Famcare
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that there are now 708 100 social workers employed in the country. Furthermore, the number of persons involved in social work is always growing. Your main goal as a social worker must be to assist individuals or spread knowledge. You need a variety of social skills that work together to help you develop and accomplish your goals for social service in order to do that.
The New Social Worker
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
What is the role of social work in relation to environmental justice? It is important for us, as social workers, to enhance our knowledge about the impact of the environment on the health, welfare, and life span of diverse groups.
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Relias
JANUARY 30, 2023
For your organization to be the best that it can be, you must create an environment where staff members feel comfortable being themselves, asking questions, and providing potential solutions to problems. By working to make your organization a safer place to work for everyone, you’re likely to see staff retention and engagement increase, which can lead to more consistent, quality care for persons served.
My Brains Not Broken
JANUARY 31, 2023
There have been many moments along my mental health journey where I’ve felt like I’ve failed. I don’t quite know how I’m failing or in what way, but I feel that I am. There’s a sense of impending doom, a fear that I am not living up to my potential, that I’m not accomplishing enough. Enough what? you might ask. To be honest, I don’t know what to tell you.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.
Nicole Clark Consulting
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. In the early years of my social work career, I had a large caseload of individuals from various backgrounds and needs. Some clients were more challenging to work with than others, but I’d say I got along well with everyone I worked with. Yet [.] The post Ask Nicole: I’m Uncomfortable Working with Certain Clients appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.
The New Social Worker
JANUARY 30, 2023
In its most brutal truths, Spare is a memoir about a lonely, isolated, abused, purposeless boy who becomes determined to face his realities in order to mature. Read our review and commentary on Spare.
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CAPC
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Why clinicians must unlearn well-intentioned but ultimately harmful conventions about race and ethnicity—and strategies to move forward.
International Federation of Social Workers
JANUARY 31, 2023
(In the photo: Members of the ASO board with IFSW representatives) At a press conference today in Kabul, the Afghanistan Social Work Organization (ASO) invited speakers from The Ministry of […]
Relias
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Originally known as the Fatal Four (which included aspiration, dehydration, constipation, and seizures), experts in the field of IDD care have identified sepsis as another serious condition for this population. For this reason, the nomenclature has changed to the Fatal Five. For those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), aspiration and the other members of the Fatal Five conditions pose a serious threat to their quality of life and, in some cases, can be deadly.
Community Care
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Agency social worker pay in would be capped to the equivalent earned by permanent staff under government plans to reduce the use and cost of locums in statutory children’s services. The Department for Education (DfE) has proposed introducing national rules to regulate the use of agency staff in response to concerns that their increasing use is destabilising the workforce and adversely affecting children and families through high staff turnover.
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Social Work.Career
JANUARY 31, 2023
This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 50 free webcasts that we 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, […] The post Free Mental Health Webinars, February 2023 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.
Untipsy Teacher
JANUARY 30, 2023
Dear Readers, Two events, happening close together, has led me to have some interesting thoughts about death and dying. This is not meant to alarm anyone, but I find just putting these thoughts on paper to be so helpful. About a year and half ago, Mr. UT and I were in a bad car accident, in anther state, where our car was totaled. At the same time, while we were gone, my mother was taken to the hospital with a heart episode.
Relias
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Originally known as the Fatal Four (which included aspiration, dehydration, constipation, and seizures), experts in the field of IDD care have identified sepsis as another serious condition for this population. For this reason, the nomenclature has changed to the Fatal Five. How can you help your clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who also experience seizures?
Community Care
JANUARY 31, 2023
A leading judge has excoriated the government and Parliament for a six-year failure to address judicial warnings about a chronic shortage of secure care for children “in extreme crisis” However, Sir Andrew McFarlane has detected signs of hope in an apparent shift in Department for Education (DfE) thinking to accept its responsibility for filling a gap that has seen 60-70 children waiting for a secure bed each day.
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Doin' The Work
JANUARY 30, 2023
Episode 61 Guests: Matt Dargay, MSW & Arie Davey, LLMSW Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW www.dointhework.com Listen/Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify Follow on Twitter & Instagram , Like on Facebook Join the mailing list Support the podcast Download transcript We are offering our Racial Justice & Liberatory Practice Continuing Education Series at Columbia University , The University of Alabama , and the University of Pittsburgh.
Social Work Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
NOTE on NASW journals: NASW journals are co-published by NASW Press and Oxford University Press. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. It is available online or, at a member’s request, in print. Children & Schools , Health & Social Work Social Work Research are available by subscription at a discounted rate for NASW members, either online or in print.
Relias
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Originally known as the Fatal Four (which included aspiration, dehydration, constipation, and seizures), experts in the field of IDD care have identified sepsis as another serious condition for this population. For this reason, the nomenclature has changed to the Fatal Five. How can you help your clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) combat constipation and the other Fatal Five conditions to achieve a better quality of life?
