Swhelper
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
JoyBridge Kids. Raising a child with autism takes extra skill and educational support. Many parents have reached out to ABA therapy centers like JoyBridge to get that extra support. Centers like this one offer evaluation and treatment using only clinically-proven tools, like the applied behavioral analysis. ABA Therapy Center Programs JoyBridge Kids serves over 40 children from […].
Social Care
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
The Autumn COVID-19 booster and flu jab vaccination roll out is a sign that winter is not far behind and we must be ready. [Image created by freepik.com]. Insulating against risk. You don’t have to be a fan of Game of Thrones to know ‘winter is coming’. And while we might wish we had a few fire breathing dragons around to help with the heating, the issues we face as a health and care system require some real world resolve and practical solutions to match.
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My Brains Not Broken
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
I was writing a post a few weeks ago when I ended up using a term I rarely think about: self-stigma. It’s not that it’s a foreign concept to me, but I don’t think I’m very comfortable using the term or understanding it well when it is used. That’s why I decided to do a little research to learn about self-stigma, how it shows up in our lives and how we can deal with it.
Lawson Psychology
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
The post What to do if someone you know is feeling suicidal? appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology.
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Community Care
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Police have opened an investigation into abuse of patients at a mental health hospital uncovered by the BBC. Panorama filmed staff assaulting , inappropriately restraining and secluding and verbally abusing and humiliating patients at the Edenfield Centre run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Undercover reporter Alan Haslam, who spent three months at the centre, also found staff falsely recording that they had carried out required observations of patients.
Social Work Futures
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Just finished reading (finally) the new book from Amy Webb and her co-author Andrew Hessel. It’s called “The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology.” It came out earlier this year – and is published by Public Affairs in New York. I’ll include some “official” reviews of it at the end of this post – but here’s a list of 10 things I learned from reading this book.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Photo by Tara Winstead Pennsylvania take-the-child-and-run extremists are upset about the very idea that families should get an administrative hearing before they’re blacklisted forever in the state’s central registry of alleged child abusers Suppose you were reading a news story about a community that had decided to end the racist practice of stop-and-frisk policing.
My Brains Not Broken
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Every year when I reach the end of Suicide Prevention Month, I take time to reflect on what I’ve learned this month and how that helps my work in suicide prevention going forward. Some years I learn more than others but either way, September is a valuable month of awareness and reflection. While there’s so much that’s being done in the way of suicide prevention, this month is also a reminder that there’s more work to do.
Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
Progress on Advancing the Improving Access to Mental Health Act (H.R 2035/ S. 870). The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) released its mental health workforce discussion draft component of its mental health legislative package (a summary may be found here ). We are pleased to report two of three provisions of the I mproving Access to Mental Health Act are included in section 12 of the discussion draft.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
The Department for Education has appointed Josh MacAlister to advise on the implementation of the children’s social care review that he led. It is paying MacAlister £32,000 for six months’ work, with the role having started on 1 June 2022, shortly after the care review reported, and running until 3o November. However, the contract for the work was formally awarded at the end of July and published by the government last month.
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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.
Social Work Futures
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Over the last couple of years and through my own foresight journey (as a social worker and a human)…I’ve found emerging language regarding the future to be really interesting, illuminating, sometimes troubling, and valuable. Sometimes there are words that are more “pop culture” words that emerge from the mainstream (they are a little like popcorn…not much substance).
Gary Direnfeld
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Resiliency is the capacity to overcome adversity. It is learned and developed throughout childhood, even starting as a little one. It requires the child to meet with frustration and to be soothed such that they settle and cope. It is not about compensating for an upset such that the upset is offset by some gift or bribe. As the child learns they survive their distress, then they have capacity to learn that distress isn’t the end of everything.
The New Social Worker
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Moral injury, a term first coined in research on Vietnam veterans and PTSD, describes inner conflict experienced when betraying an inherent moral code in “high stakes” situations. It has also been found to have high prevalence in healthcare settings.
My Brains Not Broken
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
CW: This post discusses suicide. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in the United States and every year, I aim to write posts and share information directly related to suicide prevention throughout the month. Though this month of awareness has grown in recent years, there are still many challenges to how we discuss suicide prevention. That said, I think this month is a good opportunity to have conversations and demand attention for suicide prevention.
Gateway Foundation
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
No matter what stage you find yourself at in your recovery, music can be a great way to take your mind off things or inspire you. Whether you’re searching for a list of songs to play when you’re driving, studying, hanging out with loved ones, or just relaxing, our recovery playlist has you covered. Whatever genre of music is your favorite, you’re sure to find something you like on this list of songs.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Children who met thresholds were left waiting up to six weeks to see a social worker due to “significant, widespread and systemic” weaknesses in a council’s front door service, Ofsted has found. Inspectors downgraded Nottingham City Council from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘inadequate’ on the back of a full inspection in July , prompting the Department for Education to appoint an adviser to chair the city’s improvement board for children’s serv
Social Work Futures
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
(This is a revision of a post first published in December 2018.). What does it look like when an entire government or a large government agency commits to a futures lens? Exploring them greatly sparks creativity and curiosity about how groups are challenging current assumptions about the present and exploring the tools to inform more desirable futures.
Gary Direnfeld
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Growing up, my mother was always involved with a volunteer group. I never knew what they did, only that she was busy attending numerous meetings and frequently making dozens of phone calls. As a boy many of those meetings took place in our home. I grew up getting to know these many women, but never what they did. They were lovely women, busy in their endeavor.
