Community Care

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The “full spirit of the Care Act” is not being met, the government has said as it plans to reintroduce performance assessments of council adult services. The Department of Health and Social Care made the comment in its social care reform white paper, published this week , where it set out further details about how the “assurance framework” for councils would work.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Let’s be clear. Life is not a straight line. It not only has bumps, it has tremendous highs and tremendous lows. That is the nature of life from which no one is exempt. The real issue then is resiliency, the capacity to overcome adversity. That and support. There we differ.Some folks have remarkable resiliency and some do not. Some have remarkable supports and some do not.

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Social Work With Adults

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Reform has social work values built in. I am so pleased to be writing this blog, celebrating the publication of ‘ People at the heart of care ’, the Government's adult social care reform White Paper. Social work and social care values are at its core. This is about valuing people and what matters to them, appreciating those who care for and support them, supported by a vision reminding us of our commitment to personalising care and support.

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Blurt It Out

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As the festive season approaches, diary dates stack up, another “please could you bring/remember/note…” message seems to come through daily, and it’s never long before we feel the festive frazzle. We’re eternally thankful to all those who work so hard to put smiles on our children’s faces and create wonderful memories. But navigating it without.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Staff shortages are driving a “rapidly deteriorating situation” for people needing care and their carers, directors warned today. Waits for assessments and care, commissioned home care left undelivered and provider failure are all increasing, despite more care being provided found an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services survey of members , covering August to October this year.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

I was chatting with someone who wondered if they attract difficult people or those who would exploit. I explained that I don’t subscribe to that way of thinking although I have heard it from other counselors. My view is that difficult people and those who would exploit others are always around. They are in our families, workplace and communities.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The next World Social Work Day takes place on the 15th March 2022. The theme: ´Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind´ coincides with the theme of the people´s summit that will take place on the 29th June to the 2 nd July. The theme presents a vision and action plan to create new global values, policies and practices that develop trust, security and confidence for all people and the sustainability of the planet.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The government has pledged to invest in new training routes into social work as part of its white paper on adult social care reform, published today. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said these would be funded from £500m allocated for developing the adult social care workforce from 2022-25. It also vowed to “improve the pre and post-qualification landscape” for social workers, and ensure “a sufficient supply of social workers with the right skills, knowledge and

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Social Care

DECEMBER 1, 2021

"Care certificates will create a new delivery standard recognised across the sector, which will facilitate more rewarding career paths for all colleagues and make sure there is a knowledge baseline for every care role." [Photo by Lauren.hurley@dhsc.gov.uk, DHSC]. Making the most of our people. With or without reform, the quality, reliability and effectiveness of our adult social care system depends on a workforce that feels valued, supported and encouraged to be the best.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Analysis: review into murder of Solihull six-year-old will focus on how crimes against him were not picked up sooner The terrible death of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes , murdered by his stepmother Emma Tustin after weeks of abuse and torture, may be an outlier in terms of its sheer brutality but is unlikely to be the only case of its kind to emerge from the lockdown period.

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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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Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Sexism exists in many forms and across different levels: internally (e.g., a girl believing she is not good at math simply because she is a girl), interpersonally (e.g., a supervisor asking the only woman-identified employee to make lunch reservations), and structurally (e.g., a law prohibiting abortion). Studies have found that sexism is associated with poor physical (e.g., premature death) and mental (e.g., depression) health.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The director of children’s services has resigned and the government has intervened in a council after Ofsted found children at risk of harm and social workers “significantly under-resourced”. Ofsted downgraded North East Lincolnshire council to ‘inadequate ’ after a full inspection last month found services had “significantly deteriorated” since the good rating it earned in 2017.

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Social Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

"Minority ethnic students and staff frequently face demeaning and offensive comments about their bodies, cultural traditions and professional competency." [Image created by freepik.com]. Speaking up. Racism and micro-aggression have no place in the workplace and yet many minority ethnic nurses and healthcare professionals report experiences of discrimination.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Worried relatives of the Solihull six-year-old had reported concerns, so were there failures by authorities? Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: woman jailed for life for murder of stepson, six The horrific case of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes is raising serious questions about how his abuse went undetected for so long, whether authorities failed in their duty to protect him and how lockdown may have prevented them from doing so.

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The Social Care Elf

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Ally Canaway blogs a systematic review which finds evidence of internet-based psychological interventions being cost-effective for depression and anxiety. The post Internet-based psychotherapy may be cost-effective for anxiety and depression appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2021

More social workers in England renewed their registration than last year, following last night’s deadline, meaning less than 3,000 are set to be removed. Provisional data from Social Work England shows that, out of 96,948 practitioners needing to renew, just 2,869 (3%) failed to do so, compared to 4,590 last year and lower than the 4,000 to 6,000 leaving the register annually in recent years.

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Social Care

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Clear objectives, complex challenges. The desire to reform, rebuild and strengthen social care has been a longstanding ambition of successive governments and, while these objectives may be simply put, achieving them has often been anything but. This week, we took another big step forward with the publication of People at the Heart of Care , our adult social care system reform white paper.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Senior Tories told ‘dog’s dinner’ legislation will change to prevent defeat over proposals that would penalise the poor The government is preparing to drop controversial plans that would force poorer pensioners to pay more for their social care, in order to avert a possible Commons defeat that would further damage Boris Johnson’s authority, the Observer has been told.

