Community Care
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
England’s care system needs an “urgent boost to the number of foster carers” to avoid reaching “breaking point”. That was the warning from Ofsted as it released its annual fostering statistics last week , which showed there were 88,180 approved fostering places, 55,990 of which were filled, and 45,370 approved fostering households, as of 31 March 2021.
Gary Direnfeld
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The call was about the one child who was continually acting out, skipping school, getting into trouble. The other child was described as perfect, a perfectionist actually. That child had great grades and only concentrated on school work. The child was seemingly obsessed with that and as such, didn’t have time for trouble. That child was considered fine.
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My Brains Not Broken
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
There are many symptoms for anxiety and anxiety disorders: feelings of panic or doom, shortness of breath, trouble sleeping, a general sense of uneasiness…the list goes on and on. Symptoms of anxiety can create challenges with how we view the world and view ourselves, creating issues with self-worth, confidence and self-esteem. But lately I’ve noticed one one area that I don’t often see people discuss – self-doubt.
What a Shrink Thinks
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
We need each other and we harm each other. We serve each other and threaten to devour each other. We yearn to rely on each other, and we profoundly disappoint each other. We can’t live with each other and we can’t live without each other. Psychoanalytic models struggle with these conflicting demands.
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Community Care
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The government’s care funding reforms will do very little for those with longstanding needs and modest wealth, following changes that reduce their benefit for the less well-off. That was the warning today from Andrew Dilnot, whose commission devised the blueprint for the cap on care costs that the government will bring in from 2023, after the changes announced yesterday by care minister Gillian Keegan.
Gary Direnfeld
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
It’s not uncommon for one to really want to do what’s right for the kids while the other seems to work against their interests. In wanting to do what’s right, some believe that they should make life appear as much as it did after the separation as before. With that, the other parent is invited in for special occasions. That parent may even be chased, so to speak, to continue to see the kids.
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Swhelper
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Elspeth Slayter. Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met with many blank stares. As a disabled social worker myself, I often notice that the disability community is not recognized as a cultural group. Disability is also not considered as a social identity in diversity […].
Community Care
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
“Excellent” and “culturally sensitive” direct work by social workers has helped their council improve to ‘good’ in its latest Ofsted inspection. The inspectorate also found that strong staff retention at Leicester council provided a “bedrock of stability” that promoted excellent relationships between children and practitioners. The inspection in September and early October saw Leicester rise to ‘good’ from the requires improvement rating it received in 2017 and inadequate verdict in 2015.
Reimagining Social Work
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Aotearoa New Zealand is currently grappling with an outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19. Since a recent returnee from Australia tested positive for Delta in mid-August 2021, we have been under public health emergency measures, with T?maki Makaurau, our largest city, in Level 3 and 4 lockdowns for 88 days (at 13 November). The … Continue reading Holding fast to collectivist values in a health emergency.
Blurt It Out
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Just like that, the festive season is upon us again, and our feeds are filling up with picture-perfect families in unrealistically tidy spaces. For some, it really is “the most wonderful time of the year”, but it can also be overwhelming, emotional, and stressful. With that in mind, we’ve created this years’ thoughtful gift guide. The post A Very Thoughtful Gift Guide: 2021 appeared first on The Blurt Foundation.
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.
Relias
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Retaining direct support professionals (DSPs) is a seemingly never-ending challenge for organizations that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Agencies are always looking for ways to help new hires understand and get excited about the job, engage their employees, and recognize the experience of their veterans. A DSP peer mentoring program is a great way to increase employee engagement and retention.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Directors have urged the government to fund a £1,000 winter bonus for adult social care staff in England to stem a mounting workforce crisis. The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services said the measure would show care work was valued and provide staff in England with the recognition counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have already received.
inSocialWork
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Dr. Margaret Chisolm. How can clinicians approach treatment of mental illness while honoring the unique context in which individuals live their lives? Physician, clinician, author, mother, and sister to name a few; Dr. Margaret (Meg) Chisolm offers an alternative approach to treating folks experiencing mental illness. Helping professionals and students of all stripes are familiar with the various iterations of the DSM – the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders now in its 5th edi
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
On this Saturday - “National Adoption Day” - who will stop to remember that for some children and some young adults every mass adoption ceremony, every treacly feature story on the local news is an act of cruelty – ripping the scab off a wound that never fully heals. Termination of parental rights is child welfare's "death penalty." So why do some of the very judges who order a family "executed" preside over public celebrations of the aftermath?
CAPC
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Recognizing the needs of health care workers who serve as unpaid caregivers after clocking out for the day—and the added stress of the pandemic.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
The Department for Education (DfE) has given £1.7m to a struggling council so it can hire short-term social workers to reduce the caseloads for permanent staff. In addition to the DfE money, Herefordshire council published a plan last month to invest another £5.2m into its children’s services to support improvements. The moves come after Ofsted criticised the authority’s dependence on newly-qualified social workers (NQSWs) who lacked management support and a damning High Court judgment that sai
International Federation of Social Workers
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
The images broadcast from Belarus mirror many other horrific situations around the world where the abuse of people is a product of failed political processes. It is illustrated by nation-states moving security and military forces to particular borders to prevent or force migration, leading to shattered lives and sometimes destabilized societies. Migration is often fueled […].
