Community Care

JULY 5, 2023

Director of education and children’s services at Haringey Council when the Peter Connelly case (known at the time as Baby P) hit the headlines of every news outlet in 2008, Shoesmith was removed from her post during a live TV press conference by the then secretary of state for children, Ed Balls. Haringey Council swiftly sacked her.

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Shelter, Inc

JULY 12, 2022

With modern technology that brings us news instantly, we are constantly being hit with a tsunami of trauma and violence. Though we aren’t experiencing the actual event, merely witnessing the video is enough for us to respond with secondary trauma, also known as vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue. Share kindness with others.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news, events, conversations, tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week. Topics covered include inequalities faced by older LGBTQ+ people, sexuality and intimacy, ageing with HIV, use of language and challenging discrimination, oppression and violence.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 20, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) reached a potential news audience of about 500 million readers in June, thanks in large part to coverage of the association’s warning of the mental health impact of the U.S. Here are our Top 10 News Hits for June 2022. Supreme Court after Roe v. Wade reversal was announced.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To elevate and promote these encouraging stories, we are pleased to bring you this monthly newsletter emphasizing news stories only about “The Good Stuff” from the broad field of child welfare. It’s called “The Good Stuff in Child Welfare” and it comes from The Field Center. He was also a fan of orphanages. (In

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

? Drop everything and read this one, too: In the second part of their series , ProPublica and NBC News examine how the family police decided that, for all their constant blather about “children’s rights,” those rights do not include the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 23, 2022

Garrett Therolf was among those speaking at a Los Angeles Times "Ask a Reporter" event on January 20. Questions were screened in advance. As usual it's because of Garrett Therolf. The former Times reporter and still their go-to guy for child welfare stories continues to soft-peddle racial bias. predictive analytics.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In other news: ? Video is now available of the Family Integrity and Justice Works event documenting the enormous harm done by the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act: ? NBC News has an in-depth report on the death of a seven-year-old institutionalized in a residential treatment center in Kentucky.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 2, 2023

Not a lot of news this week, but one story is stunning: ● Back in 2020 the Albany Times Union reported on how, after New York State reopened the right to sue for child sexual abuse, officials were stunned by how often the accused were not priests – but foster parents and staff at group homes and institutions.

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A Splintered Mind

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The press will try to convince you otherwise, but their job is to panic you into thinking the world is ending any minute…again…so that you click on their news links to help them make money. I'm sure your personal life is filled with happy events that spit in the eye of Cynicism 2020. That was a big event in 2020. You're welcome!

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

When Sharma worked for a hospital in Nepal, a tragic event triggered her future path. Upon hearing the news, the man later killed his family and himself. Upon hearing the news, the man later killed his family and himself. I have seen firsthand the challenges faced by women, ethnic and gender minorities.” “I

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

It's been nearly 50 years since the New York Daily News series "Big Money, Little Victims" exposed the power and the greed of private "child welfare" agencies, and abuse in their foster homes and institutions. Private agencies in New York State are trying to sucker the State Legislature into believing just that.

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Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 12, 2023

At the same time, my heart aches as I await news about the carnage Palestinian civilians will suffer as Israel begins the awful process of rooting out the cancerous villains on its borders. Born on Cinco de Mayo in 1950, two years after the birth of the state of Israel, I have watched these events play out over several decades.

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Social Work Futures

APRIL 13, 2023

This month, I thought I’d share some gathered signals and resources related to climate-related issues as we approach Earth Day on April 22. Climate change is among our most urgent shared concerns. Thankfully – social work has taken up space related to this topic – in the form of the Social Work Grand Challenges and beyond.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The origin of the fear may be unknown or it may be traceable to an actual event, be it through a friend, news report, family experience, or even just a TV show or YouTube video. Some kids develop tremendous anxieties that emerge at bedtime. It could be of someone stealing them away, the death of a loved one, fire, etc.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 28, 2023

Amy Saloner is a member of NASW-CA: FRHD presents Wellness Wednesday with a focus on cultivating resilient teens in the digital age Village News Fallbrook Regional Health District announces the latest installment of its monthly Wellness Wednesday series. Elze will be inducted on Oct. 14 in Washington, D.C., Two different health care services.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Before the news, a few words about three big virtual events: TODAY (Oct. Before the news, a few words about three big virtual events: TODAY (Oct. And now the news – beginning with some good news: ? Also: Recordings of the panels at the upEND Movement convening last week are now available online.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 9, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) reached a potential news audience of more than 860 million people in May, due to extensive coverage of the NASW Ohio Chapter’s successful legal push to get the town of Lebanon to not enforce an abortion ban and a Spanish language article on the states with the highest social work pay.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Ofsted: the latest news and insight. Stoke-on-Trent has shed its ‘inadequate’ status, with Ofsted praising its “co-ordinated and relentless drive” to improve children’s experiences despite pandemic hardships. Reflecting the latter, Ofsted promoted Stoke’s children in care and care leaver services by two grades to ‘good’.

