NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Are the failures of social work really just a matter of degree? (Image from Depositphotos ) Call it The Perennial Whine of the Licensed Social Worker. It crops up over and over when there’s any story about what family police agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) do to families. Most recently I saw it repeatedly in comments on the Washington Post story I discuss here , about a family traumatized by a midnight raid by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.

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The New Social Worker

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Pursuing a doctoral level degree in social work can increase a person’s income. Having more income is great, but is that a true reason to pursue an advanced degree? Ask yourself these four questions before you decide.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 20, 2022

High workloads and a lack of supervision are undermining the professional curiosity and challenge needed for effective child protection practice, research has found. Several serious case reviews found that high workloads meant social workers lacked the time to build the effective relationships necessary to exercise effective challenge in families where children were at risk, according to the latest – and final – three-year analysis of SCRs, covering 2017-19.

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Does the title of this post sound a bit off? Well, that’s because it’s a play on the song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” a classic Christmas song that has more covers and iterations than I could care to count. And even though this time of year actually is one of my favorite times of the year, it’s also incredibly busy.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I remember buying our son a chocolate bar when he was about 5. He reminded me to bring home the receipt for mom. He knew then we tracked our spending. All our spending. That he reminded me to bring home the receipt took me by surprise. It’s amazing what kids pick up on. There wasn’t her money and my money. There was just money. If we didn’t know what each other spent, we wouldn’t know what was left.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Yesterday, in a post about “child welfare” and the moral bankruptcy of social work, I noted that Alan Detlaff of the University of Houston, who has dedicated his career to fighting racism in family policing (a more accurate term than “child welfare”) had been ousted as the Dean of the university’s Graduate College of Social Work. I wrote that I have no doubt he could have kept that deanship if he’d simply used the playbook perfected by another social work dean, Richard Barth at the University of

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 20, 2022

TW: this post discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. Before I write about a post that discusses suicide, I breathe a big sigh. I try to hold back my own personal emotions because I need to focus, but the shadow of depression hangs its head over me. Because this thing is so hard. It’s so hard to sift through all the feelings and emotions that come with learning the news that someone has died by suicide.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 21, 2022

He thought his dad was strong. With that, the thought of counseling was an embarrassment. Never would his father ever consider it. But here he was now, under an ultimatum from his parter. Join her in counseling, or leave. He bit the bullet and agreed to go. He was open with the counselor about how his dad would frown on this. The counselor wondered about other values and biases his dad had.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Research shows public sector salaries have fallen significantly behind those in the private sector Teachers and social workers have experienced the worst pay growth in the UK in the past decade, while public sector salaries have fallen significantly behind those in the private sector, according to research. The years between 2010-11 and 2020-21 have been a “lost decade” for pay growth in the UK labour market, but new analysis tracking workers in different sectors over the period reveals that som

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Community Care

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Government intervention in children’s services must be sensitive to the ‘bruising’ impact on staff of working in an ‘inadequate’ authority, in order to succeed. That was among the findings of a Department for Education-commissioned study on the effectiveness of DfE intervention in ‘inadequate’ councils and sector-led improvement in ‘requires improvement’ authorities, published last week.

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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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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

● There’s Another outstanding installment in the series from ProPublica and NBC News, documenting the enormous harm family policing does to children. This time, the story looks at child welfare’s “death penalty” – termination of children’s rights to their parents. There’s a special focus on West Virginia, which is both the child removal capital of America and the termination capital of America.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 19, 2022

While some decisions to separate may be reached jointly at or near the same time, this is a less common scenario. The decision to separate is more often the outcome of one reaching a conclusion where being apart is better than being together. That decision doesn’t typically come easy or fast. Most often it several years in the making. With that, the one coming to the decision to separate has had a chance to come to terms with their feelings about it.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

By Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSW. NASW Senior Practice Associate. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services first declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE). The PHE declaration allowed flexibility in health care funding and regulations to respond to the pandemic. Since January 2020, the PHE has been renewed 11 times and is currently in effect through mid-January 2023.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Graduates of fast-track training schemes feel more prepared for social work but experience greater stress and less satisfaction once in practice, research for the Department for Education (DfE) has revealed. The ongoing longitudinal survey of local authority children’s practitioners has identified significant differences in the experiences of doing the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) between those who qualified through university programmes and those trained through Frontl

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International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 22, 2022

IFSW is pleased to announce that three more national associations of social work have been admitted as full members. The National Alliance of Professional Social Workers of Kazakhstan, the Guinea-Bissau Association […].

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 21, 2022

If you are sensitive, you may be shying away from important conversations. In so doing, things left unsaid, unresolved, may fester. Those difficult conversations are important to have. You can start by acknowledging you have something difficult or awkward to talk about, but still need to do so. That is known as meta-communicating. You communicate about the need to communicate.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Study of people born in 1921 shows happiness linked to independence, with many using ‘subversive tactics’ to maintain it It is the age of rebellion. They may be frail, but 95-year-olds engage in miniature campaigns of “resistance and subversion” to foster a sense of control over their lives, a study has confirmed. From refusing to wear emergency call buttons to casting aside walking sticks, many members of a cohort born in 1921 studied by health scientists at the Universities of York and Newcast

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Community Care

DECEMBER 19, 2022

An increase in adult social care funding next year should deliver “tangible improvements” to services, the government told councils today. Authorities should use the 2023-24 package , which the government said amounted to a real-terms increase, to go beyond tackling inflationary pressures to addressing key sector challenges, according to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC).

