Social Work Blog

MAY 10, 2022

Restorative justice (RJ) is both a philosophy and a set of practices meant to repair harm and maintain connection in the face of wrongdoing. Social workers in school settings are in a prime position to explore and advocate for its increased use with vulnerable youth populations.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A man practices self-care by taking time to relax in nature and listen to music. Social workers dedicate their lives to helping others, including some of the most vulnerable people in our society. That experience prompted her to write a book to help other social workers.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

By Daniel Pollack & Kathryn Krase Social workers cannot assume they will stay in their jobs for a long time. Most social workers stay in a job for fewer than five years. Social workers serve a variety of clients, in many capacities, for many different types of employers. Or illegal?

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

By Daniel Pollack & Kathryn Krase Social workers cannot assume they will stay in their jobs for a long time. Most social workers stay in a job for fewer than five years. Social workers serve a variety of clients, in many capacities, for many different types of employers. Or illegal?

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

Social workers provide counseling services and mental health treatment to individuals who may also have an alcohol use disorder and help them address barriers to treatment. They also provide education around potential harm due to misuse and use treatment modalities that are flexible and work for both harm reduction and abstinence.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 9, 2023

You Asked, Can Social Workers Prescribe Medication? This is a very common question a lot of people ask in relation to the role of the social worker in health and social care. Social workers play an important role in promoting the health and wellbeing of people in the community.

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Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2023

Under section 25 of the Children Act 1989 , such secure welfare placements may only be made if a child either has a history of absconding, would likely abscond from any other setting and, if they did so, would likely suffer significant harm; or would likely injure themselves or others if placed in any other setting.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

You asked, what is a social worker home visit checklist? A social worker home visit checklist serves as a comprehensive guide for social workers conducting home visits to assess the holistic health and well-being of their clients. Over the years of practice, I have also found this tool useful.

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Community Care

MARCH 28, 2024

Though the inquiry stressed that Stephen Boden and Shannon Marsden were responsible for the 10-month-old’s death on Christmas Day, 2020 – for which they were jailed for life last year – it said practitioners knew that the couple posed a risk of significant harm to him.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Our work seeks to develop innovative ways in which children and young people can digitally and safely self-refer to children’s social care, allowing them to communicate harms and experiences in real time. By Corinne May-Chahal and Sarah Carlick Many think digital safeguarding is about staying safe online but it means much more.

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Community Care

JANUARY 30, 2024

The panel, which examined 393 cases, found an over-optimism concerning parents’ capacity to give safe care and an over-reliance on parental self-report, with missed “opportunities” to triangulate this information with that from other sources. Long-term reductions in resources for early help and prevention services.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) issued on July 16 includes a variety of provisions that are relevant to clinical social workers (CSWs) who are participating providers in Medicare. The proposed cut is particularly harmful to CSWs. Telehealth. The projected 3.89

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Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 4, 2023

The learning for some is the closer you get intimately, the greater the risk of harm and/or betrayal. Just be open to self-examination. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. In what could be a good relationship that can undermine intimacy and sink it.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Amy*, a newly qualified social worker, has been contemplating switching to agency work or going on benefits to provide for their family in the midst of rising costs. More on how the cost of living crisis is hitting social workers. ‘We Most social workers out of pocket from inadequate mileage allowances, survey finds.

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 1, 2022

They flee those conditions that being harm to self and others within the home. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. Some young people don’t leave home. Some flea at a young age, teenagers, not yet fully formed, not yet adults. They seek to find their way.

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Save the Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

That night, I go home, wondering if I should just quit social work. When you wonder if you should just leave the profession, since you seem to be doing more harm than good. I enjoyed it for what it gave me in my initial stages of growth in social work, giving me a helpful frame to support others. Here are some of the best books.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

By Violeta Donawa, LMSW, MA Dr. Kathleen Cox and Dr. Sue Steiner bring the concept of ‘self-care’ out of the shadows and demystifies its significance in the lives of social work practitioners and leaders. This reduces turnover rates, increases workers reported job satisfaction, and minimizes reported chronic stress.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 30, 2023

Risk indicators includes screaming, name calling, breaking of objects, hitting, pushing, shoving, choking, threatening harm, abuse of pets, limiting access to resources, police or child protection agency involvement. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Safety is code for concerns of domestic violence.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2023

Providers reported a “sharp increase”, particularly since spring 2022, in referrals for children – some very young – with deteriorating mental health, with rising numbers self-harming as well.

