Child Welfare Monitor

OCTOBER 5, 2024

The MacArthur Foundation has announced its new class of Fellows, the recipients of what are commonly called the “Genius Awards.” Among the recipients is Dorothy Roberts, the self-styled popularizer of the term “racial disproportionality” and creator of the term “the family policing system.” According to the Director of the Program , “The 2024 MacArthur Fellows pursue rigorous inquiry with aspiration and purpose.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

● This just in: America’s foremost scholar on the intersection of racism and family policing (and a member of the NCCPR Board of Directors) Prof. Dorothy Roberts has received a MacArthur Fellowship -- the awards that are commonly known as “genius grants.” From the New York Times story : Another fellow, Dorothy Roberts, a legal scholar and public policy researcher focused on racial inequities in social services, said she appreciated receiving the fellowship after spending decades writing about to

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Image: Augustina Onyinye Ugbana (CPF) and Basamba Drammeh (TASWIG) In a significant step toward enhancing social work practices in The Gambia, The Association of Social Workers in The Gambia (TASWIG) […]

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The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Professionally and personally, we must attend to our individual self-care of hope. We must practice that hope in our professional and collective actions.

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A Splintered Mind

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I joined the Midori Traveler’s Notebook (TN) club this past Summer. I missed the big blogging heyday about them around 2012 to 2015 when the Internet seem to explode over this nifty little notebook system, but I was all about digital back then. I loved my iPhone and didn’t feel a need to go analog. Recently, though, I noticed some artists doing inspiring things in their TNs, and I thought this could be the kick in the pants I needed to fit sketching back into my life.

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Clinical Assistant Professor Ayesha Ghazi Edwin spoke with CBS Detroit about a new “right to sit” ordinance she introduced in her role as Ann Arbor City Council Member. MSW student Jessica Riley’s participation in the public comments is included as part of the story. The ordinance will be voted on in October.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Combined Reports A team from UConn’s School of Social Work says a new two-year, $4.3 million contract with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood expands on a six-year relationship with the state agency to provide significantly more resources for the evaluation and development of critical programs benefitting the state’s youngest residents. From assessing access to quality child care and current child care market rates to mapping resources in high poverty and low opportunity communities, the

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 8, 2024

IFSW United Nations representatives Sebastian Cordoba, Evelyn Tomaszewski and Anne Deepak attended the UN’s Summit of the Future (as part of the General Assembly High-Level Week) and parallel events advocating […]

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The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 1, 2024

An analogy to potty training can show children and their caregivers that emotions can also be felt in the body, and addressing these emotions early on can help with early management to lessen the risk of a crisis.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The self-reported rate of disability among care leavers is double that recorded by councils, research has found. Meanwhile, recorded disability rates among children in care and care leavers differ widely between local authorities, according to the report, published this week by Coram Voice.

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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.

Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 4, 2024

U-M’s Anti-Racism Collaborative, an initiative of the National Center for Institutional Diversity, has announced the 2024 Anti-Racism Grants. Professor Joseph Himle and Associate Professor Addie Weaver have received an Anti-Racism Grant for their project FARWell: The Formula for Anti-Racist Wellness and Therapy. This project — a community-university partnership between My Brother’s Keeper, Formula 734, and social work researchers at U-M and The Ohio State University — will support the developme

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Throughout my career, I have been drawn to opportunities that blend leadership with service. As a Public Health Service Officer and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, my commitment has always been to serve where the need is greatest. Whether during deployments addressing humanitarian crises or through research focused on homeless veterans, I’ve seen firsthand the difference compassionate leadership makes.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 8, 2024

CSWE's 70th Annual Program Meeting takes place in St. Louis, MO, October 24-27, 2024; nine UConn School of Social Work faculty members and 12 Ph.D. students will offer 18 presentations of their work. Friday, October 25, 2024 Time : 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Room: 1501A Panel Presentation : The Limits of US Asylum Law and Policy: Social Work Education and Practice Implications Author(s) : Berthold, S.M. , Mortley, C. , Klicheva, E. , Libal, K. , Harding, S. & Mbewe, Y.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 7, 2024

IFSW is pleased to announce a series of webinars, in collaboration with the Identity Rights Working Group, aimed at addressing access to justice for children whose identity rights have been […]

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were run for profit Almost all the care homes shut down for endangering children or vulnerable adults were run to make a profit, according to a landmark study examining the long-term impact of outsourcing care to the private sector. Research published last week by Oxford University reveals that 98% (804 out of 816) of the adult care homes closed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England t

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Community Care

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils are being given £1,125 each to meet new requirements to report on their use of agency social workers in children’s services. The Department for Education funding, which will be paid in October 2024, is designed to cover the burdens on English authorities of fulfilling a new legal duty to submit quarterly data to the DfE on each assignment carried out by an agency social worke

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Assistant Professor Fernanda Cross spoke with WXYZ Detroit about how her own experience as an immigrant inspired the creation of the Latinx Youth Empowerment Series, also known as YES, which connects immigrant students at Ypsilanti Community High School with mental health services. “Immigrating is difficult. The children are having to do a lot of the navigating the new culture.

