Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

Written from a modern, pluralist perspective, the text shows why economists and policymakers disagree about regulations, social welfare programs, government spending, and tax policies designed to address these economic problems. Such evidence can be crucial for justifying budgets, projecting needs, and writing grant proposals.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Medicare is integral to the economic security and health of people with disabilities and older adults. Center for Medicare Advocacy— Medicare Enrollment Issues for 2022 (October 20, 2021). Center for Medicare Advocacy. Yet, Medicare enrollment can be challenging even for long-time beneficiaries and experienced care partners.

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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.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said. Almost half did not have an exit strategy from long-term segregation or a robust discharge plan.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Inaccessible information, “complicated and stressful processes” and a lack of advocacy were undermining people’s ability to challenge local authority decisions in England and Wales, the rights regulator found, on the back of an inquiry it started in 2021. The report also raised concerns about access to advocacy.

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

It said that “unclear, complex and energy-sapping” complaints processes, inaccessible information and a lack of advocacy were undermining people’s ability to challenge local authority decisions. You can read more about the findings in our article.

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Community Care

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) found that just half of services were able to meet demand for services including one-to-one therapy or counselling, group-based interventions, helplines or advocacy for child or adult victims/survivors and family members.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Disability. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and partner organizations have created comment portals (listed below) for individuals to submit comments regarding specific populations, as well as social media toolkits for organizations to promote them. The deadline to submit comments is Monday, October 3. COMMENT PORTALS. Language Access.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Client Advocacy Client advocacy is a core aspect of social work, reflecting a commitment to improving the lives of those who may face challenges in advocating for themselves. Advocacy takes various forms, including individual, organisational, and systemic levels. Client Advocacy 6. What are the roles of social worker?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Department of Justice has found the state regularly violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by needlessly institutionalizing children with mental health problems. Much of this loss and pain has been directly fueled by government policy. It certainly had a negative effect on the children.” Added Prof.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

More people face paying for their care after means-testing thresholds were frozen for a 13th consecutive year, the government announced this week. Reform delay The capital limits had been due to rise to £20,000 and £100,000, respectively, in October of this year, under the government’s proposed adult social care charging reforms.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

She has nearly three decades of experience at the center and in government. Senator Bob Casey), Sanders oversees the committee’s team and advances a broad-based policy agenda to enhance health and economic security for older Americans and people with disabilities. Parrott is president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Mike Oliver , an English disability rights campaigner and author, is widely recognised as the founder of the social model of disability. His work has had a significant influence on government policy in relation to disability rights and access to services. He was made a CBE in 2009 for his services to disabled people.

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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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Community Care

MAY 14, 2023

In P, R (On the Application of) v London Borough of Croydon , P had a range of disabilities, and, in March 2020, aged 25, returned from a specialist college to live with her parents.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Sometimes one small detail from a government document tells a huge story especially when a good reporter adds a little context. And the head of a trade association for childrens advocacy centers, where many such exams are performed, says the real problem is agencies arent doing enough of them. So now, The Imprint asks, what next?

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The “door could be open to the abuse and neglect” of disabled children due to the government’s cost-driven decision to shelve a planned expansion of advocacy for the group.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

It prohibited discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, (and later) disabilities and family status. After World War II, companies got out of the housing business and left the problem of fair affordable housing to the federal government.

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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. Also, they will not be able to be made subject to a CTO solely on the basis of their learning disability or autism.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Tools have been created by both the federal government and outside organizations to support implementation and tracking and ensure that the vision of Justice40 is fully realized. Harvard Law School maintains the Federal Environmental Justice Tracker to provide up-to-date information about federal government activity in this area.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Tools have been created by both the federal government and outside organizations to support implementation and tracking and ensure that the vision of Justice40 is fully realized. Harvard Law School maintains the Federal Environmental Justice Tracker to provide up-to-date information about federal government activity in this area.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

Carol, a school social worker, serves youth with serious physical disabilities. It is well-established that children with disabilities are also at higher risk of abuse and neglect, and so the stressors of COVID leave them more vulnerable in multiple ways. #3 On top of that, some specialized home medical equipment is growing scarce.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 24, 2025

This decision undermines the federal government’s role in ensuring equal access to quality education for all students, regardless of their socioeconomic background. Other endangered programs now in place at DOE include: (1) Mandated Special Education that schools provide resources for children with disabilities. (2)

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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. That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same. .

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Not enough fiscal support to really strengthen the economy but enough to fix a few bridges, roads, and airports so that it seems the government is doing something—the same strategy that short-circuited the Obama administration’s effort to rebound from the 2008 downturn.

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