Nicole Clark Consulting
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. There are two things I know for sure about social work and public health: One: Social work and public health are naturally complimentary fields, perfect partners in improving community health and wellbeing. Two: People are just as confused about what public health is as [.] The post Ask Nicole: What is a Public Health Social Worker?
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MARCH 1, 2023
World Social Work Day 2023 at the UN Creating a More Inclusive World: Overcoming Barriers to EnABLE Environments Monday, April 3, 2023 10 a.m. – Noon EST Ecosoc Chamber, United Nations, NY City Belo is the Save the Dates. Within the next two weeks, we will be sending a registration link for both events.
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Martin Webber
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
A cross-Government social work task force led by the Office of the Chief Social Worker is needed to implement an ambitious programme of reform to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis in social work.
Community Care
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The system for challenging councils on their adult social care decisions is failing those who need it, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned. Inaccessible information, “complicated and stressful processes” and a lack of advocacy were undermining people’s ability to challenge local authority decisions in England and Wales, the rights regulator found, on the back of an inquiry it started in 2021.
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Community Care
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Shortages of mental health beds, doctors and transport are leading to severe delays in Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) assessments that are increasing risks to people and their families. That was the warning from approved mental health professional leaders as they urged the government to require partner agencies to support the MHA assessment process, as AMHP services are obliged to do.
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Social Work Futures
MARCH 2, 2023
I decided to invite Chat GPT to co-write a celebratory remark about “Social Work Month.” It took a couple of rounds to get it where I wanted to go…but here’s the results! Screen shots so you can have the “full experience!” It was fascinating to see how it grabbed the prompt and what it chose to include. How do you think it did?
Social Care
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
"The [social care nursing] advisory councils will bring considerable experience, knowledge, innovation and wisdom to the table to better inform the development of nursing practice across all [health and care] settings." [Image created by freepik.com ] New era of knowledge sharing What an exciting time for the social care nursing profession! Social care nursing advisory councils have now been launched in every ICB (integrated care board) in England and will be chaired by nursing colleagues from a
Community Care
MARCH 3, 2023
Social work leaders have come together to forge solutions to mounting workforce challenges in England. Social Work England has convened a group including representatives from government, employers and professional bodies, to tackle the severe recruitment and retention pressures being faced across the country. The group will meet every six weeks and has agreed to establish three workstreams focused on recruitment, retention of experienced staff and agency and other working practices, respectively
My Brains Not Broken
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The winter season has always been challenging for me. Over the years I’ve started to learn more about myself and my mental health which has made things a little easier, but I still feel like I’m fighting an uphill battle. To me, the months between November and March present a challenge I’m not always prepared to fight. I’ve managed to figure out November and December (loving Christmas certainly helps) and January is starting to figure itself out, but February…I don&
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.
Social Work Blog
MARCH 2, 2023
When it comes to snap decisions, we can all benefit by pausing to reflect first By Lorrie R. Appleton, LCSW The theme for Social Work month is descriptive and inspiring – Social Work Breaks Barriers. At our best, Social Workers are analogous to Super Heroes. When clients and families are faced with challenges, we rise to the occasion. Social workers advocate for justice, leap over mountains of agency red tape, and scale mountains of paperwork.
The New Social Worker
MARCH 1, 2023
Let’s break barriers! March is Social Work Month. Please spend it with us at The New Social Worker. THANK you for all you do. Follow us all month (March 2023) to celebrate the social work profession and the many ways we break diifficult barriers.
Community Care
MARCH 1, 2023
The Home Office has ended a scheme to give councils additional payments to incentivise them to take in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from hotels, at its scheduled date. As of today, authorities will no longer receive £15,000 for each child they take in from a hotel or from Kent council’s reception and safe care service, which supports newly arrived young people.
Blurt It Out
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Indifference about staying alive is a concept that can be hard to understand. We might not be actively suicidal or have specific suicidal thoughts. We simply no longer have the will to survive. Descriptions of suicide Descriptions of suicide vary. A violent act. A deliberate act. An active decision that a person makes. Some romanticise. The post Feeling indifferent about living appeared first on The Blurt Foundation.
Social Work Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Julia Rose, MSW, LISW, serves as the president of the NASW Iowa Chapter. She is an Intimate Partner Violence Program Coordinator for the Veterans Health Administration. She answers questions about her role with NASW. What inspired you to serve as president? I was interested in uplifting the social work profession when I was approached by the current Iowa Chapter president about opportunities on the board.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
IASSW Announces The Release Of Social Dialogue Magazine # 27 International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) has launched its volume 27 on “ Wars and Armed Conflict : Voices from the Unheard “. IASSW Human Rights and Social Justice committee has gather articles for this 27th edition of the Social Dialogue : [link] Please visit for current and past volumes : [link] and share your feedback.
