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Mandatory CPD or ASYE boost needed to tackle Covid impact on social work education, finds study

Community Care

Mandatory CPD or enhancements to the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) are needed to address skills and knowledge gaps left by the disruption to social work education caused by the pandemic. Of 166 students surveyed by researchers for this report, 60.6%

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Fast-track programme to train 320 more social workers in £19m contract extension

Community Care

Following a five-week grounding in social work law and theory, mostly delivered online, the participants will be placed in units of four to six in NHS or local authority mental health services and expected to qualify as a social worker in one year. in London) for some second and third-year students and placements in years two and three.

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From care management to ‘social work as we know it’: Lyn Romeo on her decade as chief social worker

Community Care

Alongside her children and families counterpart, Isabelle Trowler, Romeo has also embedded the role of chief social worker within the civil service. So, in 2012, ministers decided to appoint two chiefs – one for each service. Promoting improvements to social work, including the adoption of evidence-informed practice.

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Sukhmani Singh Presented Research at Sentencing Commission Hearing

University of Connecticut

These historic rulings held that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for youth 17 or younger when they were convicted of violent crimes is unconstitutional. Singh was joined by Adler and SSW graduate student Fernando Valenzuela. Public Act 15-84 was passed in Connecticut in 2015 following two Supreme Court rulings: Graham v.

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My Life’s Crooked Path

Gary Direnfeld

I was accepted as a mature student, leaving Seneca after just one semester. That will forever be remembered as my best place of employment. Life isn’t linear. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. That first year was tough. I ran to get help.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

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. Charlotte M.

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Frontline faces tougher targets for qualifying and retaining social workers in new contract

Community Care

Participants will still be based in small bespoke local authority teams, qualify after one year and then take a job in their host council to complete their assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE), while receiving further training from Frontline. University bursary recipients receive £4,862.50 a year (£5,262.50