June, 2021

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Social Work Jobs of the Future Game – Let’s Play

Social Work Futures

As a way to explore futures thinking in the social work profession, I’ve developed a new game. I’ve enjoyed using this with students and on recent consultations – and it gives all involved a chance to play with a number of meaningful futures/foresight ideas. Bring your powers of observation – and your imagination and give it a look!

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Values-driven practice (explained using Quilt Theory).

Learning Social Worker

If you are wondering what values-driven practice might look like, or what Quilt Theory is, and how these apply ideas to social work (or mental health nursing and any sort of people work) then this blog is worth a read. Quilt Theory, as a construct that explains how health and social care practitioners attune to, and use, their values in their work is a new theory.

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How to Be an Ally to People Who Are Bisexual

Socialwork License Map

Social Work Licensing Map asks experts about bisexual erasure, how it affects mental health and what allies can do to support people who are bisexual. The post How to Be an Ally to People Who Are Bisexual appeared first on Social Work License Map.

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The Peggy Copeman Inquest and what it says about Mental Health Services

The Masked AMHP

This is a special post looking at the implications of the Peggy Copeman Inquest, which concluded on Friday, 25th June 2021. Peggy Copeman died in a private ambulance on the hard shoulder of the M11 on the 16th December 2019, while being transferred between hospitals while detained under the Mental Health Act. This is what happened.

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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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Opportunities expand for teaching partnerships

Social Work With Adults

Local authorities and their partners are providing more opportunities for statutory placements, within the community and across NHS settings. Success story. Teaching partnerships, to improve placement opportunities and the quality of learning and development students experience on placement, have been a great success. So much so, government funding, channeled through the Department of Education and the Department for Health and Social Care, is now being expanded.

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Local authorities show commitment to support for their social workers

Social Work Awards

The Social Work Awards has announced its category sponsors for this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards in November 2021. This year’s event has 12 award categories which have been sponsored by social work organisations and local authorities across the country keen to demonstrate their support of social work and commitment to continuous professional improvement of the social work community.

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2021 NACSW 71st Annual Convention

The Advocate

NACSW is pleased to announce this year’s 71st Annual Convention , “Bringing All People Under One Roof: Supporting Vulnerable Groups in Our Communities” in Glendale, CA from November 18-21st, 2021. Mark your calendars today so you do not miss this remarkable event for Christians in social work – or better yet, register today ! Check out this video message from the 2021 Planning Committee members.

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Reunification: How Foster Parents and Birth Parents Can Work Together

KVC

During National Family Reunification Month , KVC celebrates birth parents who have overcome adversity to safely bring their families back together. They have done the work needed to stabilize their lives and strengthen their families. There are many people involved in the steps toward safe and successful family reunification. Foster parents can especially be a welcome source of encouragement and reassurance to birth parents and can act as their parenting partners while their children are in fost

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New paper! ?? Pupillary Responses to Faces Are Modulated by Familiarity and Rewarding Context

Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction

Every day we see dozens of faces and we are experts in their processing. Faces carry a lot of information, one of which is feedback and reward for our actions. For example, when we do something and our friend smiles in response, it’s rewarding. On the other side, sometimes we see people smile, but this smile is not a response to our actions. If smiling faces are per se rewarding, we should feel rewarded in both situations.

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Domestic Violence Response Teams: Implementation of a Police-Advocate Partnership

inSocialWork

? ? Dr. Laura Johnson ? ?. In this episode, our guest Dr. Laura Johnson describes the domestic violence response team program, which is a collaborative partnership between domestic violence organizations and law enforcement. Findings from her research project examining factors that contribute to police officer support for a police-advocate partnership intervention are discussed, and the implications for social work practice and policy pertaining to the implementation of interagency collaborative

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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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How to Street Law

Children and the Law Blog

An opportunity to bring the knowledge and understanding awaits law students who would like to teach high-school aged children about the law. This opportunity is not a traditional law school course and allows for creativity from the street law students and the instructor. As an instructor you are paired with a local high school or […]. The post How to Street Law appeared first on Children and the Law Blog.

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A kiss is just a kiss: On the perils associated with transporting patients to hospital

The Masked AMHP

There’s a whole chapter in the Code of Practice on the transport of patients to hospital. Two of the particularly cogent paragraphs are as follows: 17.3 Patients should always be transported in the manner which is most likely to preserve their dignity and privacy consistent with managing any risk to their health and safety or to other people. 17.17 AMHPs should agree to a.

