Community Care
MAY 19, 2024
The approved mental health professional workforce is 35% short of what is required to provide a 24-hour service, AMHP leads have warned. The finding, from Skills for Care’s latest report on the AMHP workforce in England, suggests practitioner shortages are increasing amid a mounting number of people being made subject to the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA).
My Brains Not Broken
MAY 15, 2024
As it is Mental Health Awareness Month , it’s a good time to share resources, tips and techniques about mental health and wellness. After a decade-plus of living with depression and anxiety, I am proud of how I’ve learned to manage my mental health challenges. However, chronic mental health issues can mean I sometimes go through my day on auto-pilot, which isn’t great for my mental health.
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Community Care
MAY 16, 2024
Employers have offered council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland a “full and final” pay rise of £1,290 or 2.5%, whichever is higher, in 2024-25. They said that the offer, which will be topped up for those working in London and pro rated for part-time employees, was at the limits of affordability for councils. It is worth about 3-4% for social workers (see box).
Gary Direnfeld
MAY 13, 2024
The baby goes wah. It’s the parent’s job to figure out why so that they may soothe the child. The parent often checks the diaper first. It’s quick and easy. Assuming a clean diaper and the baby is still in distress, the parent tries to feed the child, wondering if hungry. However, in this case the child continues to wah. Not sure what to do next, the parent lifts the child in the air and goes, “Cootchi coo.” With that, the child settles.
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International Federation of Social Workers
MAY 16, 2024
IFSW congratulates the Australian Association of Social Workers, the Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education, and all other involved parties for their successful lobbying of government ministers to […]
The Guardian
MAY 18, 2024
Children crying out for stability are paying the highest price for Britain’s chaotic and exploitative residential care I’m a patron of a small local charity that helps struggling children to rebuild trust and connection. It’s called Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship , and it works by bringing them together with rescued horses. The horses, like many of the children, arrive traumatised, anxious and frightened.
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Gary Direnfeld
MAY 13, 2024
My first essay at university earned me a “D” It was written on the top of the page as a large red letter. The comment beneath the letter was, “You have a serious writing problem.” I went to that prof and asked for help. He told me to read Hemingway. I told him I didn’t enjoy novels and he said that I should get his anthology of short stories then.
Stuck on Socialwork
MAY 17, 2024
It has been about two years since I posted something. My disappearance has been due to starting my Doctorate in Social Work about two years ago. What made me reappear? A conference about the future of social work. This is confluence of events for me as I have spent this semester narrowing the scope of.
International Federation of Social Workers
MAY 16, 2024
IFSW long-term volunteer and leader Nigel Hall has just been awarded the ‘Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Services to Social Care’ by the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards on 11 May 2024 […]
The Guardian
MAY 17, 2024
‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpayments Ministers are clawing back more than £250m from unpaid carers over benefit infringements that occurred largely as a result of government failures, it can be revealed. More than 134,000 people who care for loved ones are being forced to repay often huge carer’s allowance overpayments.
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Community Care
MAY 14, 2024
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Regional caps on the amount that councils should pay agencies to hire social workers will not come into force until spring 2025, the Department for Education (DfE) has said. This is a year later than the original planned start date for the DfE’s rules to curb local authorities’ use of locum practitioners in children’s services, which are designed to reduce cost and improve
Gary Direnfeld
MAY 13, 2024
So many parents seem befuddled, not knowing what to do when their child is hooked on video games. They spend considerable time negotiating, coaching, goading, yelling, screaming and threatening. If the child cannot stop their play and is resistant to any of those approaches, the real solution is to cut off their supply. It’s important to appreciate that gaming can be compared to any substance addiction.
MQ Mental Health
MAY 13, 2024
This Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, the theme is Movement for Mental Health. In this article, MQ staff member Juliette Burton (pictured above) explains why her mental health lived experience has led to her movement – running to raise money for mental health research and why it matters so much to her. Research is Key Movement starts with hope. My mental illnesses led me to some hopeless times.
Relias
MAY 13, 2024
Though relatively rare, shoulder dystocia can cause serious complications if not addressed quickly and effectively. To protect the health of both parents and infants, obstetric care teams must have a robust shoulder dystocia management plan in place. They must also continuously improve their shoulder dystocia preparation and management skills. In this article, we’ll review nursing maneuvers for shoulder dystocia and the key role nurses play in shoulder dystocia cases.
The Guardian
MAY 16, 2024
Suppressed DWP study told of hardship endured by carers forced to repay thousands after minor allowance breaches Ministers were warned three years ago that unpaid carers were being treated unfairly and forced to repay huge sums for minor benefit breaches, a long suppressed government report has revealed. A Department for Work and Pensions document presented to politicians in 2021 detailed how carers – the majority of whom were on low incomes and spending 65 hours a week caring for loved ones – e
International Federation of Social Workers
MAY 16, 2024
At the United Nations Civil Society Conference held in Nairobi on May 9 – 10, IFSW was represented by former African Regional President and Global Vice President Charles Mbugua, of […]
MQ Mental Health
MAY 14, 2024
This Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, the theme is Movement for Mental Health. In this article, MQ Ambassador, athlete, LGBTQ advocate and author Amazin LeThi shares with our staff writer how movement has been an integral part of her mental health journey. Moving Through Childhood Like a lot of kids, I started moving and doing athletics at a very young age, I must have been about five.
