Nicole Clark Consulting
JULY 1, 2025
Many social workers—especially those in clinical roles—don’t realize they’re already using systems thinking. This post explores how those skills translate into systems change work like policy, research, evaluation, and strategic planning. The post Ask Nicole: Casework to Systems Change: A Path for Social Workers appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.
CO4Kids
JULY 7, 2025
Back to Blogs Parent Partner Blog Project 1.27 Recruits and Supports Foster Families Across Colorado Project 1.27 is a Christian non-profit that started in 2004 to help connect kids in foster care with families through local churches. Over the last 20 years, it has grown into an organization that collaborates with churches across the state to recruit, train and retain foster families.
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International Federation of Social Workers
JULY 3, 2025
Representatives from the International Federation of Social Workers’ United Nations Commission from across the world came together to contribute to an inquiry from the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner […]
The New Social Worker
JULY 2, 2025
Medical social workers walk alongside people during their most vulnerable moments, offering support, clarity, and compassion. It requires heart, healing, and, without question, a healthy dose of hustle.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement
There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 1, 2025
● A volunteer in the Los Angeles Court-Appointed Special Advocates program said she was “triggered” when the program director used the words “social justice” or “racial justice.” This particular CASA director used those terms more than most. Instead of deciding the problem was with the volunteer, they … well, it’s CASA, so I’m sure you can guess. The Imprint has a story and I have a blog post about it. ● When you take away children at a rate 60% above the national average, you have to start begg
Community Care
JULY 3, 2025
The government’s children’s social care reforms in England are “very likely to fail” due to the scale of change involved and the lack of testing. That was the damning verdict from Professor Eileen Munro, the social work academic who l ed the coalition government’s 2010-11 review into child protection and is the co-creator of the much-used Signs of Safety model.
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CO4Kids
JULY 1, 2025
Back to Blogs Community Blog Appropriate Supervision for a Child While a Parent or Caregiver Plays Video Games Every week, millions of Americans turn on their electronic devices to play video games as a way to unwind, relax and have fun. In fact, the 2023 Essential Facts About the U.S. Video Game Industry Report by the Entertainment Software Association, states that nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults play video games regularly.
International Federation of Social Workers
JULY 3, 2025
The 16th Eurasia Forum of Social Workers opened on 2 July 2025 at Yeungnam University in the Republic of Korea with a powerful address by the IFSW President, Joachim Mumba.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JULY 1, 2025
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Children’s Defense Fund
JULY 3, 2025
This stop will be the second of three visits Rev. Dr. Wilson will make to CDF Freedom Schools® sites this summer to hear from parents and children about child well-being America. Media Contact: John Henry, jhenry@childrensdefense.org , Media Relations Manager, 708-646-7679 ALLENTOWN, PA —On Tuesday, Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, president and CEO of the national youth advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), will visit Allentown to hear directly from children and families in the Lehigh
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Community Care
JULY 1, 2025
From the Front Line is a series where social workers share their experiences on various topics and running issues within the sector. To express an interest or tell us what you’d like to see covered next, email us at anastasia.koutsounia@markallengroup.com Struggling with mental health can be a crippling and deeply isolating experience. It is also one that many social workers know all too well.
Social Work Blog
JULY 7, 2025
A social worker reveals four hidden signs and offers remedies for people who are living and working in a state of chronic stress By Faye Beard Flight, fight, freeze and fawn are the body’s common psychological responses to stress, experts say. Survival mode, according to the Mental Health Association in Delaware, is a “prolonged state of stress and is marked by both mental and physical exhaustion.
Relias
JULY 2, 2025
For those working in human services, compassion fatigue and the associated symptoms of burnout occur all too often. Caring for clients going through trauma or who have difficult living conditions can have adverse effects on staff’s mental health. In order to take care of your staff, it’s important to adopt a trauma-informed care approach within your own organization.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 2, 2025
At a ceremony to commemorate “Michigan Reunification Day,” Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh said: Through coordination between courts and child welfare professionals, parents who are struggling and need support in order to reunify with their children are given opportunities in family courts to be met with opportunity, not punishment.
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The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JULY 6, 2025
The Journal of Internal Displacement (JID) invites submissions for its upcoming Special Issue (January 2026) on the theme: “Internal Displacement: Dynamics of Policy, Projects and Administration Nexus.” This issue seeks critical, evidence-based, and interdisciplinary contributions that examine the complex factors shaping internal displacement, including the roles of policy, development projects, and administrative systems.
Children’s Defense Fund
JULY 3, 2025
Monday is the deadline for Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to sign or issue line-item vetoes on the state’s multibillion-dollar budget proposal. Media Contact: John Henry, JHenry@childrensdefense.org , CDF Media Relations Manager, @johnhenrydc, 708-646-7679 COLUMBUS, OHIO— On Monday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine must sign or issue line-item vetoes on the state’s multibillion dollar budget proposal recently passed by the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate.