Community Care
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Sector bodies have heavily criticised the government’s provision of one-fifth of the resources called for by the care review to reform social care in its response today. The Department for Education has allocated £200m over two years to its children’s social care implementation strategy, which it said would “transform the current care system to focus on more early support for families, reducing the need for crisis response at a later stage” However, this compares to the g
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.
MQ Mental Health
JANUARY 31, 2023
Movies can be great for helping us discuss our mental health experiences. Recently, a TV series has helped shine a light on a lesser known and highly stigmatised condition. Last year, Marvel’s Moon Knight portrayed a character who, like many superheroes, had a mental illness. Unlike The Hulk’s Intermittent Explosive Disorder or Iron Man’s PTSD , Moon Knight brought childhood trauma and a much misunderstood mental illness Dissociative Identity Disorder into the spotlight.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Virtual Side –event: Addressing inequality predicament: trade-offs and the quest for decent employment, poverty reduction and social inclusion Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Time: 9:45am- 11am EST Please register at: [link] The side- event conceived as a panel discussion takes place during the 61 st session of the Commission for Social Development.
Relias
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The “Fatal Five” is a group of preventable conditions that are often fatal for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) living in congregant residential settings. They include aspiration, dehydration, seizures, constipation, and sepsis. Identifying healthcare needs can be hard for anyone. Do you remember a time when you had symptoms you didn’t understand?
Community Care
JANUARY 30, 2023
Four in ten people whose discharge from hospital is delayed are awaiting a social care package, according to NHS data. The figure, revealed today in a government plan to reduce hospital pressures, came as council leaders criticised ministers for a narrative of “blaming” social care for delayed discharges. About 14,000 hospital beds in England are occupied by a person medically fit for discharge, up by one-third on pre-pandemic levels, said the delivery plan for recovering urgent and
Social Work Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Women are no strangers to leadership. Across multiple disciplines, women have built and maintained organizations, created social justice movements, governed with compassion, and brought order where there was once chaos. Mentoring Women for Leadership can serve as a guide for educators, students, practitioners, and administrators to support the growth and development of female leaders.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Child Labor and Children in Migration – CSocD61 side event Forced child labor deprives children of their childhood, their potential, and their dignity. Join us for this CSocD61 side event that highlights this important issue in line with the ambitious targets for ending child labor (SDG 8.7) and for safe, orderly and responsible migration (SDG 10.7).
Relias
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is a philosophy within healthcare organizations that looks to constantly improve upon patient care, staff safety, and organizational processes. CQI pushes all members of your organization to ask questions like: “How are we doing?” “Can we do something better?” “Can we do things more efficiently and be more effective?
Community Care
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The head of the care review has welcomed the government’s response to his report but has urged it to go “further and faster” Josh MacAlister, who led the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, said today’s Department for Education response set the right direction but was critical of its failure to take forward certain recommendations and the lack of funding.
Social Workers Speak
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Amanda Bracht is a member of NASW-TN: Tyre Nichols death: How to navigate news coverage, social media as footage releases Memphis Commercial Appeal Amanda Bracht, a licensed clinical social worker who also helps lead the Mental Health Cooperative in Nashville , offered a few pointers on how to navigate social media and news coverage of Nichols’ death.
Famcare
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
“Opioid addiction is here to stay,” said a social work professor we recently interviewed. “ But as long as we turn away from the horrors of this widespread addiction and choose to remain in denial, we will not make a concerted effort to widely administer treatment. The pharmaceutical industry has already created both long term treatments and emergency life-saving medications that are simply not being administered on a wide enough scale.
Relias
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Value-based contracts (VBC) are agreements between the payer (i.e., insurer) and provider that stipulates that payment for services is based upon predetermined measures, such as patient outcomes. This type of contract means that individuals and insurers pay based on the value of care provided, rather than the number of services. While value-based contracts are widely used in other healthcare fields, their application in behavioral health is far from universal.
Community Care
JANUARY 31, 2023
Unions are seeking a 12.7% pay rise for council social workers and other local authority staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for 2023-24. UNISON, GMB and Unite today demanded a rise two percentage points above the retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation, which the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) calculated would be 10.7% in 2023.
Michigan Social Work
JANUARY 31, 2023
Professor Luke Shaefer was quoted in a Detroit News article on how the Earned Income and Child Tax Credit can make a critical difference for families with low to moderate incomes. “This is an important time of year for households who are working hard to make ends meet,” said Shaefer. “Tax refunds help families pay down debt, invest in car repairs, and all the other things they need.
Famcare
JANUARY 31, 2023
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demographics and logistics of the Social Work profession have shifted dramatically. Social workers are on the move, and telehealth has become ubiquitous. Social workers, however, are finding it more problematic than they had imagined moving from state to state. With ten years’ experience and a graduate degree from a major university they expected to simply fill out some kind of “transfer form” to get re-licensed in the state they were relocating to.
Relias
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The 2023 Home Health Final Payment Rule , which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in October, increases Medicare payments for home health agencies by 0.7%, or $125 million, compared to 2022. While this seems like a treat, William A. Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, said the increase portrays a rosier picture than reality.
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