Community Care

MARCH 31, 2023

The British Association of Social Workers England has warned of the risks of diluting the social worker role after the government unveiled plans for more assessments to be carried out by non-social work qualified staff. At the same time, the vacancy rate for council adult social workers rose from 9.5%

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Social worker Eddie Bocanegra, MSW, a longtime violence prevention advocate in Chicago, has been named senior adviser for community violence intervention in the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Eddie Bocanegra, MSW. Photo from LinkedIn. Department of Justice.

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 10, 2025

We are focusing on the need for social workers in political arenas. Social workers are elected to all levels of government, including Congress. Weve always been in legislative settings, participated in campaigns, mobilized voters, testified at hearings, and engaged in other activities. We have […]

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 18, 2025

Each year, we recognize social workers and others who have contributed significantly to pursuing social work values and principles through Congress and the federal government. Members of Congress, congressional staff, outstanding academicians, students, government personnel, and individuals in business […]

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Social Work Blog

MAY 6, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) continues to advocate for student loan debt-relief for social workers and to improve existing debt-relief programs such as the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

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Beyond Advocacy

MAY 29, 2023

Scores of macro practice social workers and students will gather at the Brown School at Washington University in St. The Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work, co-chaired by Drs. Board members of CRISP’s Social Work Democracy Project will lead a 10:00 a.m.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

A student contacted me recently wanting tips on how to write on the topic; ‘why I want to be a social worker’ I explained the great benefits of being a social worker. I also embedded myself in this task and wrote with my own experiences and views on why I became a social worker in an essay format.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

It fulfills the basic need of all social workers to understand the historical roots of oppression, to advocate for their clients’ access to services, and to advance social and economic justice. Economic Well-Being: An Introduction , by Deborah M.

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Community Care

JANUARY 28, 2022

The government should be responsible for ensuring there are enough secure placements for looked-after children to address the current shortage, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Better relationships with children’s social workers ‘key to tackling foster carer crisis’. Related articles.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need to know about famous social workers? Famous social workers play an important role in our society, providing much-needed support to individuals and families who are facing difficult life situations. This list in this article comprises the 41+ most influential social workers currently alive.

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Community Care

JUNE 17, 2022

The first is its ambition to strengthen independent advocacy for children in care, as well as other children and parents involved in the social care system. The review said advocacy needed to be comprehensive, and proposed that all children in care should receive it unless they opt out.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – What is the Difference? – Social workers and case managers are both integral parts of the healthcare industry. Who is a social worker? Their aim is to enhance the well-being and quality of life of people by providing support, resources, and advocacy.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As a social worker, you can mitigate the challenges of open enrollment and help reduce Medicare-related disparities in multiple ways: helping clients to reassess their health needs—such as changes in their medications, health care providers, health condition, and necessary care—each year. Center for Medicare Advocacy.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Because Senate leadership felt DRA should be more closely aligned with the broader voting rights advocacy movement, they decided DRA should be carved out as a standalone bill. It is essential that national organizations that have long advocated for social justice offer their support and resources to proactively support the passage of DRA.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

VAWA is a central way the Federal government responds to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. While they are finalizing the bill, they need our help to build support among Senators so they can introduce the bill with as many bipartisan sponsors as possible.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

Given that, you’d think it would have been big news when the federal government released its annual estimate of child abuse fatalities and found that, in the year ending Sept. Social workers often investigate a child’s death only if the family had already been involved with a child welfare agency.

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Community Care

MAY 22, 2022

The government must introduce national pay scales for social workers, tied to a “vastly improved” learning and development offer, to boosts skills, reward expertise and retain staff in practice, the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care said today. Care review: key social work recommendations.

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Beyond Advocacy

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Boddie’s presentation on how storytelling is used in social work, its ability to lift the voices of vulnerable, seldom-heard populations, and its potential impact on November’s elections. How social workers can influence the public narrative. The day concludes with a 4:00 p.m. The day concludes with a 4:00 p.m.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) is certain to be delayed again, with the government yet to consult on how to put the scheme into practice. However, the government is yet to confirm that it will need to delay LPS again. Regulations can then take up to 40 days to become law. ” Wasted resource.

