Community Care

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory recently added to the evidence base by publishing a briefing paper on the ethnicity of children in care and supervision proceedings in England. This was based on research carried out in collaboration with the Centre for Child and Family Justice Research at Lancaster University.

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Adoption Interventional Social Worker Government 248

Community Care

MARCH 17, 2022

“The suggestion that this function could be delegated rather than investing in the existing and future social work workforce is deeply concerning and appears to be at odds with other proposals for social care reform which emphasise the importance of a skilled workforce in the social care sector. More follows.

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Case Management Social Worker Consultation Government 315

Save the Social Worker

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

And some of these suggestions may seem contrarian, and perhaps even crazy. Take a piece of paper and write down the random thoughts that come to your head, whenever they come. Focus your mind with a distraction log, writting down your distractions on a simple piece of paper. I don’t have all the answers. I don’t have them.

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Community Care

JULY 5, 2023

Five years later, Rebekah Brooks, The Sun ’s editor at the time, admitted that the paper’s pursuit of Shoesmith had been “cruel, harsh and over the top”. But readers who went further than the headline learnt that, in fact, a court decision sent Finley home earlier than social workers had recommended.

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Social Worker Psychosocial Hospitals Social Services 248

Relias

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Individuals living with IDD and other disabilities can find it hard to connect with their peers or wider community, as research suggests that they frequently feel cut off. In turn, organizations need to make sure their information is available online, public bulletin boards, and in free community papers. But how can you get started?

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Disability Human Services 97

Relias

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Many post-acute care agencies continue to use outdated paper-based evaluation processes, which are difficult to track and prone to errors. A study published last year in The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing suggests, “Initial competency of [new graduate registered nurses] is declining at an alarming rate.”. Competency crisis.

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Administration Healthcare Nursing Home Interviewing 52

MQ Mental Health

OCTOBER 17, 2023

MQ strives to address inequalities and supports projects that aim to redress imbalances in society, such as the Gone Too Soon paper which looks into why people with severe mental illness experience early mortality and what can be done to prevent it. Gone Too Soon is a landmark paper and should have long-standing impact on the field.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Disability Psychology Interventional 52

Community Care

JULY 31, 2023

DHSC criticised over funding cut The DHSC faced criticism earlier this year when it revised reform plans set out in its 2021 social care white paper. However, they also warned that it was too little to tackle short-term pressures on services and no substitute for longer-term investment.

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Government Administration Disability Hospitals 130

Social Work Futures

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The future of social movements Many suggest there is an important trend being increasingly revealed having to do with increasing violence and surveillance concerning social movement participants. ” suggesting new ways to enliven, engage and protect practices of democracy for a new age.

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Welfare Engagement Interviewing Healthcare 185

Community Care

MARCH 15, 2023

To tackle this, Hunt announced a number of measures to help disabled people into work, alongside a Department for Work and Pensions white paper on health and disability. For social workers in the NHS, the Department of Health and Social Care has suggested that any pay rise should not top 3.5%. This includes an estimated 2.5m

Disability 325

Disability Social Worker Government Foster Care 325

Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

and Belgium suggested updates to the Six Domains framework to reflect the evolution of healthcare over the past two decades. They suggested that the domain of safety include accessibility as well as transparency, privacy, and psychological safety as missing from the original model. What’s missing from the Six Domains?

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Self-harm Clinic Administration 98

Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

The Care Provider Alliance’s analysis of councils’ fair cost of care reports suggested there was a £2.88bn shortfall in funding for care home services for older people and home care provision for all adults in 2021-22. But the alliance claimed the gap will have widened since because of the impact of inflation on providers’ costs.

Disability 192

Disability Social Worker Interviewing Advocacy 192

Community Care

MARCH 18, 2022

The issue for the secretary of state was whether to introduce a blanket ban on unregulated placements for all 16- or 17-year-olds rather than tackle the problems of inappropriate placements in other ways suggested in the consultation paper and the documents relevant to the decision-making process.”.

