Community Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The past year has seen a number of social work strikes take place in England and Northern Ireland, with some still ongoing. Social workers have spoken out about feeling ignored and undervalued by employers. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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Community Care

MARCH 31, 2023

The biggest social work union, UNISON, is preparing to ballot its members to take industrial action over this year’s pay offer from council bosses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. That’s a lot of data to check before the vote opens. for social workers. The deal would be worth up to 6.4%

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 15, 2024

And very importantly, we vote and support policies that are aligned with the values of compassion, equity, inclusion and concern for the environment. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. I know, the world feels precarious to many these days. There is no arguing with many of these folks. Teetering. Some might call it love.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Caseloads continue to be one of the leading factors affecting quality of practice and leading to social workers burning out or quitting. Social workers have also highlighted the impact of high caseloads on the quality of practice. And research suggests the problem appears to be getting worse, at least in children’s services.

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Community Care

APRIL 6, 2022

Peers also introduced provisions to bring in free care for disabled people aged under 40 in a vote on the Health and Care Bill yesterday. The House of Lords has rejected – for a second time – a government change to the cap on care costs that would reduce its benefit to less wealthy people. Government to stand firm.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Ben Cardin (D-MD) on May 18 reintroduced the Democracy Restoration Act (DRA), federal legislation that seeks to restore voting rights in federal elections to the millions of disenfranchised Americans who have been released from prison and are living in the community but are still denied the right to vote. Supreme Court.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

While every election matters, the November 2022 midterms are imperative because human rights like voting, reproductive health and LGBTQIA+—issues central to social work’s mission and values—are in deep jeopardy. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 27, 2022

Social workers have a long tradition of social justice and political advocacy – to include working to expand and protect voting rights and promote voter registration. Our essential work on behalf of protecting voting rights is needed now more than ever. Getty Images.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Board decided to extend the date of online voting until March 15th, 2024 , as some of the members have not yet renewed their membership. If you have not yet voted, Please go for it now. Please proceed to voting. Note: · Each Member ( Individual, Life Individual and School) can only vote ONCE.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2023

Councils have been urged t o look beyond social work when bringing in new directors of children’s services (DCSs). It further quoted directors saying that “you are seen as a risk if you are not from a social care background” and that this “reduces the talent pool”. But do social workers agree? said Yoni Ejo. “If

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Community Care

MARCH 31, 2022

The House of Commons yesterday overturned a vote in the Lords that would have ensured that people’s full personal care costs – not just their client contributions – counted towards the cap, as is currently legislated for in the Care Act 2014. “This is not levelling up: it’s unfair and a backwards step,” he added.

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Community Care

APRIL 3, 2023

Under this, schools, social care providers and local authority children’s services receive an overall grade based on the same scale – outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate. Your verdict on single-word judgments But how do social workers feel about single-word judgments of services?

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 10, 2024

House of Representatives, will return to the Hill on Wednesday, March 13, to celebrate another Social Work Day on the Hill , an event he created shortly after retiring from Congress in 2013 after 15 terms and 30 years of service. She is the author of Aging and Social Policy in the United States.

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 6, 2024

In our democracy, the group with the lowest voting participation rate are formerly incarcerated individuals convicted of a felony — a group representing nearly 20 million adults in the United States. However, they vote at very low rates. Singh agrees.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Soon after returning to the classroom, elementary teachers in Ontario will be voting to go on strike. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Courts in Ontario, Canada, consider him an expert in social work, marital and family therapy, child development, parent-child relations and custody and access matters.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Council social workers and care staff in Scotland will no longer have to pay registration fees after unions agreed a pay deal with employers. Social workers to have registration fees paid. These are currently £80 a year for social workers. More on social worker pay. UNISON members back £1,925 pay rise for social workers.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

That the red wave failed to materialize —Democrats retained control of the Senate — was a victory for democracy and social justice values. Levels of coalition participation in the voting process are not just a statistical reference. The true takeaway is that many Americans made an affirmative statement with their vote.

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Social Work With Adults

JUNE 22, 2022

Lyn Romeo: I am delighted to have a guest blog from my social work colleagues in Bradford and people with whom they work. Together they have made great progress in making sure people with learning disabilities achieve citizenship inclusion outcomes in many ways, but very importantly, through exercising their right to vote.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Ben Cardin (D-MD) on May 18 reintroduced the Democracy Restoration Act (DRA), federal legislation that seeks to restore voting rights in federal elections to the millions of disenfranchised Americans who have been released from prison and are living in the community but are still denied the right to vote. Supreme Court.

