Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Social workers’ wellbeing at work is lower than that of other health and social care staff groups, in the wake of Covid, research has found. The majority of the 1,737 respondents to the UK-wide survey from May to July 2022, as well as of the 380 social workers who completed the research, worked in Northern Ireland.

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Michigan Social Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Professor Matthew Smith was appointed the Associate Dean for Research, effective January 2024. In this role, he oversees the Office of Research, which supports faculty research endeavors, fosters a vibrant research culture, and ensures compliance with relevant policies. Smith joined the School faculty in 2017.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Most home care providers have seen a fall in the number of hours of care councils have commissioned from them, research has found. The sector umbrella body surveyed members in July and August 2023, receiving responses from 225 agencies which, between them, provided care to almost 43,000 people and had 23,282 care workers on their books.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Rob Winfield, social worker, practice educator and learning and development officer, Hampshire County Council children’s services All of us around this table and in this room work in a strengths-based way with the families and the adults with whom we work. But if you lose that passion, it’s okay to move on and find a new passion.

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Community Care

MARCH 5, 2024

Also, most councils did not set minimum requirements for children on CIN plans to be visited by social workers or other lead practitioners, the research found. The research found that, in 2021-22, the proportion of children’s social care referrals that resulted in no further action (NFA) ranged from 1.6% ”

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Approaches in which people are not allocated a fixed desk and work at different times and locations depending on need have become increasingly common, but practitioners are consistently negative about them, found a five-year study into newly qualified social workers published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). .

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Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The CQC also flagged up councils’ reports of there being shortages of care in their areas for people with more complex needs. It raised concerns about inadequate support for carers and a lack of published strategies to develop the social care workforce, despite councils recognising the significant challenges they faced in this area.

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Social Work With Adults

MARCH 25, 2024

To support our colleagues to promote people’s right to register and vote in elections, BASW, Learning Disability England , the National Principal Social Worker Network for Adults and Bradford Council, supported by the My Vote, My Voice campaign , have launched a Practice Guide to Promote the Vote.

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Community Care

MARCH 13, 2024

The proportion of those who reported personal experience of domestic abuse (39.1%) compares with a prevalence rate for women aged over 16 across England and Wales of 27% as of 2023, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. Women accounted for 90.9%

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Pandemic-related delays in responding to adult safeguarding concerns have resulted in “severe consequences” for people accessing or in need of services, with many reports being made later, meaning problems have become far more acute, complex and harmful. Growing ‘intensity’ of safeguarding issues.

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MQ Mental Health

APRIL 2, 2024

In 2023, economic modelling from AXA UK and Centre of Economic and Business Research shows work-related stress and burnout is currently costing the UK economy £28bn a year and resulting in 23.3m Research studies have shown that certain industries are more stressful to work in than others. sick days a year.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Campaigners have accused the government of undermining practitioners’ knowledge and experience with its proposals to tighten age assessments for unaccompanied young people claiming asylum. It is simply unethical to legislate for the care of children based on unsound scientific research without the backing of the medical profession,” he said.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

That was one of the key recommendations from research for Social Work England into the state of education and training , which found that the pandemic had significantly disrupted practice placements and posed significant challenges to students’ learning and wellbeing due to the shift to online working. Of the 56 NQSWs surveyed, 69.7%

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Community Care

JUNE 22, 2023

The complexity of reasons why people chose to work within agency roles, is not just limited to pay, with some members citing the need to move to more flexible working arrangements, due to caring commitments,” said BASW England professional officer Denise Monks.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 3, 2023

On Thursday, September 28, 2023, Assistant Professor Sukhmani Singh presented her work with Beyond Bars at the Connecticut Sentencing Commission Meeting at the Connecticut State Capitol Legislative Office Building. Specifically, she and her research team will conduct semi-structured interviews with beneficiaries of P.A.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

Over 40% of social work staff in the UK have faced abuse from service users, their families or members of the public this year, research has found. Majority of social workers looking to leave their job within the next 16 months, says new research. Social workers also reported the toll these work pressures were taking on them.

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Social Work Futures

APRIL 16, 2023

” In another study by the Lancet, “ a group of nine researchers including ​​psychologists, environmental scientists and psychiatrists surveyed 10,000 individuals ages 16 to 25 about climate anxiety and its relation to government action. .” identify the information type, subject, sender, receiver, and medium).

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MQ Mental Health

OCTOBER 17, 2023

One such way is by focusing on addressing inequalities that exist in research into mental health. However for many years, physical health has received more funding for research, more focus and therefore more developments in treatment. 35 of MQ’s 63 projects directly challenge inequalities in mental health and mental health research.

