International Federation of Social Workers
MARCH 25, 2022
The report Professional Social Work Response to COVID-19 Affected Families in India: Facilitating Services and Building Awareness during the Second Wave, is the outcome of a nationwide online survey carried out between July and September 2021 to capture the professional social work’s response to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
Community Care
MARCH 25, 2022
Children’s social workers’ caseloads are bigger, more complex and harder to manage, taking a toll on their mental health and family life and leaving some contemplating quitting. That was the message from Community Care’s annual caseloads survey, whose respondents painted a picture of severe pressures – arising from Covid, staffing shortages, court requirements and a lack of other services – that undermined practice quality.
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My Brains Not Broken
MARCH 22, 2022
Over the years, I’ve added many coping techniques and strategies to my mental health toolkit. While these techniques have provided a lot of support on my mental health journey, they’ve also created some problems. I realized I was putting too much pressure on my coping techniques, and that’s what I want to share today. My best example of this problem is my current relationship with meditation.
Gary Direnfeld
MARCH 23, 2022
Pets. They are all special. Family. We love them. Our little guy, Kugle came to us about 12.5 years ago the result of much begging on my part with Arlene. She had three rules to agree to his coming home with us: She owned the front half; He would stay on the main level of the house; He would only sleep on his bed. I agreed and shortly after his arrival, I suggested we go to a puppy class to learn how to train him.
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The New Social Worker
MARCH 20, 2022
On March 18, 2022, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) published the text revision of DSM-5, known as DSM-5-TR. This special report highlights some of the key changes in DSM-5-TR that social workers need to know.
Community Care
MARCH 25, 2022
Less than 1% of social workers reported to Social Work England last year were referred to a hearing or found to have impaired fitness to practise (FtP), show figures released by the regulator. Of 2,328 referrals received from December 2020 to November 2021, 0.5% were deemed serious enough, following investigation, to require a hearing. In a further 0.3% of cases, the social worker accepted the verdict of the regulator’s case examiners that their fitness to practise was impaired without a h
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Gary Direnfeld
MARCH 20, 2022
There’s something about the passing of a loved one who was your rock, your source of strength. Even if they were a flawed person, if there for you, that was all that mattered. With their passing it feels like you could never continue. You miss their support. You grieve and that’s OK. Keep them more than in your heart. Think of carrying them on your shoulder.
Nnatasha Tracy
MARCH 22, 2022
The scariest parts of bipolar disorder depend on who you ask, I guess, but I can think of quite a few scary things; after all, serious chronic illnesses like bipolar disorder tend to be scary on their very face. From having to deal with bipolar disorder for the rest of your life to possibly losing your life to bipolar disorder, there's a lot of which to be scared.
Community Care
MARCH 23, 2022
Councils that spend more on early help and those with wealthier populations are more likely to receive an outstanding or good Ofsted grade, research has found. Researchers said this meant the “most deprived local communities with the greatest needs are least likely to have access to good quality children’s services”, and that the findings challenged a “dominant” narrative of there being no link between spending and performance.
International Federation of Social Workers
MARCH 23, 2022
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) International Short Course by the Social Services in the Context of Conflict Network Download Course Brochure Co-organisers: Educating for Peace – Social Work in the Context of War and Conflict This 6-week CBT Short Course critically explores different dimensions of social work in the context of conflict.
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
MARCH 22, 2022
There’s the joke regarding a man praying every Sunday for God to make him a millionaire. Each and every Sunday, the same prayer. After years of such prayer, this one time, there is a bolt of lightning. He then hears the voice of God, “I would love to answer your prayer and make you a millionaire.” God continues, “Meet me halfway.
Social Work Blog
MARCH 25, 2022
By Dinah Wisenberg Brin. The obstacles and stresses that children with developmental disabilities and their families face can become overwhelming. The need to navigate a complex services landscape, get help from school officials, deal with social isolation and manage financial strains, among other challenges, often create daunting pressure for parents seeking the right support for children who learn or think differently.
Community Care
MARCH 21, 2022
The government risks widespread care home closures if it doesn’t provide councils with significantly more funding to pay providers a “fair cost of care”, a report has warned. Current funding plans are £850m a year short of what is required to enable care homes to deal with the impact of self-funders being able to arrange care at council rates from October next year, found the study for the County Councils Network (CCN) by market analysts LaingBuisson.
Untipsy Teacher
MARCH 20, 2022
Dear Readers, When I retired, I struggled trying to figure out my purpose in life. I always felt a strong purpose being a teacher. But now, what was I, a retired teacher, past her prime? What was my important purpose now? I had struggled with this for several years. I am reading a book called, Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman , and a chapter called “Cosmic Insignificant Therapy”, really helped me come to a realization.
Gary Direnfeld
MARCH 20, 2022
Trigger warning: This post regards child sexual abuse. ———-. For some, the experience of childhood sexual abuse is confusing. It may not have felt coercive. The period of grooming may have been long and indeed felt nurturing. There may have been limited care and attention from one or both parents. Indeed one or both parents may have been quite unavailable to scary and abusive.
Social Work Blog
MARCH 24, 2022
A woman and her transgender daughter wash dishes. Getty Images. The Texas Attorney General Paxton on Feb. 18 released a non-binding legal opinion , stating that, under certain circumstances, gender affirming care (GAC) procedures that are not medically necessary could “constitute child abuse.” In response, The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Texas Chapter released a statement and NASW’s national office also released a statement in support of transgender youth and their families in
The New Social Worker
MARCH 24, 2022
The New Social Worker's SaraKay Smullens reviews The Lost Daughter, nominated for three Academy Awards. The Lost Daughter confronts, among other questions: What does the phrase “natural mother” mean?
