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Free Loaves on Fridays: 100 care experienced children and adults tell their story

Community Care

Capes, whose debut novel, Careless, is the story of a teenage girl in foster care, strongly praised Free Loves on Fridays’ no-rejection policy, which meant that all submissions were accepted, no matter the author’s level of writing experience. “To They aren’t. Their diverse experiences are brought to life in this book.”

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Mental Health Statistics to Know During Pride Month 2023

My Brains Not Broken

Nearly 1 in 3 LGBTQ young people said their mental health was poor most of the time or always due to anti-LGBTQ policies and legislation. Not only do those in the LGBTQIA+ community disproportionately deal with mental illness and thoughts of suicide, anti-LGBTQIA+ policies and legislation play a big factor in this.

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Minority ethnic social care staff face disproportionately high levels of bullying and disciplinaries – study

Community Care

“Diversity in the workplace matters both because representation matters and it is important that our workforce is able to reflect the local communities we serve and because discrimination may still impact on colleagues even as representation improve,” she added.

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LGBTQ2

Gary Direnfeld

Please know I support persons of the LGBTQ2 community, BIPOC community, women, immigrants, working poor… I value inclusion and social policies that provide for choice on matters concerning one’s own body. I take the view that some things are not a matter of discussion or opinion. If so, you can choose stop following.

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Social workers hailed in New Year Honours list

Community Care

Isabelle Trowler, the chief social worker for children and families During her decade in the post, Trowler has helped develop a string of Department for Education children’s social care policies, focused on raising the quality of social work and reforming practice systems.

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With The World Teetering

Gary Direnfeld

And very importantly, we vote and support policies that are aligned with the values of compassion, equity, inclusion and concern for the environment. Courts in Ontario, Canada, consider him an expert in social work, marital and family therapy, child development, parent-child relations and custody and access matters. Positive action.

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NASW seeks clemency for death-row inmate Johnny Johnson

Social Work Blog

NASW develops policy statements on public policy and professional issues of importance to the social work profession, published in Social Works Speaks. Among these policies is NASW’s opposition to the death penalty and support of an immediate moratorium on executions for those already sentenced.