International Federation of Social Workers
APRIL 7, 2022
In response to the invasion of Ukraine, funding is being directed to IFSW Europe in recognition that a social work approach includes meeting the immediate needs of people in the crisis and working with them to make hope for positive change a reality in the future. Together that hope will be realised by social workers […].
Social Work Bubble
APRIL 4, 2022
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, which means we will be putting extra care and attention to education & resources all about supporting kids to have safe and thriving lives. Today, we’re breaking down signs of child abuse and neglect, but keep in mind, that just because you see one sign does not mean maltreatment is happening. Please be mindful that other factors can account for some of these signs and are not equivalent to abuse/neglect, including poverty, domestic violence, home
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International Federation of Social Workers
APRIL 7, 2022
World Social Work Day on the 15th March 2022 enabled us to share stories from all over the world showing the positive impact of social work and its essential role in all societies. This day and the events throughout the month highlighted the essential contribution of social workers to peace and development. ‘Objective research shows […].
Community Care
APRIL 6, 2022
The House of Lords has rejected – for a second time – a government change to the cap on care costs that would reduce its benefit to less wealthy people. Peers also introduced provisions to bring in free care for disabled people aged under 40 in a vote on the Health and Care Bill yesterday. The vote came a week after the House of Commons reinstated provisions that would only count client contributions – not the full cost to the local authority of meeting a person’s eligibl
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My Brains Not Broken
APRIL 5, 2022
Writing about perfectionism feels tricky. On the one hand, I feel like there’s always more to learn about perfectionism and what it looks like in our every day lives. On the other hand, recognizing my own perfectionism doesn’t always solve the problems perfectionism creates, which feels like an endless cycle of discovering problems I can’t solve.
Gary Direnfeld
APRIL 4, 2022
Separating from a narcissist is like no other. The gaslighting yet charm; the outright lies, yet straight face; the abuses perpetrated yet attributed to you; the misdeeds yet denials. Trying to explain to someone with no experience of this is like spitting in the wind. It comes back on you. Few others will get it and likely offer you things they think may help as if you hadn’t tried everything.
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Community Care
APRIL 7, 2022
A man who was unlawfully deprived of his liberty in a care home has won a £355,000 payout from the council that placed him there. Lawyers for the man, who is autistic and has learning disabilities, said Lancashire council admitted breaching his human rights and had agreed a £200,000 settlement and a payment of £155,000 for a deputy to manage his property and affairs on his behalf.
My Brains Not Broken
APRIL 7, 2022
Earlier this week, I wrote about recognizing how my perfectionism limits me. This wasn’t a realization I’d ever had before, and even though I’ve talked to people about perfectionism, I was a bit blind to how it showed up in my own life. Now that I’ve become aware, I’ve gotten more interested in perfectionism as a concept and how it pops up in our lives.
Gary Direnfeld
APRIL 4, 2022
The fellow was going around town saying his wife was cheating on him. They came for counseling. Asking about alcohol consumption, the fellow in his 60’s had been consuming about 12 ounces of hard liquor daily. This current amount had been worked up to over the course of his adult life with considerable drinking throughout. His wife, a church member and otherwise quiet woman denied his accusations.
The New Social Worker
APRIL 4, 2022
My journey into polyvagal theory cultivates self-care practices that embody safety and connection. I’m learning to honor my nervous system and befriend its whispers and sighs of contentment, frustration, and transition.
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.
Community Care
APRIL 4, 2022
Newly qualified children’s social workers are struggling to manage their workloads leaving some questioning their future in the profession, Community Care’s annual caseloads survey has found. Almost a quarter of the 62 respondents doing their assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) said their caseloads were “completely unmanageable” and a further almost half said theirs were “hard to manage”.
Stop Abuse Campaign
APRIL 3, 2022
← Kayden’s Law Provision of VAWA Fuels Family Court Reform. TRIGGER WARNING: The content in the following blog may be difficult to read. Please make sure you have ready access to someone in your support network before continuing. I still remember opening my eyes. I’ve never opened them so slowly and delicately. I took a breath. The room looked exactly the same as it did when I scrunched them closed.
