My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 14, 2021

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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Community Care

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

They will then be expected to complete a master’s degree, alongside their assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE), in year two of the programme, during which they are employed by the council or NHS body. extension covers two cohorts, starting in 2024 and 2025, each of 160 trainees, the same size as the 2023 cohort.

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Social Care

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Dancing helps me to focus that energy." I was working for UnLtd and supported Jen and her mum Sue to find funding to help them get the organisation off the ground. I was inspired by their desire to overcome barriers they faced in supporting Jen to have a career of her choice. Dancing helps me to focus that energy.

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 16, 2021

After an insightful Q&A earlier this week with Tilly’s Life Center, I decided I wanted to spotlight some of the important statistics about young people and mental health that are important to know. of high school students, 42% of LGBTQ youth, and 52% of LGBTQ youth who identify as transgender or nonbinary. 7.74% of U.S.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

When you invest in yourself and your personal growth, you enhance your life by taking responsibility of your future and happiness. Personal growth or personal development involves self-reflecting and identifying areas of improvement in your life, which can then enhance all aspects of your life for you to become more effective.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Our goal was to breathe some new life into a stale assignment. The directions for the assignment are as follows: Students are required to create a HBSE Pinterest page ( www.pinterest.com ) that will be used to “pin” items that relates to content throughout the semester. Create a Page labelled with the semester and your (i.e.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 16, 2023

Dr Paul Grof from the Czech Republic, a classically trained psychiatrist who had dedicated his life to researching bipolar disorder , became Anne’s mentor when she was training in psychiatry. Of course, children grow up to become young adults and they often become students. That question stuck with Dr Duffy.

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Save the Social Worker

OCTOBER 9, 2022

I was seated in front of a client, listening to her talk about how difficult life was for her. To help you , if you’re a social worker, better understand why you’re burning out, and how you can help yourself. Because you wanted to feel emotionally connected to people, and able to help them through those emotional trials.

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Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 5, 2022

I wasn’t a good student. There I took an elective in psychology and with that applied as a mature student to York University. So, like many others, I can mark my life by failures. That is the nature of life. I lasted to grade 12 and then dropped out. I was rejected at all five. I kept working at it.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For those who have entered college or university, those students are just coming to face the extent of their academic challenges. Parents will concern themselves greatly for those students in distress. Do know that life does not and should not end with or without academic achievement. Support that. Don’t fight.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 5, 2021

Maybe you have a special process that encourages students to speak freely in your classroom, which is a great example of how you’re living the value of “safety” or “inclusion.” This blog post is one of a three-part series about how to write a values-based teaching philosophy. Align your “Why” with your “How”.

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

students each academic year. These scholarships not only help students meet their financial obligations but also recognize their academic achievements and contributions to the social work profession. Alissi, faculty emeritus, to provide financial assistance to a student conducting group work practice.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 18, 2022

But how does self-care play out in real-life scenarios, when new social workers might not get the best supervision or insight into how to handle the stressors that come with the job of being a social worker? A beginning approach is to check in with students throughout the day. By Marisa Markowitz and Daniel Pollack. According to U.S.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In this role, Natasha works with a variety of students and families helping to support a variety of social and emotional needs. Through these various roles, Natasha has a voice in advocating for the equitable practices for diverse students across the school, within curriculum and activities that are provided at the school.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As a prospective social work student, I recognised that my own life experiences, both personal and professional, could pave the way for a career devoted to addressing social problems, advocating for vulnerable people, and tackling issues of social injustice. I have worked closely with social workers in the past.

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Save the Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

We barely know how this will translate into real-life difference in practice. But books can be a constant companion that helps you to take good ideas, and immediately apply them. It shares how he overcame the shame of seeking help, to eventually come out of the darkness of depression into a brighter, better place.

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University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the School of Social Work is able to offer a number of scholarship opportunities to our BSW and MSW students each academic year. These scholarships not only help students meet their financial obligations but also recognize their academic achievements and contributions to the social work profession.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The crowd fell into laughter, noting a deeper truth that fear can be a more debilitating force than actual loss of life. I’m a mere therapist, but if I could share one piece of life advice with anyone, it would be this: Take an improv class. Glossophobia, or fear of public speaking, affects up to 75 percent of the population.

