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Using lived experience in social work education

Martin Webber

Systematic review of service user and carer involvement in social work education finds positive classroom experiences.

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Tricky, sticky habits: what are body-focused repetitive behaviours?

Lawson Psychology

The post Tricky, sticky habits: what are body-focused repetitive behaviours? appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology.

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6 Useful Tips to Keep Your Mind and Body Healthy

Swhelper

MJ Fernandez. People these days are often so busy with work and their responsibilities that sometimes they forget to take care of their mental and physical health. However, if you keep this up, you risk your chances of burning out and developing certain illnesses that may be hard to treat later on. This is why it is […]. View Full Article - 6 Useful Tips to Keep Your Mind and Body Healthy.

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National DoLs court launched to handle children’s deprivation of liberty cases

Community Care

The leading family judge has launched a National DoLs (deprivation of liberty) Court to handle applications to deprive children of their liberty, which have risen rapidly in recent years. Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the family division of the High Court, said the court would start work on 4 July, handling all applications to authorise the deprivation of children’s liberty.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Want a go at podcasting?

Martin Webber

Here's an opportunity for a social work researcher or academic to join the Social Work Research Podcast working group.

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Standardizing Home-Based Palliative Care: Necessary, Doable, and Fruitful

CAPC

How palliative care clinicians and payers in California worked together to reduce unwanted variation and confusion in home-based palliative care.

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Lower caseloads – not expert units or staff – best way to improve safeguarding, say social workers

Community Care

Community Care readers have overwhelmingly called for reduced caseloads as the best way to improve child protection in a snap poll. Almost two-thirds (63%) of more than 1,100 readers who answered a simple multiple-choice question – “what would most improve child protection in England?” – opted for lower caseloads. The poll was carried out after significant changes to child protection were recommended by the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care and the Child Safeguardi

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Thoughts of Suicide Every Day

Nnatasha Tracy

Some people live with thoughts of suicide every day. I have lived this way. It's hell. Persistent suicidality can happen in depression , although it's not talked about very much. There is a notion that people think about suicide, and they either get help, which rids them of the thoughts, or act on the thoughts. And while I have no doubt some people have had that experience, for many, this just isn't reality.

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Learning Disability Week: reminding us to reconnect

Social Care

Like all of us, people with learning disabilities need support to reconnect with a reopened society. [Image copyright Mencap ]. Celebrating and supporting diversity. In an ideal world, there would be no need for awareness days, weeks and months. There would be no marginalisation, misrepresentation or ignorance, just open societies, fully supportive of the diversity of the human condition.

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Stacey Hardy-Chandler, PhD, JD, LCSW, Named CEO of the Association of Social Work Boards

The New Social Worker

The Association of Social Work Boards has named Stacey Hardy-Chandler, PhD, JD, LCSW, as the organization’s new chief executive officer following a national search. She succeeds the current CEO Dwight J. Hymans, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, who is retiring.

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

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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Ukraine: council heads raise safeguarding concerns as UK starts accepting unaccompanied children

Community Care

Council leaders have issued safeguarding and resource concerns, after the government opened its Homes for Ukraine scheme to unaccompanied children. Levelling up secretary Michael Gove announced yesterday that 1,000 Ukrainian children who had already made applications under the scheme would be allowed to travel to the UK without their parents to stay with a sponsor, so long as they had parental consent.

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The monster will get us, be quiet

Stop Abuse Campaign

← How to Help Homeless LGBTQ Youth in America. Family monsters. I had a troubled childhood where neglect, abuse, and violence were common. It did something to me inside my brain and affected the rest of my life. I suffered from Parent Abandonment Syndrome when I was eleven, and my parents divorced. My mother was unavailable in my teen years because of her alcoholism.

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Revealed: Migrant care workers in Britain charged thousands in illegal recruitment fees

The Guardian

Exclusive: new visa scheme to attract staff to ease the chronic shortages in the sector has left many open to exploitation Read full story: Migrant workers trapped in debt bondage Care workers recruited from overseas to look after elderly and disabled people in Britain are being charged thousands of pounds in illegal fees and forced to work in exploitative conditions to pay off their debts.