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The Guardian

JUNE 26, 2023

Children are being left in limbo so long that they are at risk of harm, social workers warn Lone child asylum seekers are facing fivefold increases in delays in having their claims processed by the Home Office, with devastating consequences, according to a new report. Continue reading.

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Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 22, 2021

If from early on, you experienced trauma and were poorly supported, it may skew your set-point for self-protection. As you now take care of yourself, set boundaries and risk losing those relationships now understood as harmful and/or exploitive, you take charge of your self-worth and elevate it. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

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Save the Social Worker

MAY 9, 2023

Especially in a time such as this, where there seems to be more clients than social workers. Whilst some may say that there’s a limit to how much you can get from the initial intake assessment, the vital thing to realise is that you, as the social worker, simply do not have more time to keep going back and forth.

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Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a social worker who was just starting out, I longed for a long list of social work interventions which I could look through whenever I had a client problem I couldn’t solve. Argue with self-criticism. List in writing any negative or self-critical thoughts you have about the rejection. Rejection.

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Beautiful Voyager

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Photo by Matthew Waring Signs, Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment When confronted with intense emotions, some teens may turn to self-harm , such as cutting, as a means of coping. Familiarize yourself with this self-harming behavior so you'll know what to do when your teenager engages in it. What Is Teen Cutting?

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Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 25, 2023

She thought him self-centered. She saw how speaking up brought harm to her mother. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. 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.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Having a thriving social network of friends and family makes you healthier because the support of other people reduces the harmful effects of stress. Your self-worth increases and you feel positive about the future. Self-love is not selfish, and it is important to give back to yourself. Try something new I must confess.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Our priority was to address how racism, patriarchy and heteronormativity deeply harms Detroiters and the marginalized body’s ability to feel safe, secure, and have a right to exist. One might wonder, why and how I shifted from community care-based healing work to becoming a Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist.

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Community Care

AUGUST 30, 2023

This involves judging whether the person would be deprived of their liberty under the proposed arrangement and, if so, whether this is would be in their best interests, necessary to protect them from harm and proportionate to the severity and likelihood of that harm.

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The New Social Worker

JUNE 20, 2022

Should”ing is a common way we sabotage practicing self-care. Because these shoulds are so insidiously hidden and harmful, they must be intentionally countered. I should __?

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Gary Direnfeld

MAY 17, 2022

The more you seek to set expectations, the more challenging the behavior, up to threats of violence, destruction of property, self harm, suicidal gestures. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. My thoughts are with parents in these circumstances.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 21, 2022

That may mean threats of violence, destruction of property, self-harm, suicidal behavior. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. It is the parent who must plan for any eventuality if they want to enact a plan through to its conclusion. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

I see the devastating effects of this crisis in our community, emergency departments, and substance-use treatment centers through my roles as an emergency psychiatric and addiction Clinical Social Worker. I have a master’s degree in Social Work and am a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW).

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Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 8, 2022

This only increases the likelihood of further conflict as well as emotional harm to the children. If individually, the purpose can be how to manage yourself under pressure and how to bring your better self to the negotiating table. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Social worker and best-selling author, Brené Brown, says that resilience is tolerating discomfort and painful emotions. Just as individual practices like self-care can ground you through hardship, building organizational resilience can help your clinicians and staff weather hard times.

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R.E.A.L. Social Workers

JANUARY 17, 2024

Welcome to the REAL Social Workers Online Magazine this is the place where we support and encourage social workers, like me, through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. In traditional CBT, we work together to identify thought patterns, and thought content that cause harm or distress.

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R.E.A.L. Social Workers

MAY 7, 2023

.” Welcome to REAL Social Workers Online Magazine This is the place for social workers to Relax, Empower, Advocate and Learn. I am Marcyline Bailey, a licensed clinical social worker with close to 30 years of experience. So, why share this on a blog for social workers.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JULY 14, 2021

Editor’s Note : This blog post is adapted from the Second Edition of the Social Media Toolkit for Social Work Field Educators. There are many reasons for social workers to have a personalized social media policy – to maintain boundaries, protect privacy and confidentiality, and model professional behavior.

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