Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The network said that some delays in the process were the result of AMHPs, rightly, exploring alternatives to detention for the person, in line with the MHA code of practice’s principle of adopting the “least restrictive” option of care.

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Social Work With Adults

MAY 11, 2022

Society has opened up again and some of the safeguarding and access challenges faced by our profession have begun to drop away. I do hope we see this determination to reflect, honour and promote diversity adopted in all social care settings and allow everyone, regardless of background, to achieve their potential.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Landers’ research: “more than 80% of Native American people who were fostered or adopted eventually reunify.” ● In New York, a bill that would allow children continued contact with their parents even after their legal rights to those parents have been terminated has – again – been passed by the State Legislature.

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Child Welfare Adoption Foster Care Self-harm 54

The Guardian

JULY 24, 2022

They’re part of a poem-a-day project by their author Paul Cookson, who was born in the north of England and adopted shortly afterwards by a family in Essex. He was the eldest of three adopted siblings, all from different families. Cookson is one of the success stories of the UK’s care system.

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Relias

JULY 5, 2023

Despite public conversation and consistent news coverage of the individuals affected by the opioid epidemic, there remains a large segment of society that is often overlooked: children and youth in foster care. The next four years saw an even larger increase, with 68,630 opioid related deaths reported in 2022.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

We need to move towards larger regional and/or national structures to operate the care system and take responsibility for adopter and foster carer recruitment,” he said. If it were possible to recruit many more foster carers to offer more choice for children, we would have to be willing as a society to fund vacancies,” he said.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Katie Tidmarsh found guilty of killing ‘defenceless young child’ she had been in the process of adopting A woman has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 17 years for murdering the one-year-old baby she was in the process of adopting, after failing to disclose mental health problems to the adoption panel.

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Social Work With Adults

JUNE 14, 2023

Adopting good social work practices is crucial for providing effective support and creating a safe and affirming environment for LGBT+ individuals. By promoting education and awareness about sexual orientation and gender identity, social workers can challenge stereotypes, reduce discrimination and create a more inclusive society.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2022

So far, the guidance has been adopted by Wiltshire council and the Welsh Government. It is widely recognised that Gypsy, Roma and Travellers are some of the most marginalised in society and can be subject of significant prejudice,” she added. Take-up of guidance.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

From the CEO – Social Work is Essential in Building a Just, Caring Society. As I listened to global social work leaders during the event, I was inspired by the reports of social work’s vital role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015.

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Community Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

The union has also held discussions with the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), which regulates most major publications, about adopting similar standards and has set up a reporting line for social workers to share examples of concerning media coverage of the profession*.

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 29, 2023

This partnership aims to provide a comprehensive roadmap for a whole society approach to protect people’s mental health amid the cost-of-living-crisis. The report offers targeted recommendations and solutions that different sectors of society can action to better support people through the crisis.

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The Guardian

JUNE 10, 2022

De Waal brought a wealth of personal and professional experience to her book: she grew up in the area, with a mother who fostered children, and she later worked for years in family law, even writing training manuals on fostering and adoption. It would have been understandable, then, if de Waal had opted to adapt My Name Is Leon herself.

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Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

Social workers have roles in many levels of society – micro, mezzo, and macro. Today, we’ll describe what each of these levels encompass and specific jobs a social worker does. Keep in mind, one social worker can perform in various levels, and they each can be integrated together for holistic, positive change. Micro Social Work.

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Domestic Violence Community Outreach Rehabilitation Case Management 59

Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Authors review data that demonstrate the evolution of labels and argue that adopting these terms in practice and research will have fruitful and affirming effects on access to care, treatment attrition, and the design and quality of research in and for the LGBTQ+ community. Instead, where it says NASW Press, click “Sign in via society site.”

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

It is within this vision of a better society that my passion for becoming a social worker takes root. Yet, for some, these setbacks can be overwhelming, leaving them feeling lost, hopeless, and overlooked by society. Strength-Based Approach One of the key aspects of being a social worker is adopting a strength-based approach.

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The Frontline

MAY 10, 2023

Campaigning for social justice and trying to not only change what’s happening for individual service users but change how families or service users are treated in society. The Frontline programme training taught me to adopt a way of working that always considers the experiences of children and their parents.

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Advocacy Social Worker Empathy Adoption 59

The Guardian

AUGUST 9, 2023

Summerhall, Edinburgh The comic relives being a carer for a lovably eccentric adopted uncle in a heartfelt show that demonstrates caring’s reciprocal flow The “dead dad show” is a fringe comedy staple. But what about the dead not-quite-an-uncle show?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 27, 2022

She has no power and no privilege in our society. She is the state’s “Child Advocate,” and before that ran a prestigious private agency specializing in adoption and foster care. Yet we live in a society where, somehow, people like Maria Mossaides are empowered effectively to sit in judgment of people like Crystal Sorey.