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Shelter’s Pride is Showing!

Shelter, Inc

What is Pride Month? The U.S. is among many countries around the globe celebrating Pride month at various times throughout the year. Ours began June 28, 1969, when New York City Police raided one of the area’s most popular gay bars, the Stonewall Inn. Over the next six days, people in the LGBTQ+ community fought back in what has become known as the Stonewall Uprising.

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Carers Week: my personal perspective

Social Work With Adults

This year's Carers Week reminds us that caring is a role many take on every day. The privilege of caring. I have just returned to my role as Chief Social Worker for Adults, alongside Fran Leddra, following time out to care for my elderly mother who had liver cancer and Lewy Body Dementia. It seems highly fitting, therefore, for my first blog, on returning to this wonderful role, to be posted during Carers Week.

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New member! ?? Welcome, Hassan!

Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction

Hassan Bassam has recently joined us as a PhD student! He is interested in how large scale brain connectivity can inform behaviour in autistic and non-autistic people, in particular social behaviours such as emotion regulation. In his work, he tries to understand better the link between the brain and behaviour. We wish him all the best for his doctoral studies!

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How Discharge to Assess (D2A) Can Work for Homeless Patients

Health & Social Care Workforce

Senior Research Fellow, Dr Michelle Cornes, has been working with NHS England and Improvement on the new Discharge to Assess (D2A) practice guidance, identifying good practice examples that illustrate how this new hospital discharge policy can work effectively for patients … Continue reading →

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Implementing guidelines to protect long-term care facilities

The Social Care Elf

COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges across all levels of society, but older people have undoubtedly been at the highest risk from this disease, particularly those living in long-term care facilities. As in many countries, the Chilean government has produced guidelines and regulations to encourage the prevention and control of COVID-19 outbreaks in residential and nursing [read the full story.].

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ASWB Practice Question: Bipolar Disorder Recall

Therapist Development Center

This month we are continuing our series comparing recall vs. reasoning questions. Every two months, we are taking a topic that could show up on the ASWB exam and are first doing a recall (or application) question on the topic. … Continued. The post ASWB Practice Question: Bipolar Disorder Recall appeared first on Therapist Development Center Blog.

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Take Your Lunch Break & Other Social Work Boundaries

Social Work Bubble

Social work is often associated with overwhelm, low pay, and high caseloads. Though these can absolutely be true, and are too often seen in this field, it is possible to have a work-life balance, actively use self care, and not get burned out. A key factor in what makes or breaks this is the use of boundaries. Boundaries are rules, spoken or unspoken, that a person lives by on what is acceptable and is not.

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Social Care WRES: In praise of the phase!

Social Work With Adults

A new beginning for racial equality in social care. The social care workforce race and equality standard (SCWRES) officially launched on 1 April 2021 across 18 local authorities (LAs), the first phase of a timely and crucial programme committed to improve anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practices throughout the sector. It’s been a pleasure to celebrate the many achievements of this first phase with the main drivers of this project, our Chief Social Workers for adults and children’s services

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Anorexia and the Interface Between the Mental Health Act & the Mental Capacity Act

The Masked AMHP

There is a growing body of case law relating to the treatment of patients with severe anorexia nervosa. I have looked at several of these on my blog. They include the case of E, the case of X, the case of W, and the case of Z. While all have been heard in the Court of Protection, and all involve issues relating to capacity to make decisions about treatment, they also illustrate the extent to.

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Anger Iceberg

Creative Play Therapist

Icebergs are giant floating pieces of ice found in the coldest parts of the ocean. What you can see from above is just a tiny part. Most of the iceberg is hidden under the surface. Similarly, when we are angry there are often other emotions lurking underneath. A free download of this handout and a blank fillable version are available HERE! This worksheet is part of the "Mindful Monsters Therapeutic Workbook," which features over 100 pages of worksheets, activities, coloring pages, crafts and mor

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?? Podcast: Mental health in the pandemic

Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction

In the Talking Science Podcast by rbb , Isabel Dziobek talked about how the COVID-19 pandemic has been influencing our mental health. Find the podcast here [German]. Print screen from www.rbb-online.de.

