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From care management to ‘social work as we know it’: Lyn Romeo on her decade as chief social worker

Community Care

Though England has had a chief medical officer (CMO) since 1855, and a chief nursing officer (CNO) since 1941, it was not until 2013 that the country acquired its first – and second – chief social workers. This was succeeded last year by the research programme for social care (RPSC), which has a budget of £10m.

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Empowering Social Workers: Tips for Negotiating Better Salaries and Increasing Income

Social Work Blog

Perhaps you’ve recently completed a project at work on time and within budget. Research Salary Trends and Market Value: Do your homework. Start by researching salary trends and market value for social workers in your specific area and field of expertise – and in the region where you live.

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2023 ENGAGE Small Grant Recipients Announced

Michigan Social Work

In 2018, ENGAGE launched the Small Grants Program to encourage faculty to build partnerships with Detroit community-based organizations and to support resident-led efforts to strengthen Detroit neighborhoods. ENGAGE partners with the Ford School’s Detroit Urban Research Center in the administration of the small grants program.

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Cap on care costs: significant risks around plan to deliver delayed reform by 2025, says watchdog

Community Care

The National Audit Office (NAO) said work needed to start soon, backed by more resource, to deliver the cap and a more generous means-test for care by the revised target date, two years later than originally planned. to support innovation in care and increasing the disabled facilities grant by £50m. This includes £42.6m ”

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Massachusetts pilots the most promising reform in child welfare. Guess who’s trying to undercut it.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The Massachusetts Legislature needs to step in and provide the funding to make the approach taken by the Family Preservation Project available in every case. the Family Preservation Project provides high-quality interdisciplinary family defense. That is not what the Office of the Child Advocate sees. In Springfield, Mass.

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News Items – October 13, 2022

Social Workers Speak

This research, guided by social work values and ethical principles , can inform our understanding of what happened in Martha’s Vineyard, and what local, state, and federal authorities can do moving forward. Those same services could also be provided to officers within the department if needed. Million Grant. Hamlet Hub.

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KVC Health Systems and Emporia State University Launch Data Analytics Research to Benefit Children in Foster Care

KVC

At the conclusion of the program, students will present their research findings and submit their findings to academic journals. There are two more ways ESU students will be involved with KVC in beyond the data analytics research. Lonnie Johnson. About KVC Health Systems. For more information, visit www.emporia.edu.