Social Work Haven

MAY 14, 2023

You asked, what are the benefits of being a social worker? Social work is a profession dedicated to improving the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. It is a field that requires social work practice skills and offers a unique opportunity to make a real and lasting impact on people’s lives. While the challenges can be significant, the benefits of being a social worke r far outweigh them.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 18, 2023

Oftentimes during Mental Health Awareness Month, people share their stories about mental health. They open up about their struggles, the challenges that mental illness can present. These stories can vary in experience, but there is a common purpose: to raise awareness. By sharing our stories, we are creating spaces that help other people share theirs.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 16, 2023

By Jo Seiders, LCSW, CDE May 17 th is commonly recognized as International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia — a day many people around the globe celebrate gender and sexual diversity and collectively confront oppression, discrimination, intolerance, and violence that many LGBTQIA2S+ folks experience daily. The significance of May 17 th is that on that day in 1990 the diagnosis of “homosexuality” was no longer recognized in the ICD 10 — the 10th revision of the International Stati

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Community Care

MAY 14, 2023

By Natasha Sabin, Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse Across the UK in 2021, there were, on average, over 850 arrests for online sexual offences every month. Sadly, the ease with which child sexual abuse material can be viewed and shared has led to a huge growth in the production of abuse images and in the numbers of people accessing them. Data shows that, compared with those convicted of other forms of sexual offending, individuals who access child sexual abuse material are more likely to

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need to know about famous social workers? Famous social workers play an important role in our society, providing much-needed support to individuals and families who are facing difficult life situations. They help people cope with problems such as poverty, unemployment, mental illness, addiction, abuse, and neglect. By understanding the work of famous social workers, we can appreciate their impact on society and learn from their example.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 16, 2023

Wouldn’t it be nice if mental health was simple? If we could do one or two things, and that would solve our problems? I’d love that. One of the aspects of mental illness I dislike the most is how persistent it is. I’ll be going on about my day, trying to get tasks done, and then feel a flash of anxiety. Or I will get sad for no reason at all, as if the world is closing in on me.

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Community Care

MAY 15, 2023

The ratio between the numbers of staff and the people they support is not safe in UK social work services, say two-thirds of practitioners. Social workers are also working increasing amounts of overtime and facing rising levels of burnout on the back of the pandemic, while over a third have considered leaving the profession. Those were among the findings of the sixth wave of research into Covid-19’s impact on health and social care practitioners, which started in May 2020 and has been carr

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Nnatasha Tracy

MAY 18, 2023

I get asked about how I wrote a book about my mental illness all the time. My book is Lost Marbles: Insights into My Life with Depression & Bipolar , and I published it in 2016. It has done very well for me, and I don't regret writing the book for a moment. That said, writing a book about mental illness is not for the faint of heart. It's harder than you think , and many people find it less rewarding than they think.

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Social Work With Adults

MAY 16, 2023

Anxious for more progress It’s Mental Health Awareness Week , which this year takes a theme we can all relate to: anxiety (#ToHelpMyAnxiety). It's not only a chance to shine a light on our psychological wellbeing (and how to maintain it) but also take stock on mental health service provision and the evolution of societal attitudes to an issue which affects us all.

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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 New Social Worker

MAY 15, 2023

Self-care does not just happen. We need to be intentional about accountability that holds us to our commitments. As such, devising successful self-care plans requires intentionally considering what accountability measures/strategies to use.

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Community Care

MAY 14, 2023

By Pete Feldon A recent High Court judgment, which found that a local authority acted unlawfully in deciding how to meet a person’s needs, provides helpful guidance for practitioners on applying the Care Act 2014 and its statutory guidance. This article examines the importance of the judgment for decision-making about personal budgets and also responding to complaints, and highlights the implications for defensible decision-making and the Care Quality Commission’s new responsibility for as

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The Guardian

MAY 15, 2023

After the Lib Dems’ triumph in the local elections, their leader talks about his ‘mission’ to get rid of the Tories, the tragedies that blighted his childhood, and how caring for his disabled son has shaped his politics I meet Ed Davey at his house in his Kingston and Surbiton constituency, a sprawling Edwardian semi. In the hands of a banker or, for that matter, a regular politician, it would be full of black and white tiles and plantation blinds, but in the hands of the Daveys it looks like an

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inSocialWork

MAY 16, 2023

Dr. Tina Sacks Does history accompany Black women in the physician’s examination room? Conventional wisdom holds that as a person’s socioeconomic status increases, the quality of health care access and outcomes increase. Money is often thought to be power — but not so fast for middle-class Black women. In this episode, Tina Sacks discusses her work with a largely unstudied population within the Black community.

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University of Connecticut

MAY 17, 2023

A Message from Dean Nina R. Heller to the Alumni Community Dear Alumni, This year has marked key milestones in the history of UConn School of Social Work. We recently celebrated our 75 th anniversary with a special event at the Bond Ballroom in Hartford. I was especially pleased to see so many of our alumni, faculty, staff, both current and emeriti, students, and community partners at our celebration.

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The New Social Worker

MAY 18, 2023

Networking and collaboration are big terms heard throughout social work. That old adage of "it's not what you know but who you know" comes to mind.

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The Guardian

MAY 14, 2023

Callum McDonald describes how he and others coped when made to leave their settled homes by the private, profit-making owner It was the most brutal start to the new year imaginable for Callum McDonald. The autistic teenager was given four weeks to leave the children’s home where he had lived for five years by the Outcomes First Group, one of the country’s largest for-profit care chains.

