Social Work Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2023
We’re listening! Tell us what you know , think—and wish you knew—about client alcohol and other substance use. Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve clients who may be at risk for substance-related problems, including substance use disorders and substance-exposed pregnancies. Your responses will be completely anonymous.
Community Care
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Almost half of social workers in Wales say they are likely to quit the profession over the next five years, a survey has found. Over three-quarters said that they felt stressed due to workload, while almost a quarter did not feel safe at work, according to the research carried out for Social Care Wales by Opinion Research Services (ORS). Overall, social workers expressed more dissatisfaction and lower morale than care staff and social care managers, who were also polled for the study, the first
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Social Work Haven
OCTOBER 2, 2023
This personal statement will suit social work students who will soon qualify as social workers, and may want to look into applying for a Newly Qualified Social Worker role within children services. Having completed two placements as part of my social work degree, I have gained some experience in working with children and families. I have worked on a range of caseloads and worked effectively with other agencies to support vulnerable individuals within the community.
Beyond Advocacy
OCTOBER 22, 2023
The power of storytelling in social work is the theme of our 2024 Social Work Day on the Hill and Student Advocacy Day events on March 13, 14, and 15. The very nature of social work requires lifting the voices of poor and vulnerable people so their stories are heard. We include an affected person in our congressional briefings because it is important to hear them tell of their lived experiences, and their stories are often the most persuasive advocacy for policy change.
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Community Care
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. Councils that had made progress highlighted the importance of giving practitioners the freedom to innovate, found the study on enablers of improvement in children’s services commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA).
Gary Direnfeld
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Yesterday I posed a question to Educational Assistants on my Facebook page. I asked how the year is going so far. There were 452 comments at the time of this post. This is reflective of the comments: “394 violent incident reports filed in 27 days of school, that is how our year is going in our board. In one class alone over 11 evacuations in 27 school days.
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International Federation of Social Workers
OCTOBER 31, 2023
As we approach World Social Work Day 2024, we are excited to unveil the theme: “Buen Vivir: Shared Future for Transformative Change”, which is rooted in the Global Agenda and […]
Social Care
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Deborah Sturdy: Christabel Chinonso U worked as a social care nurse when she came to the UK from Nigeria in 2022. Keen to boost her confidence and be a positive influence, she participated in a DHSC supported Florence Nightingale Foundation leadership programme for social care nurses from global majority backgrounds in 2022-23. To mark Black History Month , we are proud to share Christabel’s story.
Social Work Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2023
By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW Chad Lassiter, MSW This fall, I have returned to the classroom as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University and, as I have done so, I’m faced with students eager to become social workers. In part, I believe, it is because social work is one of the country’s fastest growing careers. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that “the employment of social workers is projected to grow 7 percent from 2022 to 2032—faster than the average
Community Care
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The courts will stop monitoring the regulation of unregistered placements for children deprived of their liberty because of the “considerable burdens” this placed on the justice system. The president of the court’s family division issued revised guidance removing the provision this week, four years after it was introduced to deal with a marked increase in applications through the family courts to deprive children of their liberty.
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.
Gary Direnfeld
OCTOBER 30, 2023
She just didn’t know how to connect. It affected every relationship. Turns out her parents separated when she was two. The parents both went on to remarry. Their respected partners each had two kids of their own. That meant four step-siblings. The mom had another child, so a half-sibling, Her father didn’t have any more kids. All that by the time she was twelve and mom separated again.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 12, 2023
That’s the real message behind a monthly newsletter touting “the good stuff in child welfare.” As foster children returned to school in September, the Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice, & Research at the University of Pennsylvania had some great news for them: Sure, it may be your third, fourth, or fifth different school in a few years as you were forced to move from home to home, and sure, the odds that you’ll actually graduate high school are far lower than the odds for children
Social Service Workforce
OCTOBER 13, 2023
by Kathryn Conley Wehrmann , PHD, LCSW, Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Steering Committee Chair "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has…" -Margaret Mead
Social Care
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Person centred care is an ideal pursued throughout the UK. [Image: freepik.com ] A consensus on care In the last ten years, landmark legislation and policy frameworks in all nations have sought to create social care systems which are more person-centred and support individuals to have more choice and control. In England, the adult social care white paper, People at the heart of care , wants to see more people having ‘choice, control and support to live independent lives’.
International Federation of Social Workers
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) are delighted to launch the theme […]
Community Care
OCTOBER 16, 2023
A review into the “complex and fragmented” social care legal framework for disabled children has opened. The Law Commission will examine how the legal framework – some of which dates back over five decades – can be reformed to improve consistency, clarity and fairness for children and parents. The Department for Education commissioned the review as part of its draft strategy, Stable Homes, Built on Love , in response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.
Gary Direnfeld
OCTOBER 30, 2023
All those leaves. When our son was a young teen we had a basketball net on the side of the driveway. I kept it in perfect shape. All the kids in the neighborhood knew they could use it. They did. They even had permission to knock on the door if a car was in the way and they wanted to play. They did. Come fall with the leaves off our colorful maple making for a blanket on the front lawn, I stepped out to talk to a group of kids who gathered to play basketball.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) are delighted to launch the theme for the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development 2024: “ Buen Vivir: Shared Future for Transformative Change “. The theme will also be presented at the 2024 World Conference on Social Work and Social Development in Panama.