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How Nonprofits Are Helping Job Seekers Find Jobs

Famcare

During the COVID-19 crisis, almost 9.6 million Americans lost their jo bs. Searching for the right job is difficult, with continuous rejection and unpleasant interviews. Job-search stress has been connected to mental health problems like depression and anxiety. Fortunately, non-profit organizations are working to open new doors for unemployed people to help them find a job.

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‘Exemplary practice’ sees borough rise to outstanding rating

Community Care

“Exemplary” practice” based on strong social work fundamentals and investment in keeping families together safely has helped a council rise from ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’ After being praised for the strength of its early help and family support approach in last month’s final report of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, inspectors echoed this in awarding Camden council the top grade on the back of an inspection in April.

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Ep 7: What Are Your Legal Workplace Rights If You Have a Mental Illness?

Nnatasha Tracy

This week, Snap Out of It! The Mental Illness in the Workplace Podcast with Natasha Tracy is talking to lawyer Julia Stephanides. She's going to school us on the rights people with mental illness have at work and how you can use those rights to better navigate working with a mental illness. Learn things like: Are all mental illnesses really considered disabilities?

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Children stressed and self-harming over UK cost of living crisis

The Guardian

Mental health problems are linked to financial squeeze on families, according to new Childhood Trust report The impact of the cost of living crisis on children has led some to start self-harming, a new report by a leading children’s charity has claimed. According to The Childhood Trust, the impact of money worries for British families has caused 47% of children to feel stressed, while 21% of parents said their children smile less because of the financial squeeze.

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Celebrating family — a message from our CEO

National Casa Gal

June is nationally recognized as Reunification Month— a critical opportunity to share the importance of children and youth in foster care reunifying with their family. Read More. The post Celebrating family — a message from our CEO appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Unions seek 11% wage rise for Cafcass staff after chief’s warnings of social worker exodus

Community Care

Unions have called for a 10.8% pay increase for Cafcass workers, after management warnings that it risked a staffing exodus over government wage constraints. The claim – a 3% pay rise plus the 7.8% retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation as recorded on 1 April 2022 – was made jointly this month by Napo, the main union for staff at the organisation, and UNISON.

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STUDENT VOICE: What Happened to No Man Left Behind? All Veterans Deserve Mental Health Care

The New Social Worker

Although limiting certain military benefits as a result of misconduct is understandable, we should not deny mental health care for service members who have experienced combat trauma.

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Migrant care workers came to help the UK. Now they’re trapped in debt bondage

The Guardian

Investigation: Britain called out to workers around the world to ease a staff crisis. But many have to pay thousands in illegal fees to recruitment agencies Read exclusive story: Migrant care workers charged thousands in illegal fees Meera Stephen came to Britain with a big suitcase and even bigger dreams. The 27-year-old had left Kerala in south India to work at a care home in Manchester, one of thousands of migrant workers to come after a government recruitment drive to fill more than 100,000

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IFSW Statement on World Refugee Day 2022

International Federation of Social Workers

In the past decade, the global refugee population has more than doubled. According to the UNHCR, over 84 million people have become displaced through fear for their lives. Listening to many stories of people’s journeys as they search for safety they recount the dangerous paths to safety, having experienced exploitation, abuse by people and systems, […].

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‘Inadequate’ council doing better for young people but services remain inconsistent, says Ofsted

Community Care

An ‘inadequate’ council has made significant progress in services for care leavers and older children in care under “determined” senior leaders, but practice remains inconsistent, Ofsted has said. After a fourth monitoring visit to the coastal Kent district since its 2019 full inspection, the inspectorate found improved workforce stability and capacity had cut caseloads, improving practitioners’ relationships with young people.

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Co-Parenting Building Blocks: Interview With an Expert

Relias

Last month, I had the privilege of partnering with Relias to facilitate a webinar entitled: Co-Parenting Building Blocks To Promote Children’s Mental Health and Development. It was wonderful to have such great participation and audience engagement from those in attendance. After the webinar, there were a few questions in the chat that we did not have a chance to address during our discussion.

