Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

And last year, she was named the social justice advocate of the year at the Social Worker of the Year Awards for her work championing the rights of people with learning disabilities to vote. Can you tell me about your work with Promote the Vote? As a social justice advocate, where do you think activism fits within social work?

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Disability Social Worker Mental Health Hospitals 312

Social Work Futures

MAY 8, 2023

We have been busy in the social work jobs of the future business! Please note that these ideas are not intended to be endorsements – some of these jobs might appeal to us – or – worry us. A foresight lens helps us build our muscles to move through them all with more collective agility, imagination and agency.

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Social Worker 264

Community Care

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As part of our Choose Social Work campaign, we asked each of them for the best piece of advice they would give to new social workers. The world of social work is so vast and there are so many opportunities to make a difference. As social workers, how many of us are putting on our mask first? Not many of us.

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Social Worker 264

Community Care

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

It also requires working with NHS primary, community and mental health services to support wellness and wellbeing rather than crisis, sickness and just keeping us alive. “We “This means co-production with communities, long term investment in technology, accessible housing with care and preventative services. .

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Government Disability Mental Health Social Services 335

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 29, 2024

Editor’s note: In this blog post, four social worker educators share a sample from their new and free resource about using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in social work education. Alexander Rubin , LCSW, is a clinical assistant professor based in field education at the University at Buffalo School of School of Social Work.

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LMSW LCSW Child Welfare Confidentiality 246

Social Work Futures

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This includes work in poverty, inequity and racism, homelessness, access to health and behavioral health resources, education and many other issues. Because of all of this, the future calls us to evolve faster, together on purpose – as a profession and as individual workers. Anticipatory Social Work seeks to fulfill this need.

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Advocacy Social Worker Diversity Interventional 277

My Brains Not Broken

MAY 30, 2023

Raising awareness can improve people’s lives, and teach us how to help others. To be honest, there’s much more work to do. It’s a vital part of our experience, the way we view the world, and the way society treats us. It’s easier said than done, but there’s a role for each of us in this work.

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Mental Health Anxiety Depression 246

Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Emotional reunions Seeing two sisters being reunited with their brother whom they had not seen for five years gave us all goose bumps. Professionals’ reflections echoed what parent and carers had told us. Shifting social work culture It was so positive to see the memories the children and young people made together.

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Adoption Foster Care Interviewing Social Worker 237

Community Care

MARCH 20, 2024

In addition, social workers have also seen an increase in need, with almost two-thirds saying they were now working with more people in poverty than before the cost-of-living crisis. The survey, carried out from December 2023 to January 2024, received 1,215 responses, 92% from qualified social workers and 7% from social work students.

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Social Worker Government Social Services Social Services 282

Social Work Futures

MAY 24, 2022

Think about how different a “typical social work job” was 50 years ago. The “future of social work” is of course, much bigger than social work. Of course, no one really knows what the future of social work will be…we are strangers to that future. Let’s have an imagination session!

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The New Social Worker

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Please spend Social Work Month with us at The New Social Worker. Follow us all month (March 2024) to celebrate the social work profession and the ways we empower and are empowered. Empowering Social Workers. THANK you for all you do.

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Social Worker 99

Blurt It Out

APRIL 15, 2024

Despite knowing that rest is vital to our well-being, many of us tend to struggle when it comes to actually going ahead and taking that time off. The stress and overwhelm that can be experienced at the thought of the knock-on effects of taking time off, can be enough to stop us in our tracks. Why D o We Experience So Much Guilt ?

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Anxiety Mental Health 82

Social Work Futures

APRIL 20, 2023

It’s once again time to add some imagined social work jobs of the future to the mix! Please note that these ideas are not intended to be endorsements – some of these jobs might appeal to us or worry us. This is a game I developed and started playing a few years ago with periodic new additions! Let’s play!!!

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Social Worker 164

Social Work Futures

APRIL 13, 2023

Thankfully – social work has taken up space related to this topic – in the form of the Social Work Grand Challenges and beyond. As is my custom, I tend to share signals and information in the following categories I think are most helpful/relevant to the study and practice of foresight in social work.

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Welfare Social Worker Advocacy Government 198

Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Social Work England said the proportion of registrants sharing this data had reached 52% (52,431) as of 1 November, up from 8% at the end of July and 29% at the end of September. Information on how data is used is available in Social Work England’s privacy policy. Related articles.

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Diversity Social Worker Disability Communication 208

Community Care

MARCH 10, 2024

Fitness to practise (FTP) delays are set to rise further due to pressures on Social Work England’s budget, the regulator has confirmed. Social Work England has reduced hearing numbers in recent months to tackle a projected overspend on its 2023-24 budget. Social Work England managed to clear the legacy cases in June 2023.

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Social Worker Mental Health Government 277

Blurt It Out

MARCH 3, 2024

It’s part of what makes us human. For some of us, it can feel as though our past mistakes follow us around. Learning to let go of them can help us to move on. They help us to learn and grow as people, and without mistakes, we would never get anything done. Often, mistakes can teach us something.

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Anxiety 92

My Brains Not Broken

MARCH 13, 2024

Not all the information I learned worked for me, and I got frustrated quickly. I’ve written about this on the blog before – when it comes to dealing with depression, what might work for me might not work for you, and so on and so forth. But this isn’t simply a message of finding what works for you.