Gary Direnfeld
APRIL 4, 2022
It isn’t often discussed, yet happens. It is kept in the shadows, kept there in shame, disbelief and toxic masculinity. It’s men affected by violence and coercive controlling behavior perpetrated by their female partners. There are next to no formal public services for such men. They languish. They too suffer depression and/or anxiety. Yes, statistically, the majority of those abused through intimate partner violence is disproportionately women, by a wide margin.
The New Social Worker
APRIL 6, 2022
Dual relationships may be concurrent or sequential, intentional or unintentional. By anticipating dual relationships and conflicts of interest, we can plan how to navigate the ethical issues rather than simply reacting to problems after they arise.
Community Care
APRIL 7, 2022
As he prepared to take over as Association of Directors of Children’s Services president, Steve Crocker said he was “awed” by the proficiency of social workers entering the profession. “The quality of those social workers coming into the profession now is frankly higher than it’s ever been,” Crocker, who is director of children’s services at both Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, told Community Care last week.
Michigan Social Work
APRIL 7, 2022
The Association of Black Social Work Students (ABSWS) has received the Michigan Difference Professional Organization of the Year Award. . “ABSWS has an ongoing presence at the University of Michigan and to continue the legacy, it is critical that their accomplishments be recognized,” said Clinical Assistant Professor Daicia Price. “ABSWS has been an integral part of preparing for new accreditation requirements that involve anti-racism and social justice as a necessary part of the graduate curr
Stop Abuse Campaign
APRIL 7, 2022
← ACE 101: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse. The landmark CDC Adverse Childhood Experiences Study defines emotional abuse as when “a parent, stepparent, or adult living in your home often swore at you, insulted you, put you down, or acted in a way that made you afraid that you might be physically hurt.” . Childhood emotional abuse is a form of abuse that damages the core being of a child using psychological tactics. .
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
APRIL 6, 2022
Is this on YOUR kindle yet? ? Twenty years ago, Penn Law Professor (and NCCPR Board Member) Dorothy Roberts changed the landscape of “child welfare” when she literally wrote the book on racial bias in family policing: Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare. Yesterday Basic Books published her new book: Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World.
Community Care
APRIL 8, 2022
The staff vacancy rate across adult social care services in England hit 10% last month, show figures released today. The rate rose from 9.8% in February, and continues the ongoing rise in staffing gaps since May 2021, when 5.9% of posts were vacant, according to Skills for Care’s adult social care workforce data set. At the same time, the number of filled posts in services has continued to fall, down 4.6% on March 2021 levels, compared with a 4.5% drop as of February this year.
Michigan Social Work
APRIL 7, 2022
MicroMasters student and returned Peace Corps volunteer Shannon Lynn Carter has received a Weiser Emerging Democracies Fellowship for Incoming Graduate Students. Emerging Democracies Fellowships are awarded to exceptional incoming graduate students who focus their work on emerging democracies, past or present. . “It aligned with everything I had done as Youth Development Volunteer serving in Ukraine.
Social Work Blog
APRIL 6, 2022
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, which recognizes the importance of families, providers, and communities working together to strengthen families to prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment. Social workers are play a key role in supporting families and helping them to access resources that help them to mitigate risks and minimize stress, creating a thriving environment where both child and family can prosper.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
APRIL 4, 2022
Webinar on “ World of Conflict and Ecological Crisis: Challenges and Responsibilities of Social Work “ Webinar on “ World of Conflict and Ecological Crisis: Challenges and Responsibilities of Social Work “, scheduled on 7 April 2022 , Thursday from 5:00- 6:30 PM (IST) (12.30 PM BST, 2.30 PM EEST) The webinar is a part of collaborative ‘Team Finland Knowledge’ project funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education on “Sharing Best Practices in Cris
Community Care
APRIL 7, 2022
West Sussex council will retain control of its children’s services after a government-appointed commissioner noted improvements and said previous plans to create an arms-length trust would be “actively detrimental”. In a third report since being appointed commissioner , John Coughlan said there had been a “trajectory of improvement” in Ofsted visits to West Sussex since the council was rated ‘inadequate’ at its last full inspection in February 2019 and Hampshire council appointed as its strategi
Stop Abuse Campaign
APRIL 5, 2022
← Raised by Predators: Surviving Child Sexual Abuse. Child sexual abuse has a wide range of consequences heightened by stigma, lack of knowledge, and lack of resources. . Defining Child Sexual Abuse. Child sexual abuse is one of the ten categories of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) that can lead to significant consequences in childhood and adulthood.
