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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. Social workers can work in different settings, such as schools, hospitals, non-profit organisations, government agencies, and private practice.

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Why data and collaboration are key to social workers’ success

Social Work Blog

As we find ways to recognize, inspire, and equip social work professionals tackling a confluence of challenges in schools, families, and communities, the most important thing is to acknowledge the immense challenges they face every day across every sector of the service field. They do not have an easy task. 2: Collaborate to Increase Impact.

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Immigration Social Work: Big Ideas From Texas

Social Work Blog

So how are different social work schools there addressing this increasingly important subject area? . Special coursework on immigration would seem a natural, but the subject is already baked into the curricula at most Texas social work schools. . it would have to be Texas.

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DfE to quiz councils on balance of social workers and other practitioners in family help teams

Community Care

Improved decision making and case management. Besides family help, the pathfinder includes creating multi-agency child protection teams and involving family networks in decisions about children’s care when families are struggling, including by providing financial support packages to help keep children safe at home.

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

Community Care

It comes with the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill set to introduce a duty for councils to offer families a family group decision making (FGDM) meeting – an umbrella term for FGC-style provision – when they are considering issuing care proceedings.

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A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

KVC

While community mental health centers, primary physicians, other hospitals, school counselors, or another person involved in a child’s care can make a referral to KVC Hospitals, families can also contact KVC Hospitals directly to inquire about treatment options and admissions. Many people associate KVC Kansas with foster care.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending December 20, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

An expert found that she could just as well have stayed home with her family and gotten treatment like intensive case management. It certainly had a negative effect on the children.” Added Prof. Instead, she’d been almost continuously institutionalized at North Star for four years.