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

This week’s amendments would tighten a system, introduced in last year’s Nationality and Borders Act 2022, that was itself criticised by children’s charities and social workers as punitive and liable to result in child claimants being wrongly treated as adults.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Vote on Care Act change. MPs will vote on the change to the Care Act next week in a government amendment to the current Health and Social Care Bill , which should succeed given its working majority of 77. That’s a big change. I think it’s disappointing.

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

I am of an age when the educational assistant used to work only on behalf of the student to which they were assigned. Next election, please vote “ABC,” Anyone But Conservative. I am Gary Direnfeld and I am a social worker. Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. It is so short-sighted. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

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Beyond Advocacy

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This was not surprising because the Republicans’ slim majority of 219 to 212 seats meant they could afford to lose just three votes, which they did. With Steve Scalise unable to join them due to cancer treatment, the final vote resulted in a 215-215 tie, and the impeachment attempt died an ignominious death.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

People voting at the local community center. By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA The United States Supreme Court on June 8 made an important and unexpected decision by rejecting Alabama’s gerrymandered redistricting map that grossly diluted the Black vote. Milligan case. It is deeply concerning this trend continues. It must not be ignored.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

For a lowdown on how the cap on care costs will work in practice, read this quick guide by Community Care Inform legal editor Tim Spencer-Lane , updated to include the latest government changes. Following last night’s vote, Age UK urged peers to overturn it. “We hope peers will vote to overturn it.”

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Now, nearly 60 years later, the fight continues as state after state introduces measures to restrict voting that will disproportionately impact voters of color. According the latest report by the Brennan Center for Justice, 43 states have introduced more than 250 bills that would make it more difficult to vote. Having passed a $1.9

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Nevada voters also approved a ballot measure to adopt a ranked-choice voting system that would allow them to rank their candidate choices 1 through 5, regardless of party affiliation. If a candidate gets more than 50 percent of the votes, he or she wins. Of course, that would be no guarantee with the uncertainty our social worker Sen.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

While President Biden was on target to highlight MAGA Republicans’ quest to transform the nation into an authoritarian state by hijacking our elections , there are other forces at work that pose an equal or greater threat to American self-governance. Love of country matters more than winning elections. It was a timely and well-crafted speech.

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Community Care

APRIL 13, 2023

The Welsh Government dubbed the decision to delay implementation of the scheme, which would apply in England and Wales, “deeply disappointing”, with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) also expressing concerns.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We thought we would show the Oakland, California lawmaker some love for all her hard work in the House of Representatives. As social workers step up our engagement in the political arena, it is important that we exert our greatest influence. For many social workers, the focus has been on voting and rightly so.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 31, 2024

Some social workers seem to forget the purpose of social work, often placing their personal values over professional values." -- Mildred "Mit" Joyner Dorothy Height 1912-2010 Although admitted to Barnard College, was not allowed to attend because the school did not admit African Americans. Where poverty exists, all our poorer.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued an emergency call for social workers and other volunteers to assist at the border in meeting the needs of hundreds of migrant children. There are jobs available for qualified social workers. Social workers in Houston, Texas are already engaged.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 20, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) reached a potential news audience of about 500 million readers in June, thanks in large part to coverage of the association’s warning of the mental health impact of the U.S. The article cited NASW data that indicates the average social work graduate has $30,000 in student loan debt.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

By Alison Laurio Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, a clinical social worker focusing on individual therapy and cases of trauma, PTSD, domestic abuse and sexual abuse, has put her private practice in Pittsburgh on hold for a while as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

By Alison Laurio Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, a clinical social worker focusing on individual therapy and cases of trauma, PTSD, domestic abuse and sexual abuse, has put her private practice in Pittsburgh on hold for a while as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

By Alison Laurio Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, a clinical social worker focusing on individual therapy and cases of trauma, PTSD, domestic abuse and sexual abuse, has put her private practice in Pittsburgh on hold for a while as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.

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Beyond Advocacy

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

CRISP will resume in-person events on Wednesday, March 13, to celebrate March as Social Work Month after a four-hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s theme is Lifting Every Voice: The Power of Storytelling in Social Work. Our Social Work Day on the Hill day begins with our 10:00 a.m.

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