Untipsy Teacher

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Not just missing concerts, but making my own music, writing my own songs on the piano and guitar. Photo is from 2018, when I had my second implant turned on. Photo is from 2018, when I had my second implant turned on. By myself, I often get things mixed up. It makes me feel lonely, left out.

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Social Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

My name is Terri Spruce and I’m the Clinical Development Lead at specialist dementia care provider, Vida Healthcare. I’d like to share with you my experience of working in social care and why I believe it can be an aspirational career for many people. If you haven't already, book your COVID-19 booster and flu jabs now.

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Save the Social Worker

APRIL 4, 2023

It’s easy to get a foot in If you have the qualifications, such as a social work degree, or a psychology degree, getting a role in the frontlines of social service is not difficult. Well, it’s not going to be that easy. Don’t wilt in your social service career. Let me qualify that. I don’t just mean money.

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A Splintered Mind

JULY 7, 2022

They'll smile at you, nod their head sympathetically, tell you to call them if you ever need anything, then disconnect their phone number. I am almost certain this is what really happens, or at least, I am mostly certain since my observations were possibly affected by my 102°F fever. This again?"

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

This is one of my favorite places in the world: Acadia National Park in Maine. I took this picture along one of the park's many trails and I have named it "Walking Out of the Woods. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. My husband hesitated.

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Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 30, 2021

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. Many of the techniques listed here are from Winch’s book.

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Untipsy Teacher

APRIL 26, 2022

I thought I heard a cardinal, Singing out a song, Then the woods were quiet, Perhaps I heard it wrong. **. Suddenly a flash of red, Flew up above my head, He had called a lady friend, Who was waiting to be fed. **. I haven’t been able to get good photo of a cardinal, but they sure are active and calling here!

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Abuse Survivor

JANUARY 2, 2022

A lot of very difficult work has paid off and I am in a much calmer place in my life. After 7 years of practice I can truly see the benefits of my meditation practice. I use meditation in conjunction with other skills to help myself get through the day with my CPTSD/PTSD symptoms. I am in a new part of healing now.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

APRIL 10, 2022

You shake it off, pretend it never happened, and get on with life. . Just getting through each day, task by task. I’ve had them most of my life. Sometimes, one of my daughters will shake me awake. Sometimes, one of my daughters will shake me awake. I buried myself in my books to escape.

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Social Work Haven

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For the record, there are no magic books that will help you excel in your academic work without putting in the hours to study, stay organised and understand the modules taught. These recommendations are books I have used and whilst this is subjective, I think they are great resources for all social work students. Quick Navigation.

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Beautiful Voyager

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Imagine that the titles below are in my little free library (in front of my house). It’s time for me to revisit that list and update it with some of the books I’ve added to the rotation in the past four years. I listened to the audiobook and found I got something out of every single chapter. I think you should, too.

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R.E.A.L. Social Workers

MAY 5, 2022

We make breakfast and serve it in bed, or we take her out to dinner. My husband planned to give me a day alone for Mother’s Day eighteen years ago. The day would be mine to enjoy on my own. I dreamed of my Mother’s Day gift for a week. I imagined eating my breakfast without interruption. I planned to lounge in bed.

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Blurt It Out

JANUARY 23, 2023

Alongside self-care , self-help , and support from loved ones and/or professionals, sometimes we just need to ride it out, self-soothe , distract ourselves, and maybe even raise a smile. We can alter the sound by opening and closing our mouth, tilting our head, and raising our eyebrows. This site gets us moving our whole body.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

OVERVIEWS OF FAMILY POLICING FAILURE ● To begin, take a step back, see – and hear – how the family policing system really works in this report from NPR, featuring perspectives from JMAC for Families and NCCPR: ● The most important book of 2023 on these issues is Investigating Families by Prof. Another important book was released in 2023. .

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Save the Social Worker

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I wanted to share some thoughts on my own year, that hopefully brings you into a brighter year. As a student social worker, I used to wonder why my boss was so picky about basic meeting hygiene. He would insist on having the agenda, having the minutes sent out a day after, and ensuring that the actions were followed up immediately.

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Save the Social Worker

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I wanted to share some thoughts on my own year, that hopefully brings you into a brighter year. As a student social worker, I used to wonder why my boss was so picky about basic meeting hygiene. He would insist on having the agenda, having the minutes sent out a day after, and ensuring that the actions were followed up immediately.

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Social Care

MARCH 22, 2023

Image created by freepik.com ] A fresh perspective I dawdled into my local supermarket recently and noticed a banner near the entrance advertising vacancies in store. All of these examples go beyond what the public might see as social care work, and can be hard to get funding to support. career[s] that can fit round your lifestyle."

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Stop Abuse Campaign

APRIL 10, 2022

You shake it off, pretend it never happened, and get on with life. . Just getting through each day, task by task. I’ve had them most of my life. Sometimes, one of my daughters will shake me awake. Sometimes, one of my daughters will shake me awake. I buried myself in my books to escape.

