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Social worker changes undermined engagement with children later convicted of violent crimes – review

Community Care

High levels of social worker turnover undermined engagement with six young people with histories of social care involvement who were later convicted of violent offences, a review has found. Find out more from the contextual safeguarding team based at Durham University, headed by Firmin.

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NIA-Funded Study Explores Re-Engagement of Black Older Adults After COVID-19

University of Connecticut

Parekh’s research goal is to investigate both the barriers and the facilitators of engagement for Black and African American older adults in activities they enjoyed before the pandemic. What I'm seeing is that churches have had to be creative in their offerings and they offer a variety of modalities for adults to be engaged,” says Parekh.

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Rebeccah Sokol Named 2023 Public Engagement Faculty Fellow

Michigan Social Work

Assistant Professor Rebeccah Sokol has been named a 2023 Public Engagement Faculty Fellow. The university launched its Public Engagement Faculty Fellowship program in 2020 to help faculty bolster their knowledge and skills, and also reflect on how public engagement aligns with their scholarly identity.

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Webinar on Preparing Future Social Workers for Data-Driven Practice: A Panel Discussion with Universities in Moldova and the USA

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Preparing Future Social Workers for Data-Driven Practice: A Panel Discussion with Universities in Moldova and the USA Information about the webinar: Join Data for Impact (D4I) on May 31 at 8–9:00am EDT (15:00–16:00 EET) for a webinar on preparing future social workers for data-driven practice.

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Nottingham Trent University World Social Work 2023 updates

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

This 7-year collaboration was celebrated at its 2022 conference hosted by the University of Malta( Valetta) attended by 9 participating universities & parent-centred organisations with staff, service users and students well represented. A return visit to Potsdam is planned for summer 2023.

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Social work pays tribute to one of its own as Mark Drakeford announces resignation

Community Care

Social work academic career As an academic, Drakeford was professor of social policy and applied social sciences at Cardiff University and published several books on the profession. ” Jones, emeritus professor of social work at Kingston University and St. ”

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Festive opening of the university outpatient clinic

Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction

Dr. Isabel Dziobek, at the Humboldt University of Berlin was officially opened. The university outpatient clinic of the Institute of Psychology of the HU Berlin offers psychotherapeutic treatments and clinical-psychological diagnostics at the latest scientific level. From now on it is located at Justus-von-Liebig-Str. 7, 12489 Berlin.

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