Community Care

JANUARY 24, 2022

Home Office guidance for social workers assessing the age of young people arriving in Kent is unlawful, the High Court has ruled. The guidance, for practitioners employed by the Home Office at the Kent intake unit (KIU), did not provide for age assessments to be carried out with adequate safeguards for the unaccompanied claimants concerned. Mr Justice Henshaw also found that age assessments carried out by social workers on two claimants, ‘MA’ and ‘HT’, at the KIU, in under an hour, just after th

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My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 27, 2022

I’ve often thought about the phrase, “the mind works in mysterious ways.” I’ve heard it since I was a kid, and it’s been offered up for everything under the sun as an explanation for why people do the things they do. Since I’m naturally curious, those types of answers have never been satisfying to me. Mostly, this phrase felt like a catch-all to use when people didn’t feel like pondering why something was the way it was, even if they couldn’t figur

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Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 24, 2022

She came because the one child wouldn’t listen. In actuality, the child did listen, just not to her, the mom. The child did listen to the grandmother. Seems the grandmother would talk down about the mother to the child. The grandmother also allowed the child far more freedoms than would the mom. The mom was hoping to better manage the child, however, it was abundantly clear it wouldn’t happen with the undermining influence of the grandmother… her mother.

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Nnatasha Tracy

JANUARY 27, 2022

Bipolar disorder is not your fault. Schizophrenia is not your fault. Depression is not your fault. You did nothing to deserve a mental illness. You are a good person and your being sick does not affect that. Mental illness landed on you and started eating away at your brain. It could have happened to anyone. You had nothing to do with it. Mental illness is not your fault.

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Community Care

JANUARY 28, 2022

Relationship-based practice and edge of care services are helping keep the number of children entering care below the long-term average, councils have said. This was the most common explanation proffered by authorities in submitting data showing that care entry rates have continued to lag well behind the average for 2017-20 since the start of the pandemic.

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Social Care

JANUARY 26, 2022

"There is now a seismic shift in the care sector’s digital focus and ambition." [Image supplied by freepik.com ]. Leading fulfilled lives in homes and communities. The Social Care White Paper asserts ‘When technology is embedded into care and support services, it can be transformative, helping people to live happy, fulfilled lives in their homes and communities.

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Ultimate Youth Worker

JANUARY 26, 2022

In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast, “Thinking Critically About Youth Work: Part One”, Aaron speaks with Dr. Brian Belton about the need for youth workers to be critically reflective about who we are as professionals. Over the years we have had some really great deep web chats with Brian, but this is the first face-to-face!! I mean he lives in the UK and Aaron is here in Australia!

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Community Care

JANUARY 27, 2022

Social work caseloads will be explicitly addressed in a government-commissioned independent review of children’s social care in Northern Ireland, launched last week. The terms of reference for the 16-month review say caseloads should be examined to identify whether other professionals could be introduced into teams largely staffed by social workers currently.

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Sober Courage

JANUARY 26, 2022

Relapse is a big part of my recovery journey that has filled me with feelings of guilt and shame, two very powerful negative emotions. My guilt reflects feelings of accountability and regret for the relapses that negatively affected me and my family. The shame brings deeply painful feelings of self-unworthiness, arising from the belief that … Continue reading You Are a Relapse Survivor.

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Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 24, 2022

It is so difficult for many folks to understand the psychic pain for those whose bodies don’t match their felt feeling of gender. In short, this is gender dysphoria. It is also difficult for folks with gender dysphoria to come forward. They greatly fear rejection by family, friends and the larger community. Unfortunately, many fears are founded in reality.

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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.

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Social Work With Adults

JANUARY 28, 2022

Lyn Romeo: Continuous professional development in safeguarding practice is essential if we are to serve individuals, families, and communities well. The recently published Revisiting safeguarding practice will support local authority social workers to refresh their knowledge and understanding of their roles and responsibilities in responding to enquiries and concerns.

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Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

Social workers are under increased pressure because of Omicron-related staff absences elsewhere in social care and rising assessment workloads, sector bodies have warned. Practitioners are having to step in to carry out welfare checks on adults going without the care they need due to mounting staff shortages in residential and home care, said the British Association of Social Workers (BASW).

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JANUARY 28, 2022

Asia Pacific Joint GS Seminar. The Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training were updated in 2020. However, the new document’s content is yet to fully reach the professional social work community in the Asia Pacific Region, and we face several challenges as we engage in educational reform. Please join the discussion for FREE. REGISTRATION by February 17th (Thu) 2022, 7:00 am (UTC) at [link]. * Zoom link will be sent to the registered e-mail address by February 18h (Fri), 7:00 am (

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Prosper Health Collective

JANUARY 27, 2022

For many people who we see at Prosper Health Collective, the first sign that people report is physical sensations in the body. You may feel similar. If you take a scan if your body and notice how you are feeling, you may describe tension in your shoulders, headaches, upset stomach, sweaty palms, dizziness, shaking or any number of other bodily symptoms.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

There's some big news in this report. Unfortunately, the Associated Press buried the lead. Remember all those scare stories about how, because COVID-19 prevented overwhelmingly white disproportionately middle-class “mandated reporters” from constantly having their “eyes” on children who are neither, their parents would unleash upon their own children a “pandemic of child abuse” ?

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Community Care

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Department for Education“presumes” it will remove North East Lincolnshire’s children’s social care services from the council unless a commissioner reports “compelling reasons” not to. The DfE issued a statutory direction to North East Lincolnshire , after an Ofsted report in November rated the authority’s children’s services as inadequate. It hasappointed consultant Peter Dwyer, a former director, as a commissioner to oversee improvements.

