ‘Social’ in Social Work. Dates: Thursday 23 June – Friday 24 June 2022 (inclusive). Venue: Leeds Beckett University, The Rose Bowl, Portland Crescent, Leeds, England. LS1 3HB. The conference is open to all social worker practitioners, academics, researchers, policymakers, students, people who use services, including carers, interested in sharing,

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Manifest Anything You Want! — Bad Self-Help Advice

Nnatasha Tracy

I hate bad self-help advice. I hate overly-simplified pop psychology. I (by and large) hate self-help gurus. The idea that you can manifest anything you want or attract anything you want into your life is b t. Life is more complicated, more difficult, and not to mention far less fair, than that. And while you might think some of this is obvious, often this bad self-help advice is wrapped up in such a pretty bow that you can't see just how bad it is.

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Peers overturn government cap on care costs change for second time

Community Care

The House of Lords has rejected – for a second time – a government change to the cap on care costs that would reduce its benefit to less wealthy people. Peers also introduced provisions to bring in free care for disabled people aged under 40 in a vote on the Health and Care Bill yesterday. The vote came a week after the House of Commons reinstated provisions that would only count client contributions – not the full cost to the local authority of meeting a person’s eligibl

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A Breath of Fresh Air

My Brains Not Broken

Last week I was feeling a little under the weather , which l ed me to writing about the perfectionism that it brought out in me. After several days of not feeling so hot, I woke up yesterday morning feeling somewhat healthy for the first time in a while. It was, as the saying goes, a breath of fresh air – not only physically, but mentally as well.

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Covid: discharging untested patients into care homes was unlawful, says court

The Guardian

High court judgment deals blow to claim government threw ‘protective ring’ around vulnerable residents in England The government’s policy towards care homes in England at the start of the Covid pandemic has been ruled illegal, in a significant blow to ministers’ claim to have thrown a “protective ring” around the vulnerable residents. The high court said the policy not to isolate people discharged from hospitals to care homes in the first weeks of the pandemic in spring 2020 without testing was

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Children and Domestic Violence. They Know.

Gary Direnfeld

Trigger warning. This post addresses domestic violence. ?————— One eight-year-old boy explained to me that he would hide a walkie-talkie under the kitchen table to listen in on his parents’ fights so he would know when to come downstairs to complain of a tummyache so they’d stop fighting. A nine-year-old girl told me how she would sit out of sight at the top of the stairs to listen for parents fighting to know when to gather her two younger siblings to h

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Blind as an ADHD Bat

A Splintered Mind

Ever been so ADHD that you can’t see what you’re looking for, even when it’s right in front of your face? Given that ADHD has as many flavors as a bag of jelly beans, you might not all relate with ADHD tunnel vision. I, unfortunately, can’t say the same. If I had a jelly bean for every time something I was looking for was found right there in front of me, I could go into business and give Jelly Belly a run for their money.

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The Time is Right for Advocating Alongside Trans and Gender Nonconforming Communities

The New Social Worker

Multiple U.S. states have introduced policies that are harmful to our trans and gender nonconforming communities. These communities are advocating for social justice. What will you, as a social worker, do today to advocate alongside them?

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Man unlawfully deprived of liberty gets £355,000 council payout

Community Care

A man who was unlawfully deprived of his liberty in a care home has won a £355,000 payout from the council that placed him there. Lawyers for the man, who is autistic and has learning disabilities, said Lancashire council admitted breaching his human rights and had agreed a £200,000 settlement and a payment of £155,000 for a deputy to manage his property and affairs on his behalf.

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Recognizing the Limits of Perfectionism – Part One

My Brains Not Broken

Writing about perfectionism feels tricky. On the one hand, I feel like there’s always more to learn about perfectionism and what it looks like in our every day lives. On the other hand, recognizing my own perfectionism doesn’t always solve the problems perfectionism creates, which feels like an endless cycle of discovering problems I can’t solve.

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April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Here are resources for social workers

Social Work Blog

April is Alcohol Awareness Month. It highlights the dangers of unsafe alcohol consumption and promote awareness in reducing alcohol use disorder. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 14.5 million people ages 12 and older had an alcohol use disorder (AUD) in 2019. During the COVID-19 pandemic alcohol use along with mental health challenges have been exacerbated by pre-existing and new stressors.

