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You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – Surprising Difference?

Social Work Haven

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 case manager? Interview clients to understand their unique needs and identify the necessary services and help required.

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‘Substantial work’ needed to improve family group conference data, study finds

Community Care

It involved in-depth site visits to three councils, interviews with staff from 10 other authorities, two parent-carer discussions and analysis of previous work on FGC data collection. The latter situation tended to result in data being saved outside the case management system.

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

Community Care

Such a digital front door would support frontline practitioners to manage risk in real time and build better relationships with their communities. We recently interviewed senior managers across eight local authorities to scope their readiness for children’s digital safeguarding.

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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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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support. This may include personal interviews, family histories, and the review of relevant documents.

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Care review response will start to address mounting social work pressures, says ADCS president

Community Care

In an interview with Community Care, Steve Crocker said he was optimistic that the Department for Education’s response and accompanying reform plan – due shortly – would introduce measures that would address substantial social worker shortages and retention problems in children’s services.

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The legacy of Conservative rule for adult social care

Community Care

Upgrading their case management systems in line with revised financial assessment procedures and to track people’s progress towards the cap. This is in addition to all the preparatory work that would need to be carried out by civil servants, councils, IT firms who supply case management systems and care providers.