Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Medicare is integral to the economic security and health of people with disabilities and older adults. Beneficiaries may also obtain unbiased information regarding Medicare options from the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), which is funded by the Administration for Community Living (ACL, an operating division of the U.S.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the federal Administration for Children and Families hasn’t quite gotten the message. For decades Britain has been imitating America’s worst practices – including massive discrimination against families where a parent has a physical or mental disability. Family policing is one of America’s ugliest exports.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 16, 2023

It happens to foster youth who are entitled to Social Security Disability or Survivor benefits. The Hawaii State Capitol As regular readers of this blog know, many states are swiping money from foster children to reimburse themselves for giving those youth the “privilege” of living in foster care.

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University of Connecticut

JUNE 1, 2022

She co-edited a special issue of JSWE on Teaching, Field Instruction and Administration in the Time of Pandemic or Natural Disaster , with Danielle Parrish and Nalini Negi during the COVID pandemic, co-authoring an editorial on the hidden cost of caregiving during the pandemic.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Female leaders understand that the oppression of all women creates cultural biases that are increased when merged with other identities, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, and class. Mentoring Women for Leadership: Empowering the Next Generation, by Saundra H. Starks, Gayle M. Mallinger, Christa C.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Retaining direct support professionals (DSPs) is a seemingly never-ending challenge for organizations that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Make sure your mentors can identify when they need to get additional guidance from supervisors or administrators. Step 6: Develop a budget. Poor mentor selection.

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Community Care

JULY 5, 2024

“Only by prioritising the provision of high-quality support for disabled people of all ages, will we have a fairer society where everyone is able to thrive.” “Only by prioritising the provision of high-quality support for disabled people of all ages, will we have a fairer society where everyone is able to thrive.”

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

All over the country, states and localities have been swiping Social Security Survivor and Disability benefits to which some foster youth are entitled. And if you want to know more about the lawyer who won, check out Eli Hager’s story for ProPublica and The New Yorker. Even Scrooge didn’t go this far.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What this longtime administrator is saying is that the oppressed must always be nice to their oppressors. But sometimes, being “nice” is just passive aggression – as when presenters at a garden party “conversation circle” took almost the entire time for themselves and disabled the chat. You’re shaming and blaming!

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2023

The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups. This book is appropriate for social work students and practitioners making the transition from social work practice into administration.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2023

The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups. This book is appropriate for social work students and practitioners making the transition from social work practice into administration.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2023

The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups. This book is appropriate for social work students and practitioners making the transition from social work practice into administration.

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Relias

JUNE 27, 2023

For organizations that provide services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there has been much research around the problem of turnover among direct support professionals. Demonstrate your support by helping when things get overwhelming, communicating regularly, and recognizing a job well done.

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Relias

JUNE 27, 2023

For organizations that provide services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there has been much research around the problem of turnover among direct support professionals. Demonstrate your support by helping when things get overwhelming, communicating regularly, and recognizing a job well done.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Before the hearing, C’s health adviser told his social worker that the boy had no medical issues that raised concerns about the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine. She said he was particularly concerned about not wanting to infect a disabled child in his current placement.

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Relias

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) rely on direct support professionals (DSPs) for assistance in their daily lives and communities. The IDD workforce crisis is adversely affecting organizations and their clients. Families rely on DSPs so they may work or receive respite from caregiving.

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Relias

AUGUST 29, 2023

For organizations that provide services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) , employee retention must always be top of mind. Your QPs or administrators could spend some time visiting your residences and helping the people you serve implement their holiday gift-giving plans.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

To tackle these issues, the association urged ministers to invest more in the workforce, specifically by: Resourcing councils to expand administrative support, supervision capacity and training for children’s social workers. Funding training programmes and bursaries to encourage people from other professions to retrain as social workers.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While sepsis poses a clear danger to many, it has become an even bigger risk factor among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Sepsis is a medical emergency, but fast treatment and the administration of antibiotics will greatly improve the individual’s chances of survival.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

From the Times: [A] Black law student who had attended UPenn and Yale said that the professor told her she “had only become a double Ivy ‘because of affirmative action,’” according to the administration. Department of Justice for possible discrimination against disabled families.

