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National Report Addresses Nursing Home Quality & Promotes Value of Social Work

Social Work Blog

The report includes several recommendations supportive of social work , including the recommendation that every nursing home—regardless of size—employ a. The report also indicates the preference for a master’s degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program for anyone serving as a director of social services in a nursing home.

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Sharon Shoesmith: how social workers can get their professional pride back

Community Care

After leaving Haringey, Shoesmith completed a PhD in 2015 in psychosocial studies and a year later her book, Learning from Baby P: The politics of blame, fear and denial, was published. As Shoesmith left the office to go home one night, she was faced by journalists shouting, “Are you a social worker, love?”