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Transformational Healing & Critical Race Theory in Practice - Nicole Vazquez, MSW, MPP & Susana Victoria Parras, LCSW, PPSC

Doin' The Work

Episode 42 Guests: Nicole Vazquez, MSW, MPP & Susana Victoria Parras, LCSW, PPSC Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. www.dointhework.com. Listen/Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify. Follow on Twitter & Instagram , Like on Facebook. Join the mailing list Support the podcast Download transcript. Check out the new Doin’ The Work Collection of hoodies, tees, mugs, and tote bags!

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At the Association for Professional Declutterers and Organisers annual conference

Health & Social Care Workforce

Jen Owen is a Research Associate at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health & Social Care Workforce, King’s College London.

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Bridging the gap: transitional safeguarding

Social Work With Adults

A joint, independent briefing setting out the importance of transitional safeguarding within adult social work has been published on GOV.UK. The briefing describes what transitional safeguarding is, why it is needed and how the contribution of adult social work is essential to developing and embedding a more transitional approach to safeguarding young people into adulthood.

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How to stop overthinking: Detached mindfulness

Lawson Psychology

The post How to stop overthinking: Detached mindfulness appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology.

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When the people you’re trying to help seek to deceive #2: Nigel

The Masked AMHP

From the early 80’s to the late 90’s I used to do out of hours standby duty sessions. I covered nights and weekends, in addition to the day job. It always seemed to be that the most extraordinary and perplexing cases turned up outside normal working hours. Nigel was certainly one of those. One Saturday, I received a call from the Samaritans in a town in the county I covered.

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Motivating Teams: Organizational Psychology

Counselor Toolbox podcast

-Discuss multiple methods for motivating diverse groups including teams, groups, and families. -Create a safe and empowering environment by recognizing and being responsive to the impact of prior traumas. -Synergize to balance individual differences -Identify strategies to create secure attachments -Discuss multiple methods for motivating diverse groups including teams, groups, and families.

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Child Abuse and Custody in Family Court

Stop Abuse Campaign

← Research Roundup May 2021. Why Family Courts Usually Fail Abuse Victims → Our child abuse and custody crisis. I believe we are all aware that child abuse is real, and parents hurt children way too often – but are you aware that the legal professionals who are required to protect these children are quite frankly failing at the very profession they have chosen?

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PTSD and Adult Health

Counselor Toolbox podcast

This content was inadvertently released as part of Childhood Experiences episode. It is being re-release as a stand alone episode. - Explore the comorbidities with PTSD This content was inadvertently released as part of Childhood Experiences episode. It is being re-release as a stand alone episode.

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Evidence Based Practices for PTSD

Counselor Toolbox podcast

- Explore physical, affective and cognitive evidence-based practices for PTSD Physical - Medications - Use of benzodiazepines following trauma was not beneficial, and may increase the risk of developing PTSD - Use of the beta-blocker propranolol have been conflicting but one RCT did show a significant decrease in the severity of PTSD symptoms and lower likelihood of developing subsequent PTSD - SSRIs may be helpful for addressing anxiety and depressive symptoms related to PTSD - Explore physic

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Long Term Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Objectives ~ Explore the relationship between ACEs and trauma ~ Identify the impact of ACEs and traumatic injury on mental, physical and interpersonal health in adults ~ Explore risk factors for ACEs and subsequent prevention and intervention measures. Objectives ~ Explore the relationship between ACEs and trauma ~ Identify the impact of ACEs and traumatic injury on mental, physical and interpersonal health in adults ~ Explore risk factors for ACEs and subsequent prevention and intervention meas

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Mental Health, Serotonin, Dopamine, and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Counselor Toolbox podcast

» Define Neurodegenerative Disorders » Explore the bidirectional interaction of mood and NDs » Review the functions of serotonin and dopamine in mood and neurodegenerative disorders » Describe the symptoms of NDs » Explore Primary, Secondary and Tertiary prevention of NDs » Define Neurodegenerative Disorders » Explore the bidirectional interaction of mood and NDs » Review the functions of serotonin and dopamine in mood and neurodegenerative disorders » Describe the symptoms of NDs » Explore Prim

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Mental Health, Serotonin, Dopamine, and Neurodegenerative Disorders PART 2

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Part 2 of the last episode. Part 2 of the last episode.