Community Care

MARCH 6, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Jeremy Hunt has found an additional £165m for building and maintaining children’s homes as part of a public sector productivity drive announced in today’s Spring Budget. The government has also pledged to bring forward measures later this year to tackle “profiteering” in the children’s residential sector.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

For the first time in its history, the group uses litigation to take on racism, needless surveillance and wrongful removal. It’s not a full-scale lawsuit, but it’s a good start From Children's Rights' page discussing their civil rights complaint in Minnesota Last week, in a post about the landmark lawsuit against the New York City family police agency for its abuses of children and families during investigations, I noted that Ira Lustbader, litigation director at Children’s Rights said “now is t

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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 7, 2024

First, let me say it is not easy living with someone with bipolar disorder. Their severe depressions and highest of manic episodes can ruin relationships. Even people who love the person and have supported them for years, can eventually throw up their hands and be done. It is understandable because they have to watch out for their own mental health.

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 4, 2024

You might wonder what self-care has to do with empowerment. Actually, they’re inextricably related. Like empowerment, self-care is a process of increasing strengths and developing influence toward improving one’s circumstances.

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Community Care

MARCH 5, 2024

To mark World Social Work Day, Community Care is hosting a free webinar with two expert speakers about wellbeing and secondary trauma. Register for the webinar now The webinar, which is on Tuesday 19 March from 12noon-1pm, will cover how to look after your wellbeing and manage secondary trauma, the feelings of hurt that result from exposure to others’ trauma.

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The Guardian

MARCH 3, 2024

Proposals to reduce funding for services from bin collections to social care, arts and libraries leave many worried for the future It wasn’t long ago that the people of Birmingham were being told the city was on the brink of a “golden decade”, with record levels of investment off the back of events including the Commonwealth Games and the arrival of HS2.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

New York City Administration for Children's Services Commissioner Jess Dannhauser Poor Jess Dannhauser. The head of New York City’s family police agency, the Administration for Children’s Services, says he’s really, truly concerned (though apparently not much more) about all those families and children traumatized by needless investigations and strip-searches resulting from all those false allegations, trivial cases or cases in which family poverty is confused with “neglect.

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Community Care

MARCH 5, 2024

National thresholds and stronger guidance are needed to address a postcode lottery in support for children in need in England, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned. Despite the focus of current government reforms on intervening early to help children stay with their families, they are insufficiently focused on those on child in need (CIN) plans, said the rights watchdog.

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The Guardian

MARCH 2, 2024

A local authority leader claims private equity groups are exploiting vulnerable youngsters in care homes in the pursuit of profit Care companies are insisting on unnecessary and expensive support packages for vulnerable children to boost their profits, a council leader has claimed. Barry Lewis, the Tory leader of Derbyshire county council, said that former family-run businesses acquired by private equity groups were trying to get “as much cash as possible” out of local authorities.

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Blurt It Out

MARCH 3, 2024

Depression can cause us to feel increasingly irritable. This can lead to us snapping at people, which is often followed by a wave of guilt. We might not be able to explain our irritability or know what we can do to reduce our snappiness. What Is Irritability? When we’re irritable, we tend to become annoyed easily. We’re often over-sensitive to both our environment and things that other people say or do.

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Nnatasha Tracy

MARCH 7, 2024

I hate platitudes in general, but I especially hate platitudes when they're applied to mental illness. It's so condescending when people offer some simple piece of advice and tell you it will fix everything. It's disgustingly pious when people tell you you're looking at things or handling things the wrong way because they know of a rhyming couplet. Not only are platitudes unlikely to be helpful in general, I would suggest they are even less so for people with a mental illness (especially serious

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The government is urging more councils and children’s trusts to test its planned five-year programme of support for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) in children’s services. The Department for Education issued a second call for bids to trial the early career framework (ECF) today, after selecting eight organisations to do so last year.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 7, 2024

CONFERENCE ON ECOSOCIAL WORK June 13/14 2024 We are thrilled to invite you to the Conference on Ecosocial Work, a dynamic conference aimed at fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation […]

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Blurt It Out

MARCH 3, 2024

We all make mistakes. It’s part of what makes us human. For some of us, it can feel as though our past mistakes follow us around. It’s almost like they form part of our shadow, and whatever we do, we can’t get rid of them. We struggle to let go of them. When we can’t let go of our mistakes, they can impact our day to day life and the way that we speak to ourselves.

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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 2, 2024

Teen Mental Wellness Day is March 2nd. Please read or watch a video to learn more about it, statistics and resources.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2024

This is the first in a series of interviews celebrating Community Care’s 50th anniversary. We will be speaking to key figures who have shaped the last 50 years in social work and those who will shape it in the years to come. Mark Allen is the founder and chairman of the Mark Allen Group , a publishing company which employs more than 500 staff and publishes more than 100 titles, including Community Care.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 7, 2024

67th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) ONLINE Side Event: Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) with Hydromorphone in Austria – a new perspective?

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Blurt It Out

MARCH 3, 2024

Mental illness can make it difficult to leave the house. This can be hard for both us and our loved ones to understand. Particularly if we’re someone who’s always been fairly outgoing, independent, and sociable. Anxiety When We Leave The House Anxiety can be part of many mental illnesses; whether diagnosed as a distinct condition or not. Sometimes it feels like we have an anxiety wall in our doorway.