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Parenthood Understood

JULY 11, 2023

Raise your hand if you loved this book in your own childhood! It was certainly one of my favorites. Getting Diana drunk! Breaking the slate over Gilbert’s head! But my point is, we do best by our ADHD kids when we focus on their positives. Check out the Parenting ADHD class if you haven’t already!

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

At long last, almost 50 years after scholars like David Gil and Leroy Pelton pointed it out people are getting the message. First, poverty increases stress on a family and, of course, some families will be more resilient than others, so some adults may lash out at their children. Poverty is confused with neglect!

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Now it’s a book: Invisible Child, published today by Random House. Exhaustively reported and superbly written by Times reporter Andrea Elliott, Invisible Child is, in some ways, a de facto sequel to what I consider the best book ever written on the topic, Nina Bernstein’s masterpiece, The Lost Children of Wilder.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

One of the most important lessons I have learned in life as part of my personal development is that some goals can easily be achieved and others can take a long time. Prior to creating a 5-year plan, it was hard for me to give up on my idea around the fact that the organisation I work for was responsible for my personal growth.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

We start with three important books: ● First, Prof. There’s an excerpt from the book in Mother Jones. The other vital book about family policing published this year is a novel. Barack Obama included it on his list of favorite books of 2022. The third book was published in late 2021. Why didn’t more listen?

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Beautiful Voyager

MAY 27, 2023

Editor’s note: I met Christopher when he reached out to me via Substack chat. I really enjoyed getting to know Christopher and was especially struck by a line of his you will see below: “Social media is a community, and communities can both help and fail you.” I took a leave of absence from my university and came home for a year.

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Abuse Survivor

DECEMBER 18, 2022

I get asked these questions often by trauma survivors that find my blog or youtube videos. I don’t have a real concrete answer because I can only speak from my experience. I am going to briefly touch on my feelings of self-harm/suicide, the abuse I survived, and my chronic illness. When will I feel better?

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Learning Social Worker

MAY 25, 2021

In this blog, I shall explore how I combine these ideas, using mini textile and mixed-media collages in a stitched reflective journal, to document my reflexive journey. Those of you who follow my blogs, will already know that I enjoy sewing and all things creative. It is a major weapon in my self-care armoury.

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Learning Social Worker

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It feels like the different threads of my life are coming together in a purposeful way. I shall begin with one of my most used quotes from the book: "Anyone who has experienced loss will find elements in my narrative to relate to. The intensity of my love for Tim correlates to the pain of my grief.

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Learning Social Worker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The book, He Died Waiting: Learning the lessons - a bereaved mother's view of mental health services by Caroline Aldridge (2020), and the postcards with quotes from it, can be used in many ways to help students and practitioners to develop reflexiveness, empathy, and values-based practice. For each we have suggested some prompt questions.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

If so, please read this story from Honolulu Civil Beat, about how, in Hawaii, they almost never ask a judge first – but keep getting away with it. If so, please read this story from Honolulu Civil Beat, about how, in Hawaii, they almost never ask a judge first – but keep getting away with it. A week of extraordinary news coverage.

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A Splintered Mind

APRIL 29, 2021

I’ve moved way beyond that acid reflux-ish moment where my stomach’s contents race to my mouth to voice their opinion. I’m still making payments on my car. This is a funny thing to write because I’ve never before been so productive in my life. After all, who gets happy in a lockdown?

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

However, I wouldn’t bet my house on a guilty verdict. Riots also broke out in San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta and New York City. You could feel the tension on the street as news broadcasts continuously showed the store video of young Latasha being shot in the back of the head. The verdict in the Rodney King trial lit the fuse.

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Abuse Survivor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It turns out that no one is coming to save you but you. There are tons of resources, treatments, medications, ect out there and you really have to just find what works best for you. My autopilot is rooted in abuse cycles so I practice a lot of grounding in the present moment. My self talk was complete garbage for decades.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 22, 2022

And now they’re being sent out or fear being sent out on investigations where a child is receiving medical care in consultation with a doctor and being asked to sort of intervene between that relationship between the parents and the child’s doctor. She wrote a book on body safety for kids. Slate – What Next Podcast.

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A Splintered Mind

MAY 7, 2021

The moment I realized I was depressed, I grabbed my iPhone and began dictating a blog entry to Siri as a coping strategy. Despite my efforts to sound upbeat, depression affects my narrative voice and mental outlook. I tend to write only when I have a handle on my emotions. I had an urge to express my fathomless despair.

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

It allows me to not only continue my studies, but it helps pay for my tuition and for books so I do not have to worry about the cost of finishing up my education. The impact that this scholarship has on my life is more than I can put into words. students each academic year. Avery Smith, Bachelor of Social Work.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

In a state that tears apart children at a rate 80% above the national average, a state where the head of the family police agency effectively admits violating federal law requiring “reasonable efforts” to keep families together, a tragedy like this should shock, but not surprise. . Mom was late picking her up from school.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Richard Titmuss wrote the book The Gift of Relationship. Eric Berne , a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, wrote the book Games People Play. Eric Berne , a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, wrote the book Games People Play. This list in this article comprises the 41+ most influential social workers currently alive.

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