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The Positive Impact Social Work Can Have on Public Education

Swhelper

Sarah Daren. Social workers aren’t always associated with public education. Their roles in social service delivery, legal arenas, and advocacy are often more readily recognized. However, social workers provide vital support within our education system and contribute meaningfully to helping countless children progress through primary and secondary education in the United States every year.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 20, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The week-in-review post is a day early because, for the rest of the week I'll be publishing a series of posts about various family policing establishment groups' recent attempts at reputation laundering. ? To the long ugly litany of family destruction at the hands of Florida’s family police add another revelation: allegations of blatant conflict-of-interest.

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IFSW Africa Publishes 2021 Conference Abstract Book

International Federation of Social Workers

The IFSW Africa is pleased to publish the 2021 International Social Work Conference Abstract book. The Hybrid conference held in Rwanda Kigali hosted by the Rwanda National Organization of Social Work was the first-ever successful hybrid social work conference with over 750 participants. The theme was a continuation of the discussion of the first 2020 […].

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Pride Month and social work's essential role

Social Work With Adults

"[Pride Month] still hugely matters, even in these more enlightened times. Many LGBTQ+ people continue to face pervasive discrimination, experience abuse, or are subject to neglect throughout their lives." [Image created by freepik.com]. Supporting the right to be ourselves. As a lesbian, I always enjoy the visibility that Pride Month brings to those of us who are LGBTQ+ and the support it provides for our communities, families, friends and networks.

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Vacancy in Japan College of Social Work

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Vacancy in Japan College of Social Work. The Faculty of Social Welfare, Japan College of Social Work, is looking for a faculty, full-Time (Non-tenured), field of studies on “Human Welfare and Culture” For details, visit the following URLs: [link] SeekJorDetail?fn=3&ln=1&id= D122061288&ln_jor=1. [link] saiyo/2022-0623-02.html.

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Tricky, sticky habits: what are body-focused repetitive behaviours?

Lawson Psychology

Tricky, sticky habits: what are body-focused repetitive behaviours? We’ve all heard the phrase “pulling their hair out” used to describe someone who is particularly stressed, or “splitting hairs” to refer to being overly fussy. But you might not realise that these sayings can be traced back to compulsive hair-pulling disorder and other body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs).

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Societal Benefits of a Case Management System

Famcare

The significance of non-profit's efforts in the lives of so many people cannot be overstated. People from different cultural and social backgrounds take advantage of such non-profit organization services in completely diverse ways. However, how does case management software help society? We respond by examining the significance of human services software in relation to the nonprofit organizations that choose to use this specialized software.

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Overcoming Barriers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare

Relias

The need for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in healthcare is not new, but DEI is still a new focus for many healthcare organizations. As you move forward with DEI efforts, thinking about the potential challenges to success is important. Let’s explore ways to overcome barriers to DEI in your organization. In a 2021 Relias survey of 1,310 healthcare and public safety professionals, only 62% of respondents said that their organization participates in diversity, equity, and inclusion

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Don't Despise the Packaging.

American Board of Clinical Social Work

"Don't Despise the Packaging." I recently watched Robin Roberts from Good Morning America, interview Glori Tuitt and her Mother, Ruthie Tuitt. The topic for that program focused on how members of the LGBTQ+ community have felt abandoned, unaccepted and rejected by their families and by their religion.

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What is it like to work as a senior psychologist at Prosper Health Collective?

Prosper Health Collective

We asked our Team Leader and Senior Counselling Psychologist Julia Fraser to tell us what it is like for her working at Prosper. . I joined the team at Prosper about 8 months ago now, and I am so glad I did. The things that really stand out for me about working at PHC are the positive culture, opportunity for growth and development, flexibility and supportive environment.

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Houston Homes for the Homeless

Famcare

In the normal course of business, this blog researches and reports the issues that are having an impact on the world of social services. However, when journalists at large are out in front on important stories we are eager to share their work here in our blog space. Today, we would like to summarize the reporting of New York Times journalists Michael Kimmelman and Lucy Tompkins on the life changing work in support of the homeless going on in the city of Houston.