Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The government has touted its adult social care funding plans for 2023-24 and 2024-25 as the biggest increase in the sector’s history, claiming it was making up to £2.8bn and £4.7bn available for services, respectively.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Children Act defines children in need as those who are disabled or whose health or development will be significantly impaired, or not be maintained to a reasonable standard, without the provision of services. Also, sixteen-year-olds were more likely to be accommodated under section 20 than 17-year-olds (20% as opposed to 13%).

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Shelter, Inc

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Compared with white children, kids of color are more likely to be removed from their homes, less likely to be reunited with their families, less likely to find foster families, and have less access to social, economic, educational, and healthcare opportunities for successful outcomes. Shelter’s executive director Carina H.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Her work has been instrumental in changing perceptions of gender relations and improving women’s access to health services. Mike Oliver , an English disability rights campaigner and author, is widely recognised as the founder of the social model of disability. Famous social workers 1.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I met Mike in London in the early 1980s, when we both worked for Camden social services department. Later, we joined forces as shop stewards for the local branch of the public sector union Nalgo (now incorporated into Unison).

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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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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 20, 2022

So far (12.4.2022) we have held eight meetings attended by social work educators, professionals and NGO activists working with people with disabilities from different parts of Ukraine and international colleagues from Cyprus, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Kosovo, Poland, Portgual, Slovenia and UK.

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University of Connecticut

JUNE 18, 2024

Without these classes, I feel I would not have found my path in political advocacy and becoming a Political Social Worker. The second was during my MSW program: BASC 5300 with Dr. Gio Iacono. This award let me work one less day a week which allowed me to go to my internship at the Connecticut General Assembly with Rep.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

For those students who have held on, the required social work internships have evolved dramatically. Social work students deliver services online, learn remotely, and show up to social services agencies in deep transition. Carol, a school social worker, serves youth with serious physical disabilities.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

WITNESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, former director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? Justice Department is asking the same question. …

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