NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 8, 2023

That’s just one of the findings in the new study we highlighted in yesterday's post to this Blog (a study I first read about on the excellent blog written by Robert Latham, Associate Director of the University of Miami Children and Youth Law Clinic). Politicians bought it – and children wound up with neither. It’s not hard to figure out why.

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, rather than statutory principles, it recommended a new provision, placed at the beginning of the MHA, requiring the government to draw up the revised MHA code of practice having regard to and including the principles set out in the independent review.

Mental Health 57

Mental Health Disability Advocacy Government 57

Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Councils ‘unwilling or unable to commission advocacy’ More generally, the CQC reiterated concerns about the availability of statutory advocacy services for people subject to the MHA. Ordinary residence: section 117 approach remains unsettled despite government court win.

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Hospitals Mental Health Disability Advocacy 13

Relias

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Applying for IHS Grants IHS grants are typically available to tribal governments, urban Indian organizations, and nonprofit entities that serve Native American communities. Building strong relationships with government agencies and elected officials can help ensure long-term financial support for tribal healthcare programs.

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Healthcare Medicare Medicaid Substance Abuse 52

Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 10, 2024

Dearman is a CRISP Fellow and assisted in organizing and managing the 2024 Student Advocacy Day events. LaCinda Jones, a health system specialist (mental health policy), will receive the Outstanding Social Worker in Government award.

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2025

Expanding access to care: Nurse-led clinics, mobile health units, and telehealth services have increased access to healthcare for underserved communities. Despite these advancements, barriers still limit nurses ability to lead in clinical care. The need for nurse-led policy leadership remains stronger than ever.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Illness could be resolved by health clinics. Social work was the nation’s response to the ineffectiveness of government to address society’s growing social problems. Advocacy is not a luxury. Hunger could be solved by food stamps. Housing could be provided by housing projects. Education could be improved by integration.

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Social Work Haven

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

As a social work graduate, social work registration will enable you to get a job in the social work field and expose you to other types of professional registration, including counseling and advocacy. Clinical Social Work can be practiced as a board-certified social worker through a minimum of graduate-level study. Report CPD.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Their aim is to enhance the well-being and quality of life of people by providing support, resources, and advocacy. Social workers can work in different settings, such as schools, hospitals, non-profit organisations, government agencies, and private practice.

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Case Management Social Worker Healthcare Mental Health 52

Shelter, Inc

MARCH 12, 2025

According to the West Coast Childrens Clinics Commercial Sexual Exploitation-Identification Tool (CSE-IT), other significant risk factors include: Housing Instability: Homelessness or frequent moves increase risk. Governments can pass stronger policies, increase funding for victim services, and train law enforcement.

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Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I increasingly realized that there is no opportunity to influence legislators to change the system in the clinical setting. I wrote Breakdown to appeal for legislative reform because it’s nearly impossible to change the system from within the trenches of clinical work. What is the IMD exclusion and why should it be repealed?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Much of this loss and pain has been directly fueled by government policy. As an attorney for the mother told Michigan radio : “So, imagine being that child, having parenting time, having it for some time and then, unbeknownst to you, not seeing Mom for a while because Mom tested positive for marijuana. Added Prof.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

His work has had a significant influence on government policy in relation to disability rights and access to services. Joe Kort is an openly gay clinical social worker who works with individuals, couples, and families on topics related to sexuality and gender. He was made a CBE in 2009 for his services to disabled people.

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Social Worker Mental Health University Welfare 52

Relias

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Using advocacy to fight the social determinants of suicide. By instituting policies that affect people’s wellbeing during times of economic hardship, access to lethal means, and equality before the law, these government representatives can make a positive difference in suicide prevention.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

He worked in government as the Director of Negro Economics, as special assistant to the Secretary of Labor involved in matters of racial conflict in employment, housing and recreation. His dissertation, “The Negro at Work in New York City,” was published by Columbia University Press in 1912.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Women who are low-income are disproportionately impacted by these restrictions: clinics are forced to close, and the cost of travel to clinics hundreds of miles away are often too much to bear for women who earn a lower wage. Many women seek these services due to lack of health insurance coverage.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Liliana Hernandez, a Program Specialist at the Children’s Bureau and recipient of the 2021 CRISP Award for outstanding individual in government, is one of several federal government employees and MSW trained social workers, who have been tapped to provide assistance at the border. There are jobs available for qualified social workers.

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Social Worker Administration University Clinic 98

Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The bill is largely the same as the draft Mental Health Bill published by the previous government, itself largely based on the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act in 2018. It introduces a new ‘clinical checklist’, which applies to clinicians making treatment decisions.

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Mental Health Government Criminal Justice Disability 58

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

Still, just one social worker in her hospital covers NICU plus pediatrics, maternity, labor and delivery, and two outpatient OB-GYN clinics. Given the costs to government agencies of managing the coronavirus, government agencies are experiencing job cuts and hiring freezes. I know many are less ok than her.

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Social Worker Child Welfare Justice and Corrections Confidentiality 130

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. This has resulted in a fixation on clinical services and proprietary models rather than proactive family support.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2025

The association supports evidence-based clinical practices supported by major health organizations. 20 signed an executive order, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, that defined sex strictly as binary and banning any federal programs that promote gender ideology.

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