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International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 22, 2022

World Social Work Day has been celebrated around the globe since 1983. This year, IFSW and UNRISD teamed up once again to mark the Day at the United Nations in […].

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It’s a beautiful thing seeing a parent let the barbs of an ex fall flat when before they would get stuck like grappling hooks to drag them down. When one understands that boundaries means you are not required to respond to the noise of another and that their noise is not a reflection of oneself, one finds their own power. That power is not over another, but in the protection of oneself, worn like a shield with which nonsense slides off.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Government announces help for 900,000 households in Great Britain and £600 Northern Ireland payment People living in care homes and on caravan parks can receive £400 to help with their fuel bills as part of a government drive to support all UK households with energy costs this winter. The government said on Monday that 900,000 households in England, Scotland and Wales without a direct relationship to an energy supplier would be able to apply online for the £400.

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Swhelper

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Deona Hooper.  Sara Kauffman’s presentation was designed to give helpful information to helping professionals who may encounter refugees in their practice areas. Additionally, it provides helpful governmental resources for practitioners to add to their toolboxes. Sara Kauffman, LCSW created this presentation for the SWHELPER Summit in March 2018.

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The New Social Worker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 is a wrap. The New Social Worker’s list of Top 5 Articles for 2022 tells us the story of what has been on social workers' minds. We look forward to spending 2023 with you, our readers.

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As with any holiday, family will be getting together. For kids who have recently or just come out, owning their gender identity openly can prove to be stressful. There may be challenges to face. It can be helpful to discuss any concerns with your child in advance of the family gathering. Ask your child how they are feeling. You may also want to explore how some family members may respond to this new information.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Rising costs, increased demand and a collapse in public fundraising mean palliative care providers face ‘very difficult decisions’ Hospice charities providing end-of-life services in partnership with the NHS have warned they will have to shut beds and sack staff because of the catastrophic impact of rising energy bills on their day-to-day running costs.

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Untipsy Teacher

DECEMBER 23, 2022

I always mess these up! Dear Readers, The other day, when I volunteered reading menus to older people, a woman was complaining her clock didn’t work. I tried to fix it, but to no avail. The next time I saw her, it was working! It turns out the clock was connected to a light switch, and she had turned that off. She told me, “I just have to push the right button.” I started laughing, and told her I had just pushed the wrong button myself on my phone and accidentally hung up on so

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CAPC

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Agreement also lowers barriers to prescribing opioid use disorder medication.

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Gateway Foundation

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The lottery is a common entertainment source that can quickly become addictive. Playing the lottery can become addictive when an individual develops an unhealthy compulsion to engage in it. While purchasing lottery tickets occasionally does not indicate an addiction, playing the lottery excessively can become an addiction. Playing the lottery activates the same pleasure centers in the brain as substance use disorder and other compulsive behaviors, causing some people to engage in it unhealthily.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

DECEMBER 21, 2022

13TH ANNUAL STRANGERS IN NEW HOMELANDS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2023. CALL FOR PROPOSALS. MAY 31 – JUNE 2, 2023. MAIN THEME. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN WORLD MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT IN THE CONTINUOUS ERA OF GLOBAL CONFLICTS AND POST COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC. If you are interested in presenting apaper, workshop, panel discussion or poster presentation at this conference, please submit: 1. a maximum 250-word abstractof your paper, workshop or panel proposal, please specify sub-theme.

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Doin' The Work

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Episode 60 Guest: Kohenet Shoshana A Brown, LMSW & Autumn Leonard 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 , Michigan State University , and the University of Houston.

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Social Workers Speak

DECEMBER 22, 2022

News Items – December 22, 2022. Hannah Ware is development associate for NASW-OH: Social workers: advocating for the world around them. LimaOhio.com. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , social workers help others prevent and cope with problems in their everyday lives. Social workers provide this support for others through years of training in the classroom and in person.

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Gateway Foundation

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) significantly impacts a person’s life, including those closest to them. When you sense that something might be off with your partner or you’ve picked up on problematic behaviors, you might wonder whether they might have an alcohol use disorder. Once the cycle begins, AUD can be difficult to overcome without professional help.

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Social Care

DECEMBER 21, 2022

"We want to make a commitment to carers to recognise and value the support they provide. "[Image created by freepik.com ]. Passport to improved support. At Cygnet Health Care we were excited to recently launch our first ever Carers Passport. It is important to us to improve the experience for carers looking after adults with mental health and learning disabilities.

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Living Sober

DECEMBER 21, 2022

By Sue Kerr (@suek). Every December 31st for the past several years, I’ve given myself a mini-retreat, just an hour or two to check back on the year that’s ending: the highs and lows; what do I want more of and what could I do without; what made me proud of myself and where could I do better. Next day, […] A Year of Self Care (by @suek) was first posted on December 22, 2022 at 9:54 am. ©2019 " Living Sober " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Beyond Advocacy

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is well-prepared to walk onto the biggest stage of his life. On January 3, 2023, he will make history when he succeeds the incomparable Nancy Pelosi as the leader of the Democratic Party. It is a tall order. Speaker Pelosi is generally regarded as the GOAT—the greatest of all time. No one expects Jeffries to match Pelosi’s well-honed skills as a politician, but there is great respect for the congressman from Brooklyn.

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