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Stress in the Workplace: most stressful industries

MQ Mental Health

The pursuit of achievement, earning money, staff politics, deadlines, tech stress and juggling work and family life all make our work a prime source of potential stress, no matter the industry we work within, be it the private, public or charity sector. Workplace stress is familiar to many of us. sick days a year. sick days a year.

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An important moment for social work and social care

Social Work With Adults

I am so pleased to be writing this blog, celebrating the publication of ‘ People at the heart of care ’, the Government's adult social care reform White Paper. People at the heart of care ' sets out priorities for the £1.7 At least £150 million to support adoption of technology and digitalisation. Image created by freepik.com].

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Technology.The Heart of The Matter

Famcare

Only because it is GVT’s business to provide technology services to the world of social services have we hesitated in the past to promote the central role that technology plays in the delivery of services to the vulnerable populations social workers serve. It has always felt a little too self-serving.

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What 2021 can teach you about deleveraging technology, organisational buffers and quitting your job

Save the Social Worker

Technology is not always the answer. and how we can better leverage the technologies that are available to us today. maybe there’s also a space to think about how we can better use the technology that’s already on hand. maybe there’s also a space to think about how we can better use the technology that’s already on hand.

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What you need to know about micro meso macro social work

Save the Social Worker

Technology is not always the answer There’s lots of talk about how we can move to SSA 3.0 and how we can better leverage the technologies that are available to us today. Yes, and … maybe there’s also a space to think about how we can better use the technology that’s already on hand. How was your year? Tough question, isn’t it?

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Making the Invisibility of Social Work Interventions in Climate Issues Visible: Varied activities of a profession with a deep history of activities aimed at environmental justice

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Introduction: Social work has a history of more than 100 years of addressing climate change issues, beginning with its acclaimed Nobel Laureate, Jane Addams who encouraged Italian immigrants in Chicago, USA, to recycle waste to clean up the environment and generate income in low-income communities marred by poverty. Back to Jane Addams.

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Covid-19: A social work apprentice's view

Learning Social Worker

2) a personal matter that threw me for six. 2) a personal matter that threw me for six. Also, it was noticeable that major life events can never be prepared for no matter how much you read or how many documentaries you watch. It vividly portrays high levels of reflexivity and passion for practice. The 6th of January.