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23 interventions to supercharge your social work

Save the Social Worker

As a social worker who was just starting out, I longed for a long list of social work interventions which I could look through whenever I had a client problem I couldn’t solve. Okay okay, maybe no intervention is that easy, but you get the idea. Easy applicable interventions. Argue with self-criticism. Rejection.

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Four ways MQ is helping to prevent suicide

MQ Mental Health

The identification of brain structures that cause young people to have thoughts of suicide and attempt suicide, is crucial in understanding why risk for suicide develops, who will engage and transition to suicide behaviour, and in generating new strategies to detect youths at risk and prevent them from dying by suicide.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

While the guidance clearly identifies the significance of social influences, economic status, environment and physical health on the mental health of children, and it does list risk and protective factors that can affect mental health, there are some omittances.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

While the guidance clearly identifies the significance of social influences, economic status, environment and physical health on the mental health of children, and it does list risk and protective factors that can affect mental health, there are some omittances.

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Finley Boden: professionals should have protected baby murdered by his parents, review finds

Community Care

Though the inquiry stressed that Stephen Boden and Shannon Marsden were responsible for the 10-month-old’s death on Christmas Day, 2020 – for which they were jailed for life last year – it said practitioners knew that the couple posed a risk of significant harm to him.

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Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Society of Clinical Psychology

Scientists have dedicated a tremendous amount of effort and resources toward understanding potential risk and protective factors for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB). Several interventions for SITB include strategies to improve cognitive flexibility (e.g., 2006; Park & Ammerman, 2023). Bryan, 2019; Kiosses et al.,

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Educator : Social workers educate clients about resources, coping strategies, and life skills to enhance their well-being and self-sufficiency. Researcher : Some social workers engage in research to better understand social issues, evaluate programs, and inform policy development.