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CDHS increases safe access to services for survivors of domestic violence

CO4Kids

CDHS also funds 46 local organizations that provide free, confidential services including crisis intervention, safety planning, case management, counseling and emergency shelter to survivors of domestic violence. These organizations include Hilltop in Grand Junction, SafeHouse Denver and TESSA in Colorado Springs.

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The fundamental misconception at the heart of the Family First Act

Child Welfare Monitor

Even if they preferred to change Title IV-E, they could have extended funding to case management, which the core service provided by child welfare and the backbone for all the other services that child welfare provides–case management. Child welfare social workers are above all case managers.

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How equipped is children’s social work for digital safeguarding?

Community Care

Our work seeks to develop innovative ways in which children and young people can digitally and safely self-refer to children’s social care, allowing them to communicate harms and experiences in real time. We recently interviewed senior managers across eight local authorities to scope their readiness for children’s digital safeguarding.

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Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

Community Care

Integrated teams potentially involving social workers Along with improving population health management, general practice, community health and urgent care, this should involve establishing neighbourhood MDTs to carry out holistic assessments and reviews and plan and co-ordinate care for people with complex needs.

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A Day in the Life of a Social Worker

KVC

KVC case managers Victoria Clark, Dalton Shump, and Micah McEwan all work for the Olathe, Kansas office, where they coordinate and support the day-to-day needs of children and teens in foster care and their families. At any given time, these hard-working case managers are working with up to 20 children or families.

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CM -Dementia Case Management

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Summary - Dementia can be permanent or temporary and caused by a variety of factors including - Diabetes - HIV - Stroke/Heart attack - Depression - Thiamine deficiency - CO2 poisoning - Lewy bodies - Genetics - A variety of interventions can be used to assist the person with dementia and their caregivers - Ensure sufficient sleep - Assist with communication (..)

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DfE pledges action on ‘excessive’ workload pressures for children’s social workers

Community Care

Caseloads: Removing the requirement for social workers to lead child in need cases, enabling a broader range of practitioners to do so as part of multidisciplinary family help teams, and giving social workers more time for direct work.