2022

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How We Shape the Future: Reflexive Questions for the Social Work Profession

Social Work Futures

As I’m making my way through a book project (Anticipatory Social Work!!!) I’m doing a lot of working and thinking about and structuring activities to guide the profession into meaningful, direct and generative questions for individuals and collectives.

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Yep – You CAN be TOO Positive!

Gary Direnfeld

Heard from a person who follows my professional Facebook page. We spoke of toxic positivity. That is when people try to out-do the negative by being totally positive. We’ll get through this. Think positive thoughts. Surround yourself with goodness.

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How Do You Talk About Mental Health?

My Brains Not Broken

During Mental Health Awareness Month , there is a lot of attention focused on knowing what mental health challenges look like.

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6 hacks for less painful social work documentation

Save the Social Worker

When I was a student social worker in the U.K., my supervisor used to drive me to the clients we would visit. One day, we were really busy. Back to back meetings in the office, followed by home visits.

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

In this webinar with business development consultant Gary Direnfeld, we will explore the different methods of marketing your private social work practice and boosting your online presence. Gary will provide valuable insight on choosing and using social media to attract viable referrals.

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Is Social Work a profession? Yes, but we argue about it a lot…

Social Work Futures

As part of writing that is happening in my world right now, I’ve been doing deep dive in this literature. We have a powerful history of taking this question VERY seriously in social work. Thanks to contributions from friends on Twitter (!!!). I promised to share my final working version.

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Neurodivergent social workers ‘exhausted’ from lack of understanding at work

Community Care

A lack of awareness and support systems in the social work sector has cultivated a climate of apprehension and exhaustion for social workers with neurodiverse conditions such as autism , ADHD and dyslexia.

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Not Seasonal, Just Depression

My Brains Not Broken

The more experience I’ve gained on my mental health journey, the better I’ve gotten at recognizing my depression and the reasons behind it. That being said, depression can still be tricky.

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How might social work be different in the future?

Social Work Futures

Let’s have an imagination session! Think about how different a “typical social work job” was 50 years ago. That would be the year 1972. And imagine how different it might be 50 years from now – the year 2072. What will the world be like?

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Why do social workers burnout?

Save the Social Worker

The aircon blew gently. Outside, the 33 degree celsius heat made me grateful to be seated in the room. I was seated in front of a client, listening to her talk about how difficult life was for her. As hard as I tried to get into it, I couldn’t.

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Two Ways to Decolonize a Social Work Research Course

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Editor’s Note: Dr. Amy Werman, DSW, LCSW , is a lecturer at the Columbia School of Social Work , with over 20 years of teaching experience in social work education.

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Introducing The Anti-racist Listening Project podcast

Social Work With Adults

Lyn Romeo: I am delighted to once again host adult social workers Nimal Jude and Liz Howard as guest bloggers, this time introducing their latest exciting venture, the Anti-racist Listening Project podcast.

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Growing Up With a Difficult Parent

Gary Direnfeld

It can be so confusing when statistically, almost everyone has parents who love them and puts them first and you have a parent whose needs supercede your own.

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IASSW Announces The Release Of Social Dialogue Magazine # 26

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

IASSW Announces The Release Of Social Dialogue Magazine # 26. Dear Colleagues, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) has launched Social Dialogue magazine volume 26 on Black Lives Matter: developments in de-colonising social work.

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Is There a Link between Childhood Trauma and Heart Disease?

Stop Abuse Campaign

← Types of Therapy and Mental Health Providers. We know unhealthy habits often lead to a life of chronic pain, disease, and immune disorders, but many of us don’t think to trace those habits back to childhood.

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The Scariest Parts of Bipolar Disorder

Nnatasha Tracy

The scariest parts of bipolar disorder depend on who you ask, I guess, but I can think of quite a few scary things; after all, serious chronic illnesses like bipolar disorder tend to be scary on their very face.

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Using podcasts for continuing professional development

Martin Webber

Toolkit to assist reflections on the Social Work Research Podcast for continuing professional development. Blog Podcast Social work research

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‘Why child protection policies on bruising to babies need to change’

Community Care

By Andy Bilson. In a recent report, the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel (“the panel”) asked safeguarding partners to review their policies on bruising in non-mobile infants “to check for consistency with the evidence base and national guidelines.”.

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Reflecting on 2022 on My Brain’s Not Broken

My Brains Not Broken

Every year, around this time, I like to take stock of the year I had. I wish I did this in a more formal way, but I don’t. It’s mostly thought and reflection, but it’s very important for me to think back on the year I’ve experienced.

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Emerging Words for the Future (Fall 2022 Edition)

Social Work Futures

Over the last couple of years and through my own foresight journey (as a social worker and a human)…I’ve found emerging language regarding the future to be really interesting, illuminating, sometimes troubling, and valuable.

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5 micro skills in social work that you may have forgotten

Save the Social Worker

I confess. I’m no expert on social work. I’ve been complained about many times from clients. In my last placement, my supervisor wanted to fail me. Twice. You may feel cautious reading this.

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Tips for the new Social Work Adjunct Instructor

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

In my role as the Director of our undergraduate social work program this summer, I have been onboarding several new adjunct instructors to our Department.

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Keep calm and call an AMHP

Social Work With Adults

[Image created by freepik.com ]. National AMHP Day 2022 is here.

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They Mean the World to Us

Gary Direnfeld

They are all special. Family. We love them. Our little guy, Kugle came to us about 12.5 years ago the result of much begging on my part with Arlene.

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JOINT WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JOINT WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

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New IFSW Global President Elected

International Federation of Social Workers

IFSW is delighted to announce that the new global President is Joachim Mumba from Zambia. His 4-year term as president will commence on the 16th of May.

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Free Mental Health Webinars, April 2022

Social Work.Career

This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 65 free webcasts that I could find for you this month in the field of social work and mental health.

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Talking about community

Martin Webber

I have been talking to the Community Development Podcast about community-enhanced social prescribing - what it is and how we are evaluating it. Blog Podcast Social prescribing

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DfE awards Frontline £10m contract to run social work leadership training scheme

Community Care

Frontline has won a £10m government contract to deliver training and development for council children’s social work managers and leaders.

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Managing Self-Awareness and Mental Health

My Brains Not Broken

Over the years, my relationship with therapy has ebbed and flowed. I’ve gone from being skeptical about it to going twice a week and everywhere in between. The common thread is that I’ve never been with one therapist long enough to making any long-term changes – until now.

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What is “Anticipatory Social Work?” Advancing a Provocation for the Next Chapter of the Profession

Social Work Futures

Social workers specialize in the effects of cascading failures of our most important community institutions and the very real hope, determination and commitment to justice and well-being for all.

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Neurodivergent people are more likely to experience pain, due to hypermobility

MQ Mental Health

Neurodivergent people are more than twice as likely as the general population to have hypermobile joints and are far more likely to experience pain on a regular basis, according to new research. .

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Technology Disruption Readiness Plan: A Best Practice for the Social Work Classroom

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

In social work education, one lesson we can take away from the COVID pandemic has brought many lessons to social work education is to be ready when a crisis or disruption requires an instructor and students to quickly shift an entire course, a class session, or even an assignment.

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Helping unpaid carers get vaccinated helps us all

Social Care

Unpaid carers are eligible for a COVID-19 autumn booster if they are caring for someone who is clinically vulnerable. They are similarly entitled to a free flu jab. Image created by freepik.com ]. Protecting those who care for others.