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Social Work Futures

OCTOBER 13, 2020

” In a previous post, I shared a couple of fine reviews specifically concerning the lack of diverse representation in the film – particularly when it comes to breakthrough thinking, practicing, research and imagining about the future in tech and beyond. ” Research Director at Institute for the Future. Kishonna L.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fresh from having a new paper published, Professor Louise Arseneault, Professor of Developmental Psychology at Kings College London, joined the MQ Open Mind podcast team, Professor Rory O’Connor and Craig Perryman, to chat about collaboration in research. Good quality data collection means good quality research.

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Beyond Advocacy

JANUARY 5, 2024

She moved to Florida State University School of Social Work in 2028 where she created the Institute for Justice Research and Development to advance research, policy, and practice to improve the circumstances of individuals, communities impacted by the criminal justice system. Let’s see what we can do for the children.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

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.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

With millions of people in the United States living with depression, clinical social workers and other behavioral healthcare providers continuously work to support the individuals and families they serve. Most people see improvements in their depressive symptoms with psychotherapy.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

How proposed price caps would work Councils in each of the nine English regions should come together to assign agency social work roles to the following core job types: social worker; senior social worker; advanced practitioner; team manager, and independent reviewing officers/child protection conference chairs.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Older people are being unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals “in very many cases” because of poor practice around the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), the Care Quality Commission has warned.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2022

We need to move away from expectations that children can tell us what is happening, and invest fully in building knowledge, skills and confidence around sexual abuse for all those working with children, be that social workers, teachers, police officers, health professionals and beyond.” Praise for survivors’ bravery.

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MQ Mental Health

APRIL 9, 2024

Experiences like this may mean some people develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder also known as PTSD or cPTSD ( complex post traumatic stress disorder) symptoms. Danger of Resilience Often people who experience trauma and survive are described as “resilient”. People can change. Stay active.

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Beyond Advocacy

MAY 30, 2023

Trends among young people are alarming. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic predicted that in 2016 the number of states experiencing social worker shortages would jump from 20 to 38 by 2030, with a national shortfall of about 200,000 social workers. Others may focus on policy and advocacy and find work with research institutes.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 13, 2022

The next #MQDataScience meeting is on Wednesday the 23rd of March and for the first time we are collaborating with DATAMIND , the HDR UK’s new hub that enables researchers to use and find the UK’s rich datasets. Everyone is welcome to attend, this meeting is not just for data scientists or mental health researchers.

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Beyond Advocacy

AUGUST 25, 2022

Most recently, researchers at the Center for Social Development at the Brown School welcomed the launch of CalKids , a state program designed to give newborns and eligible low-income public school students a jump start on asset development. California is leading the nation in investing in young people.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 6, 2022

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) wishes to bring attention to the importance of mental health as it affects millions of people in the United States. The same report also found 148 million people in this country live in areas with a shortage of mental health providers.

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Relias

AUGUST 22, 2022

Well-informed patient/client – Most people do research online before coming in for an appointment, often bringing others with them to advocate, ask questions, and help. You and the person you serve are a team, collaborating, communicating, researching, and determining what should come next. Learning how to learn.

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The School of Social Work’s Center for International Social Work Studies (CISWS) has received an award to support research on the perceptions and attitudes of young adults toward climate change. The research is supported by UConn Hartford Director’s Office for Student Research. “We

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University of Connecticut

JUNE 15, 2023

As many of you know, it was on June 19, 1865 that Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas to announce that the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state were free by executive decree. That means challenging ourselves and reimagining our research, teaching, field education, and vision for the future of social work.

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Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 4, 2021

Outside my room, I could hear people laughing, sharing jokes, and having fun. Well, therapists try not to tell people what to do. Brené Brown is a licensed social worker, who does research into vulnerability and shame. Office of the Director General of Social Welfare (Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore).

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Beyond Advocacy

JUNE 13, 2023

in Room 2075 in the Rayburn House Office Building on H.R. Jackson, an associate professor and Associate Dean of Educational Programs and Student Services at the University of Alabama, whose research focuses on youth in foster care; Kristen Torres, a legislative assistant for Rep. 1446 – Foster Youth and Drivers Act , and S.699,

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Kit Malthouse has become the fourth education secretary to hold office this year – following Nadhim Zahawi, Michelle Donelan and James Cleverley – giving him responsibility for children’s social care. This was based on research it carried out with consultancy Box Power.

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