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Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

According to research from Johns Hopkins University , nearly 800,000 Americans become permanently disabled or die due to a misdiagnosis every year. On the other hand, administrators who penalize their employees for making honest mistakes or calling attention to the mistakes of others stifle communication and create an unsafe environment.

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Relias

MARCH 5, 2024

In fact, in a Relias-conducted survey , a majority of direct service providers, who work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, said showing appreciation for their work and experience could make them stay on the job. But what does showing appreciation look like? A remote workforce also cuts costs for organizations.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2023

Social Work England, which had received a concern about the man’s fitness to practise in March 2021, opened an investigation in May 2022.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Progress in practitioners’ expertise Still, he acknowledges the “enormous” progress that has occurred in practitioners’ expertise and attitudes towards disability, mental health, alcoholism and drug addiction – and their work with families, local communities and the ageing population. “I I really don’t understand it.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

National Long-Term Care Family Webinar: Safe Visitation Through Boosters , cohosted with the Administration for Community Living (February 4, 2022). Recording of November 23 National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on COVID-19 Nursing Home Visitation – COVID-19 (REVISED) (November 12, 2021). Updates from CMS and CDC (February 3, 2022).

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

classroom staff, administration, related service providers) to understand the most important issues for each child. Special Educator, administrator, etc.). Some resources include: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). When parents take notes at home, this allows each member of the educational team (e.g.,

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Community Care

AUGUST 29, 2023

Parents of disabled children who need constant care may be exhausted. This means including family support workers, social work assistants, contact supervisors and additional administrative colleagues within teams. The importance of practical help Third, the review emphasises the importance of practical help and befriending.

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Community Care

MARCH 12, 2024

Age UK said LPS had been “effectively kicked into the long grass for a future administration to deal with” – though there is no indication of whether an incoming Labour government would implement the system. This means that DoLS will likely remain in place for the for the foreseeable future.

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Relias

AUGUST 20, 2023

As leaders in intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) services, it’s your job to ensure that DSPs know that their contributions to the organization and community are not going unrecognized or unappreciated. Day in and day out, they give all of themselves to help the people they serve to live independently.

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Relias

MAY 21, 2024

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), six key principles guide trauma-informed care. A Native American teacher explains the importance of culture and history to her students. What are the 6 principles of trauma-informed care?

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The Guardian

APRIL 12, 2023

Lambeth council in London was fined £20,000 by the local government and social care ombudsman for a catalogue of service failures and administrative errors that left the child unsafe and in “significant and avoidable distress” and her mother at risk of serious injury.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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. Department of Justice for bias against the disabled. Safety, permanency, well-being.”

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Gateway Foundation

JANUARY 22, 2024

The United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded over $110 million to the IDHS SUPR division since September 2016. For example, Gateway Foundation’s Kedzie Recovery Home received funding in 2022 to increase its accessibility to individuals with physical disabilities.

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Gateway Foundation

JANUARY 22, 2024

The United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded over $110 million to the IDHS SUPR division since September 2016. For example, Gateway Foundation’s Kedzie Recovery Home received funding in 2022 to increase its accessibility to individuals with physical disabilities.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

But it is not clear whether this would include the government’s proposed charging reform or when an incoming Labour administration would seek to implement it. to support innovation in care and increasing the disabled facilities grant by £50m. This includes £42.6m ”

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Relias

MARCH 3, 2024

We can be mental health professionals, case managers, or administrators, but we are also more than the sum of these. But outside of the difficulties of the job, it’s amazing to step back and think about how expansive our field is. We are communicators. We are connectors. We are negotiators and advocates for our clients.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

About the skills and frameworks we bring to the table: According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the principles of ‘trauma-informed care’ include safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, voice and choice, and cultural, historical, and gender issues.

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