Social Work Blog
APRIL 5, 2022
A policeman arrests a teen. Getty Images. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and several other organizations joined an amicus brief led by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and its co-leads, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), and the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) in support of a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Carolina Youth Action Project v.
Nnatasha Tracy
APRIL 7, 2022
Keeping productive and motivated during depression is a tall task. Depression wants to suck all of the productivity and motivation out of you to the point where you become nothing but a lump on your couch. I know all about this. I work from home and for myself and so without a boss or yearly reviews, depression really has a leg up when it comes to causing a lack of productivity.
Community Care
APRIL 5, 2022
Social Work England is seeking to improve the efficiency of its operations, particularly in relation to fitness to practise, through changes to its governing laws and rules. Last month, the Department for Education, which is responsible for the regulator, launched a consultation on changes to the legal framework setting out how the organisation operates , the Social Work Regulations 2018.
The New Social Worker
APRIL 7, 2022
We’re all attempting to practice social work in an era of political strife, widespread turmoil, and an unprecedented pandemic. Enter this practical, enlightening book. Read our review of Burnout and Self-Care in Social Work, 2nd Edition.
International Federation of Social Workers
APRIL 6, 2022
In 2020, IFSW Europe established a project to support and involve social workers who are new to the profession. This focused on students in their final year of studies and social workers in the first five years of their employment. Member organisations were invited to appoint a new social worker to the project group which […].
Swhelper
APRIL 6, 2022
Jason Gibby. This is a sponsored article by California State University at Northridge How Cal State Northridge is doing its part. The pandemic, if nothing else, exacerbated the unequal distribution of resources in society. For millions of people, access to food, shelter, and health care is now more uncertain than ever. What’s emerging is a new, somewhat […].
Community Care
APRIL 4, 2022
Social care leaders have voiced concerns over the ending of Covid-19 funding for the sector. Funding to help care providers fund infection control and Covid testing, and for the NHS to fund free care for up to four weeks for people discharged from hospital with support needs, ended on 31 March, as did winter resources to help providers recruit and retain staff in the face of mounting pressures.
Nicole Clark Consulting
APRIL 5, 2022
Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. Reproductive Justice presents an added layer to how organizations engage and hold themselves accountable to the communities they work with. While program design, monitoring and evaluation go hand in hand, it can be difficult to envision how this framework looks beyond programs and services. [.].
The Guardian
APRIL 5, 2022
The involved care needed to wean elders like this man off harmful sedatives is simply unavailable in nursing homes “Doctor, what did they do to him? Dad just doesn’t look the same. Please help him!” Of all the overnight admissions to the hospital, he looks the worst and the daughter’s cry pierces our heart. Continue reading.
The Critical Blog
APRIL 7, 2022
Review of Lochtie, D., Stork, A. and Walker, B.W. (2022) The Higher Education Personal Tutor’s and Adviser’s Companion St Albans: Critical Publishing. For many years, personal tutoring has been an under-researched area; indeed, Thomas (in Lochtie et al 2018 ) describes it as “something of an academic desert” (p.x). Academic staff have found themselves in the front line supporting students, with little guidance available from the pedagogic literature.
Michigan Social Work
APRIL 6, 2022
The School of Social Work has again been named the nation’s top social work school in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Graduate School rankings, which were published today.
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