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Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. I had done mental health advocacy work on a national scale for years before beginning to work on Breakdown and was very inspired by advocates’ tragic stories. Their stories motivated me to become a better social worker and write Breakdown.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The NASW Code of Ethics is a set of standards that guide the professional conduct of social workers. Moreover, revisions to the Cultural Competence standard provide more explicit guidance to social workers. All social workers should review the new text and affirm their commitment to abide by the Code of Ethics.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It said that Romeo was examining the safeguarding concerns raised and that this would inform a forthcoming code of practice on safeguarding that the chief social worker’s office was drawing up. Ordinary residence: section 117 approach remains unsettled despite government court win.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We are trying through our work at CRISP to influence as many social workers as possible to become more engaged in the political arena where our skills, knowledge, and values are in short supply. Social workers have been making transformational contributions to the betterment of society from its inception. We need more.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

On the contrary, said the court: We expressly hold that there is no ‘social worker exception’ to compliance with constitutional limitations on an entry into a home without consent or exigent circumstances. None of us would want a social worker to be able to search our home based on such flimsy evidence provided by an anonymous report.

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 10, 2024

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a beacon of social work in Congress, was voted this year’s Outstanding Congressional Social Worker. Special guest Dr. Dearman is a CRISP Fellow and assisted in organizing and managing the 2024 Student Advocacy Day events. One of few social workers in venture capital, Ms.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 23, 2023

Families facing investigation by the state family policing agency, the Department of Children and Families, get a lawyer, a social worker who can come up with alternatives to the cookie-cutter “service plans” issued by DCF, and a parent advocate, usually someone who’s been through the system himself or herself. In Springfield, Mass.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This revealed that: 11% of children in care were recorded as having a disability, the same proportion as in the general population, as measured by the government’s family resources survey. Provide disabled children and young people with access to advocacy to safeguard their rights.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is encouraging its members to comment on an important proposed rule to strengthen nondiscrimination protections in health programs through Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. NASW will be submitting comments and encourages social workers to do so as well.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Clinicians, counselors, social workers, and others within your organization need to receive training on how to properly screen for these stressors. A basic screening for social determinants of suicide should include questions such as : Do you worry that you will run out of food?

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 9, 2022

What are the five 5 major skill areas of macro social work practice? What skills do macro social workers need? Why is micro social work important? Which of the 3 major social theories is a macro theory? What are macro social work theories? What skills do macro social workers need?

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Social Work Haven

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Knowledge of social work intervention strategies is central to the social work role. The role of the social worker becomes increasingly important as communities become more diverse. Ultimate Social Work Intervention Strategies. How do social workers intervene with clients?

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Community Care

APRIL 20, 2023

The panel also called for disabled children and those with complex needs to have access to advocacy, for services for them to be jointly commissioned by councils and integrated care boards, for joint inspections of services by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission and for investment in the workforce.

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Community Care

JUNE 13, 2024

However, in most cases, parents’ conditions were only identified at the court stage, in part because social workers lacked the time and training to do so. Ensure lay advocacy is consistently available pre-proceedings and provided by people sufficiently trained in working with parents with learning disabilities or difficulties.

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Beyond Advocacy

APRIL 13, 2022

My last visit to the Hill was CRISP’s Social Work Day on the Hill reception in the Rayburn Building in March 2020. We cancelled Student Advocacy Day scheduled for the next day as the House and Senate would go into hiatus until the Covid-19 pandemic abated. I was back on Capitol Hill Tuesday, April 5, for the first time in two years.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MARCH 10, 2023

Social Work Models of Practice and Development – Contact: Professor PK Shajahan, Tiong TAN New models of practice and theory development Social research and model development Indigenous models of social work practice Social leadership and international development models Governing social work Social Work in the times of political conflicts Families (..)

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Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Because Senate leadership felt DRA should be more closely aligned with the broader voting rights advocacy movement, they decided DRA should be carved out as a standalone bill. It is essential that national organizations that have long advocated for social justice offer their support and resources to proactively support the passage of DRA.

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news, events, conversations, tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week. Over the longer-term, it should form a partnership with a high-performing council to support its ongoing improvement, Brazil recommended. You can listen to her full interview here.

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