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Social Care

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As we celebrate Black History Month, it’s important to reflect on the rich history and achievements of black professionals across health and social care. It also gives us time to reflect on the ongoing need to create more inclusive and equitable opportunities within organisations, teams, spaces and communities - particularly in the rapidly evolving field of digital in social care.

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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.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II Friday, Dec 6, 2024 – In-person 9:30 am – 4 pm 5 CECs Registration Fee: $125 UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors receive a 10% discount Classroom location, driving directions and parking details will be included in your email confirmation The 5th edition of the DSM brings with it some of the most significant changes between editions.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Image : Augustina Onyinye Ugbana (CPF) et Basamba Drammeh (TASWIG) Dans une démarche importante visant à améliorer les pratiques du travail social en Gambie, l’Association des Travailleurs Sociaux de Gambie […]

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Inquest hears how 38-year-old Laura Winham, who was deaf and had schizophrenia, wrote of struggling to buy food A vulnerable woman who lay dead unnoticed in a social housing flat for more than three years wrote in her diary that she was starving and running out of food, an inquest has heard. The “mummified and almost skeletal” remains of 38-year-old Laura Winham , who was deaf and had schizophrenia, were found in her flat in Woking in May 2021.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Half of English councils were given government funding to recruit social work apprentices to work in adults’ services this year, the Department of Health and Social Care has revealed (DHSC). The DHSC allocated £7.7m out of a possible £8m to 74 of the 153 local authorities in March 2024.

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Professor Shawna Lee’s research on how fathers are connecting with their children — despite economic hardship and negative stereotypes — has been cited in an article on Tech Explorist. Lee and her co-authors call for these positive experiences to be reflected in the media and for health care providers to support father-inclusive practices.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

This is the text of the NCCPR’s presentation at the 2024 Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare What the cover says How many times have we heard it or read it? “Safety, permanency, well-being.” It’s practically the slogan of everyone in the family policing establishment, from the federal government’s Administration for Children and Families to the smallest county family police agency.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II Friday, Dec 20, 2024 – In-person 9:30 am – 4 pm 5 CECs Registration Fee: $125 UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors receive a 10% discount Classroom location, directions and parking details will be included in your email confirmation What questions do you ask your clients that get at the information you need?

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Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The Institute of International Education, a global not-for-profit organization facilitating international exchanges, requested CRISP meet with three senior-level professionals participating in the Distinguished Humphrey Fellowship Program on Leadership sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. These Fellows, part of a cohort of a dozen government and nonprofit sector dignitaries, are on an 18-day visit to the United States.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Health secretary Wes Streeting told to speed up changes as inability to free up hospital bed linked to deaths of patients Health secretary Wes Streeting has been urged to speed up reforms to the adult care system in the wake of patient deaths after two coroners warned him of the impact insufficient care beds and service provision are having on the NHS.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. A 10% drop in the police’s use of powers to remove people to a place of safety has been linked to a policy restricting forces’ response to mental health incidents. There were 31,213 detentions under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales in the year to 31 March 2024, down from 34,685 in 2022-23, according to Home Office data from 43 of the 44 police force

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Professor William Elliott III spoke with San Francisco’s KQED about how children’s savings accounts can provide hope and change perspectives. “You are giving families access to an institution that allows them to build wealth that’s coupled with a change in attitude and reflecting on what’s now achievable for them,” Elliott said.

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Children’s Defense Fund

OCTOBER 4, 2024

There is now just one month to go until Election Day in the United States, and in some states early voting and mail-in voting has already begun. In others, deadlines to register to vote or make sure a voter registration is current and correct are approaching over the next few weeks. This means the time for all eligible voters to make sure they have a plan to vote is now !

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Derbyshire authority proposes asking for up to £113 a week for children in care under voluntary arrangements A cash-strapped English council is considering charging parents of children taken into local authority care half of the weekly cost of looking after them. Derbyshire county council said “unprecedented financial challenges” meant it had little option but to “maximise alternative sources of income” to try to reduce the strain on its children’s services.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 6, 2024

A lack of financial and emotional support for kinship carers could push up to 18,000 children into an already overstretched foster care system Children are being “plunged into ­poverty”, a charity says, because of a lack of support for kinship ­carers – relatives or family friends who step in to look after children after a crisis. Kinship carers, who are often grandparents, are twice as likely as other adults to rely on food banks and four times as likely to fall behind on their bills, according

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