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The Social Care Elf

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Andie Ashdown and Theophanis Kyriacou consider the findings of a recent qualitative study which looks at the differences experienced by Black Caribbean and White British people trying to access care for psychosis. The post Ethnicity and power: how can we make mental healthcare equitable for all people with psychosis? appeared first on National Elf Service.

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CAPC

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A new analysis shows we’re still mixing messages for palliative care.

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A Splintered Mind

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

I’m run down and sick, so I’m posting something positive every day this week until I lift my spirits. There is a reason I’m depressed. It’s more than having major and persistent depression disorder. I’ve had a surprisingly cruddy year. I have to admit that I’m frustrated because my coping strategies are failing me.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Questions remain over how stepmother and father’s extreme child abuse evaded detection The misery and abuse suffered by six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes in the weeks leading up to his violent death in June 2020 is difficult to comprehend. At the hands of his father and stepmother, Arthur was physically assaulted, poisoned and dehumanised over a number of months during lockdown.

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Social Work.Career

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring 40 free webcasts that I could find for you this month in the field of social work and mental health. To make it easier for you to find a webinar that is of interest to you, they […]. The post Free Mental Health Webinars, December 2021 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.

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What a Shrink Thinks

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The IFSW Africa Region Ubuntu social work Hybrid conference 2021 with the theme: ‘Towards Ubuntu and Sustainable development: Social Work Position in Achieving SDGs’ held in Rwanda from 23rd to 26th November 2021. Was one of its kind and successful in many ways. With over 750 online participants, over 200 physical participants located in two […].

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As the UK accelerates its Covid vaccination programme, some have already had difficulties Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK has announced it is to accelerate its booster programme in order to increase protection against Covid amid concern over the Omicron variant. The government accepted advice from the vaccines watchdog, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), to cut the gap between the second dose of the vaccine and the booster from six to

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Lawson Psychology

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The post How can I help my child with anxiety? appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology.

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A Splintered Mind

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Sometimes life gets me down. So what am I going to do about it? I’ve been way too sick to blog lately or post here. I mostly lay in bed and cough. It’s a party! But I did get some book writing in. One more chapter, and I’ll be ready to post it on Kindle Vella. Now I just need to design a fetching avatar for the book. I started feeling better yesterday…marginally.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Launch of the digitised Social Development Issues- 1977-2021. ICSD would like to warmly welcome you to the launch of the digitised Social Development Issues- 1977-2021, on Saturday 11 December 2021 at 2pm (Australia VIC/NSW time). In the US it is Friday 10 December 2021, evening/night depending upon your time zone. Speakers’ details are provided in the attached banner and meeting link is as follows: Zoom Link: [link].

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

‘Red lights are flashing’ warns care boss, in advance of the government’s social care white paper Social care services across England are “rapidly deteriorating”, with waiting lists soaring and councils struggling with care home closures, social services chiefs have warned. Long-term waiting lists have almost quadrupled and 1.5m hours of necessary home care were not delivered in the three months to November, amid a deepening staffing crisis going into winter.

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Lawson Psychology

DECEMBER 2, 2021

How can I help my child with anxiety? As parents, one of our many roles is to ease our children’s distress, to assist them to feel calm, connected and contained. An important way to assist our children with their feelings is through co-regulation, which is defined as warm and responsive interactions that provide the support, coaching, and modelling children need to “understand, express, and modulate their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours”.

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Gateway Foundation

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Because December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it is a great time to increase your knowledge and awareness of disabilities. There are over 40 million people in the U.S. living with a disability. If someone has a disability, it is important to treat them compassionately, as they may be affected by… The post Substance Use Awareness for International Day of Persons With Disabilities appeared first on Gateway.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Launch of the digitised Social Development Issues- 1977-2021. ICSD would like to warmly welcome you to the launch of the digitised Social Development Issues- 1977-2021, on Saturday 11 December 2021 at 2pm (Australia VIC/NSW time). In the US it is Friday 10 December 2021, evening/night depending upon your time zone. Speakers’ details are provided in the attached banner and meeting link is as follows: Zoom Link: [link].

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Latest updates: PM questioned over 2020 Christmas party; Sage says pre-travel PCR tests would be ‘valuable’ in fighting Omicron spread Israeli doctor believes he caught Omicron at London medical conference Johnson doesn’t deny Christmas party held at No10 during lockdown Covid variants may not evolve to be less dangerous, says UK expert Jacob Rees-Mogg faces Commons inquiry over undeclared £6m loan Global coronavirus updates – live Keir Starmer says he also wants to mark world Aids day.

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Prosper Health Collective

DECEMBER 3, 2021

We spend a great deal of our time at work. And our work can certainly impact on our mental health. ?As such it is important that we take the time to put things in place to look after our mental health in the work place. In this video we discuss ideas to help you be mentally healthy at work. The post How to be mentally healthy at work appeared first on Prosper Health Collective.

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