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Zahawi: take children into care when ‘any inkling of harm’

Community Care

Children should be removed from their families if there is “any inkling” of harm to them, the education secretary has said. Nadhim Zahawi made the comment in response to a question from fellow Conservative MP Bob Blackman following his statement on the government’s response to the Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case yesterday. Blackman had said that what Arthur’s case had in common with those of Peter Connolly (2007), Victoria Climbié (2000) and Jasmine Beckford (1984) was that &

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When Your Partner Sits Around Playing Video Games and You’re Carrying the Family

Gary Direnfeld

Remember that movie from 2006, “Failure to Launch?” They finally get the guy in his thirties out of his parent’s house long enough to meet a gal. The movie was based on a social trend of men who never left home. Some had sporadic jobs but otherwise lived in their bedroom or the basement mostly playing video games. Since then, I am seeing another social trend; women who married those men now seeking to separate from them.

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Five Ways to Manage Perfectionism

My Brains Not Broken

This week on My Brain’s Not Broken, we’re talkin g about perfectionism. While it’s something that comes up in everyday life, perfectionism can be hard to spot, and even harder to deal with. When I was looking up how to manage and deal with perfectionism, I saw the same results as when I looked up how to manage self-doubt , which was that every article I found used terms like overcoming and get rid of when talking about perfectionism (which seems like an example of perfectionism

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Community-enhanced social prescribing

Martin Webber

Community-enhanced social prescribing brings communities and link workers closer together to improve wellbeing for both individuals and communities.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Lower caseloads key to improving child protection following Arthur case, say social workers

Community Care

Social workers have said more resources and lower caseloads are the top priority for improving child protection following the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. Over three-quarters of 3,490 respondents to a Community Care poll selected this option over better multi-agency working, lower thresholds for intervention or the creation of a dedicated child protection service.

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Saturday Dream Workshop

What a Shrink Thinks

This is an educational/experiential workshop designed to support therapists and counselors, artists and creatives, meditators and those engaged in spiritual practices and anyone who wants to learn to work with their dreams in service of healing, creative or contemplative processes.

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Lorraine Gutiérrez Appointed the Edith A. Lewis Collegiate Professor of Social Work

Michigan Social Work

Lorraine Gutiérrez has been appointed the Edith A. Lewis Collegiate Professor of Social Work. Gutiérrez is an internationally renowned scholar in empowerment theory and anti-oppressive practice. Her teaching and scholarship focus on multicultural praxis in communities, organizations and higher education. Her current projects include identifying strategies for multicultural community-based research and practice, multicultural education for social work practice, and identifying effective methods

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‘Significant’ cut in social worker caseloads helps council rise to ‘good

Community Care

Social workers have been freed up to spend more time with children after council investment led to a “significant reduction” in caseloads, Ofsted has found. Ofsted rated Walsall council as good overall at a full inspection last month, after telling the authority it required improvement in 2017 and rating it as inadequate nine years ago. Inspectors found some “exceptional practice” at the council, which it credited to the authority’s “deliberate corporate investment” in children’s services helpin

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A Pennsylvania case illustrates again why, for children, “best interests of the child” is among the most dangerous phrases in the “child welfare” lexicon

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Consider a recent case involving the family policing system in a county in Pennsylvania. Everything I am about to recount is true except for one detail: Two young children are taken from their mother. Their father is eager to take them in, but at the time of the removal he’s in the hospital. That’s because after he was hit by a drunk driver and confined to a wheelchair it led to medical complications that sometimes require hospitalization.

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Trigger Warnings Don’t Work — Don’t Use Trigger Warnings

Nnatasha Tracy

Trigger warnings don't work. I know that's a controversial statement as trigger warnings have crept into seemingly all aspects of media. But trigger warnings did this without anyone studying the effects of including a trigger warning. People started including them with good intentions, but that doesn't mean including them actually produces positive responses.

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

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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What social care reform could and should mean for people with dementia

Social Care

Alzheimer’s Society has been calling for social care reform for a long time and welcomed the opportunity to participate in two South West roundtable events, arranged by the Department of Health and Social Care. [Image created by freepik.com ]. Reforming care around personal need. Social care is vital for people with dementia. As the condition progresses, many people will need to draw on homecare to support them to maintain independence in their own home for as long as possible, and many will als

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Better relationships with children’s social workers ‘key to tackling foster carer crisis’

Community Care

Better relationships with children’s social workers is a key factor in tackling a foster carer recruitment and retention “crisis”, says The Fostering Network. That was among the findings from its latest State of the Nation’s Foster Care report, this year based on a survey of 3,352 carers and 99 fostering services. All but six of services surveyed reported a shortage of carers to meet local needs, particularly for teenagers, large sibling groups, children with disabilities and parent and child p

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A Socially Just Child Protection System?