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Social Work With Adults

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Many of them had lived experience of social care in their own lives and have also worked as support workers, social work assistants and in other related social care employment. Life experiences can help us find personal and professional direction. Life experiences can help us find personal and professional direction.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JULY 30, 2021

And, because the topics can be as diverse as the courses and students we teach, it’s important to have a values-based framework that can support your decision-making process. Which words jump out and resonate in your teaching style or with your student interactions? Start with your first impression.

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Community Care

MARCH 23, 2022

Councils that spend more on early help and those with wealthier populations are more likely to receive an outstanding or good Ofsted grade, research has found. By contrast with early help investment, the study, published earlier this month, found no significant link between spending more on safeguarding and higher Ofsted ratings.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Megan Leys, U-M graduate student in social work, said she cried the first time she read Pinto's play. "I Last fall, Leys was a student in one of Pinto's classes, in which he incorporated activities based on his play. He created an award-winning play entitled "Marília," readapted now as a new art project called " Realm of the Dead.".

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 20, 2024

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. Joining her was Aysha E. Schomburg, the associate commissioner of the Children’s Bureau.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

You did not choose it, and the answer shapes much of the course of your life. Experts say that most professional health organizations support gender-affirming care. I recognize the importance of the support from professionals that alleviates mental health issues with gender-affirming healthcare. identify as transgender.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 2, 2022

I was accepted as a mature student, leaving Seneca after just one semester. I ran to get help. Life isn’t linear. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice.

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Beyond Advocacy

MAY 30, 2023

Statistics are being compiled for 2022; however, according to the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) , more than 25,000 social work students graduated from accredited Master of Social Work programs in 2021. I have met hundreds of social work students who are interested in the bigger picture. It was challenging, I am certain.

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Social Work Haven

OCTOBER 2, 2023

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. I have worked on a range of caseloads and worked effectively with other agencies to support vulnerable individuals within the community.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 21, 2023

Ryan Estes is a member of NASW-NC: [Video] More than 65,000 people in North Carolina contact 988 lifeline in its first year WECT In the first year of the new 988 suicide and crisis lifetime , the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says more than 65,000 people in the state have reached out looking for help. She was 73.

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KVC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Students who have been bullied also report that it negatively affects how they feel about themselves, their relationships with their friends and family, schoolwork and their physical health. For example, students who are bullied are more than twice as likely to report feeling sick, even if there is no obvious physical explanation.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

However, this past year, I have witnessed the impacts of COVID-19 on students, their families, and their clients. Despite instructors’ flexibility, we’re losing students like never before – they are leaving school, often without a word. She originally posted it on LinkedIn and is re-published here with her permission.

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Social Work Haven

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For the record, there are no magic books that will help you excel in your academic work without putting in the hours to study, stay organised and understand the modules taught. These recommendations are books I have used and whilst this is subjective, I think they are great resources for all social work students. Quick Navigation.

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Relias

MARCH 3, 2024

” Though it’s easy to understand why this is important, I’d like to take the time to innumerate a few of the many ways social workers help our society. Once, when I was a student in graduate school, I was waiting for a flight from North Carolina to Michigan to visit some family members. Who are social workers?

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The Frontline

JULY 5, 2023

Helping children often means helping their parents and building relationships with different agencies that are involved in a child’s life, for example teachers, GP’s, family members, neighbours, and close friends. Sindi embarked on the Frontline programme as a mother and career changer.

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Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I also worked in the mental health field for three years during this time, helping mentally ill patients in hospital settings. I was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1992 after I faced disciplinary action while a graduate counseling student because I had disabling symptoms of psychosis. I was in a psychosis.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JUNE 30, 2023

I can also envision social work faculty and staff applying these guidelines to the adoption of new accreditation standards and policies and sharing them with institutional leadership when asking for support and resources. In doing this, I encourage you to consider who else may have the skills and/or experience to effectively provide support.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

We train for years to learn to help the homeless, the neglected, the hungry, the ill, the abused. We try to help folks at risk of falling through the gaping holes in the country’s safety net. It’s been 21 years since first responders rushed headlong into the burning World Trade Center while frightened civilians rushed for the exits.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 31, 2022

Meditation can help you get through an episode of anxiety, depression or mania by betraying the thoughts that fuel such episodes as false, by giving you some calm space to survey your situation and predict your moods, and by revealing some ideas on how to intervene. Seek help elsewhere. But only if you have an established practice.

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