Community Care

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

How apprenticeship qualification rate compares The achievement rate is slightly below the average for undergraduate social work programmes, generally, in 2021-22 (86%), meaning there was a higher qualification rate from traditional university courses than apprenticeships. The DfE has provided 79 councils with £11.7m

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University Government Social Worker 237

Michigan Girl's Café

JUNE 1, 2020

The deleterious effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere more apparent than in the higher education sector. Our most vulnerable populations--African Americans, Latino/as, senior citizens, and the economically disadvantaged--are at a higher risk of contracting and dying from the disease.

Administration 40

Administration University Schools Diversity 40

Social Work Futures

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Here’s a collection of links that I’ve been gathering up the last year – exploring the future of higher education. They come at the subject from a wide variety of angles – and represent a continuing horizon scan of things I’m interested in, and may be of interest to colleagues across higher ed.

University 189

University Interviewing Engagement 189

The New Social Worker

APRIL 12, 2023

High quality online programs not only benefit students and schools, but they are also beneficial to the entire social work profession as social workers from a broader array of backgrounds emerge from their education prepared for what’s next.

Social Worker 74

Social Worker Schools 74

Community Care

APRIL 26, 2024

The government has readvertised the chief social worker for adults position at a higher salary , six months after it started recruiting for a successor to Lyn Romeo. It has now readvertised the role with an offer of £120,000-£130,000 to external candidates.

Social Worker 212

Social Worker Government Communication Social Services 212

Community Care

MARCH 7, 2022

This is driving huge spending on placements by local authorities, with fees of £8,000 plus a week “not unusual”, Will Quince told the House of Commons’ education select committee last week. The Department for Education calculates average caseloads for children’s social workers in England as 16.3. How big are your caseloads?

Interventional 358

Interventional Government Social Worker Social Services 358

Community Care

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It pointed to Department for Education figures showing 8.6% the previous year. “Many social workers are moving into agency work, as this gives them greater flexibility and higher pay than local authorities can offer.

Social Worker 309

Social Worker 309

Community Care

MARCH 27, 2023

It said that, in particular, it would focus on: improving and strengthening the transition from education to employment; supporting and guiding early career development; making continuing professional development (CPD) routine, impactful and core to improving professional practice; the development and accountability required of specialist roles. .

Social Worker 249

Social Worker Diversity Consultation Mental Health 249

My Brains Not Broken

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It’s a public health issue, and we should do everything we can to push for more education and awareness around suicide prevention. But what does it mean to have more education and awareness around this topic? That said, I think this month is a good opportunity to have conversations and demand attention for suicide prevention.

Mental Health 246

Mental Health Advocacy Schools 246

Community Care

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Department for Education’s annual children in need statistics also showed year-on-year increases in the number of children in need (up 4.1%) and assessments (up 3.1%), on the back of a surge in referrals, which rose by 8.8% The Department for Education is due to respond to the care review before the end of the year.

Crisis Intervention 302

Crisis Intervention Child Welfare Interventional Anxiety 302

Community Care

MARCH 30, 2023

WWEICSC – formerly What Works for Children’s Social Care – was commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to pilot SWIS in three local authority areas in 2018-19, and then to roll it out to 21 areas for the RCT. No impact on social care outcomes It found that the rate of section 47s was 5.5%

Social Worker 267

Social Worker Schools School Social Work Interventional 267

Community Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In response to the consultation, the regulator pledged to address specific concerns about the content and structure of the proposed 78 statements, as well as the “crowded landscape” of social work education standards to which the statements would be added.

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Consultation Social Worker Government Diversity 236

Community Care

JULY 19, 2023

As Social Work England is the responsibility of government, specifically the Department for Education, the chair must also “work closely with ministers and government officials to drive forward a clear strategic direction” for the regulator, said the DfE, in its job advertisement.

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Government Social Worker Communication 230

Community Care

APRIL 9, 2024

On the back of this, the CMA recommended that the Department for Education set up a market oversight regime to monitor the finances of the largest and most difficult to replace children’s home providers, which the DfE agreed to take forward in last year’s Stable Homes, Built on Love strategy. .”

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Consultation Government 259

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

DECEMBER 30, 2021

One of my academic favorites is Dr. Katie Linder who produces a podcast called You’ve Got This , where she offers advice and examples for other academics as they navigate the world of higher education. What are your questions related to social work education? Higher education? I would love to hear your ideas!

Social Worker 162

Social Worker Engagement 162

Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

COVID-19 caused an unprecedented global pandemic that unmasked inequities in higher education. The pandemic interrupted conventional methods of learning and significantly changed the field of higher education. Universities were prompted to replace face-to-face lectures with online learning platforms.

University 119

University LCSW Schools Mental Health 119

Community Care

MAY 20, 2022

Ninety-three per cent of those who left university social work courses in 2018-19 achieved a qualification (91% for undergraduate and 96% for postgraduate), according to Skills for Care ’s most recent report on social work education. Higher fast-track funding costing courses students and placements, claim education leaders.

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University Mental Health Social Worker Consultation 332

Community Care

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For the second year in succession , the increase has been driven almost entirely by increasing numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arriving in the UK, revealed the Department for Education’s (DfE) annual looked-after children’s statistics, issued last week.

Adoption 215

Adoption Government Social Services Social Services 215

Community Care

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Department for Education’s (DfE) annual looked-after children statistics, issued last week , showed a 15th consecutive annual rise in the care population, from 82,080 to 83,840, a 2% increase. The number placed in independent or semi-independent settings more than doubled, from 2,120 to 4,450.

