Save the Social Worker
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
When I was a student social worker in the U.K., my supervisor used to drive me to the clients we would visit. One day, we were really busy. Back to back meetings in the office, followed by home visits. My supervisor’s sandwich in the car made me wonder if there was a better way to handle the overwhelming nature of social work. My supervisor took out her sandwich, and started having it in her car.
Lawson Psychology
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
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Famcare
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
According to estimates, the United States has over 680,000 social workers affiliated with various non-profit organizations. Social workers play an important role in the American social fabric, from juvenile justice to veteran services, senior services, and child welfare. However, in their pursuit of doing good for humanity, social workers occasionally make mistakes that add to their workload and stress.
Social Work Futures
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
As I’m making my way through a book project (Anticipatory Social Work!!!) I’m doing a lot of working and thinking about and structuring activities to guide the profession into meaningful, direct and generative questions for individuals and collectives. The future of social work isn’t only “out there.” It is connected to the things we are doing, the places we are looking, the places we aren’t looking…right now.
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Save the Social Worker
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
I remember the first time I walked into a client’s room as a student social worker. It smelled dank, and there were bottles of alcohol in the corner. There were pieces of trash on the table, and clothes strewn across the sofa. The client quickly cleared the clothes so that I could take a seat. Deep down, I was feeling uncertain and anxious. I didn’t know how best to talk to him about his struggles with alcohol.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
By Andy Bilson. In a recent report, the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel (“the panel”) asked safeguarding partners to review their policies on bruising in non-mobile infants “to check for consistency with the evidence base and national guidelines.”. The panel acknowledges that there are a small number of children who are seriously harmed or die, where bruises have been seen by staff with a responsibility to protect children before more serious injuries have taken place.
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Gary Direnfeld
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
If you are dealing with a narcissistic ex, you have had to deal with wondering if you are crazy. You’ve had to fret over others believing horrible things said about you. You’ve received diatribes in messages, none of which ever resolve any issue you seek to address. You’ve likely had your kids come home, like emissaries of your ex, demanding things your ex seeks.
Gateway Foundation
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug that can create numerous severe side effects. Once a person becomes addicted to the illegal drug, they can experience physical, mental and emotional changes that take a toll on their quality of life. One of these changes includes facial puffiness, often referred to as coke bloat. Coke bloat can alter the appearance, affecting one’s self-esteem and perception of self-worth.
Social Work Futures
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Here’s a collection of links that I’ve been gathering up the last year – exploring the future of higher education. They come at the subject from a wide variety of angles – and represent a continuing horizon scan of things I’m interested in, and may be of interest to colleagues across higher ed. This sector is shifting and evolving just as most are.
International Federation of Social Workers
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
The Australian Social Work Association’s Statement on Climate Action in preparation for COP27. This builds on previous statements drafted with input from AASW social workers on Climate Action highlighting on […].
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.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Councils will be able to deliver an extra 200,000 care packages over the next two years through what chancell0r Jeremy Hunt described as the “biggest increase in funding” adult social care sector had received in its history. As widely trailed , Hunt used his autumn statement today to announce a two-year delay to the adult social care charging reforms, including the £86,000 cap on care costs, which are now due to come into force in October 2025, beyond the next election.
My Brains Not Broken
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
Throughout my mental health journey, I’ve reflected a lot about gratitude and and what it means to be thankful. From reflections on gratitude to what I’ve learned about thankfulness , there is a wealth of knowledge to be gained surrounding these feelings, and it can change all the time. Most of the time, I reflect on the importance of being grateful and of being thankful.
Gary Direnfeld
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
There are ways to work with a nasty ex that work better than others. It’s not that these other ways are perfect or turn everything around for the better. It’s that they can help neutralize some of the toxicity. You see, most people try to “break through” to the nasty person (identified as high conflict or narcissist). That isn’t the right approach.
Nnatasha Tracy
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Recently, I wrote on Instagram about how when you compare yourself to others, you lose. I quoted Theodore Roosevelt, who said, "Comparison is the thief of joy." I consider this to be true, but it doesn't mean I don't fall into the trap of comparing myself to others. Comparison is a natural human instinct, but that doesn't mean it's always helpful to us.
Swhelper
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Deona Hooper, MSW. A few days ago, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) concluded its annual conference in Anaheim, California, and the theme was “Leading Critical Conversations: Human Rights are Global Rights” Since then, the conference has been the center of discussion on Social Work Twitter due to the unaddressed sexual harassment allegations reported to senior CSWE […].
International Federation of Social Workers
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
‘Social workers have among the most difficult working conditions of all equivalent professions’, is the key finding of new research just published in International Social Work journal. ‘This has detrimental […].
Community Care
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
The government will review the local authority designated officer (LADO) role after an inquiry into the abuse of disabled children identified “major failings” in relation to the function. Education secretary Gillian Keegan announced the review in a statement to Parliament after the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published the report of phase 1 of its inquiry into serious abuse and neglect of disabled children in three residential special schools in Doncaster.