Community Care
JULY 8, 2025
By Javed Khan The UK care system is in crisis. Over 107,000 children were in care as of 2023 (source: NSPCC), yet fostering and adoption numbers (source: Coram-i) continue to decline, leaving vulnerable young people without stable, long-term homes. While strides have been made in considering ethnicity and cultural background in placements, one crucial element remains absent from policy discussions: faith.
Child Care Aware
JULY 7, 2025
August means “Recess” on Capitol Hill— a time when federal lawmakers return to their districts and reconnect with their constituents. However, recess is not a vacation for them or for us. The weeks that members of Congress are away from their offices in Washington, D.C. give us an opportunity to remind them about the importance of child care.
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The Guardian
JULY 6, 2025
Experts raise alarm over ‘commodification’ of vulnerable children as independent fostering agencies make millions in profit Experts have raised alarm over the “commodification” of vulnerable foster children as analysis reveals almost a quarter of all foster places in England are now provided by private equity-backed companies making millions of pounds in profits.
Social Care
JULY 4, 2025
The plan represents a new opportunity for the social care sector to engage with the ambitions of a stronger, better, safer health and care service. A plan we all helped to build As health and social care professionals, carers and the cared for, it’s right we should be in awe of our hospital and A&E colleagues. They work tirelessly to keep us safe and well, often in high-pressured environments, where workplace challenges keep on coming and there are always new problems to solve.
R.E.A.L. Social Workers
JULY 1, 2025
Are you a woman over 40 who feels like she is constantly pulled in every direction. You juggle your career, family, and personal responsibilities while your own needs get pushed aside. Some would tell you to give it up, stay home and just take care of your husband and family. That option may not be possible and may not feel satisfying either. If this describes you, please know that you are not alone.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 8, 2025
Images by chatGPT, (with thanks for the caption to Andrew Brown of the Texas Public Policy Foundation whose op-ed in The Hill used it as the headline.) A brief preface for any journalists who may be reading this: OK, all you reporters and editors, admit it: You’ve gotten the calls or the long emails from parents insisting that the child protective services agency that took their children lied.
Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.
You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.
Community Care
JULY 7, 2025
England’s chief social workers will address this year’s Community Care Live , we can announce. Sarah McClinton (adults) and Isabelle Trowler (children and families) will reflect on government priorities on social work, and the challenges facing the profession, in a session on the first afternoon of the two-day event, on 7-8 October 2025.
Children’s Defense Fund
JULY 3, 2025
Following the House passing the “Big Beautiful Bill,” youth advocacy organization condemns bill as a disservice to children and families across the nation. Media Contact: John Henry, jhenry@childrensdefense.org , Media Relations Manager, 708-646-7679 WASHINGTON, DC —On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation package that includes massive tax cuts for the rich and wealthy.
The Guardian
JULY 2, 2025
Former health secretary defends decision to discharge untested patients into care homes as ‘least worst option’ Bereaved families have said Matt Hancock’s evidence to the Covid inquiry “was full of excuses and completely devoid of accountability” as he described discharging untested patients into care homes as “the least worst option”. In his testimony to the UK Covid-19 inquiry on Wednesday, the former health secretary defended the decision to move hospital patients into care homes during the e
Community Care
JULY 3, 2025
Social care practitioners will form part of the neighbourhood health teams that are to be at the heart of a reformed NHS, under the government’s 10-year plan, published today. Ministers plan to to create neighbourhood health services in every area, designed to deliver care as locally as possible, including in a person’s own home where feasible, in order to move provision out of hospitals.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
Community Care
JULY 8, 2025
The government will produce a national strategy for quality in adult social care after a review found there had been a lack of attention paid to what constitutes good services in the sector. In a parliamentary statement, health and social care secretary Wes Streeting said that the government had accepted in full all the recommendations from a review into patient safety across health and care by NHS England chair Dr Penny Dash, published yesterday.
Community Care
JULY 7, 2025
A fifth of directors of adult social services have “no confidence” that their budgets will be sufficient for them to meet their Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards duties this year (DoLS). The finding, from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ as yet unpublished spring survey, was revealed in a joint letter from ADASS and the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) to care minister Stephen Kinnock, urging him to end the “uncertainty” on reformin
Community Care
JULY 2, 2025
Access to care for older people in England is “poor and unjust”, an analysis has found. There was a fourfold difference between the councils with the highest and lowest proportions of older adults receiving funded long-term care, said the Institute for Government (IfG). While some of this was related to factors known to drive need, such as rates of disability or local deprivation, access was lower in areas with higher proportions of older people, found the think tank. ‘A poor a
The Guardian
JULY 1, 2025
Experts say the push to cut federal funding for programs that provide health coverage to children speaks to the lack of youth protections in the US Every school year, midwife Lisa Isman meets dozens of eighth-graders for an annual tour of the clinic where she works. Students gather first in the office’s waiting room, where neon green couches, young adult romance novels and pamphlets on loneliness and sexual wellness greet them.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
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