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Foster Care Government Social Services Social Services 246

Community Care

JANUARY 20, 2023

70% of directors saying they were not confident they would have enough permament child and family social workers in post over the subsequent year, in response to a Department for Education poll conducted in January to March 2022. One in six roles (16.7%) filled by agency social workers as of last June, up from 15.6%

Social Worker 269

Social Worker Government Mental Health Social Services 269

University of Connecticut

APRIL 23, 2024

She has directed the HRI since 2015, where she has worked to deepen interdisciplinary and cross-professional educational programs, research, and outreach inside and outside the university. She is the UConn’s liaison with the Scholars at Risk Program and a founding member of the executive committee of Scholars at Risk USA chapter.

Advocacy 64

Advocacy Welfare University Schools 64

Community Care

APRIL 19, 2023

That was the message from the Association of Directors of Children’s Services in its response to a Department for Education (DfE) consultation on setting rules for the use of agency staff in local authority child and family social work.

Social Worker 292

Social Worker Consultation Recovery Engagement 292

Community Care

MARCH 6, 2024

.” DfE’s existing plans to curb placement costs It is unclear what these measures will consist of but they are likely to be additional to those contained in the Department for Education’s Stable Homes, Built on Love strategy to tackle excess profits in the children’s home sector.

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Government Consultation Mental Health Schools 284

Community Care

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Feedback on consolidation is generally good, according to Tom Slater, education assurance manager at Social Care Wales. Feedback on the consolidation programme According to the latest data from Social Care Wales, there were 223 enrolments onto the rolling programme in 2022-23, with 183 achieving the qualification that year.

Social Worker 218

Social Worker University Communication Social Services 218

Community Care

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Claire Coutinho, appointed as a junior minister in the Department for Education last month, has been given responsibility for social care, alongside special educational needs and disability and other issues concerning vulnerable and young children. Claire Coutinho MP (@ClaireCoutinho) November 4, 2022.

Social Worker 232

Social Worker Disability Government Schools 232

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 5, 2022

UK Social Work Education Committee (SWEC) Social Work Education and Research Annual Conference 2022. JUC Social Work Education Committee (SWEC). Representing Higher Education Institution providing Social Work Education the UK, regionally, nationally and internationally. Abstract Submissions by 29.04.2022.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health University Social Worker 122

Michigan Social Work

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Her teaching and scholarship focus on multicultural praxis in communities, organizations and higher education. Gutiérrez is an internationally renowned scholar in empowerment theory and anti-oppressive practice.

University 130

University Schools 130

MQ Mental Health

APRIL 2, 2024

In a 2020 survey of British adults in employment, 79% commonly experienced work-related stress, 20% higher than in 2018. A study published in the International Journal of Stress Management found that healthcare workers, social workers, and teachers experience higher levels of stress than workers in other professions.

Mental Health 105

Mental Health Healthcare Hospitals Psychology 105

Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

Eligible entities: state, local, and tribal governments; community-based and faith-based organizations; hospitals; and institutions of higher education. Eligible entities: state, local, and tribal governments; community-based and faith-based organizations; hospitals; and institutions of higher education.

Domestic Violence 126

Domestic Violence Administration Hospitals Government 126

Social Work Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

As an aside, it is ironic that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which have made post-secondary education available to young Black men and women since 1837, will likely again be the primary option for academically talented Black student to obtain a quality college education.

Diversity 98

Diversity Criminal Justice LCSW Social Worker 98

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

grant it received from the Department for Education (DfE), itself a rise from £9.8m Fees make up just under half of Social Work England’s annual income, bringing in £9.6m in 2021-22, up from £9.1m in 2020-21 and just below the £11.2m the year before.

Consultation 246

Consultation Therapist Social Worker Engagement 246

Community Care

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Multiple risks The Nuffield FJO’s analysis of 208 children found 11 main areas of need or risk: risk to others, going missing, self-harm, mental health concerns, neurodevelopmental disorders, disability, sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, substance misuse, placement breakdown and being out of education.

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Self-harm Disability Mental Health Welfare 254

Community Care

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

of the total), with CSA perpetrated by children found in 13,100 cases (2.6%) and child sexual exploitation in 15,020 (3%), latest Department for Education figures show. While CSA referral rates to local authorities are not recorded in England and Wales, the inquiry said the evidence suggested they were small.

Government 271

Government Consultation Welfare Social Worker 271

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 6, 2021

The Power of Lighting in a Virtual Classroom: Tips on Improving Webcam Lighting for Online Educators (3/16/20) by Agata Dera with over 3,000 visits. Racial Justice: Actions that White Social Work Educators can do now for Racial Justice (8/16/20). I would like to make this blog more meaningful for other educators and practitioners.

Social Worker 130

Social Worker Engagement 130

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. That figure was reason to celebrate, since childhood poverty, particularly in the first six years of life, is linked to poor adult outcomes, including lower education and higher rates of mental health issues.

Psychosocial 52

Psychosocial Interventional Mental Health Government 52

Doin' The Work

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We are now offering our Racial Justice & Liberatory Practice Continuing Education Series at Columbia University , Michigan State University , and the University of Houston. She also works in higher education in retention of Native students and is a PhD student in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University.

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LCSW University Interviewing Administration 97

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

One of the aims of the Early Childhood Intervention Personnel Development Equity Center is to recruit and retain graduate students and faculty in institutes of higher education that are from diverse backgrounds.” Professor Cristina Mogro-Wilson has been awarded a U.S.

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Diversity Disability Interventional 52