Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

I was going to do this work as a visiting artist,” Scherlong explained, “and all my friends at the time were therapists and suggested that I get a social work degree. Scherlong discovered a passion for doing healing work with words when she was an MFA student with a background in creative writing and psychology. “I

Social Worker 115

Social Worker Domestic Violence LCSW Nursing Home 115

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Therapists often question if by having their animal present while working are they actually providing AAT services to their clients. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Animal assisted therapy (AAT) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Questions surface as to what AAT really is.

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LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 75

University of Connecticut

JULY 24, 2023

Name : Dawn Trott '09 MSW Profession/Field : Director of Recovery Services Bio and Key Accomplishments : I serve as the director of Recovery Services for Whiting Forensic Hospital, overseeing rehab therapists, occupational therapists, vocational counselors, hairdressing, substance use counselors, and chaplaincy.

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Therapist Recovery Private Practice Administration 52

Community Care

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A sharp rise in vacancy rates for council occupational therapists is putting “significant stress” on remaining practitioners, OT leaders have warned. The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) said the figures did not come as a surprise to the profession. As of September 2022, 11.3% a year previously and 7.1%

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Therapist Rehabilitation Hospitals Clinic 57

Relias

JANUARY 28, 2022

Rehabilitation therapists play an important role in the management of pressure injuries and other wounds in the home. Therapists have a strong foundational knowledge of evidence-based practices in wound care and, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team, can provide instrumental support for effective wound care management.

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Rehabilitation Therapist Treatment Planning Interventional 52

Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 7, 2024

It is when that happens, I don’t listen to reason, get into fights, do things I regret later, hurt the people I love and sometimes even end up in a psychiatric hospital. Another thing that is important is to have an open conversation with your therapist and psychiatrist. I am blessed to have ppl in my life that have stuck by me.

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Disorder Mental Health Depression Psychiatric 124

Abuse Survivor

MARCH 22, 2022

I am unable to sit in person with a trauma therapist just yet. After many therapists and few successful treatments, I am left feeling betrayed, lied to, and abandoned. Whatever I plan must be adapted constantly and it gets muddy and confusing after awhile having to switch up the path so much.

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Mental Health PTSD Therapist Self-harm 52

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Many of the clinical social work roles are within hospitals, insurance companies, and mental health agencies. A career coach and/or career sites like The Muse can help learn how to do this. PRACTICE CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK Some of the highest paying social work roles are clinical.

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Social Worker Clinical Social Work Clinic Interviewing 96

Community Care

MARCH 18, 2022

For example, freedom to leave should be considered in terms of what would happen if the person tried to leave temporarily and the test of capacity will normally be less onerous than the test that would apply in hospitals and care homes (12.20, 12.44-12.45 The medical assessment must be carried out by a doctor or clinical psychologist.

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Government Therapist Mental Health Hospitals 68

Relias

OCTOBER 17, 2022

One day, she was working her scheduled clinical rotation shift at the hospital when she began having intense contractions. After an examination, she learned that she would need to be transferred to another hospital where she would stay until the baby arrived. The DiStefanos were terrified about what was to come.

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Healthcare Hospitals Therapist Communication 52

Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The NHS will be given the majority of a £500m fund for adult social care, designed to speed up hospital discharge and bolster the care workforce. 13,000 people stuck in hospitals. Currently, more than 13,000 people who are medically fit for discharge are stuck in hospital every day.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Recovery Therapist 51

Community Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said that, though the focus of the fund should be on recruiting care workers, it could also be used to help source social workers, occupational therapists or nurses.

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Social Worker Therapist Government Administration 63

Community Care

MARCH 31, 2023

By contrast, Skills for Care collects data annually on the number of social workers and occupational therapists in post in local authorities, who numbered 17,300 and 3,200, respectively, in September 2022. Digital technology can contribute to this, as can people other than social workers.

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Social Worker Rehabilitation Recovery Advocacy 72

Social Work Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

She stepped into the corporate sector in 2008, taking on a role as a career development program manager for a major technology company, after serving as a hospital-based individual and group therapist. Other social workers often ask her about her work and wonder if social workers are needed in the corporate sector.

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Relias

AUGUST 30, 2023

For example, to administer whole person care to a client experiencing depression, a therapist could consider: Biochemical reactions in the client’s brain, such as lowered levels of dopamine or serotonin If the client’s basic needs are being met, i.e., are they experiencing housing, food, and/or clothing insecurity?

Psychology 52

Psychology Healthcare Mental Health Case Management 52

KVC

JULY 16, 2023

For example, KVC and its supporters care for thousands of children in foster care , help hundreds of children either to be adopted or to safely reunify with their families , and provide life-changing treatment at its children’s mental health hospitals. Below are just some of the nearly 700 reviews KVC team members have shared. “KVC

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Beautiful Voyager

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Studies have shown that when hospital patients are recovering in rooms decorated with flowers and other plants, they heal much more quickly. Ecotherapy is a very specific form of mental health treatment that is most often directed by a trained therapist.

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Mental Health Therapist Telehealth Psychology 52

Community Care

AUGUST 6, 2024

The offer has been made by a new grouping – the Social Care Professional Leads Collective – consisting of the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Leads Network, the Adult Principal Social Worker (PSW) Network and the Principal Occupational Therapists (POT) Network.