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Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Adoption 104

The Frontline

MAY 10, 2023

Campaigning for social justice and trying to not only change what’s happening for individual service users but change how families or service users are treated in society. The Frontline programme training taught me to adopt a way of working that always considers the experiences of children and their parents.

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Advocacy Social Worker Empathy Adoption 52

Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

Social workers have roles in many levels of society – micro, mezzo, and macro. Today, we’ll describe what each of these levels encompass and specific jobs a social worker does. Keep in mind, one social worker can perform in various levels, and they each can be integrated together for holistic, positive change.

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Domestic Violence Community Outreach Rehabilitation Case Management 40

The Guardian

AUGUST 2, 2022

When British politicians talk about Brexit and its consequences, they tend to adopt rictus grins and assure us that, by some miracle as yet unexplained, everything is going to be OK. As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us.

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Jaeran Kim

AUGUST 11, 2017

I was fortunate to be asked to present at the Pact adoption family camp. I presented a keynote about school issues based on the article I published with Pact’s Executive Director Beth Hall for the book Transracial and Intercountry Adoption.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 1, 2022

Stephanie Sterling is a member: Baton Rouge adoption agencies preparing for increase in demand after Supreme Court ruling. Baton Rouge area adoption agencies are already preparing for possibly busier days in the future, following the overturning of Roe V. We have been providing adoption services since 1964.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

States have long adopted unconstitutional laws, usually invalidated in federal court, to try to block abortion access. The abortion rate will decline, and the safety of the procedure will improve, parallel to the position women occupy in a given society, and to the level of recognition of their sexual and reproductive rights.

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Beyond Advocacy

JUNE 13, 2023

If enacted, the bill would expand state foster care and adoption assistance programs to provide driving preparation assistance to foster youth and related training for foster parents. The bill was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Finance Committee in the Senate.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

APRIL 7, 2023

Given the inherent harms of providing treatments that have weak efficacy, don’t work, or, even worse, are iatrogenic, the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the APA) has long been evaluating the empirical basis of psychological treatments. An Evaluation Using the Tolin Criteria first appeared on Society of Clinical Psychology.

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 10, 2022

Now, seven years after it was first published author SaraKay Smullens, talked to Social Workers Speak to explain what has happened in our society since 2015 and why it was important to do a second edition of the book. Smullens: What we now face in our society and with our clients often seems far too much to bear.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The white paper confirmed new spending including £300m over three years to help councils increase the range of supported housing options which allow people to live more independently, £150m to drive the greater adoption of technology, as well as details of £500m for workforce development, primarily through training and qualifications.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 15, 2017

We propose a model that aims to facilitate this process by addressing clinicians’ and adopting organizations’ primary concerns in a way that places shared responsibility on policy-makers, developers, researchers, organizations, and clinicians to work in tandem. This five-stage top down model aims to: Optimize technology for adoption.

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Mental Health Adoption Clinic Psychology 52

Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 5, 2022

While the integration of wellbeing into clinical psychology has come a long way, more work is needed before this approach will be widely adopted and even including into clinical training programs. Interested in submitting a blog post?

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Clinic Psychology Mental Health Recovery 98

The Guardian

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Is the system so corrupted by 30 years of distrust that it is beyond repair?” asks journalist Polly Curtis. The answer has to be yes, if her meticulous investigation, conducted over many months, is any guide.

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The Guardian

JULY 26, 2022

She died when he was young and he was adopted by Sheila Knubley, a housewife, and Samuel Adams, an electrician. Eddie , whom I first met while doing research for a TV documentary, was born in London, the son of an Italian mother, Maria Agostinelli.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

“Rethinking Social Work’s Role in a Rapidly Changing World : by Antoinette Lombard and Andre Viviers offer an overview of the need for social work in teh 21st century to adopt a more transformative social-policy approach, including policy advocacy. Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Working with Clients in Crisis” by David E.

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Social Work With Adults

MARCH 19, 2024

This year's theme focuses on social workers' capacity to adopt innovative and community-led approaches. We are also pleased to celebrate World Social Work Day , which brings people together to learn, connect, and raise awareness of the breadth, value and benefits of modern, progressive social work.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But new research has expanded the framework to include elements that address more recent challenges in healthcare and in society. Focusing on individual errors or specific cases to eliminate the causes, the authors reasoned, would not be as effective as adopting a systemic approach. Why the Six Domains of Health Care Quality emerged.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The subsequent Education Act (1981) adopted much of the philosophy of the Warnock report. It suggests the fault lays with society, it is society that places barriers in the way and in doing so hinders and prevents participation in wider society.

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