The Guardian

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A cap on the amount individuals pay ignores the much greater needs of those who get no care at all Not absolutely everything in last week’s budget was wrong. But one thing it got right was met with an avalanche of anger. The government abandoned a decade-long promise to preserve the assets of better-off people who have to pay for their own social care in England.

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Famcare

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

As of right now, there are approximately ten million non-government organizations (NGOs) around the world. Catering to millions of people in need across various regions, humanitarian services have played an important role throughout history. Whether it’s global catastrophes that require immediate action or welfare programs that help feed those in need, human services are a necessary part of how modern societies function.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Safety planning has proven an effective means of supporting those struggling with mental health crises, abusive relationships, or other forms of trauma. But no two safety plans are, or should be, the same. Here, we’ll discuss creating safety planning documents for some common types of crises: Suicidal ideation. Substance use disorder. Domestic violence.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Foster carer shortages are deepening in England with one in eight fostering households having quit, and more leaving than joining, over the past year. Ofsted’s latest fostering statistics , released earlier this month, showed that in 2021-22, 5,435 mainstream fostering households deregistered compared to 4,035 that were approved to care and still active as of 31 March 2022.

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My Brains Not Broken

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Throughout my mental health journey, I’ve reflected a lot about gratitude and and what it means to be thankful. From reflections on gratitude to what I’ve learned about thankfulness , there is a wealth of knowledge to be gained surrounding these feelings, and it can change all the time. Most of the time, I reflect on the importance of being grateful and of being thankful.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Some have a parent who is verbally nasty, maybe physically harsh too. The other does nothing to really protect, but becomes the preferred parent. Because of not being overtly mean, they are seen positively. The fact is though, that parent has been neglectful. That parent left you unprotected. Neither parent has truly acted in the interest of the child.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Over a third of social workers are yet to renew their registration with five days to go until the deadline. As of this morning, 62,156 social workers had renewed their registration, 63% of those who need to do so, said Social Work England. All social workers who want to continue in practice must renew by midnight on 30 November (next Wednesday) or be removed from the register.

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My Brains Not Broken

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

When it comes to mental health, there are many cliched phrases I find myself gravitating toward to talk about health and wellness. I like to think of these phrases are things to turn to when my brain is tired, or I feel like I’ve been moving too fast and need to take a moment to reacclimate myself. One of the phrases I turn to often is a reminder: take things one day at a time.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

There is a condition that can look like dementia called Korsakoff Syndrome. It affects memory. It is mostly the result of vitamin B1 deficiency and that is typically associated with high levels of alcohol consumption over the course of many years. For men, the level of consumption is about 35 standard alcoholic beverages weekly for some 18 to 22 years.

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CAPC

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Medical student brings course to her school, to teach first-year medical students essential skills to care for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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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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Community Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

An ‘inadequate’ council is still at risk of losing control of its children’s services despite a government adviser finding signs of improvement. The Department for Education (DfE) has appointed a second commissioner to direct children’s services improvements at Sefton council after the first, Paul Moffat, found it had “made a good start to its improvement work” under a new leadership team.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Exclusive: Leonard Cheshire says it can no longer afford to subsidise care services inadequately funded by councils Severely disabled care home residents are being evicted in a series of disputes between one of the UK’s best-known care charities and a number of local authorities that the charity has accused of refusing to meet the soaring costs of care.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Oh sweet alcohol. When you are chosen over the pleas of spouse and children, you are no longer in control of yourself as you may think. The alcohol owns you. Its grasp likely masking the hurts and pain of horrible experiences denied and pushed from view. Your pain and then alcohol the solution perpetuates another generation of grief. Survival of the others may mean their withdrawal from you.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

By Josette Keelor . In June, Madeline Howe had $40,000 in student loan debt she was paying on loans for a master’s degree in social work. By the end of July, her balance was zero. Though this may sound akin to winning the lottery, it happened after years of Howe struggling to pay the $84,000 it cost to achieve her graduate degree. . “When I graduated in 2007, I deferred my loan for a year as I was unable to pay my monthly rate as I looked for a job,” said Howe, who works in the child welfare s

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Frontline has launched a social work awards scheme for practice with children and families in England. The provider of fast-track qualifying and leadership training for children’s social workers has opened nominations for its inaugural awards, which will run February 2023, with the shortlist revealed in April and the gongs handed out at a ceremony next May.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Health secretary defends two-year delay to social care reforms, saying he is focused on backlogs The health secretary has twice refused to say that the NHS is functioning properly, as he defended delays to capping the cost of social care, stressing he was focusing on the “immediate issue” of an operations backlog and ambulance delays. Steve Barclay said it had been a difficult decision to push back by two years plans put in place by Boris Johnson to “ fix social care ”, and admitted the health s

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

From time to time I am asked about how one keeps a grandchild in the life of a grandparent where that grandparent is truly mean to the parent, a bad influence on the grandchild or engages in poor behaviors. The thinking is that this parent doesn’t want to undermine the grandparent- grandchild relationship. These situations really need exploration.

