Save the Social Worker
JULY 18, 2022
I confess. I’m no expert on social work. I’ve been complained about many times from clients. In my last placement, my supervisor wanted to fail me. Twice. You may feel cautious reading this.
Nnatasha Tracy
JULY 28, 2022
This week, Snap Out of It! The Mental Illness in the Workplace Podcast with Natasha Tracy is talking to Gary Koplin , Founder, and President at HealthyPlace.com , a large consumer mental health site. Gary has a unique perspective as he specifically hires and manages people with mental illness.
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My Brains Not Broken
JULY 7, 2022
I am tired. Tired of a lot of things, but today I’m sharing one specific reason I’m tired. I’m tired of seeing mental illness get weaponized.
Community Care
JULY 11, 2022
Frontline has won a £10m government contract to deliver training and development for council children’s social work managers and leaders.
Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.
In this webinar with business development consultant Gary Direnfeld, we will explore the different methods of marketing your private social work practice and boosting your online presence. Gary will provide valuable insight on choosing and using social media to attract viable referrals.
Social Work Futures
JULY 18, 2022
Ethics evolve as the times change. For a while now, I’ve been exploring how futures thinking and practice might intersect with the NASW social work code of ethics.
Social Work Update brings together the best content for social work professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JULY 6, 2022
IASSW Announces The Release Of Social Dialogue Magazine # 26. Dear Colleagues, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) has launched Social Dialogue magazine volume 26 on Black Lives Matter: developments in de-colonising social work.
Social Care
JULY 28, 2022
"Homeshare is a simple concept, it brings together people with a spare room with people who are happy to chat and lend a hand.". “It’s It’s been life-changing having my homesharer living here, especially in the dark winter evenings.
My Brains Not Broken
JULY 19, 2022
It happens to all of us every now and then — at certain points in our lives, we feel stagnant. We feel like we’re doing too may things and not enough at the same time; we feel like we’ve accomplished so much, but at the same time haven’t accomplished anything of value.
Community Care
JULY 31, 2022
Inspectors have hailed the impact of the family safeguarding model in helping a council move from ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’, in a report this week.
Swhelper
JULY 7, 2022
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Gary Direnfeld
JULY 28, 2022
I posted about the Papal visit and hoping well for Indigenous Peoples on another Facebook page – a community page. It drew a racist comment in response to my use of the word genocide. The person wanted me to prove it. It was presented as a demand and insinuated I didn’t know what I was talking about.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JULY 20, 2022
Co-building an Eco Social World. Strengthening the African Social Work Academic Network. ASSWA will be hosting a webinar next week on the above topic. Please join us when we discuss how we can leverage on each other as African academics. link]. Featured
Stop Abuse Campaign
JULY 26, 2022
← What is MIECHV? Overview and Importance of Maternal Home Visiting Programs. Welcoming a new bundle of joy into the world is often a beautiful and rewarding milestone in life, but for many new or disadvantaged parents, it can also be a challenge full of uncertainty and doubt.
My Brains Not Broken
JULY 14, 2022
As I wrote about earlier this week , it’s been a very interesting road to coming to terms with some of my limitations. Identifying my limitations (whether they’re physical, mental, emotional, etc.) is an important part of growth I’m coming to terms with.
Community Care
JULY 3, 2022
The government is recruiting up to 40 social workers to join a new Home Office body managing age assessments of young asylum seekers.
Living Sober
JULY 7, 2022
Edith Moore is of Cook Island M?ori ori descent. She has a Masters Degree in health psychology, is a mother of two, a grandmother of three, and she is sober. Click on the video or audio below to hear my Sobriety Chat with Edith.
Gary Direnfeld
JULY 14, 2022
I see so many folks dealing with a narcissistic ex in my practice. My role is to coach them on how to better manage and respond so as to mitigate conflict, control and impact of the narcissist. This is not a touchy feely or emotive approach.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JULY 14, 2022
IASSW Online General Assembly 2022. IASSW held its Online General Assembly 2022 on July 13, 2022. It was attended by many members and Board of Directors of IASSW from all five continents/ across the world. Annamaria Campanini opened the meeting and welcomed all members in the General Assembly.
Shelter, Inc
JULY 15, 2022
Help is only 3 numbers away. As of Saturday, July 16, the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline will go into effect, routing calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-8255.) Trained counselors will take anonymous calls and texts to the hotline 24/7.
My Brains Not Broken
JULY 12, 2022
It happens to all of us often – several times a week, I get stark reminders that I’m only human. Sometimes those are conscious reminders, but many times the reminders are because of my physical limitations.
Community Care
JULY 26, 2022
Council leaders have offered social workers and other local authority staff a £1,925 pay rise for 2022-23.
Living Sober
JULY 4, 2022
It's very hard to explain the intensity of a drinking dream to someone who isn't sober. It's one of those experiences we sober people have that are hard to convey in words to non-sober people. It doesn't sound that bad to say: "Last night I dreamt I was drinking.
Gary Direnfeld
JULY 6, 2022
Relationships have a momentum. For far too many, the quality of the relationship has little bearing on the momentum. With that, the relationship follows steps. Those steps can last days to several years. Meet Get to know each other a bit. Continue meeting. Meet friends and/or family of the other.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JULY 2, 2022
The People’s Charter for an Eco-Social World. People’s Charter for an Eco-Social World. The People’s Charter for an Eco-Social World comes from the People’s Global Summit, ‘Co-Building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind’, held online on 29 June – 2 July 2022.
Kylie the Creative Social Worker
JULY 15, 2022
The Target Dollar Spot. It seems like everywhere you look someone is talking about something they bought from there.
My Brains Not Broken
JULY 5, 2022
Every so often, I deal with situations or moments that I’ve come to recognize as “winding myself up.”
Community Care
JULY 21, 2022
It is a “national scandal” that social workers are “overlooked” because they “do their jobs so well” in keeping children safe and empowering families to improve their lives, the new children’s minister has said.
International Federation of Social Workers
JULY 17, 2022
Photo from left to right: Herbert Paulischin, Rory Truell, Yana Melnychuk, Ana Radulescu & Mykhailo Simashkevych.
Gary Direnfeld
JULY 28, 2022
Personally, I don’t subscribe to any organized religion. Indeed, I don’t even think about a god and I don’t fret about death particularly, even with what I went through recently. (I I am not fond of pain.). I don’t pray whatsoever. I do not practice the faith in which I was raised although I do identify as Jewish from a cultural perspective as that was my upbringing. I am respectful of those who do subscribe to any particular faith and practice.
Social Care
JULY 20, 2022
Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy, and Skills for Care CEO, Oonagh Smyth, look at the progress being made to create a national voluntary framework to support the safe and effective delegation of healthcare interventions to the social care workforce.
CAPC
JULY 21, 2022
The importance of reviewing a patients’ list of medications before adding to it—and how to assess if a patient is overmedicated. Clinical Care
My Brains Not Broken
JULY 28, 2022
I don’t know about y’all, but I feel like this summer is flying by. Even though this is what happens almost every summer of my life, the strangeness of the summers of 2020 and 2021 have made this summer feel very foreign and unlike any other one I’ve experienced.
Community Care
JULY 8, 2022
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