Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

To do things like this engages students with the association, and they get a better understanding about it as well.”. And, Riggs said, they get to engage with other students from a variety of schools, backgrounds and states, “all on the same webinar.”. We need social workers so badly.”. It’s a pipeline issue, really.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Qualified social workers who have been out of practice for at least two years will face minimum learning requirements if they want to rejoin the register in Scotland. Regulator the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has launched a consultation on introducing return to practice requirements similar to those in England and Wales.

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Save the Social Worker

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I remember the first time I walked into a client’s room as a student social worker. Social work isn’t just about the outcomes. Starting out as a social worker, you may have wanted to do some form of the following. in social work, it’s the relationships between you and the client that matter.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. This included initiatives such as the use of social work academies to develop staff, with training days backfilled and caseloads capped. of the workforce.

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Community Care

APRIL 19, 2023

The government should set an expectation that frontline children’s social workers carry out face-to-face practice, in the light of concerns about the rise of remote working. “If a social worker is able to work remotely then the mandatory ‘cool off’ period will have little impact.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Three-quarters of social workers are yet to renew their registration, with one month to go until the deadline. Overall, 44% of registrants have engaged with the CPD process to some degree this year, said the regulator. The remaining approximately 75,000 social workers must complete the renewal process by 11.59pm on 30 November.

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Community Care

JULY 11, 2023

The Department for Education has proposed far-reaching changes to social workers’ roles under Working Together to Safeguard Children, its guidance on services for children in need of help and protection in England. By contrast, the proposed update to the guidance mentions ‘social worker’ just 23 times.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Just over 1,000 social workers have been removed from the register despite paying the £90 fee and meeting continuing professional development (CPD) requirements in this year’s renewal round. These practitioners, roughly 1% of those who were expected to renew, are now unable to practise as social workers.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Over a third of social workers are yet to renew their registration with five days to go until the deadline. As of this morning, 62,156 social workers had renewed their registration, 63% of those who need to do so, said Social Work England. No grace period on CPD.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 6, 2021

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. Department for Education (DfE) figures show that Walsall’s agency social worker rate halved from 30.5% in September 2017 to 14.8% in 2018 to 13.4 Related articles.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. This had led to “unparalleled dependency”, whose numbers had grown by 13% over the same period, accounting for 17.6% of the workforce.

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Community Care

JUNE 17, 2022

The lack of adult social workers is the sector’s biggest concern as it prepares to deliver the cap on care costs, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has found. More social workers needed amid shortages. It is giving a further £2.9m over that period.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Children who met thresholds were left waiting up to six weeks to see a social worker due to “significant, widespread and systemic” weaknesses in a council’s front door service, Ofsted has found. An inspirational social work leader’: tributes paid to children’s director who died after contracting Covid.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A council criticised by inspectors for high caseloads has improved to a good Ofsted rating after hiring more social workers to reduce workloads. The council’s full-time equivalent of social workers rose from 345 to 368 between 2017 and 2020, during which time average caseloads fell from 19.5 Direct work praised.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Social workers’ wellbeing at work is lower than that of other health and social care staff groups, in the wake of Covid, research has found. The majority of the 1,737 respondents to the UK-wide survey from May to July 2022, as well as of the 380 social workers who completed the research, worked in Northern Ireland.

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Community Care

AUGUST 8, 2023

The government is reviewing the case for giving social workers in England powers of entry in adult safeguarding cases. However, the review said that social workers “often referenced” their lack of a power of entry as a barrier to effectively protecting adults experiencing abuse at home from carers.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

Improvements in child protection practice at an ‘inadequate’ local authority have “accelerated” in the hands of “enthusiastic and motivated” social workers, Ofsted has found. “The workforce and their wellbeing are valued by senior leaders who engage and communicate frequently with workers.”

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

to a struggling council so it can hire short-term social workers to reduce the caseloads for permanent staff. Freeman said the court judgment had affected social workers’ morale and confidence but that these were slowly recovering. The Department for Education (DfE) has given £1.7m DfE support. in an improvement grant.