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Social Care

JUNE 22, 2022

Like many awareness raising events this year, there is a focus on post-pandemic reconnection. The pandemic may have dropped down the news agenda, but it continues to affect all our lives, sometimes in subtle ways we may not always be conscious of. Image copyright Mencap ]. Celebrating and supporting diversity.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We begin with two big events: ? Unlike a previous event from the same organizers, this time, when it comes to participants, the deck isn’t stacked – and the chat function will be enabled. Though geared to New York City, the lessons are likely to be applicable anywhere. ? In the news: ? TODAY (Dec. 8) at 10:00 a.m.

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Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Police officers are asked to do so much in today’s communities and they should be given all the training and support they need in the event that they are dispatched to respond to a serious mental illness medical crisis. , Their brain is not functioning normally. Their perceptions of what is happening are altered by their illness.

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R.E.A.L. Social Workers

MAY 7, 2023

He wrote the bestselling book Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. I know the news media often checks statements against the facts. This is when we connect two as if one caused the other. Problems occur when we develop patterns that promote stinking thinking. So, get your oxygen tanks ready because we are going in.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

To see why they were so afraid of Abdurahman, start the event video here. Check out The Imprint’s follow-up story and this story from the Los Angeles Daily News and City News Service. ? The investigation and surveillance were invasive and dehumanizing. They tried to shut out opponents like J.

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news, events, conversations, tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week. But the alliance claimed the gap will have widened since because of the impact of inflation on providers’ costs.

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R.E.A.L. Social Workers

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Some events were personal. Some were community or world events that affected her personally. Other events neither affected nor impacted her. Of course, my grandmother did not have access to the world wide web, social media, or 24 hours of news and political commentary. Some events have been jaw-dropping.

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 29, 2023

Eventually, she and her allies succeeded in writing a new chapter in the history of Native Americans. Ada Deer was a member of NASW-WI and a social work pioneer: Ada Deer Was an Epic Figure in US History The Nation Ada Deer knew injustice. Even more importantly, she knew how to address injustice. Amy Salgado is a member of NASW-CA: How L.A.’s

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2021

As we approach the holidays, the NASW board of directors and I wish everyone a wonderful new year. More in the December 2021 – January 2022 digital edition: • Editor’s Note: New Year is a Good Time to Turn Negatives Into Positives. Association News. NASW Events Calendar: December 2021 & January 2022. •

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Social Care

MARCH 8, 2022

International Women’s Day has chosen ‘break the bias’ as this year’s theme and while its relevance to recent events, at home and abroad, may not be immediately apparent, I believe we can all draw strength from its ideal in these worrying times. A process often taking more than a decade was compressed into mere months. Image copyright IWD ].

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Stop Abuse Campaign

JUNE 27, 2023

All these are examples of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), traumatic events that happen in childhood and can cause issues into adulthood. But the good news is that just as the brain responds to negative experiences in childhood, it can also change and respond to positive experiences, even in adulthood. Emotional neglect.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I believed there was a need to spotlight news and developments relevant to social workers and to share useful information and resources. Is WW a primary source of social work news for subscribers? As part of my work, I managed to build an extensive and wide-ranging professional network on different platforms. of my email network).

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Tomorrow, on “National Adoption Day, who will stop to remember that for some children and some young adults every mass adoption ceremony, every treacly feature story on the local news is an act of cruelty – ripping the scab off a wound that never fully heals? Termination of parental rights is child welfare's "death penalty."

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 15, 2023

Valentina Muggia is a member of NASW-OR: Professionals lauded for response to mental health crisis in Oregon City Oregon City News In March 2022, several Oregon City officers responded to the McLoughlin Promenade above Highway 99E after a man called 911 to report that he had cut his wrists and intended to jump off the bluff.

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Beyond Advocacy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

People will be popping champagne corks and yelling “Happy New Year” in a few days but too many may not live to experience that moment as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the planet. We will do our March events— Social Work Day on the Hill and Students Advocacy Day —virtually on the 9 th and 10 th day of the month respectively.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 18, 2022

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? A school social worker may be apt to start a support group after a tragic event. By Marisa Markowitz and Daniel Pollack.

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Social Work With Adults

OCTOBER 10, 2022

I know I would feel a little more at ease if some of the news items appearing in my social media feed were foreseeable although, unfortunately, much of what I read or hear is thoroughly unpredictable and often quite disturbing. Just when you thought it was safe. It’s well timed. Take a deep breath. Image created by freepik.com ].

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can read about the conference in the Association News section of this issue. Also in Association News, learn about programs our California and New York City chapters offer. You can read about the conference in the Association News section of this issue. By Laetitia Clayton, Editor. COVID-19 is still here.

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