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 26, 2022

Macie Smith offers advice on aging on Saltbox TV. South Carolina social worker Macie Smith has devoted her career to helping people older adults and people living with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and developmental disabilities – and their families — live life to the fullest and get the best possible care. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hindered her ability to do more in-person consultations, Smith ramped up offerings on her YouTube channel, “Just Ask Dr.

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Gateway Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2022

Drug misuse and substance dependencies have become a large-scale problem affecting many people throughout the United States and the world. Unfortunately, opioids are one of the most widely misused substances fueling dependencies and leading to increasing overdose rates. Black Balloon Day is a day for friends and family members to come together and celebrate the… The post Black Balloon Day 2022 appeared first on Gateway.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 23, 2022

Garrett Therolf was among those speaking at a Los Angeles Times "Ask a Reporter" event on January 20. Questions were screened in advance. As usual it's because of Garrett Therolf. The former Times reporter and still their go-to guy for child welfare stories continues to soft-peddle racial bias. Now he’s campaigning for the use of computerized racial profiling – a.k.a. predictive analytics.

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Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

Bradford’s children’s services will be outsourced to an independent trust, education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has announced. The decision, agreed with the council, follows recommendations made this month to Zahawi by Steve Walker, the government-appointed commissioner at the inadequate-rated authority. It also comes after the authority and its safeguarding partners admitted failings in their handling of the Star Hobson case, in December last year, after Star’s mother’s partner was found guilty of

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The New Social Worker

JANUARY 24, 2022

The coronavirus and its multiple strains have had a significant impact on our lives. As social workers, what are some ways we can support each other during emotionally challenging and chronically stressful experiences?

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Social Worker 99

Bipolar Bandit

JANUARY 26, 2022

50 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#1). 65 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#2). 35 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#3). 45 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#4). 25 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#5). 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#6). 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire Part 7. 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire Part 8. Mental Health Quotes Part #9. 60 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire, Encourage, or Educate #10.

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The Social Care Elf

JANUARY 23, 2022

Shubhangi Karmakar summarises a systematic review on the effects and feasibility of psychological interventions to reduce inattention symptoms in adults with ADHD, which highlights significant uncertainty in the field. The post Behavioural therapies may reduce inattention symptoms in adults with ADHD appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

Posted January 28, 2022. Icon of two adults, facing each other and touching hands. One is sitting in a wheelchair. This post updates information provided in a Social Work Blog post of December 17, 2021. Following its November 12 release of guidance for nursing home visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS subsequently released two versions of frequently asked questions (FAQs) clarifying the guidance.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 27, 2022

Reaction to government announcement that residents will be allowed unlimited visitors from next week Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Families have reacted with elation to the government’s announcement that English care homes will allow unlimited visitors for residents from next week. “It’s absolutely fantastic news,” said Penny Hutchinson, whose mother, Yvonne Williamson, 81, lives in Summerfield House care home in Halifax.

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Untipsy Teacher

JANUARY 22, 2022

Dear Readers, Before Covid, I always thought of adventures as something big and exciting, like climbing a mountain, or drag racing, something that is really hazardous or out of my comfort zone, exciting and new. This often, not always, involved traveling. Then came Covid, and things came to a halt. My definition of adventure started to change. I realized that even a walk in a different park was an adventure, as it was all new to me.

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Recovery 91

International Federation of Social Workers

JANUARY 27, 2022

‘The world is full of change. The interlinked triple global crises of climate change, rapidly growing inequality and a global pandemic are robbing people of their dignity and futures. This requires us all to work differently….’ Rory Truell, IFSW Secretary-General as Co-facilitator of the people’s global summit has summarized six key action points to co-build […].

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National Casa Gal

JANUARY 25, 2022

CASA volunteer Mr. Velasquez quickly began an effort to provide direct assistance to his CASA counterparts that were impacted. Read More. The post Texas CASA volunteer leads company support to benefit the children served by Kentucky CASA programs in Western Kentucky appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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The New Social Worker

JANUARY 26, 2022

The empowerment, hope, and resilience that is demonstrated by Crip Camp is essential for social workers to know. Given the chance for self-determination, people will rise to the occasion, but the systems must permit it.

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Social Worker 84

A Splintered Mind

JANUARY 28, 2022

I pull back the curtain a bit today, revealing a deep, dark secret about myself—a secret so dank, surely I’ll lose the last three readers I have. I’ve been reading far too many Japanese light novels lately. It started as a form of research, but now I actually like the darn things. I can’t get enough of them. They’re my personal Pandora’s Box.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 25, 2022

Move comes after investigation found serious management shortcomings and follows Star Hobson case Bradford council has been stripped of control of its children’s social care after an investigation following the murder of 16-month old Star Hobson found serious shortcomings in the management of the service. Social workers will be transferred to a not-for-profit children’s trust that ministers hope will help “drive rapid improvements” to a department which has been underperforming for years and str

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

January 2022. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is establishing a task force that will revise the NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care , which was last published in 2004. NASW seeks individuals with the following qualifications to join the task force: Baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degree in social work.

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Lawson Psychology

JANUARY 28, 2022

The post Managing back to school stress appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology.

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National Casa Gal

JANUARY 28, 2022

Our program as a model for safeguarding a child’s right to a safe and permanent family has stood the test of time for 40 years. Read More. The post Celebrating 40 years of impact – a message from the CEO appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 28, 2022

Inquest will examine how child protection handled reports made about four children aged between six months and 13 years old Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Download the free Guardian app ; get our morning email briefing The Victorian coroner will hold an inquest into the deaths of four children who had been the subject of multiple reports to the state’s child protection authorities before they died.

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