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When it comes to the problems plaguing “child welfare” wrongful removal drives everything else – including caseworker turnover. Case in point: Massachusetts

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

They think they’re going to be working with families, helping families to engage in services, to be self-sufficient, to move on to higher education,” Everett said. This fall, DCF shifted her children’s goal from reunification to adoption, she said. So they quit.

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How to Improve Behavioral Health Equity

Relias

This article explores practical strategies that providers and organizations can adopt to advance behavioral health equity. Educate: Engage in perspective-taking through books and documentaries, and evaluate clients as individuals. Collaboration: Engage clients in shared decision-making to reduce power imbalances.

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?NASW Member Voices: Social Work and Self-Care — A Review Through an Updated Lens

Social Work Blog

By Violeta Donawa, LMSW, MA Dr. Kathleen Cox and Dr. Sue Steiner bring the concept of ‘self-care’ out of the shadows and demystifies its significance in the lives of social work practitioners and leaders. Throughout the Self-Care in Social Work, Cox and Steiner draw upon their extensive clinical and academic experience as social work faculty.

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Building Organizational Resilience for Behavioral Health Providers

Relias

It’s when organizations are adaptable and trauma-informed and adopt a culture that fosters resilience within their staff. It is not just a trait you are naturally imbued with, but rather “ an active practice ” that anyone can engage in. What is organizational resilience? Resilience has many definitions and facets.

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How equipped is children’s social work for digital safeguarding?

Community Care

Our work seeks to develop innovative ways in which children and young people can digitally and safely self-refer to children’s social care, allowing them to communicate harms and experiences in real time. They described how this had worked in the past with children with more complex needs, who did not want to engage face to face.

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Why Playing the Lottery Is So Addictive

Gateway Foundation

Playing the lottery can become addictive when an individual develops an unhealthy compulsion to engage in it. Playing the lottery activates the same pleasure centers in the brain as substance use disorder and other compulsive behaviors, causing some people to engage in it unhealthily. How People Become Addicted to Playing the Lottery.

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Do infants feel excluded? Early signs and why it matters

The Child and Family Corp

Key takeaways for caregivers Social exclusion harms individuals of all ages, leading to feelings of loneliness, decreased self-esteem, and even changes in brain activity. For example, it can lead to feelings of loneliness and decreased self-esteem in children.