The Guardian
OCTOBER 28, 2023
Fee income for 20 largest operators – many private equity-owned – soars as councils struggle to meet costs The biggest private providers of children’s homes in England made profits of more than £300m last year, as concern mounts over the conditions some children are being placed in and the spiralling costs for councils. Fee income for the 20 largest operators of independent children’s homes totalled £1.63bn last year, a 6.5% increase on the previous year.
Social Care
OCTOBER 11, 2023
"We access and share sensitive information. precious data to a cyber criminal who can demand a ransom to release it or use it as. identify theft." [Image created by freepik.com ] Most care providers I speak to are increasingly aware of the value of going digital – it improves decision making through access to current information and increases efficiency.
International Federation of Social Workers
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Dear Colleagues We warmly welcome you to join us for the second annual COSW Policy Forum (online): The contribution of the Commonwealth to Global Social Policy Calling all social workers and […]
Community Care
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Inequalities in access to adult social care are deepening due to the cost of living crisis, staff shortages and squeezed council budgets. That was the message today from the Care Quality Commission in its annual State of health care and adult social care report. The regulator said council funding for care was not keeping up with need, with requests for care per 100,000 population up 4.9% from 2017-18 to 2021-22, while the numbers receiving care as a result fell by 2.2%.
The New Social Worker
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Why isn’t it okay for me to take a few minutes out of my day and focus solely on myself? Or, be completely disinclined to exert myself for one hour? Why am I expected to be excessively or exclusively concerned with others and constantly in motion?
National Casa Gal
OCTOBER 30, 2023
“I’m excited to join the team at the National CASA/GAL Association,” says Kennedy. “As a foster parent, I’ve seen firsthand the positive influence child advocates have on youth and their families. Read More. The post Introducing National CASA/GAL’s new chief development officer Kate Kennedy appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.
The Guardian
OCTOBER 14, 2023
Dismay as key proposals are downsized in order to make election offer to voters ‘bombproof’ Labour is preparing to omit plans for large-scale reform of social care from its next election manifesto, scale back its plans for House of Lords reform during a first term in office, and recalibrate the way it presents its £28bn-a-year green prosperity plan as it prepares to put a “bombproof” offer to voters before polling day.
Social Work Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2023
We woke up this morning to heartbreaking news of yet another mass shooting, this time at our very own Morgan State University (MSU). The National Association of Social Workers Maryland Chapter (NASW Maryland) offers its condolences to the families and friends of the victims, as well as the entire community. For MSU students in need of assistance, the University Counseling Center is available to provide support by calling 443-885-3130 or online via UWill Counseling Services.
International Federation of Social Workers
OCTOBER 23, 2023
All social workers are invited to help create the biggest overview of often-challenging working conditions of social workers around the globe. The survey is open until 15th December 2023.
Community Care
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The number of annual child protection enquiries has hit a new high but the proportion of those finding abuse or neglect has continued to fall, official figures show. Directors warned that the 3.5% hike in the number of section 47 enquiries, from 2021-22 to 2022-23, reflected the erosion of preventive services on the back of “a decade of austerity” At the same time, an academic specialising in the overemphasis of safeguarding risks said that the increasing number of section 47s that d
Social Care
OCTOBER 5, 2023
"We wanted [a] funding offer to help us identify care tech solutions that could have potential for wider rollout within the care sector." [Image created by freepik.com ] What is the fund designed to achieve? The Digitising Social Care programme is funded by Department of Health and Social Care and delivered in partnership with NHS England. The programme aims to support the adoption of digital technologies in the adult social care sector.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2023
● The Imprint has an extraordinary two-part story about one aunt’s fight to take care of her own nephews – in the face of opposition from stranger-care parents. But this is more than a story about one case. This is a story about how concepts like “attachment” and “bonding” were so perverted in order to serve the interests of, almost always, white middle-class strangers, that it’s become junk science.
The Guardian
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Budgets ‘under pressure like never before’ due to inflation and rising demand for social care, with deep cuts to services likely Many more councils in England are at risk of bankruptcy, town hall leaders have warned, as unprecedented financial pressures force local authorities to prepare drastic cuts to services to cope with a collective £4bn deficit.
Nicole Clark Consulting
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. During a recent partnership experience, a consulting organization contacted me to gauge my interest in developing a proposal for a multi-year project for a funder. I’d had a conversation with one of the funder’s senior program officers several months prior, and they’d referred the [.] The post Ask Nicole: Partnering with Other Consultants appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.
International Federation of Social Workers
OCTOBER 23, 2023
IFSW is delighted to share the opportunity presented by the 2024 National Branches of the Council of International Fellowship (CIF) to go abroad and connect with social workers from across […]
Community Care
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Half of councils have been given a share of £11.7m to recruit 461 social work apprentices to bolster their children’s services workforces. The Department for Education funding will go to 79 of the 153 authorities, who were chosen following an application process. The trainees will be employed, and based, in their children’s services departments, and follow existing three-year university social work apprenticeship programmes, with councils then deciding whether to hire them on qualifi
Social Work.Career
OCTOBER 30, 2023
This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 60 free webcasts that we 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, November 2023 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.
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