The Guardian

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Last month, I reported on cash-strapped Bristol city council’s proposal to move disabled people into residential care if it was deemed “best value” compared with providing support in their own homes. The onslaught of cost-cutting, short-termist, outright nasty public policy can sometimes make it hard to believe any progress is possible.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Criticism of government decision to shelve MHA reform Social work leaders and charities heavily criticised the decision, saying it represented a missed opportunity to tackle high rates of detention, racial disparities in the use of the act and the inappropriate sectioning of autistic people and those with learning disabilities.

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The Frontline

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For the majority of my social work career I was a senior practitioner in a children with disabilities team. Though I am no longer in Frontline practice, I am still passionate about safeguarding children with disabilities and I have recently achieved a Masters degree in Advanced Child Protection. . appeared first on Frontline.

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The Guardian

APRIL 26, 2023

Readers express their anger at the abuse of vulnerable people in care settings highlighted in an article by John Harris I was both saddened and enraged to read John Harris’s article about the continuing abuse and torture of people with learning disabilities and autism ( Learning-disabled and autistic people are being neglected and tortured.

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The Guardian

JUNE 4, 2023

On 30 May, a coroner found that Sally Lewis, a woman with learning disabilities living in a care home, died of constipation and neglect in 2017. Some days it feels as if “burden” is not a strong enough word to describe things.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Click to find out more This chapter provides: an understanding of the framework for the SEND CoP within the context of past legislation and guidance; identification of the current principles underpinning the current CoP; a consideration of definitions and terminology within the field of SEND; a discussion of medical and social models of disability.

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The Guardian

JUNE 15, 2023

Readers explain how they are being forced to give up essential social care or forgo meals and sanitary products Disabled people in England are finding themselves in severe financial hardship owing to rising social care costs and the increase in the cost of living. Social care, unlike the NHS, is not free at the point of need.

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The Guardian

MARCH 15, 2023

The warning came as ministers unveiled a range of measures to try to drive more people back into the workplace, including scrapping controversial “fit for work” tests for disabled claimants and stepping up the threat of benefit curbs against part-time workers. Continue reading.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 6, 2022

I was working for the Catholic Children’s Aid Society in downtown Toronto. The parents were poor, disabled and unable to work. Sure they had disability support payments, but it barely covered basic needs. He was though a victim of society. His parents although disabled, were still caring. It was 1985.

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The Guardian

MAY 31, 2023

We want to hear from people experiencing social care debt and how their lifestyle has changed as a result In England, many people with a disability are finding themselves in severe financial difficulty due to rising social care costs fuelled by the cost of living.

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The Guardian

APRIL 12, 2023

Local government ombudsman rules that delay in finding suitable accommodation for family caused serious health risks A severely disabled child missed out on vital NHS surgery and was left in chronic pain for more than three years because a council failed to move them out of unsuitable housing despite repeated pleas from health professionals, a watchdog (..)

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The Guardian

APRIL 26, 2024

Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, joined calls to write off the vast debts incurred by tens of thousands of people who care for sick, disabled and elderly relatives after experts raised concerns about the legality of the government’s approach. Continue reading.

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Social Work With Adults

JULY 5, 2023

a social safety net for all citizens [was created, providing support] for the homeless, disabled people and older people, obliging local authorities to provide suitable accommodation." The aim was to put an end to the five 'giant evils' in society: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness and disease. "[Alongside the birth of the NHS].

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inSocialWork

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Jazmin Graham Just as the COVID-19 pandemic exposed cracks and disparities in many facets of society — including health care, governments, education and more — long COVID continues to disproportionately disrupt the lives of certain people. Today our guest, Jazmin Graham, LCSW, tells us what she knows.

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Community Care

MARCH 21, 2024

Also, disabled practitioners were more likely than non-disabled counterparts to say they were very likely to quit social work within five years (23% versus 14%). The YouGov research for Social Work England also identified issues around paperwork and pay facing social workers.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 24, 2024

Cash-starved Bristol city council is not the real villain here, but its proposed strategy tells us some lives matter less than others If you want a symbol of this country’s shredded safety net, look no further than Mark in Bristol.

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The Guardian

APRIL 17, 2024

This month a Guardian investigation revealed that thousands of people who look after disabled, frail or ill relatives have been forced to pay back huge sums after being chased by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over “honest mistakes” that officials could have spotted years earlier.