Reimagining Social Work

We are often told that the confluence of poverty, inequality and entry into the child protection system is not something that child welfare services can address. Child protection focuses on the risk of harm to children and the circumstances of their families. Structural inequality, if it is acknowledged at all, is regarded as a problem … Continue reading A Socially Just Child Protection System?

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Establishment of the IFSW Social Work at the United Nations Initiative at Monmouth University

International Federation of Social Workers

RHEINFELDEN, Switzerland (December 10, 2021) — The International Federation of Social Workers announces the establishment of the IFSW Social Work at the United Nations Initiative at Monmouth University in the School of Social Work. The establishment of the IFSW SW at the UN Initiative fulfills a need to combine international social work experience, networks, and […].

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Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: review launched into six-year-old’s murder

The Guardian

Government review to seek answers regarding circumstances that led to Arthur’s death The government is launching a national review into the killing of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes to protect other children from harm and identify improvements needed in the agencies that came into contact with him before his death. Announcing the review on Sunday, the education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, said the government would “not rest until we have the answers we need”.

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£300m boost for adult social care workforce through winter

Community Care

The government has given the adult social care workforce a £300m boost through the winter which providers can use to increase staffing numbers or pay. The money, which lasts until March 2022, almost trebles winter workforce funding, topping up the the £162.5m recruitment and retention fund announced in October. However, the total, £462.5m, falls far short of the £1.5bn directors have been calling for and comes with data showing a deteriorating situation for the workforce as it enters winter.

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Omega-3 supplements for depression and anxiety #ActiveIngredientsMH

The Social Care Elf

Ashlee Negrone summarises a systematic review and meta-analysis on omega-3 supplements for depression and anxiety in adults, and briefly introduces their Active Ingredients project on omega-3 for youth depression and anxiety. The post Omega-3 supplements for depression and anxiety #ActiveIngredientsMH appeared first on National Elf Service.

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IFSW Launches First Global Survey of Working Conditions of Social Workers

International Federation of Social Workers

Why is this survey so important for social work in all parts of the world? ‘Working conditions affect everybody´, said Silvana Martinez, IFSW President, ´and we know that social workers have some of the most difficult working conditions of any profession around the world. That is why today IFSW is launching the biggest global survey […].

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‘Councils have been short-changed. We need more government money’

The Guardian

After years of austerity followed by Covid, local authorities are millions short on budgets. What has happened to ‘levelling up?’ Craig Cheney sits slumped in his chair, with a look of dejection in place of his usually cheery demeanour. Bristol’s deputy mayor, who is also chair of the city council’s finance committee, needs to save £23m from next year’s budget – on top of almost £100m of cuts three years ago – to balance the books.

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DfE gives regulator £2.3m to help clear fitness to practise backlog

Community Care

The Department for Education (DfE) has given Social Work England (SWE) an extra £2.3m to enable it to clear a backlog of fitness to practise (FtP) cases. The regulator asked the department for the money to enable it to investigate remaining FtP cases it took over from its predecessor, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), in December 2019.

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NASW National Committee on Women’s Issues Denounces Attacks on Reproductive Rights

Social Work Blog

Protesters take part in the Women’s March for Reproductive Rights in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 2, 2021. The National Committee on Women’s Issues (NCOWI) remains firm in its support of women’s rights over their reproductive health. NCOWI denounces efforts in numerous states to restrict access to reproductive health services and undermine rights protected under Roe v.

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Virtual reality for mental health: are there any freely available apps that show promise?

The Social Care Elf

Imogen Bell summarises a recent review of virtual reality experiences as tools to support mental health therapy, which finds some freely available applications that may show promise for mental health. The post Virtual reality for mental health: are there any freely available apps that show promise? appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Don’t be fooled by deceitful parents, top child expert warns social workers

The Guardian

Professionals urged to be more sceptical and ready to remove at-risk children after death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes Social workers need to be more sceptical and decisive when confronted by “manipulative and deceitful” parents, one of the UK’s leading child protection experts has urged following the torture and killing of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at the hands of his stepmother and father.

