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Harbour Partnership

Shelter, Inc

and The Harbour Partner Under Federal Grant to Expand Emergency Shelter Services Arlington Heights, IL, January 13, 2025 Shelter, Inc. is excited to announce its partnership with The Harbour, a Park Ridge-based organization, to expand emergency shelter services for at-risk youth in suburban Cook County.

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Case management system and heavy workloads hindering ‘skilled’ social workers, Ofsted finds

Community Care

Ofsted has praised social workers at a West Midlands council for their efforts to keep families together, while warning that high caseloads and case management system issues risk undermining their good work. “Due to this lack of oversight, there is potential for children’s plans to drift.”

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As foster care removals plummet, where’s the promised help for families?

Child Welfare Monitor

ACF gave credit to the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), which “helped change the conversation to be about prevention of foster care placements and preservation of families.” But perhaps states are using their own funds to pay for these services?

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Social Workers Breaking Barriers-One Day at A Time

American Board of Clinical Social Work

Social workers are tasked uniquely to assist patients in the most difficult psycho-social circumstances and guide patients families and medical providers with navigating medical care coordination and social service challenges in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic. We must adapt to change manage stress and innovate.

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Celebrating Social Work Month 2024: Empowering Social Workers

Relias

We can be mental health professionals, case managers, or administrators, but we are also more than the sum of these. We can work within the human services realm or serve outside of traditional social service organizations, bringing all our strengths where ever we go. We are communicators. We are connectors.

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The legacy of Conservative rule for adult social care

Community Care

While authorities strove to protect adult social care from these cuts, their spending on the service was only marginally higher 2019-20 than 2010-11, after taking account of inflation. Upgrading their case management systems in line with revised financial assessment procedures and to track people’s progress towards the cap.