The Guardian
MARCH 22, 2022
Full-time income of a single parent worker not enough for essential expenses, Australian Aged Care Collaboration report reveals Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Aged care workers are being priced out of their communities, with low wages and rising living costs leaving a worker in a typical two-parent household with $34 of disposable income each week, and a single parent full-time worker unable to cover basic expense
International Federation of Social Workers
MARCH 25, 2022
World Social Work Day 2022 Asia and the Pacific Region news On 15 March 2022 at the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Bangkok, and online H.E. Mr. Chuti Krairiksh, Minister of Social Development and Human Security presided over the World Social Work Day 2022 for the Asia and the Pacific Region and the […].
Social Work Blog
MARCH 24, 2022
A school social worker meets with a student. Getty Images. Join us for a Congressional briefing on the School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act (H.R. 7037). The legislation recognizes the critical need for more school social workers to help improve student success. WHEN: Wednesday, March 30 from 11 to noon EDT. WHERE: Registration Link.
The New Social Worker
MARCH 23, 2022
The willingness of the authors to be vulnerable and share their journeys is a reminder to all Latinx social workers (and others) that we are not alone, and our stories are always evolving. Read our book review of Latinx in Social Work.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MARCH 23, 2022
? This week we start with an upcoming event: The New York debut of Prof. Dorothy Roberts’ new book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families -- and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World The event, sponsored by Rise, takes place April 16, and it’s available in person or online. You can register here. ? Also from Rise: This column in The Imprint about how family policing systems harm families, based on their extensive research with families forced to encounter New York City
The Guardian
MARCH 22, 2022
About one quarter said that they no longer had access to any mental health support One in five children in care in England were self-harming and likely to have mental ill health during the Covid-19 pandemic, research published on Wednesday reveals. The study by the University of Bristol is the first to analyse the mental health of children and young people in local authority care during the pandemic.
International Federation of Social Workers
MARCH 25, 2022
GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK 2022 runs 4th to 8th April 2022 Global public health leaders, including Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), will officially open the 1st edition of Global Public Health Week (GPHW) on April 4, 2022 during a dedicated ceremony to be held at 13:00 (CEST). The ceremony will be […].
The New Social Worker
MARCH 21, 2022
In the past year, you have supported many in response to COVID-19, stood on the front lines for social justice, represented and elevated social work through media, and contributed to the well-being of yourself and others. Thank you for your TIME!
CAPC
MARCH 23, 2022
Popular TV show accurately portrays palliative care to viewers.
National Casa Gal
MARCH 25, 2022
New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) is at the center of National CASA/GAL’s founding story. Read More. The post Edna McConnell Clark Foundation: the catalyst appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.
MQ Mental Health
MARCH 25, 2022
Content warning: The topic of this data science meeting is suicide and self harm. . On the 23 rd of March, the mental health data science community came together to share findings and best practice at MQ’s 2022 Mental Health Data Science meeting. . This year we are collaborating with HDR UK's new hub - DATAMIND - who is working to enable researchers and stakeholders to find and use UK's rich datasets and health records for mental health research.
The New Social Worker
MARCH 20, 2022
As we have learned during the pandemic, practice mobility is pivotal to increasing workforce accessibility. It will continue to be needed into the future, and compacts will be a critical conduit. Licensed social work will be an essential element.
CAPC
MARCH 23, 2022
New courses provide comprehensive training in chronic pain management, risk mitigation, assessing opioid misuse, and access to treatment for OUD for patients with serious illness.
Pure Recovery California
MARCH 24, 2022
The app Hornet, which caters to the gay male community, has seen a 30-percent increase in social feed engagement since social distancing measures began in mid-March, according to CEO Christof Wittig. And the dating app Tinder reported that it saw more engagement on March 29 than on any other day in its history, with more than 3 billion users swiping to connect with people, according to an April 1 press release.
Living Sober
MARCH 24, 2022
This week's Sober Story comes from Darla, a 63-year-old who lives in El Paso, Texas. == Mrs D: How long have you been in recovery? Darla: 11 years, sober birthday is April 1 2010 Mrs D: What can you tell us about the last months/years of your drinking before you gave up? Darla: Very dark, chaotic and messy. Constantly tired […]. The post Sober Story: Darla first appeared on Living Sober.
Famcare
MARCH 24, 2022
One of the most diverse and rewarding career paths is social work. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, it is also one of the fastest-growing professions. While you are assisting people and society and empowering them, you must also ensure that you are managing everything properly. Case management in social work entails ensuring that all individuals' needs are met.
Lawson Psychology
MARCH 23, 2022
Nightmares and what to do about them We all dream (some of us daydream more than others ?). Some of us remember those dreams, while others do not. Some dreams are pleasant while others are unpleasant nightmares. Dreams have been a topic of interest since the inception of psychology, and they continue to be the focus of prominent research today. Disturbing, distressing, or disruptive dreams are often called nightmares.
Michigan Social Work
MARCH 23, 2022
Assistant Professor Ashley Cureton has been named a 2022 Public Engagement Faculty Fellow by the U-M Center for Academic Innovation.The cohort of 14 fellows will participate in an intensive program designed to build engagement skills, understand key public-engagement concepts and reflect together on how public engagement fits into their scholarly identities.
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