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Government ends interventions at improved councils

Community Care

The government has ended statutory interventions in two council children’s services, while removing a commissioner appointed to direct improvements at a third. The Department for Education has revoked improvement directions issued to Sunderland and Worcestershire, meaning they are no londer under an obligation to comply with DfE instructions. The DfE initially issued a direction to Sunderland City Council in April 2017 after Ofsted had judged its children’s services as inadequate.

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NFL My Cause My Cleats initiative brings awareness to the CASA/GAL mission

National Casa Gal

National CASA/GAL is excited about creating awareness for our network of state and local programs and thanks Corey Linsley, Coach Arians and their families for this incredible support. Read More. The post NFL My Cause My Cleats initiative brings awareness to the CASA/GAL mission appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Endodontic diagnosis – conventional radiography versus cone beam computed tomography

The Social Care Elf

Mark-Steven Howe looks at this is diagnostic test accuracy review comparing conventional and cone-beam computed tomography for detecting persistent apical disease after root canal treatment. The post Endodontic diagnosis – conventional radiography versus cone beam computed tomography appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Care home in Kent gives families 10 hours’ notice of closure

The Guardian

Exclusive: collapse in standards at Berkeley House triggers shutdown so sudden one family called it ‘inhumane’ Standards collapsed so quickly at a severely short-staffed care home that families were given just 10 hours’ notice of its final closure triggering a desperate scramble to find new homes for traumatised residents, the Guardian has learned. Berkeley House in Kent looked after adults with severe learning difficulties and autism but, five weeks ago, its operator suddenly decided it could n

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How Many Immigrant-Friendly Communities Are in the United States? Classifying the Policy Stream

Social Work Blog

Dramatic federal immigration policy proposals and executive actions appear to be a reaction to state and local governments that have taken leadership in responding to immigration. Some local governments have endorsed welcoming immigrants to stabilize high-poverty urban neighborhoods and to enhance regional economic development. Others embrace immigrant incorporation consistent with the social work grand challenge to achieve equal opportunity and justice.

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Human Rights Day Joint Statement by IFSW and the WFPHA

International Federation of Social Workers

The 2021 United Nations Theme for Human Rights Day is ´EQUALITY – Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights´. The International Federation of Social Workers and World Federation of Public Health Association jointly advance the following statement: On Human Rights Day 2021, we are aware of the persistence of enormous inequities in the world, which are a […].

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Whiteness in clinical psychology: how do white female psychologists perceive whiteness?

The Social Care Elf

Humma Andleeb reviews a qualitative paper on deconstructing Whiteness in Clinical Psychology and how White female clinical psychologists perceive whiteness in the profession. The post Whiteness in clinical psychology: how do white female psychologists perceive whiteness? appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Sentences for killers of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes to be reviewed for leniency

The Guardian

Attorney general to consider whether jail terms for Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes are long enough The jail sentences given to the couple who killed six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes are to be reviewed to “determine whether they were too low”, the attorney general has announced. Arthur was left with an unsurvivable brain injury while in the sole care of his stepmother, Emma Tustin, who was jailed for life on Friday after being convicted of murder.

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Self-Care A-Z: 4 Grand Rules for Self-Care

The New Social Worker

Self-care—isn't it grand? Erlene's four rules for her grandkids also apply to self-care. Read on to find out how.

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Social workers write to Priti Patel opposing inhumane Police Bill that discriminates against Romani and Traveller families

International Federation of Social Workers

The British Association of Social Workers, Social Workers Union, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Social Work Association and several partner organisations have co-signed a letter to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, opposing inhumane and unlawful draft guidance recently published in support of the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. The wording on many issues in the guidance makes it unworkable and unjust if put in place for not only […].

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Another Covid Christmas, Tips for a Mentally Healthy Festive Season

Psychological Health Care

As another Covid Christmas arrives, consider reframing your approach to the festive season. Forget the stress of trying to create the cookie-cutter commercial fantasy, globally hyped at this time of year, and instead embrace imperfection for a mentally healthy yuletide. The Most Joyful, Stressful Time of the Year. While Christmas can be filled with joy, for many it is one of the hardest times of the year to manage mental wellbeing.

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Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: abuse cases missed due to cuts, Climbié inquiry chair says

The Guardian

Peer who led inquiry into death of Victoria Climbié says social care cuts hitting child protection services A crossbench peer who led the inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié has warned that “marked” cuts to social care funding had taken their toll on child protection services that could have saved Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. Herbert Laming said the reduction in funding for social care in the last 10 years meant children like Arthur, whose abuse and death has shocked the nation , were being mis

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