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Depression Mental Health Anxiety 130

My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 24, 2023

They can be good for us, they can be bad for us. They are formed when, day after day, we repeat actions that become easier for our brain to work through over time. Simply put, our brains are trying to make things as easy for us as possible. Over the course of our lives, we develop habits of all kinds.

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Mental Health Psychology Anxiety 130

Community Care

JULY 12, 2023

Councils would continue to employ social workers and other social work staff under the Scottish Government’s plan to establish a National Care Service across the country. However, it said this week it had agreed with council and NHS leaders to leave local authorities responsible for employing staff and social work buildings and assets.

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Social Worker Criminal Justice Government Diversity 193

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

. “We are hugely grateful for Lyn’s leadership over the last 10 years, which has ensured that social work in adult social care is well placed to support people to have better lives “We will update on her successor in due course.”

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Social Worker Government Mental Health Social Services 306

Community Care

MARCH 25, 2022

Less than 1% of social workers reported to Social Work England last year were referred to a hearing or found to have impaired fitness to practise (FtP), show figures released by the regulator. Both rates have fallen since Social Work England’s first year regulating the profession (December 2019 to November 2020), when 0.8%

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Social Worker Adoption Mental Health Government 279

My Brains Not Broken

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Since this week is Thanksgiving in the US, I’m thinking a lot about the word gratitude. What works for some people doesn’t always work for others. It took me a long time to admit, but eventually I had to face the fact that they just weren’t working for me, and that was okay. Sometimes, things just suck.

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Mental Health Therapist Depression 244

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Children and their families are being pushed around different systems that have different ways of working, different criteria for accessing support and different legal frameworks. Though a national issue, some councils are using DoL orders more than others. There is no simple solution but there is good practice to build upon.

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Social Worker Recovery Mental Health Psychology 330

Community Care

MARCH 21, 2023

In the past few years, councils in England have been investing increasingly in recruiting from overseas to address the mounting vacancies in their social work teams. The values of social workers I work with are second to none,” adds Armstrong. Their natural empathy and solid, strong and passionate direct work are unbelievable.

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Social Worker Empathy Communication Interviewing 272

KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

Answering this question gives us a chance to tell you about our history and our future… both where we’ve been and where we’re going. Join us to receive a few inspiring stories each month and help end childhood adversity. “Dad” went off to work each day.

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Child Welfare Healthcare Welfare Foster Care 98

Social Care

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Professional Care Workers’ Week is an annual celebration of care workers and their essential work, created to promote awareness and raise the profile of care workers in the UK. We warmly invite those working within the care sector and anyone wanting to get involved. The best part? It means safety, accountability, and transparency.

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Diversity Engagement 138

Community Care

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By Beverley Tarka, president, ADASS When ADASS and carers’ organisations launched the Carers Challenge in October, our goal was to unearth the gold standard work social care teams and voluntary organisations are doing to support unpaid carers. One example was from the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals 199

Community Care

AUGUST 31, 2022

BASW currently has about 22,000 members, roughly one-fifth of the registered social work population of the UK. “I want to look at the full breadth of social media platforms to be involved in as many conversations about social work as possible.” Ross praises the work of the Social Workers Union, which is a member of BASW.

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Social Worker Government Diversity Welfare 239

Community Care

APRIL 12, 2023

By Lorraine Currie The timeline provided by Community Care , from the 2014 Cheshire West judgment to the government’s postponement of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) , is incredibly helpful in reminding us of events we would otherwise forget.

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Engagement Government University Social Services 278

Social Work Futures

APRIL 6, 2023

This is an incredibly important space for us to continue exploring and thinking about. The focus here is primarily oriented to social work faculty and scholars – but implications are broad beyond that as well.

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Engagement 286

Blurt It Out

MARCH 3, 2024

Depression can cause us to feel increasingly irritable. This can lead to us snapping at people, which is often followed by a wave of guilt. Between a smaller window of tolerance, and a cloudy, foggy, depression brain, it takes far less to ‘set us off’ than we’re used to. Using a weighted blanket can be helpful.

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Depression Anxiety Communication 96

Save the Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

That night, I go home, wondering if I should just quit social work. And whenever we want to improve, the options available to us seem to be another thousand-dollar course, another 3-day course, or another conference. No one in the crowds we pass knows anything about us. Why are social work books so boring?

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Mental Health Counseling Self-harm Therapist 130

Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Tell us what you know , think—and wish you knew—about client alcohol and other substance use. Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve clients who may be at risk for substance-related problems, including substance use disorders and substance-exposed pregnancies.

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Social Worker Disorder Clinic University 138

Community Care

MARCH 7, 2024

We will be speaking to key figures who have shaped the last 50 years in social work and those who will shape it in the years to come. Fifty years ago, the same Mark Allen, then a young journalist working in Manchester, responded to a job advert at a publishing company and became the editor of a new social care magazine.

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Interviewing Social Worker Psychiatric Adoption 191

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. Tell us about your experience below. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Only 15% said they felt “quite” valued and 6% said “very”.

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Social Worker Mental Health 198

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

He would share with members of the board what he had read,” said Locklear, a professor and assistant chairperson of the Social Work Department at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. “He He put the plug in for us to grab one of those books and read it because of what we would get out of it.” He will not be forgotten.”

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Child Welfare LCSW University Social Worker 109