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Consultation Government Foster Care Social Worker 231

MQ Mental Health

APRIL 14, 2023

Whether it’s food, alcohol, drugs or something less obvious like “using” friends to emotionally dump or quick fix activities to dissociate, all of these will paper over cracks, while potentially putting strain either on your body or relationships. Stress is a common part of life, but it doesn't have to override us.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 27, 2022

I suggest that anyone who wants to see how that played out for Logan Marr watch the PBS Frontline documentary The Taking of Logan Marr. Note the skepticism from OPEGA “in theory” “—in their opinion—” In contrast, no such skepticism is expressed for the more commonly suggested alternative: Hire a bunch of additional caseworkers.

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Interviewing 98

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Call for Papers for a Research Methodology Special Issue to be Published in August 2022. To view requirements, suggested topics, instructions and key dates please visit [link]. Call details (PDF) | Call details (Web page). Opening of abstracts: 01 November 2021. Deadline for abstracts: 01 December 2021.

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Social Worker 52

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Call for Papers for a Research Methodology Special Issue to be Published in August 2022. To view requirements, suggested topics, instructions and key dates please visit [link]. Call details (PDF) | Call details (Web page). Opening of abstracts: 01 November 2021. Deadline for abstracts: 01 December 2021.

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Social Worker Schools 52

MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The strong link suggests there is something underlying both.” This is backed up by a 2001 meta-analysis suggested depression could be twice as common in those with diabetes than those without. It goes in both directions. Depression and diabetes are very much linked. MQ were are a key part of this.

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Mental Health Depression Anxiety Psychiatry 52

Social Care

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Social Care White Paper asserts ‘When technology is embedded into care and support services, it can be transformative, helping people to live happy, fulfilled lives in their homes and communities.’ Some estimates suggest an additional 600,000 care staff may be needed in the next two years alone. Image supplied by freepik.com ].

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Interventional Consultation Government Social Worker 111

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Alaska Public Media reports on a study suggesting better approaches in Alaska – where two-thirds of foster children are Alaska Native or American Indian. ? But this is largely ignored – the exception exists only on paper. With ICWA in danger, states, which haven’t done nearly enough even with ICWA, are going to have to step up.

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Child Welfare Welfare Adoption Foster Care 76

Learning Social Worker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

I created this model in my personal reflections as a ‘messy map’ on a large piece of paper. I was looking for a large piece of paper to use for an ecomap I was working on and came across my ‘pit of inaction’ map. I am expressing my opinions in the hope it might prompt reflection and change. I cannot remember why I did this.

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Empathy Communication Engagement Government 133

Relias

AUGUST 9, 2023

But we suggest incorporating aspects that motivate behavior responses similar to when you’re playing a game. What happens when your computer crashes or you misplace some of your papers? If you misplace the wrong piece of paper at the wrong time or forget to update the spreadsheet, that could be an issue.

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Engagement Healthcare Communication Medicare 52

Stop Abuse Campaign

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Results provide further evidence for the relationship between ACEs and poor school outcomes, and suggest that these impacts may become more severe over time. 4 Using the same dataset as the Crouch and Ghanem papers, the authors found that behavioral health conditions accounted for 20.4%

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Schools Engagement Confidentiality Interventional 92

Blurt It Out

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Depression-Friendly Suggestions For Pastimes 1. and use different colored papers. Doing things we enjoy can help boost our mood and self-esteem, so it is worth finding activities we’re comfortable doing when we’re unwell. We’ve come up with 21 ideas of pastime activities for depression that might appeal.

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Depression Anxiety 94

MQ Mental Health

MARCH 16, 2023

Dr Gemma Knowles, from the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London, said: “The paper answers a broad question. This may mean no overall increase, but this shouldn’t be interpreted as suggesting the pandemic didn’t have major negative effects among some groups.