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CAPC

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

How palliative care can help people living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, as well as caregivers.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Councils piloting the cap on care costs have paused their work after the government announced a two-year delay to the policy. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is in talks with the six ‘trailblazer’ authorities about the way forward after chancellor Jeremy Hunt put back the implementation of the adult social care charging reforms to October 2025, in last week’s autumn statement.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Jeremy Hunt’s plans criticised for delay to reform, shifting burden to local authorities and ‘skewing the system’ Jeremy Hunt’s decision to fund more social care through increases in council tax will deepen inequality and undermine the cause of “levelling up”, the architect of the government’s planned reforms said last night. The criticism from Andrew Dilnot, the economist whose blueprint for reform was delayed by another two years in Hunt’s first budget on Thursday, was echoed by senior figures

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

It’s a different world these days for separating parents. Besides taking both persons working, and at that sometimes multiple jobs, there just isn’t any affordable housing. That has people still living under one roof when all they want is escape from the other. The challenge is to come up with some “as if” solutions. It’s like you have to pretend you are in separate homes each with their own time for responsibility of the kids.

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

IFSW Secretary-General, Rory Truell met with the Malaysian Social Workers Association, these are some of his reflections. Chow Kit, a suburb in the Centre of Kuala Lumpur, offers mix of […].

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Social Care

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Thousands of people become unpaid carers every day – but the question is what more can we do to effectively support them? New research presents opportunity for prevention for staff and families. [Image created by freepik.com]. Identifying unpaid carers early is key. To mark Carers Rights Day , Carers UK has released a new report: Cycles of Caring: transitions in and out of unpaid caring.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Increasing numbers of providers, such as Leonard Cheshire, are ‘handing back’ contracts not viable at current funding levels For several years now, as austerity sucked billions out of social care, the highly specialised UK social care system for adults with complex physical disability, learning disability and autism has been quietly held together by the benevolence of charities.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Saturday marked a tragic milestone – the 25 th anniversary of a law that has harmed millions of children, the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act. So this week, the round-up is devoted entirely to news, commentary and resources concerning the harm of ASFA. News: ? A parent may be sentenced to a relatively short time in prison – but, because of ASFA, for their children it can lead to a life sentence of separation from parents they love.

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The New Social Worker

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The New Social Worker reviews Deviate From Denial: Erasing the Stigma of Addiction and Recovery Through Inspirational Stories

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Time and date: Friday 25th November 2022 at 5pm CET Speaker: Tatevik Karapetyan- ARMENIA Please join us for a meeting of New Social Workers from IFSW Europe. It is one of […].

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Michael Hill , John Harvey and Tim Johnson on the reforms needed to create a social care system that doesn’t fail people when they’re most vulnerable Once again, Polly Toynbee deploys her deep knowledge of the deficiencies of social services to good effect ( People are dying waiting for social care. Wealthy people’s inheritance issues are not a priority, 22 November ).

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Relias

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Suicide deaths have consistently been on the rise in the United States for the last 20-30 years. With suicide consistently in the top 10 causes of the deaths in the U.S., it’s important to understand how you can help clients grieving from suicide loss. To do this, you and your staff need to understand and practice effective postvention techniques. Currently, suicide postvention is used to provide organized support and response to those experiencing a loss to suicide.

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Famcare

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Every now and then this blog takes a close-up of the work an individual agency is doing. This week we would like to profile Starting Over, Inc. a small Los Angeles agency dedicated to helping individuals who have fallen by the wayside and are trying to reenter the mainstream of normal life. Starting Over Inc. is dedicated to helping Southern California's most vulnerable by addressing homelessness, recidivism, and reentry.

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Violence against women and girls may be the world’s longest, deadliest pandemic António Guterres The International Federation of Social Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean (IFSW LAC) joins the […].

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Stop Abuse Campaign

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

← Crime prevention starts with protecting children Is Santa real? → America must embrace a public health approach to gun violence prevention, which includes improved child abuse prevention, mental health access, and common-sense gun control. The Stop Abuse Campaign, a national organization dedicated to preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences through public education and public policy, issues its deepest condolences to the LGBTQI+ community in Colorado Springs, throughout the country

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Holiday Sale Sampling. Currently, about 5.4 million South Asians live in the United States, with family origins in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Bhutan. When working with South Asian clients, it is crucial to understand their level of acculturation to the mainstream and the profound impact it has on their stress levels, coping mechanisms, and lived experiences.

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The Licensed Clinical Social Worker Exam

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Take a look at the latest ASWB Exam Handbook for some new additions coming to the social work licensing exam. If you've taken the exam recently, you know they've already added highlighting and strikethrough to the exams. Handy tools for some, distracting--and potentially time-wasting--bells and whistles for others. But a bigger, more meaningful change is happening.

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

La violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas es la violación de los derechos humanos mas extendida en todo el mundo. Antonio Guterres Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas La […].

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