Community Care
MARCH 2, 2023
The government will “strongly encourage” councils to appoint social work leads for special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision, it said today. It confirmed its support for authorities appointing designated social care officers (DSCOs), in its improvement plan for SEND and alternative education provision (AP). As set out in last year’s consultative green paper on SEND and AP , it said it would do this by proposing an amendment to the SEND code of practice , the st
Relias
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Effective engagement programs for employees play a pivotal role in the success of human services organizations. These programs allow organizations to innovate care solutions, provide better outcomes for their clients, and create a better culture. All these benefits can help combat two of the largest staff well-being issues in the industry: burnout and retention.
Social Work Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
NASW Social Work Pioneer Lester Blackwell Granger (third from right) pushed to integrate the U.S. military after World War II. Source: U.S. National Archives. By Deron Snyder The accomplishments of people of color are often overlooked in American history. That is also true of social workers of color. Lester Blackwell Granger is one such historical figure, a social worker few people know about who should enjoy wider acclaim.
The Guardian
MARCH 1, 2023
Ex-health minister dismisses claims he ignored expert advice as ‘distorted’ and ‘spun to fit anti-lockdown agenda’ UK politics live – latest news updates Matt Hancock has firmly rejected claims he dismissed expert advice to test anyone entering a care home for coronavirus at the start of the pandemic, labelling the reports “categorically untrue”. An investigation by the Daily Telegraph claims England’s chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, told Hancock, the then health secretary, in April 20
Community Care
MARCH 3, 2023
Councils underfunded home care and older people’s care home services in England by just under £2.9bn in 2021-22, according to an analysis by provider bodies. The figure is based on an examination of cost of care exercises that councils carried out recently to determine sustainable fee rates for these services and identify how far they were from paying them.
The New Social Worker
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
“The 2022 film White Noise, written and directed by Noah Baumbach, is billed as a comedy-drama. But make no mistake: Baumbach’s achievement is a timely, deadly serious. brilliant depiction of life.” Read SaraKay’s review.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MARCH 3, 2023
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (Photo by Gage Skidmore) The recap: In a previous post to this blog , I wrote about a huge cave-in by Arizona’s Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. She apparently surrenderedto pressure from an extremist Republican legislator, State Sen. Jake Hoffman, and fired Matthew Stewart. Stewart was, very briefly, the first Black director of the state family police agency, the Department of Child Safety.
The Guardian
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Villagers of Staveley want to turn closed care home into facility for older people but have run into council roadblock Shortfall of £2.3bn a year in England’s care homes ‘putting people at risk’ Hospitals are clogged with patients fit for discharge with nowhere to go; care workers are quitting for better pay; almost one in five people aged 70 and over are lonely.
Community Care
MARCH 3, 2023
The government has told the Care Quality Commission to rate local authorities on their performance in adult social care under its new assessment system, launching later this year. The regulator will give each council an overall score – ‘inadequate’, ‘requires improvement’, ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ – underpinned by scores of 1-4 against each of nine quality statements authorities will be judged on.
The New Social Worker
MARCH 2, 2023
A recent survey shows that social workers are positively touching lives of millions of Americans each year. There are challenges to the profession and barriers we must continue to break to empower the millions of people social workers serve.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MARCH 1, 2023
A news desert makes it easy for an extremist lawmaker to pressure a governor into firing the first Black director of the state “child welfare” agency – less than two months after appointing him. Shortly after taking office, the new Governor of Arizona, Democrat Katie Hobbs, named a reformer to run the state “child welfare” agency. Matthew Stewart would be the first Black leader of the Department of Child Safety (DCS).
The Guardian
MARCH 1, 2023
Helen Whateley responds to urgent question in the Commons following a leak of thousands of former health secretary’s WhatsApp messages PMQs is about to start. Sammy Wilson , the DUP’s chief whip, has said that he thinks the Stormont brake – the mechanism at the heart of Rishi Sunak’s deal to revise the Northern Ireland protocol – will turn out to be “fairly ineffective”.
Community Care
MARCH 3, 2023
Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news, events, conversations, tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week. From evidence of a multi-billion funding shortfall and failing complaints system in adult social care to a podcast episode exploring the impact of the government’s strategy for children’s social care reform, here’s this week’s line-up: Care providers tell minister to address multi-billion funding shortfall Photo: chrupka/A
Social Work.Career
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 45 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, March 2023 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.
The New Social Worker
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
In fighting for what matters, we must remember who we are—social justice workers. We tell our story in our own words and our own terms—we are Social Work, united in pursuit of boundless possibilities.
The Guardian
MARCH 1, 2023
Helen Whately defends ex-colleague while answering urgent question in Commons after leak of messages UK politics live – latest news updates A minister has dismissed claims that Matt Hancock ignored scientific advice over Covid tests for care homes. Helen Whately, the care minister, claimed “selective snippets” of leaked WhatsApp messages were misleading.
CAPC
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Exploring the history and mechanics of relative value units (RVUs) to demystify and support constructive use.
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