Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 1, 2021

James Clear , in his bestseller Atomic Habits, shares about this mistake many of us make. As social workers, we face different challenges. Rather than organise the quotes according to who wrote them, I’ve organised it according to the unique challenges we face in social work. Yup, you didn’t read that wrongly. You know them.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

Struggling with writing a Care Act Needs Assessment? As a Newly Qualified Social Worker a few years ago, I understood that to become effective at what I do as a social worker , there was a need for me to write good Care Act 2014 needs assessments. So, What is a Care Act Needs Assessment?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A juvenile court judge thinks he needs more information to make decisions about families that are, literally, life-changing – up to and including whether the family will be allowed to exist. They can effectively decide if the child stays in foster care. Where a quote uses the term VGAL I will substitute the term CASA.

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Hospice Social Work

JANUARY 5, 2020

Respect her decision and offer education about DNRs and CPR to ensure her decision is an informed one. Patients have the right to choose whether or not to get a DNR, even if they choose hospice care. Hospice team members are responsible to respect and support their decisions, and not try to change their minds.

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Social Workers Speak

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Licensed clinical social worker Anita Daniels says one red flag can be a big change in personality. “This section of the brain, where we are making good decisions, that’s the last part of the brain to develop,” she said. Anita Daniels is a member of NASW-NC: Why? Psychology Today. Psychology Today.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

For social workers, this month is not just about the onset of fall but also an annual autumnal beginning in their commitment to helping others. For social workers, this month is not just about the onset of fall but also an annual autumnal beginning in their commitment to helping others. Happy September!

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 28, 2023

Are you a social worker feeling like a sloth on a Monday morning? I’ve got a secret recipe to get you motivated and moving. Lewis “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” ” – William James “You are not here merely to make a living.

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Blurt It Out

JUNE 13, 2016

Simplify hygiene routines and multi-task to make keeping clean easy. Make it easy to get dressed. Experience has shown us that although our difficult days may be unavoidable, there are some practical things we can do to help ease us through. Read on to discover how to deal with bad depression days. How To Deal With Bad Depression Days?

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

I thought for a moment, trying to make a difficult decision. We ended up at a pancake restaurant in Watertown, not far from the Charles River and a 20-minute drive from our home in Arlington, Massachusetts. . — Lori Kaminski Part 1: Crisis It took the entire weekend, but they finally found me a bed. What do you want to do?”

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

On the contrary, said the court: We expressly hold that there is no ‘social worker exception’ to compliance with constitutional limitations on an entry into a home without consent or exigent circumstances. A Philadelphia agency that helps homeless families contacted the mother who said no, she is not homeless.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As an important form of self-care, a personal development plan is a wonderful and positive way to improve yourself both mentally and physically. As an important form of self-care, a personal development plan is a wonderful and positive way to improve yourself both mentally and physically. Success comes from the inside out.

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Beautiful Voyager

MAY 22, 2023

My ancestors decided to open up a hotel in the town of Humboldt, where my grandfather took over. He went back home to find a wife (my grandmother) brought her back and they had my dad. He went back home to find a wife (my grandmother) brought her back and they had my dad. Where do you live now? I'm Canadian!

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This will enable you to get an in depth understanding of the issues and reflect on your learning before moving on to supporting you in your quest to better meet the needs of these pupils. It takes diligence, it takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 28, 2022

In the Times, even social problems can be gentrified. When the “news” isn’t new The one and only thing new is the one thing Times editors apparently decided made it worthy of a front-page story: It’s happening to kids who are white and middle-class! In The New York Times , even social problems can be gentrified.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

I noted that other journalists have accused him of repeated misrepresentations and, on one occasion, making up a quote. He co-authors a “news analysis” for the Los Angeles Times that sounds like a pitch by a company selling “predictive analytics” software for child welfare. Second of two parts. Read part one here. County DCFS.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

They let the family return home, but at 1:00 a.m. From the Post story: When it became clear that they were not going to be able to keep their children at home, Sabey and Perkins began recording what was happening. Their heart rate goes up. Their body releases a flood of stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I fly rainbow flags on my home. One of our ethical social work values is Social Justice—that we exist as a profession to fight social injustice. We collaborate and strategize to make things better. I would never have a home within a faith community. A couple on their wedding day. Getty Images.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The lockdowns had begun and news media and social media were flooded with claims such as these: ? This is the text of the second of two NCCPR presentations at the 2021 Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare I’m going to spend a lot of time criticizing things people said and did in the past.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.

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