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Kinship Care Gets a Boost

Beyond Advocacy

With the capable Lead Organizer, Amani Desamours, and her Student Leadership Team handling Thursday’s virtual Student Advocacy Day, I had the privilege of attending the pivotal Children’s Bureau’s National Convening on Kinship Care. Schomburg, the associate commissioner of the Children’s Bureau.

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

Community Care

Researchers said this meant the “most deprived local communities with the greatest needs are least likely to have access to good quality children’s services”, and that the findings challenged a “dominant” narrative of there being no link between spending and performance. No association between safeguarding spend and performance.

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Are You Struggling With a Social Worker Personal Statement?

Social Work Haven

This personal statement will suit social work students who will soon qualify as social workers, and may want to look into applying for a Newly Qualified Social Worker role within children services. Having completed two placements as part of my social work degree, I have gained some experience in working with children and families.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. Figart and Ellen Mutari make the study of economic life accessible, applicable, and exciting. In this groundbreaking text, Deborah M.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. Figart and Ellen Mutari make the study of economic life accessible, applicable, and exciting. In this groundbreaking text, Deborah M.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. Figart and Ellen Mutari make the study of economic life accessible, applicable, and exciting. In this groundbreaking text, Deborah M.

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Remaking Social Work for the New Global Era – Its available now!

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Using a strengths perspective, discussions in the chapters provide useful insights in restructuring social life and social services at the individual as well as community and societal levels for meeting the challenges of a new global era. Vulnerability and Resilience of Refugee Women and Children. Topics explored include: 1.