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Community Care

JUNE 8, 2022

A care review recommendation to require all registered social workers to carry out 100 hours a year of client-facing work has drawn criticism from academics. “To address the culture and incentives associated with unnecessary bureaucracy, attention must be given to getting social workers back to practice.”

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

You asked, what are the 10 roles of social workers ? While I can provide a list of 10 common roles of social workers, it’s important to note that our roles often go beyond these. Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This example personal statement will inspire you to write your own unique social work, personal statement to support your application to the University of your choice. Social Worker Personal Statement My inspiration to study to become a social worker stemmed from my desire to make a positive impact in people’s lives.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The flexibility comes despite Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) concerns that breaches would risk undermining national rules on councils engaging child and family social workers, of which the price caps are a part. As of September 2022, 17.6% a year earlier.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Social worker shortages in Solihull have meant children referred to local safeguarding services face long delays, with some waiting a month to be assessed, a multi-agency inspection launched following the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has found. Chief social workers and Zahawi condemn abuse of practitioners in wake of Arthur murder.

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Social Work Haven

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This personal statement will suit social work students who will soon qualify as social workers, and may want to look into applying for a Newly Qualified Social Worker role within children services. I recognise that there may be a power imbalance between social workers and service users.

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2024

Barriers to asset-based approaches Despite the benefits for people like Joanna, many local areas find it difficult to implement asset-based approaches within their social care systems. Project workers bring together local social workers, pharmacists and general practitioners in monthly locality hubs.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 14, 2023

You asked, what are the benefits of being a social worker? Social work is a profession dedicated to improving the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. It is a field that requires social work practice skills and offers a unique opportunity to make a real and lasting impact on people’s lives.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 18, 2022

Early in their careers, social workers learn the concepts of burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious traumatization. But how does self-care play out in real-life scenarios, when new social workers might not get the best supervision or insight into how to handle the stressors that come with the job of being a social worker?

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

In July, many NASW members alerted their state chapters to a disturbing and potentially deceptive marketing practice impacting social workers nationwide — involving CareDash, a healthcare review and referral website for a wide variety of healthcare providers, including clinical social workers.

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R.E.A.L. Social Workers

JANUARY 8, 2024

Welcome Welcome to the REAL Social Workers Online Magazine this is the place where we support and encourage social workers, like me, through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. As social workers, we know beauty is not one-dimensional. As social workers, we have so much to offer.

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The social work profession must not only address these challenges through science and research but also must increase its engagement with the political arena if we are to have an impact on policy and legislation. Much is at stake in the coming years.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Adherence to masking and social-distancing guidelines remain difficult to guarantee. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) provides information on how to reach people with limited access to COVID-19 vaccines in the Connect to End COVID resources. The CDC has information on arranging a mobile vaccine on its website.

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KVC

MARCH 9, 2023

A key component to being a social worker is serving others during times of crisis. While social workers are often focused on taking care of other people’s needs, it’s critical that self-care is also a priority for social workers! They often carry the heavy weight for those they serve.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

You asked, what is a social worker home visit checklist? A social worker home visit checklist serves as a comprehensive guide for social workers conducting home visits to assess the holistic health and well-being of their clients. Over the years of practice, I have also found this tool useful.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2024

The government is urging more councils and children’s trusts to test its planned five-year programme of support for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) in children’s services. The policy is designed to boost social workers’ skills and knowledge, but also improve retention.

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 26, 2022

South Carolina social worker Macie Smith has devoted her career to helping people older adults and people living with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and developmental disabilities – and their families — live life to the fullest and get the best possible care. Macie Smith offers advice on aging on Saltbox TV. Saltbox TV logo.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

A student contacted me recently wanting tips on how to write on the topic; ‘why I want to be a social worker’ I explained the great benefits of being a social worker. I also embedded myself in this task and wrote with my own experiences and views on why I became a social worker in an essay format.

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International Federation of Social Workers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This marks a significant milestone in the journey of engaging social workers in supporting individuals and communities. The Afghanistan Professional Organization of Social Workers (ASO) has taken a crucial step […]

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