CAPC
MAY 17, 2024
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has updated its clinical guidelines, which provide evidence-based guidance on integrating palliative care into standard oncology for all people diagnosed with cancer.
The Guardian
MAY 14, 2024
Exclusive: Elderly woman was allowed to run up debts in ‘disturbing’ case, the latest to emerge in Guardian investigation Government ministers have formally apologised and repaid £7,000 to a 93-year-old woman whom they held responsible for running up benefits overpayment debts even though they were told she had dementia and was unable to manage her affairs.
Community Care
MAY 20, 2024
By Deb Solomon Recently councils and other employers of social workers in the UK have been encouraged to sign up to a new pledge to celebrate neurodiversity in the profession. But why? At the moment there is a patchy picture of acceptance for neurodivergent social workers, those with conditions – or neurotypes – such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
The Masked AMHP
MAY 15, 2024
Back in the 1980’s and 90’s, under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), social workers were often called upon by the police to attend interviews of children and vulnerable adults if a parent or other suitable person was not available.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MAY 13, 2024
It was 49 years today when a groundbreaking investigative series in the Daily News told a story that had been hidden for a century or more: Cloaked in a veneer of benevolence, New York’s private foster care agencies were deliberately prolonging the time children languished in foster care because their huge, mostly taxpayer-funded budgets were based on payments for each day they kept the children in their “care.
CAPC
MAY 15, 2024
An opinion piece in Scientific American discusses the benefits of palliative care for the author's mother, stating she wishes it was offered earlier in her mom's Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.
The Guardian
MAY 18, 2024
I have followed the life of this desperate child as her life has been ruined by a bankrupt system You’re a teenage girl and you’ve been locked in a bare hospital room for more than 15 months. Your bed is a platform attached to the floor. There’s a plastic toilet and a sink moulded into the wall. Your only human contact is through a hatch in the door.
The New Social Worker
MAY 15, 2024
It is important to recognize that approximately half of degreed social workers are earning less than the median yearly income. As a result, many social workers are living below the living wage needed to support a household of two or more persons.
Michigan Social Work
MAY 14, 2024
Assistant Professor Ashley Cureton has received the 2024 Lester Monts Award from the U-M Center for Educational Outreach. The Lester Monts Award is a distinguished honor for faculty and staff who have collaborated with our team and contributed exceptionally to advancing educational outreach on campus and beyond. Cureton was selected for her inspiring commitment to initiatives including the Michigan Pre-College and Youth Conference, and Raise Scholars; the development of new collaborations with s
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MAY 14, 2024
Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one before. There’s a scandal involving horrific abuse at a residential treatment center. No, not the one in Arizona, or the one in Kentucky, or the one in Tennessee, or Indiana, or Utah, or Oklahoma, or Washington state or Arkansas, or Connecticut or — well, you get the idea. This time it’s Rhode Island. But don’t worry.
CAPC
MAY 14, 2024
With Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance expansions, there was improved access to cancer surgeries at National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers (NCI-CCC) and Commission on Cancer-accredited Hospitals (CoC) in Pennsylvania.
The Guardian
MAY 16, 2024
Little wonder welfare ministers were so reluctant the publish the study they commissioned five years ago There are plenty of reasons why welfare ministers were reluctant to publish the study they commissioned into unpaid carers’ experiences of carer’s allowance five years ago, and which has finally emerged under duress. In 2019 they had undoubtedly been chastened by criticism from MPs and auditors that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) did not understand how a relatively little known be
Prosper Health Collective
MAY 13, 2024
At Prosper Health Collective, our mission revolves around your well-being, ensuring you have the support you need to flourish and thrive. As part of our commitment to your care, we want to talk about our late notice policy and why it matters. We get it—nobody likes unexpected fees. But let’s take a moment to explore why this policy exists and how it benefits both you and us.
Michigan Social Work
MAY 14, 2024
Assistant Professor Katie Schultz is a principal investigator on a recently awarded R01 grant, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This longitudinal, mixed methods study will examine changes in the social networks of American Indian youth across adolescence and collect community-level social network data to identify optimal timing and strategies for culturally grounded prevention of substance use, suicide and exposure to violence at the micro (individual) and macro (community) levels
Relias
MAY 13, 2024
Shoulder dystocia is a relatively uncommon birthing complication that occurs when one or both of a baby’s shoulders get stuck in the birthing parent’s pelvis during labor. Despite its relatively low rate of occurrence — and the fact that a majority of babies in these cases are born safely — shoulder dystocia is still a leading cause of litigation in obstetrics.
CAPC
MAY 17, 2024
An interview in ASCO Post highlights the importance of holistic and culturally sensitive care for children living with serious illness, and their families.
The Guardian
MAY 16, 2024
The number of people stuck in hospital for more than three weeks has risen 15% on pre-Covid levels Strike action and the social care crisis have left thousands more people trapped in hospital beds with nowhere to go while other patients struggle to access the care, nullifying an increase in funding and NHS staff, it has been reported. A damning internal review of NHS efficiency carried out last year has reportedly revealed that, despite a £20bn increase in funding since 2018 and 15% more doctors
Living Sober
MAY 16, 2024
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