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Matthew Smith’s Research on Virtual Job Training Programs Cited in Chicago Tribune

Michigan Social Work

“Virtual job training programs such as one at the University of Michigan can help fill in these gaps in training. A computerized program developed for virtual job training provided 15 practice job interview sessions of increasing difficulty.

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Matthew Smith Receives $3.16 Million Grant from NIMH

Michigan Social Work

million award from the National Institute of Mental Health for his project “A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation RCT of Virtual Interview Training for Autistic Transition-Age Youth.” The project will be used to offer virtual job interview training in 16 Michigan and California schools over the next three years.

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Licensing Investigations: Suggestions from Social Workers Who Received Sanctions

Social Work Blog

Social Work Research is a journal co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press, and in a recent issue , researchers revealed their findings in a study of these social worker experiences. Research participants suggested that being investigated for licensing violations can cause significant levels of anxiety, stress, and embarrassment.

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Care Act duties ‘permanently undermined’ by widespread breaches during Covid, argues study

Community Care

Authorities across England cut provision to people needing care and support and carers, for example, by closing day centres or reducing respite services, without making use of the so-called Care Act easements, found the research by the University of Manchester. “She went to a day centre, you know, for five hours.

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Agency social work to be banned in Northern Ireland trusts next year

Community Care

Anxiety’ over agency ban. In a letter to trust leaders , permanent and agency social workers, and students, Aine Morrison said she understood that the policy – announced last month by outgoing health minister Robin Swann – would cause concern. Action to cut admin and diversify staffing.

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Staff-to-service-user ratios ‘not safe’ in UK social work, say two-thirds of practitioners

Community Care

Those were among the findings of the sixth wave of research into Covid-19’s impact on health and social care practitioners, which started in May 2020 and has been carried out by academics from Ulster University, Queen’s University Belfast, Bath Spa University and University College London.

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Agile working failing to meet social workers’ needs in Scotland, finds study

Community Care

While agile working was received positively when it involved adequate desk space, spaces for quite and concentrated work and good access to peer support, this was rare, found the research by social work academics at the University of Dundee and Glasgow Caledonian University. Stress and lack of peer support. ” About the study.