My Brains Not Broken
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
When it comes to mental health, there are many cliched phrases I find myself gravitating toward to talk about health and wellness. I like to think of these phrases are things to turn to when my brain is tired, or I feel like I’ve been moving too fast and need to take a moment to reacclimate myself. One of the phrases I turn to often is a reminder: take things one day at a time.
Gary Direnfeld
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Some have a parent who is verbally nasty, maybe physically harsh too. The other does nothing to really protect, but becomes the preferred parent. Because of not being overtly mean, they are seen positively. The fact is though, that parent has been neglectful. That parent left you unprotected. Neither parent has truly acted in the interest of the child.
CAPC
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Medical student brings course to her school, to teach first-year medical students essential skills to care for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
More than just a dissent in an individual case, this opinion is a call to transform “child welfare” in Michigan – and everywhere else. Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack The Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, Bridget McCormack, has written a dissent in a case involving termination of a child’s rights to her parents (a more accurate term than termination of parental rights).
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
UK has scored ‘a series of economic own goals’, Institute for Fiscal Studies says after autumn statement Autumn statement: key points at a glance Autumn statement 2022: all our coverage The British people “just got a lot poorer” after a series of “economic own goals” that have made a recovery much harder than it might have been, a leading thinktank has said.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
The government will delay the introduction of the cap on care costs for two years, in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement next week, The Times has reported. The measure is designed to contribute to government plans to make expected reductions of over £30bn a year in spending to shore up the public finances. Delaying the £86,000 cap and the associated reform of making the means-test for care more generous, from October 2023 until 2025, would save about £2bn.
My Brains Not Broken
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
I put a lot of pressure on my writing. Sometimes writing about mental health is a release. It helps me express things I can’t say, and put into words a feeling or emotion I’ve had trouble explaining. But it’s also difficult, in many ways, to write when experiencing anxiety. In those moments, it feels like every word has to be perfect or flow naturally.
Gary Direnfeld
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
There is a condition that can look like dementia called Korsakoff Syndrome. It affects memory. It is mostly the result of vitamin B1 deficiency and that is typically associated with high levels of alcohol consumption over the course of many years. For men, the level of consumption is about 35 standard alcoholic beverages weekly for some 18 to 22 years.
Stop Abuse Campaign
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
← Stop Abuse Campaign Issues Statement about Colorado Springs Club Q Shooting. Breaking the cycle of abuse – a holiday story. We often talk about domestic violence as a set of statistics, but do we ever really make the connection between a person’s ACE ( Adverse Childhood Experiences ) score and their propensity to become either a perpetrator or a perpetual victim?
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
It’s all in a report commissioned by the Administration for Children’s Services itself. Among the recommendations: “Transparently share information and data around decision-making.” ACS’ response: Don’t release the report! In a survey, ACS' own workers say there should be a law requiring them to tell families their rights, but their leadership opposes it.
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
Unaccompanied child refugees describe attacks in notorious Manston camp after officials ‘ignore or discount’ ID documents The Home Office is routinely changing the dates of birth of unaccompanied child asylum seekers to classify them as adults, according to experts who say the practice is now happening on a “horrifying scale”. As a result, many children are being wrongly sent to the notorious Home Office site at Manston in Kent , the experts warn, and detained in unsafe conditions for up to seve
Community Care
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Increasing numbers of children’s agency social workers are newly qualified, amid worsening staff shortages and rising demand, directors have warned. Children’s services leaders raised concerns about the cost, quality and profit extracted from agency work in responses to the Association of Directors of Children’s Services latest safeguarding pressures report, issued today.
My Brains Not Broken
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
I have said it many times on My Brain’s Not Broken – I am not a mental health professional. I have life experience and have discussed the topic with many professionals over the years, but this isn’t my line of work. However, I love to do research and find out what the experts are saying. After sharing my own perspective on the importance of feeling , I decided to poke around the Internet and see what mental health professionals are saying about the importance of feelings and em
Gary Direnfeld
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
I have had several messages and conversations this week about violence in schools. They were all unrelated. They all had the same themes. Those themes included disbelief at the intensity and frequency of violent events across all age of students. The other theme was the disbelief that instead of walking out the disruptive student, the entire class is evacuated from the classroom instead.
Michigan Social Work
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Professor Rogério M. Pinto was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. The academy is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high-impact work that advances social good. Fellow status is among the highest professional accolades bestowed to social work scholars.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Key child safety measures show significant improvement A Black Families Matter rally in New York City in 2020. (Photo by Rise) This is the first of three parts about a scathing report, commissioned by the New York City family policing agency itself, which found pervasive racial and class bias in the agency, and rampant confusion of poverty with “neglect.” ?
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Exclusive: Leonard Cheshire says it can no longer afford to subsidise care services inadequately funded by councils Severely disabled care home residents are being evicted in a series of disputes between one of the UK’s best-known care charities and a number of local authorities that the charity has accused of refusing to meet the soaring costs of care.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Social Work England has finalised training standards for approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) and the new role of approved mental capacity professional (AMCP) following consultation. The social work regulator made minor changes to its draft proposals for each set of standards on the back of feedback from 47 respondents to the AMHP consultation and 31 to the AMCP one.
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