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Ariel Sellers, as she was known before her adoption, was reported missing by her foster/adoptive parents. Now they've been charged with her murder. (Honolulu police dept. photo) We don’t know why six-year-old Ariel Sellers was taken from her parents. But we do know this: ? Relatives were ready to take her in. They say Hawaii’s family police agency, known as “Child Welfare Services” (CWS) ignored them. ?
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Katy Etherington’s personal assistants help her live independently and run a website matching up disabled people with PAs. But shortages are so acute some disabled people may be forced into residential care, she says. Katy Etherington runs a website, PA Pool, that matches disabled people with personal assistants (PAs). “Last year, we had 460 PAs join from Poland, and this year we’ve only had 36,” she says.
Stop Abuse Campaign
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
← We Need to Talk about ACEs and Suicide. Your childhood is a precious period for development—and your experiences during this time can create a ripple effect across your entire life. Unfortunately, this can apply to both good and bad childhood experiences. As such, traumatic events and violent encounters can have lifelong consequences on your health and well-being.
Famcare
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
This infographic simply details how you can use Case Management Software to help your agency optimize their case load. We understand that your agency's success is tied to your ability to integrate best practices in everyday caseworker activities. Casework isn't simple, but it can be easier, more efficient, therefore increasing your team’s productivity.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Compared to the billions of dollars wasted on things like harming children by institutionalizing them , the small item discussed in this story in The Imprint is barely a drop in the bucket - and odds are it won’t actually make things worse. But it’s hard to imagine anything that more perfectly captures the banality of child welfare thinking than this waste of $20 million: Five organizations will spend this federal grant money to create a “Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding P
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Professions struggling with staff shortages may suffer if BTec funding withdrawn, say vice-chancellors The government’s planned cull of technical qualifications could prevent thousands of working-class students going to university to train to be nurses or work in health and social care, just as these professions are struggling with severe staff shortages , vice-chancellors say.
The Social Care Elf
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Raphael Rifkin-Zybutz and Sameer Jauhar summarise the recently published ANTLER trial, which explores whether antidepressant maintenance can reduce the risk of relapse in depression. The post Maintenance or discontinuation of antidepressants for depression? Findings from the ANTLER trial appeared first on National Elf Service.
Prosper Health Collective
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a service provided by employers to help their staff members improve wellbeing, work productivity and to have an overall greater work satisfaction. Employee’s often have many questions about EAP programs. We have answered the most common ones below. Is it confidential? Yes. All psychologists are bound to maintain confidentiality with their clients, even if the service is being paid for by a third party such as an employer.
What a Shrink Thinks
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
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The Guardian
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
Crisis forces some nursing homes to downgrade to residential care status Nursing shortages are allowing “profiteering” staffing agencies to triple their rates, care leaders have warned, raising the risk of vulnerable patients being forced to move care homes and increasing the burden on the NHS. The crisis is forcing some nursing homes to become standard residential care homes without support for people with chronic diseases.
The Social Care Elf
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Laurence Palfreyman explores a mixed methods systematic review, which brings together research from across the world looking at why people fail to attend their first psychotherapy appointment. The post ‘Did not attend’: what are the barriers to attending initial psychotherapy appointments? appeared first on National Elf Service.
The New Social Worker
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Five years ago, I was fired. I loved my job. But being fired was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Dr. Erlene Grise-Owens reflects on getting fired, letting go, and allowing space for new meanings.
Prosper Health Collective
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a service provided by employers to help their staff members improve wellbeing, work productivity and to have an overall greater work satisfaction. The most successful organisations are committed to aiding their employees to manage and deal with a wide range of issues and problems. EAP has the advantage of providing your employee’s a free and confidential service to aid work and personal issues, whilst also benefiting your company’s reputation a
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Care and health service bosses say emergency payments would help tackle staff shortages going into winter Social care workers should receive an immediate bonus of up to £1,000 to stop them quitting before the winter and putting even more pressure on the NHS, ministers are being urged. The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and NHS Providers, which represents hospitals, say emergency payments would help tackle worsening staff shortages.
The Social Care Elf
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
In her debut blog, Phoebe McKenna-Plumley explores a mixed methods study of young people, which finds concordance between self-reported loneliness and others' perceptions of loneliness. The post Loneliness “from the outside”: how are lonely young people perceived by others? appeared first on National Elf Service.
Social Work Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
[Note: Below is an excerpt from an article in the most recent issue of the journal Health & Social Work , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press. The article was written by Christine M. Rine, PhD, associate professor, Department of Social Work, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. This article is free to be read on the Oxford University Press website.].
National Casa Gal
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Soronen, who currently serves on the National CASA/GAL Association for Children Board of Trustees, sat down with National CASA/GAL during National Adoption Month to talk about kinship care adoption and the importance of nurturing family connections for children in foster care. Read More. The post Q&A with Rita Soronen – National Adoption Month appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Latest updates: 74 Tory MPs did not vote at all on the government’s amendment on standards reform Graham Brady faces questions over ‘opaque’ £800 an hour job Boris Johnson plan on ‘second jobs’ would hit fewer than 10 MPs Q: What is the optimal benefit you need to have to get most from this system? Dilnot says for people with assets worth more than £186,000, the rule announced yesterday makes no difference.
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