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MQ Mental Health

APRIL 26, 2024

James Taylor from disability charity Scope said, “This feels like a full-on assault on disabled people. These proposals are dangerous and risk leaving disabled people destitute. In a cost-of-living crisis looking to slash disabled people’s income by hitting PIP is a horrific proposal.” It is insulting to the 1.9

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

This outcome further disables the child come adulthood and also financially burdens society. We need a government in power who understands that the investment in meeting the needs of all children is not only an investment in the child, but all of society. It is so short-sighted.

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Prosper Health Collective

JULY 31, 2023

million Australians with communication disabilities. Communication is a fundamental human right that empowers us to express ourselves, connect with others, and fully participate in society. However, for many individuals, communication can present challenges due to various disabilities and disorders.

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

.” Family inspiration Much of her career was spent working with adults with learning disabilities, a reflection of the fact that her career in social care was inspired by her own experience caring for her brother, who has profound and multiple learning disabilities.

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The Guardian

APRIL 24, 2023

Across the UK, revelations of institutional abuse keep mounting up, yet people are still being denied basic respect Imagine a chain of scandals focused on a huge number of very vulnerable and fragile people.

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My Brains Not Broken

OCTOBER 11, 2022

If we really want to evaluate if our attitude toward mental health has changed as a society, we need to utilize a global perspective. After doing some research, I found the following statistics from WHO : Mental health conditions now cause 1 in 5 years lived with disability.

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Social Work With Adults

JANUARY 31, 2024

I am proud of the advances we have made, both as a profession and as a society, in our recognition and support of the LGBTQ+ community, especially in respect of older people, for whom care services have not always reflected the totality and validity of their experiences."

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

But they have remained indoors and afraid, acutely aware of how the same society that renders them vulnerable – with the familiar indignity of rushed visits from carers or, now, demands to return to the office – doesn’t seem to care whether they survive. Continue reading.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 28, 2022

The SWESD 2022 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the JOINT WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: REDEFINING SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN A POST-PANDEMIC SOCIETY: SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS. Persons with disabilities.

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Gary Direnfeld

JULY 24, 2023

The first job I landed was with a Children’s Aid Society (child protection services). Then I was told the worker I was paired with was on long term disability and I would be responsible for her caseload on top of mine.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 28, 2024

But there are fears inflationary costs and a decade of funding cuts has hollowed out the capacity of authorities to deal with four long-term existential pressures, from child protection to an ageing society. Continue reading.

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University of Connecticut

JUNE 1, 2022

SOCIAL CURRENT® ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF DR. CRISTINA MOGRO-WILSON OF UCONN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FOR FAMILIES IN SOCIETY JOURNAL Dr. Mogro-Wilson to Succeed Dr. Sondra Fogel, Who Helmed FIS For the Past Seven Years. Families in Society is published in partnership with SAGE Publishing. “We

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Community Care

JANUARY 5, 2023

During the pandemic, despite risk to themselves, they continued to go out every day to ensure older and disabled people could live safely and well at home, acting as a lifeline for many.”

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

2020) and Shogren (2021) emphasized the importance of using self-report measures to gain insight in the thoughts and feelings of individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ID). The adaptation of self-report measures to the needs of people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review. Recent articles by Havercamp et al.

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Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 28, 2021

We are here to discuss the common misconceptions that our society has today regarding bipolar disorder patients. This misinformation leads to “the spread of myths” and myths create fear in society, especially among the family members who deal with a bipolar patient every day. . Myth Number 1 : Bipolar disorder is very rare.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2022

Disability, Intimacy, and Sexual Health: A Social Work Perspective by Kristen Faye Linton, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lela Rankin Williams. In this book the authors compile comprehensive research and candid interviews with social workers to explore the complicated intersection of disability and sexuality.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

Since then, this sweeping, groundbreaking law has improved the health of all Americans, including children, women and families, men, older adults, communities of color, those with disabilities, and those who are LGBTQI+.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2022

Age UK charity director Caroline Abrahams said: “If it had passed, it would have taken the cap beyond the grasp of older people with few or modest assets, poorer places and disabled people of working age. It will also disproportionately affect working age adults with disabilities.” ” Related articles.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Recent Department for Education data also shows that referrals have continued to lag behind the average for previous years in 2021 as society has opened up. But referrals had also declined in the previously two years, as had the number of child protection plans (CPPs) and overall number of children in need.

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The Guardian

APRIL 20, 2023

By reviving scrounger myths and rubbishing free social care, Starmer’s begun a race to the bottom – one the Tories will win With the local elections round the corner and the general election rumoured for next autumn, Keir Starmer, the measured lawyer, is rebranding.

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