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Government Mental Health Therapist Healthcare 50

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Therapists often question if by having their animal present while working are they actually providing AAT services to their clients. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Questions surface as to what AAT really is.

LMSW 40

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 40

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Therapists often question if by having their animal present while working are they actually providing AAT services to their clients. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Questions surface as to what AAT really is.

LMSW 8

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 8

University of Connecticut

AUGUST 31, 2022

Therapists often question if by having their animal present while working are they actually providing AAT services to their clients. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Animal assisted therapy (AAT) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Questions surface as to what AAT really is.

LMSW 40

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 40

Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

I was going to do this work as a visiting artist,” Scherlong explained, “and all my friends at the time were therapists and suggested that I get a social work degree. Scherlong discovered a passion for doing healing work with words when she was an MFA student with a background in creative writing and psychology. “I

Social Worker 59

Social Worker Domestic Violence LCSW Nursing Home 59

Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 22, 2020

Raimond Gaita's famous example of the nun in the psychiatric hospital provided the example here.) Another concerned the work one needs to do on oneself as a therapist to tolerate the patient's tragic loneliness rather than deflect from it and flee into understanding or action.

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Psychotherapy Therapist Psychiatric Hospitals 40

Relias

JULY 2, 2024

Telehealth , on the other hand, can involve other healthcare professionals such as physicians, pharmacists, therapists, and social workers. These nurses can work for hospitals, clinics, home health agencies, insurance companies, or even companies specializing in telehealth.

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

Councils – with rising vacancies for social workers and occupational therapists – have struggled to manage pressures at their front door, leaving about 500,000 people waiting for assessments, reviews or care. We want a shift from the dominant narrative around hospital discharge.

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Hospital Discharges Diversity Disability Government 58

Community Care

MAY 19, 2024

Councils’ AMHP responsibilities Under section 13 of the Mental Health Act 1983 , councils must engage an AMHP to consider a person’s case if it has reason to believe that an application may need to be made to detain them in hospital or take them into guardianship. The AMHP must then make the application if they consider it necessary.

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Mental Health Social Worker Therapist Diversity 53

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 29, 2022

I was entrusted to a mental hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont at age fifteen. This would be the first of many unsuccessful psychiatric hospital stays. I have been through a series of around thirty medications, plenty of therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists’ doctors, drug infusions, and even electric shock.

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Mental Health Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Medicare 52

Community Care

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While these tasks can be undertaken by occupational therapists and non-professionally qualified social care assessors, they are often the responsibility of social workers. As well as increasing provider capacity, this necessitated authorities employing more practitioners to carry out assessments and reviews and draw up care and support plans.

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Social Worker Therapist Hospitals Disability 51

Community Care

JULY 17, 2024

Social workers account for about 95% of AMHPs in England, with nurses making up most of the remainder (4%) and occupational therapists 1%, with very few chartered psychologists performing the role. Standard 1.9 Supporting students to raise concerns Standard 5.7

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Mental Health Communication Therapist Hospitals 49

Social Work Haven

MAY 14, 2023

Clinical Social Workers: Clinical social workers who work in hospitals, mental health clinics, or similar settings typically have regular shifts. Counsellor/Therapist – In this role, social workers provide counselling and therapy to individuals and families. Is social work stressful?

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Social Worker Private Practice Diversity Interventional 98

Relias

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Nurses, therapists, and aides have demonstrated their determination and earned praise as front-line healthcare workers. It doesn’t help that — due to staffing shortages — hospitals across the country are paying big bonuses and hourly wages compared to what home health has been traditionally paying. Looking at the Big Picture.

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Home Care Hospice Healthcare Medicare 52

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges. Social workers also play important roles in schools, hospitals, and other public settings. What other roles can social workers do?

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Social Worker Treatment Planning Interventional Justice and Corrections 95

Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 7, 2024

It is when that happens, I don’t listen to reason, get into fights, do things I regret later, hurt the people I love and sometimes even end up in a psychiatric hospital. Another thing that is important is to have an open conversation with your therapist and psychiatrist. I am blessed to have ppl in my life that have stuck by me.

Disorder 52

Disorder Mental Health Depression Psychiatric 52

Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 7, 2024

It is when that happens, I don’t listen to reason, get into fights, do things I regret later, hurt the people I love and sometimes even end up in a psychiatric hospital. Another thing that is important is to have an open conversation with your therapist and psychiatrist. I am blessed to have ppl in my life that have stuck by me.

Disorder 52

Disorder Mental Health Depression Psychiatric 52

Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

It could also include a report made by the physical therapist or occupational assistant to the clinician in charge. Although home health and hospice nurses don’t close out their shifts with a report as in hospitals, they can establish a similar mind-set of follow-up.

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Hospice Communication Clinic Patient Safety 52

KVC

MARCH 3, 2021

These professionals work with individuals, families, schools, universities, nonprofit agencies, corporations, hospitals and government agencies. Social work is a broad, diverse field where the work extends across many settings. They are also active in politics at all levels.

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Social Worker Child Welfare Mental Health Diversity 52

Social Work With Adults

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Together with the Principal Occupational Therapists and people who have experience of drawing on care and support, they coproduced guidance for proportionate assessment approaches. They have also played a vital role in preparing for CQC assurance and have led on various webinars to support local authorities in their preparations.

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Hospital Discharges Mental Health Therapist Hospitals 25