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Child Between Separated Parents

Gary Direnfeld

The child was six or seven. I was seeing this child as part of an assessment to help the courts determine a parenting plan. The child entered my office full of determination to tell me something, to get something off their mind. The child told me who their preferred parent was and how much time they wanted to spend with that parent. The child offered their rationale, disparaging the other parent.

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Retreat When a Vacation is Not Enough

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

The World is Going Bonkers. The world is going bonkers, and it may feel like you are too. Stress is compounding daily. We are bombarded with negative news, messages and images that increase stress and anxiety. So, how can we Reset? The answer is Retreat. In a recent episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline we kicked off the month with a discussion about the benefits of planned retreats.

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Raised by Predators: Surviving Child Sexual Abuse

Stop Abuse Campaign

← Kayden’s Law Provision of VAWA Fuels Family Court Reform. TRIGGER WARNING: The content in the following blog may be difficult to read. Please make sure you have ready access to someone in your support network before continuing. I still remember opening my eyes. I’ve never opened them so slowly and delicately. I took a breath. The room looked exactly the same as it did when I scrunched them closed.

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Council’s efforts to prevent children having to enter care help it consolidate ‘good’ grading

Community Care

A South West council has held on to its ‘good’ rating in its first inspection for five years after Ofsted praised its “impressive” efforts to help children stay with their families despite pre-proceedings processes having started. Strong interventions by Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) council with families at this stage of child protection procedures resulted in more than half of children being prevented from having to enter care, with social workers “promotin

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Introducing My New Project: Negative Thoughts, Positive Person!

My Brains Not Broken

Happy Thursday! Earlier this week, I mentioned I’m cooking up a few new projects as part of my attempt to grow into more of a mental health advocate and activist. One of the biggest reasons I want to get into a different type of space (don’t worry, MBNB isn’t going anywhere!) is that in the years I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve come to understand the power of conversation.

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Making Time to Talk About Alcohol Use

Social Work Blog

By Diana Ling, MA and Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW. Four in five adults who reported being asked about their alcohol use at a checkup in the past two years and reported current binge drinking were not counseled to reduce their drinking, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. Looking closer at the data, just 14 percent of women who binge drink said they received advice to reduce drinking, compared to 25 percent of men.

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That Sense of Abandonment

Gary Direnfeld

That sense of abandonment doesn’t mean someone left you intentionally. It can also arise from a parent’s lack of availability. That can be work, mental illness, hospitalizations, the distraction of life events. It tends to be particularly impactful on the younger child, the infant, toddler, preschooler. The child that young cannot make sense of the parent’s absense.

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Self-Care A-Z: Learning to Befriend My Nervous System Using the Anchor of Awe

The New Social Worker

My journey into polyvagal theory cultivates self-care practices that embody safety and connection. I’m learning to honor my nervous system and befriend its whispers and sighs of contentment, frustration, and transition.

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Global Social Work: Working with the displaced communities from Ukraine

International Federation of Social Workers

In response to the invasion of Ukraine, funding is being directed to IFSW Europe in recognition that a social work approach includes meeting the immediate needs of people in the crisis and working with them to make hope for positive change a reality in the future. Together that hope will be realised by social workers […].

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‘I feel out of my depth’: NQSWs report ‘unmanageable’ caseloads and lack of support

Community Care

Newly qualified children’s social workers are struggling to manage their workloads leaving some questioning their future in the profession, Community Care’s annual caseloads survey has found. Almost a quarter of the 62 respondents doing their assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) said their caseloads were “completely unmanageable” and a further almost half said theirs were “hard to manage”.

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Trying New Things

My Brains Not Broken

When I first started My Brain’s Not Broken, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to say. I was a few months into my first full-time job, and I wanted to share what it was like to be an adult who was trying to figure out depression and anxiety while also trying to figure out post-grad life. In the years since, this blog has transformed into a place where I’ve learned so much about mental health and wellness.

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Association of Black Social Work Students Named Professional Organization of the Year

Michigan Social Work

The Association of Black Social Work Students (ABSWS) has received the Michigan Difference Professional Organization of the Year Award. . “ABSWS has an ongoing presence at the University of Michigan and to continue the legacy, it is critical that their accomplishments be recognized,” said Clinical Assistant Professor Daicia Price. “ABSWS has been an integral part of preparing for new accreditation requirements that involve anti-racism and social justice as a necessary part of the graduate curr

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