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The Guardian

MARCH 3, 2024

Campaigners against labour exploitation urge government to conduct more stringent checks before awarding powers Hundreds of newly established care providers have been granted licences by the Home Office to sponsor workers from abroad, despite being newly established and having no track record of providing services in Britain, the Observer can reveal.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 4, 2024

This week it's International Women's Day (8th of March) and this month is Women's History Month. Women are making history in research, some of them working with MQ. One such woman is Marisa Marraccini , one of the researchers selected to be a US Fellow for MQ in 2022. Applications to become an MQ fellow in the USA are opening soon. The opportunity will mean researchers in the USA who are selected will receive not only financial support but also practical support from the MQ team.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 7, 2024

This year’s IFSW Statement on International Women’s Day has been written by Oluwatoni Adeleke from an African regional context: Africa is facing a myriad of crises, from geopolitical conflicts to […]

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

As the wildfires continue to devastate our beloved Panhandle communities, it’s more crucial than ever to come together and extend our support. In Canadian and Fritch alone, the impact has been staggering, with acres of land scorched and countless families displaced. In these trying times, it’s heartbreaking to learn that two of our own social workers have lost their homes to this relentless inferno.

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The Masked AMHP

MARCH 4, 2024

Back in the1980’s, when I used to do out of hours on call duties, Christmas Day was generally considered a good shift to have – you got double pay for the bank holiday, and no-one ever called Social Services on Christmas Day – Boxing Day, yes, New Year’s Day, yes, but never Christmas Day. Unless someone had chosen that day to go mad.

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CAPC

MARCH 5, 2024

Poor utilization of palliative care and other benefits contributed to Medicaid's decision to terminate the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 4, 2024

Dear Friends, I wrote to you 6 months ago saying I was taking a pause to recharge and reconnect: I did this in the context of an incredible but demanding […]

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 4, 2024

At certain times of year, we might have a bit more time to sit down with a good book. World Book Day (7 March 2024) is one such time, a day to celebrate authors, illustrators, books and the joy of reading. World Book Day also encourages young children to dress up as fictional characters, which may also turn out to be potentially good for mental health.

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Nicole Clark Consulting

MARCH 5, 2024

Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know, March is Social Work Month, and the 2024 theme is “Empowering Social Workers!: Inspiring Action, Leading Change.”If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that my passion area is Reproductive Justice, and over the years I’ve explored how RJ looks through [.] The post Ask Nicole: The Role of Social Workers in Reproductive Justice appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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The Guardian

MARCH 3, 2024

News that child asylum seekers were told to guess who would be placed in foster care is distressing and dystopian, say a group of organisations including the Refugee Council One of the 13 reports by the independent borders inspectorate finally released last week details a series of disturbing findings about unaccompanied children seeking asylum, including the appalling revelation that they were forced to play a game which involved them guessing who would be the next one to be placed in foster ca

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CAPC

MARCH 6, 2024

CAPC launches new communication skills courses, which aim to help clinicians from all specialities and disciplines provide patient-centered care for people with serious illness.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 7, 2024

Internationally, 33.3% of researchers are women, which is why at MQ we are incredibly proud to say we fund male and female researchers equally. In the run up to International Women’s Day (8th of March) we celebrate those women who make up 50% of our researchers, and their pioneering work. Women Working on Preventions and Interventions Dr Susanne Ahmari, (USA) identified brain activity related to Obsessive behaviours, the first step towards developing new treatments for OCD in 2013.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

By Courteney Stuart The COVID-19 pandemic cast a dark cloud across children’s lives, interrupting education and socialization. For the poorest families in the U.S., however, there was a silver lining. The unprecedented global crisis created the political will to implement long-called-for expansions of government benefits. The March 2020 passage of the American Rescue Plan expanded the child tax credit and created other financial cushions, sending money directly to the most vulnerable families fo

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Lawson Psychology

MARCH 5, 2024

Can running improve my mental health? Yes, running can improve your mental health and general wellbeing. Running has been shown to improve mood, and reduce stress and anxiety symptoms both alone, and in combination with psychological treatments for mood disorders. In addition to mood improving benefits, other benefits of running include: That it can be a naturally mindful activity for some, or an opportunity to catch when your mind has wandered to (over)thinking and then bring your attention bac

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Nicole Clark Consulting

MARCH 5, 2024

Have a question you'd like to be featured? Let me know, TBD Raise Your Voice: In the comments section below, The post Ask Nicole: Which Social Work Level Is Best for Practicing Reproductive Justice? appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 4, 2024

This week it's International Women's Day (8th of March) and March is Women's History Month. Women are making history in research, some of them working with MQ Mental Health Research in their work. One such woman is Marisa Marraccini , one of the researchers selected to be a US Fellow for MQ in 2022. Applications to become an MQ fellow in the USA are opening soon.

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Relias

MARCH 5, 2024

Human services organizations constantly have to navigate change. Whether its events in the wider world, new processes in the organization, or differing treatment options for clients, it’s important to stay abreast of best practices in the field. To help health and human service organizations get ahead, we’re sharing action items based on current trends in human services.

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