The New Social Worker
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
In response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Dr. Allan Barsky explores ethical issues for social workers in assisting those seeking abortion care but practicing in states that prohibit or restrict access to abortion-related services.
My Brains Not Broken
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
CW: This post discusses suicide and suicide awareness. Last week was the beginning of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This month is extremely important because it’s a chance to have honest, open discussions about suicide and suicide prevention. More so, it’s a good time to share resources for those who may need them, as well as people who are looking for information to distribute this month.
Prosper Health Collective
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
What is worry? Worry involves thoughts and images that predict negative outcomes. It is often about future events or situations that are uncertain, and involves thinking about these things in a way that causes anxiety. Worry can be about real life events or about hypothetical problems and often involves many ‘what if.’ type thoughts, for example ‘what if I fail the test’, or ‘what if I left the iron on’.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
A government bid to speed up moving unaccompanied asylum-seeking children out of hotels into council care fails to address the dearth of placements available, directors have said. The Association of Directors of Children’s Services issued the warning after the Home Office introduced a five-day target for councils to accept children from hotels following referral under the now mandatory national transfer scheme (NTS) – under which all authorities across the UK must accept a share of u
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The seeds of Q-Anon and Pizzagate were planted at the McMartin preschool, then grown and nurtured by a lot of “professionals” in "child welfare" who should have known better. Earlier this year, I did a series of posts about reputation laundering in family policing – the process by which mainstream “child welfare” organizations seek to co-opt the rhetoric of change while refusing to support any measures that would actually change anything.
Gary Direnfeld
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Some kids develop tremendous anxieties that emerge at bedtime. It could be of someone stealing them away, the death of a loved one, fire, etc. The origin of the fear may be unknown or it may be traceable to an actual event, be it through a friend, news report, family experience, or even just a TV show or YouTube video. Most parents will do their best to soothe their child through their fear.
The New Social Worker
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
A future based on Jane Addams’ ideal of humanitarianism is achievable. It’s up to us to go out and make it.
My Brains Not Broken
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Up until a few years ago, I hadn’t heard of the term high-functioning anxiety. To me, anxiety was something that got in the way of functioning. It made decisions more difficult and tasks harder to complete. The idea of a high-functioning version of mental health challenges is new to me, so I decided to do some research. Today on the blog, I want to break down high-functioning anxiety, what it looks like and how we can manage it.
The Guardian
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Thérèse Coffey announces measure aimed at freeing up beds in hospitals in England before winter pressures Latest politics news – live Ministers are setting up a £500m emergency fund to get thousands of medically fit patients out of hospital as soon as possible in an attempt to prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed this winter. Thérèse Coffey, the new health secretary, unveiled the move in the Commons on Thursday as part of her plans to tackle the growing crisis in the health service, especially p
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Community Care’s survey on the cost of living crisis found that a majority of social workers were struggling, with 94% receiving no additional help from employers. Some were going into debt to manage rising costs, whether through credit cards, overdrafts or borrowing from friends and family. One said: Our bills now cost more than my wife’s and my monthly income each month, meaning we are just getting into more debt each month with no chance to change that.” “I struggle to pay my own
Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is encouraging its members to comment on an important proposed rule to strengthen nondiscrimination protections in health programs through Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. NASW will be submitting comments and encourages social workers to do so as well. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and partner organizations have created comment portals (listed below) for individuals to submit comments regarding specific populations, as well as
Gary Direnfeld
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
It is not uncommon that when a person thinks about separating from their partner, they may contemplate it for years before following through. That means this person has had all that time to think it through as well as adjust emotionally. When the news is delivered, even if the relationship was problematic, the one just receiving the news feels like the rug is pulled from beneath them.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
New York City Council chamber (And why are members of the Left-leaning City Council buying into a right-wing narrative about homelessness?) I have written before about how mandatory child abuse reporting laws backfire. They overload child welfare systems – or as they should be called, “family policing systems” -- with false reports and cases in which poverty is confused with neglect , stealing time from finding the few children in real danger.
My Brains Not Broken
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
There are many symptoms of depression that are frustrating to deal with. Among them, hopelessness is one of the most difficult ones to manage. Hopelessness is a feeling that can sneak up on us. It can be disguised as so many other ways of feeling, and it can be hard to distinguish between other emotions. But to me, living with depression is a constant balance.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
International Summer School: “Gender and Leadership: Social Work Education in Southeast Europe”. 5– 9 September 2022, University of Prishtina. The first edition of the Summer School “Gender and Leadership: Social Work Education in Southeast Europe”, an undertaking of the Southeast Women’s Academic Leadership Network , comprised of social work scholars and educators from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Slovenia, and the US, hosted by the Un
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Just over 5% of social workers have met continuing professional development registration requirements as the three-month renewal period opens. Social Work England said 5,478 practitioners had submitted two pieces of CPD, detailing learning from reflecting on one of the pieces with a peer, equivalent to 5.5% of the registered population. More than twice as many – 12,385 (12.4%) – have submitted at least one piece of CPD, which would have been sufficient in 2020 and 2021 to meet regist
Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
. By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW. It’s been 21 years since first responders rushed headlong into the burning World Trade Center while frightened civilians rushed for the exits. Each September, we remember and reflect on their bravery. Heedless of their own safety, they carried out their mission to serve and to protect us in our most devastating time of need.
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