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The Critical Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Key points: A Family Guide to Living Well with Dementia published in March 2023 by Liz Leach-Murphy who has over 25 years’ experience working within health and social care, and her co-author Jayna Patel, is an easy-to-follow and accessible guide to help families and carers gain the knowledge and insight to be able to support a person with dementia live the life they wish.

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Bipolar Bandit

MAY 13, 2023

One of the first things we are told by experts is how important structure and discipline is for children. We teach them the rules of the house, how to play with peers, how to behave with elders and the rules of the dinner table. We assign for them a time to wake up, a time to nap and a strict bedtime. No fruits after evening, no shoes inside the house, the rules are endless.

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Living Sober

MAY 19, 2023

Today's Sober Story comes from Sandra, a 69-year-old living in Waikato. Mrs D: How long have you been in recovery? Sandra: Just over 9 years. Mrs D: What can you tell us about the last months/years of your drinking before you gave up? Sandra: I had a very moderate wine intake (1-2 glasses twice a week) for about ten years. In […] Sober Story: Sandra was first posted on May 20, 2023 at 8:59 am. ©2019 " Living Sober " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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The Guardian

MAY 15, 2023

I’m stumped by the endless bureaucracy of the system. Why can’t we just find him somewhere warm and safe? This article is part of the heat or eat diaries : a series from the frontline of Britain’s cost of living emergency We take things day by day with my dad. After more than 10 years as his full-time carer , I know not to get my hopes up that things will magically get better.

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KVC

MAY 19, 2023

Nevertheless, I Persisted: Robin’s Inspiring Success Story When Robin was just three years old, her mother’s substance use led to her and her siblings being placed in foster care for their safety. This began a long and difficult road for Robin. She was adopted, but the family was not able to stay together. Despite many heartbreaking experiences, her KVC case workers were a consistent support to her.

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Relias

MAY 19, 2023

Nurse management is a profession requiring special training, skills, and characteristics. A great nurse is not automatically a great nurse leader. But effective nurse management is critical for hospitals and health systems because it is a primary driver of a nursing team’s motivation, performance, and job satisfaction. Nurse managers who understand the benefits and limitations of different nursing leadership styles will be more successful in managing their team or unit and will ultimately drive

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Social Workers Speak

MAY 18, 2023

Villa pushes to increase social worker diversity in the workforce Illinois Senate Democrats Following findings of testing bias in social worker licensure exams, State Senator Karina Villa moved a bill out of the Senate Licensed Activities Committee on Wednesday to provide social workers who are minorities another, more equitable avenue for obtaining a license.

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The Guardian

MAY 13, 2023

As healthcare standards rise, hospitals are more dilapidated and affecting patient care, says an impassioned doctor Patient safety at risk in crumbling hospital Boris Johnson promised to replace Most readers will almost certainly be aware of the government’s plans to build 40 new hospitals in England. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of those 40, and has been pledged a new hospital in Sutton, south-west London, as part of this programme.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MAY 18, 2023

New Directions in Social Work Education in Africa: Challenges and Prospects; Guest editors: Susan Levy and Uzoma Okoye New Directions in Social Work Education in Africa: Challenges and Prospects is a newly published Special Issue in Social Work Education: International Journal, edited by Susan Levy and Uzoma Okoye. The collection brings to the fore some of the unique, rich, and varied aspects in contemporary African social work education, and will contribute to the knowledge base to inform, s

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Social Work Blog

MAY 18, 2023

By Paul R. Pace As someone who ran a large organization when he was dean at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, Richard P. Barth, PhD, MSW, says he knows the need for unanticipated expenditures that may not be very large but are timely and important. “Discretionary funding to support leadership can help make an organization run more smoothly and have a greater scale of accomplishment,” Barth says of one of the reasons he donates to the NASW Foundation.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 17, 2023

What if you could select from a menu to create an effective personalized “recipe” for treating each youth receiving psychotherapy? By adding in the right “ingredients,” in just the right doses, a clinician might be able to create an individually tailored “meal” to treat each individual young person. This personalization is an aim of modular youth psychotherapy, which provides a menu of treatment elements from which therapists select a distinctive combination and permutation for each child or ado

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CAPC

MAY 17, 2023

Study in BMC Palliative Care suggests that multi-faceted efforts at different levels, including social norms, may be needed to improve specialty palliative care integration for advanced cancer patients.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MAY 18, 2023

INVITATION TO AFRICA DAY INDABA 2023 The African Social Work Network (ASWNet) and Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA) cordially invite you to the Africa Day Indaba 2023. An indaba is an Ubuntu-inspired discussion space which values contributions from as many people in attendance as possible, in a respectful and reciprocal manner.

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Therapist Development Center

MAY 17, 2023

The way psychotherapy concludes with a client can be a vital aspect of healing. This final stage of counseling, clinically referred to as “termination,” typically indicates when a client will transition to another clinician, take a prolonged break, or no … Continued The post Law and Ethics Exam Prep: Termination appeared first on Therapist Development Center Blog.

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Famcare

MAY 17, 2023

During the COVID pandemic social workers became concerned with the country’s mental health, especially the teenage population. They initiated a new (988) mental health crisis hotline and immediately began to receive significantly more calls in August 2022 than they had received in August 2021 on the old 10-digit suicide prevention line it replaced. The 988 number received 216,000 calls in August 2022, compared with 141,400 calls to the old number in August 2021.

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Beautiful Voyager

MAY 16, 2023

This piece was first published in 2016, so a lot of the “people are asking me” framing is because I had just started talking about mental health publicly. I am surfacing it again now, in 2023, because I am still asked “How do I fix anxiety quickly?” regularly, and hearing people share their own tale of the wave seems more important than ever. A few days ago I got a call from a friend I've known for years.

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