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).

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MQ Mental Health

OCTOBER 17, 2023

World Mental Health Day falls on 10 October every year, and every year the chosen theme aims to highlight or address an aspect of mental health. This year the theme is ‘Mental Health is a Human Right’. So what is a human right? And why is mental health one? MQ answers some questions you might be asking… What is a human right? Human rights, as defined by law, are the basic rights and freedoms belonging to each of us around the world, from the moment we are born until the moment we pass away.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I have been thinking a lot about self-care in my work with patients experiencing high-stress circumstances. In my practice, with peers and patients, I tend to ask, “what are you doing to take better care of yourself?” The frequent response is so common it could be considered universal …blank stare, awkward silence, and a sheepish, “I don’t know,” usually accompanied with a shrug.

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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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Social Care

OCTOBER 17, 2023

".our motivation for. delegated healthcare activities is rooted in a deep-seated belief in our clients’ right to additional healthcare needs supported in their own homes." [Image created by freepik.com ] Domiciliary delegation In recent years, the concept of supporting healthcare activities at home has gained significant traction,and for good reason.

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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.

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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.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The annual Social Service Workforce Week, spearheaded by our esteemed partner, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, carries profound importance for social workers across the globe.

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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%.

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CAPC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Six practical tips on anticipatory guidance for when test results are immediately released to your patients, per the Cures Act.

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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.

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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.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Africa ranks high on the acute multidimensional poverty index, contributing the greatest share of the global population living below the extreme poverty threshold of 1.90 U.S. dollars a day.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Councils must be under a statutory duty to support birth parents of children taken into care to tackle, and eventually end, repeat removals, a charity has said. Pause also called for much better recognition of birth parents and improved data on, and monitoring of, recurrent removals, so agencies could understand the scale of the problem, in a report issued today.

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The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Forensic social work, also known as criminal-legal social work (or juvenile-legal social work for those focusing on work with system-involved youth), is a growing area of practice.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Residential care can cost tens of thousands of pounds a year. Here’s how to find a home you can afford Jim Kirby was a cautious saver all his life, but now aged 84 he is nearly broke because of £86,400-a-year care home fees and an exhausting battle to get the state to make a contribution. The fees pay for his wife, Maureen, who since September 2021 has been in a £7,200-a-month nursing home.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Social workers in Europe are encouraged to participate in the IFSW POVERTY WATCH 2023 Report by completing the questionnaire available at the following link. In 2022, 95.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The government should find £500,000 to help 200 former practitioners return to social work in its forthcoming autumn statement, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. The proposals was one of three put forward by the LGA to “rapidly increase the children’s social worker workforce and retain those currently in post” in the context of vacancy rates that reached a record high of 20% last September.

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inSocialWork

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Husain Lateef, PhD It’s well known that Black men in the United States have disproportionally higher rates of depression and emotional distress than other racial groups. This is even more troubling given that Black men seek out help and mental health care at lower rates and endure higher rates of misdiagnosis when they do. Our guest, Husain Lateef, is exploring this disparity and learning that an Afrocentric worldview that emphasizes collectivism, community, compassion and “being human through o

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The Social Care Elf

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Daisy Long summarises a qualitative study regarding the emotional experience of learning in and of itself for individual social workers and how early learning experiences can shape current responses. The post Continuing Professional Development is an emotional experience as well as a learning one. appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Living Sober

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Sobriety offers nuanced experiences, not the hazy experiences that alcohol provides, where everything blends together.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2023

An effective pay freeze for social workers and other health and social care staff in Northern Ireland is “unsustainable and unfair”, sector leaders have warned. Health and social care (HSC) trust chief executives made the claim in a letter to Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris urging him to intervene to give trust staff a pay rise.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 20, 2023

We would like to highlight some of the extraordinary work that our members are doing. Many members are using their expertise and experience to make huge differences in the world. Here are just two examples! In December 2022, Ukrainian psychologist Dr. Alex Lupis initiated contact with the American Psychological Association (APA), Division 12, to explore avenues of support for Ukrainian psychologists, resulting in a collaboration that involved members of the Assessment Psychology Section.

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The Social Care Elf

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For the last in our World Menopause Day 2023 series, we are combining a paper and some recent case law, to think about some of the things that have been discussed this week through these blog posts. The post Menopause in the workplace revisited: A feminist perspective and a visit to the Employment Tribunal (ET) appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The School of Social Work celebrated the third annual Social Justice Changemaker Lecture with an art show, spoken word performances, and a rich conversation about community, art, incarceration, and second chances. The program, “Incarceration and its Aftermath: How Art Can Create Pathways to Reintegration and Healing,” looked at the personal and societal implications of the carceral state, the connection between creativity and freedom, and the importance of imagination and inclusion.

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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 progressed 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).

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Abuse Survivor

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Sarah Garlits talks about how she deals with online trolls and stigma In the vast expanse of the internet, we’re all just tiny specks in a vast digital universe. Unfortunately, it’s a universe filled with trolls, those enigmatic creatures whose sole purpose seems to be spreading negativity and vitriol wherever they go. Over the years, I’ve learned that no matter what I do, someone somewhere is going to be upset about it.

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The Social Care Elf

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This is the second of three-blog posts to celebrate World Menopause Day 2023, Daisy Long looks at the social constructions of menopause based on a paper recently published in the Journal of Aging. The post Social Constructions of Menopause: A blog to Celebrate World Menopause Day 2023 appeared first on National Elf Service.

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MQ Mental Health

OCTOBER 17, 2023

World Mental Health Day falls on 10 October every year. This year the theme is ‘Mental Health is a Human Right’. In a previous article , we answered the questions like what is a human right and why is mental health one? Now we look at how our mental health is protected by human rights. How does the Human Rights Act protect people with mental health conditions?

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Community Care

OCTOBER 19, 2023

UNISON has announced a fresh round of strikes after its members overwhelmingly rejected an improved pay offer for local government staff in Scotland. The “rolling programme” of walkouts will take place in schools and early years providers linked to schools across the country with dates to be announced shortly, the union said this week. Nine in ten members who voted rejected the offer from employers’ body COSLA, on a 57% turnout, after UNISON members had taken strike action in s

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CAPC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Consortium to focus on palliative care research across the lifespan, supporting research and the scientific workforce.

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The Social Care Elf

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Today, 18th October 2023, is World Menopause Day. It’s the now annual discussion on the impact that menopause has for the individual in the workplace, in the family and in our communities. The post Menopause in the workplace: A blog to celebrate World Menopause Day 2023 appeared first on National Elf Service.

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MQ Mental Health

OCTOBER 17, 2023

World Mental Health Day is approaching with the theme this year of ‘Mental Health is a human right’. MQ strives to address inequalities and supports projects that aim to redress imbalances in society, such as the Gone Too Soon paper which looks into why people with severe mental illness experience early mortality and what can be done to prevent it. James Downs, MQ ambassador, shares his experience of being involved in the Gone Too Soon paper, why this study is so important and why mental health

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Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 16, 2023

by Maury Mendenhall, Senior Advisor on Orphans and Vulnerable Children, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of HIV/AIDS. I am a social worker by training. But for most of my career, I never thought I could consider myself one.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The post EASSW statement on the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East first appeared on International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW).

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CAPC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Article published in JPSM proposes that methodological variations could account for differences in access to or use of palliative care.

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