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Navigating AI in Social Work Education

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

But we send our students out to their practicum sites, and the debates are no longer philosophical; real-life decisions affect agencies, students, and clients, and these challenges must be thoughtfully and practically addressed. Whether you decide to use AI yourself or not, students probably will.

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The best advice for social workers: ‘Take care of yourself first – it’s not selfish, it’s necessary’

Community Care

Everybody in this world needs something that gets them out of bed in the morning and that’s really important. And if you’ve got a job that makes you not want to get out of bed in the morning, that’s the time to start moving on to new challenges. Because that’s what helps with resilience and that’s what gives you that motivation.

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Teenagers and Mental Health: A Q&A with Tilly’s Life Center

My Brains Not Broken

For today’s post, I was able to talk with Monica Utley, the Executive Director of Tilly’s Life Center. Located in Irvine, California, Tilly’s Life Center teaches life skills to teenagers that build confidence, inspire compassion, and encourages adolescents to pursue their dreams.

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Whose Homework is it Anyways?

Gary Direnfeld

There’s a new crop of students, now in first year university. Among them are students whose parents carried them through high school. Now in university these students are realizing there is an increased work load and yet far more independence. Some of these students will slack off. The work won’t get done.

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Taking a Look at Youth Mental Health: A Statistical Breakdown

My Brains Not Broken

Mental health matters for people of every age, race and demographic, but an area that doesn’t always get the attention it deserves is in young people. of high school students, 42% of LGBTQ youth, and 52% of LGBTQ youth who identify as transgender or nonbinary. From the National Alliance on Mental Illness. 1 in 6 U.S.

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Higher early help spend and less poverty strongly linked to positive Ofsted ratings, research finds

Community Care

They put local authorities into 10 groups based on their IMD rating and found the chance of having a good or outstanding rating decreased by around 16% between each group as poverty increased, after controlling for year of inspection and expenditure. Related articles. Ofsted focus questioned.

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Dancing for fun and inclusivity

Social Care

I was working for UnLtd and supported Jen and her mum Sue to find funding to help them get the organisation off the ground. Jen has Down’s syndrome, but she has never let this fact stop her living the life she wants. It’s an honour to inspire others to dance and live a life of their choosing. That’s what we do at DanceSyndrome.