Mental Health 59

Mental Health Anxiety Psychology Depression 59

Learning Social Worker

OCTOBER 9, 2018

So here are some of my thoughts about what needs to go in an essential resource pack, some suggestions about how to work with children, some thoughts about how to structure a session, and some links to useful resources. From the office -(we all have access to these) Paper, pens, post it notes, glue sticks, seloptape, scissors, envelopes.

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Adoption Communication Engagement Confidentiality 83

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

We did two things – we read dozens of reflection papers written by students after attending the simulation, and then, we sat around a table to talk about our own experiences with the simulation. Recently, several of the faculty came together to reflect on our reasons for requiring our students to participate in a poverty simulation.

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Criminal Justice Empathy Child Welfare Clinic 130

MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In fact, one study suggested that just 2 weeks of self-administered kindness and gratitude exercises can reduce distress in those waiting for psychological treatment. You could write compliments and slip the paper into books in bookshops. Of course, mental ill health cannot be cured simply by kindness, but it can be helped.

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Mental Health Anxiety Psychology Depression 52

Clinical Philosophy

MARCH 27, 2023

Shaun Gallagher In a new paper Shaun Gallagher takes issue with the very concept of such loneliness as is putatively existential - i.e. an ineliminable, defining, aspect of our being. Along the way Frieda Fromm-Reichmann's conception of paper Loneliness receives a psychological critique.

Psychology 52

Psychology Clinic Communication Disability 52

Clinical Philosophy

APRIL 27, 2022

Now, Aftab doesn't tell us what it is for a brain to make something like an inference, but he does offer a suggestion as to what it might be for it to make something analogous to a prediction. Well, what is this sense, and is this a realistic suggestion? The 'system' here is presumably the tree-brain-paper system.

Psychology 40

Psychology Engagement Communication 40

MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Read his full paper here. Dr Max Taquet Dr Max’s study gathered evidence to suggest that ‘brain fog’ was caused by blood clots. Psychotic disorders have a substantial impact on individuals, their families and society. The goal is to be able to prevent and reverse the cognitive problems seen in some people after COVID-19. So while 3.1%

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Depression Addiction Interviewing 52

Blurt It Out

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Depression-Friendly Suggestions For Pastimes 1. and use different colored papers. Doing things we enjoy can help boost our mood and self-esteem, so it is worth finding activities we’re comfortable doing when we’re unwell. We’ve come up with 21 ideas of pastime activities for depression that might appeal.

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Depression Anxiety 64

Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 22, 2020

And I ended that talk by giving four suggestions - all of which I described as manifestations of love - for how to get a therapeutic handle on the patient's loneliness. give a paper) 'Can you hear me now?' This I did share in the talk. as if he was testing a telephone connection.) Instead it can now be located inside.

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Psychotherapy Therapist Psychiatric Hospitals 40

Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I listened to her, provided a couple of referrals and suggested some self-help or online resources the family can use while they wait for a therapy opening with someone else. I’m one of the few child and adolescent therapists in my area, and I dreaded telling this mother that my schedule is full.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

Precedent suggests, however, that they won’t. I hope that before pushing the send button on these generic submissions, people will at least have the decency to pause and think long and hard about just how racist that framing is.

Child Welfare 80

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Advocacy 80

Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 14, 2023

Some have proposed that cognitive flexibility is protective factor against SITB (Bryan, 2019; Rudd, 2007), and others suggest that this process can increase risk for suicidal behaviors under certain contexts (Nangle et al., 2006; Park & Ammerman, 2023). Bryan, 2019; Kiosses et al., 2018; Linehan, 2015). Target Article Chung, J.

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Self-harm Psychiatry Psychology DBT 52

Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 9, 2023

We only included papers with interventions that explicitly referred to Gilbert’s model of compassion as an evolved social motive, while we only considered cases of combined or integrated treatments if it was possible to disentangle the unique contribution of CFT.

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