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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. Despite having similar educational backgrounds, their job responsibilities differ depending on the services they provide to their clients.

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The fundamental misconception at the heart of the Family First Act

Child Welfare Monitor

States had other sources of federal reimbursement for these programs, such as Title IV-B, the Social Services Block Grant, and TANF. But above all, these services were funded by Medicaid, a federal entitlement program that receives the same federal match as Title IV-E. Child welfare social workers are above all case managers.

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Why data and collaboration are key to social workers’ success

Social Work Blog

To be successful, social workers know that they can’t work alone. Collaborative case management software facilitates these valuable connections, increasing a social worker’s capacity and expanding their impact. The results can be especially far-reaching. 3: Empower People to Enact Change. and around the world.

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Case management system and heavy workloads hindering ‘skilled’ social workers, Ofsted finds

Community Care

Ofsted has praised social workers at a West Midlands council for their efforts to keep families together, while warning that high caseloads and case management system issues risk undermining their good work. “Due to this lack of oversight, there is potential for children’s plans to drift.”

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Immigration Social Work: Big Ideas From Texas

Social Work Blog

Gil, director of Hispanic-serving Our Lady of the Lake University’s Worden School of Social Service in San Antonio, says, “Immigration has been one of the issues that affect the Hispanic population, so it is embedded in our courses, from policy to case management.” Associate professor Karina A.

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As foster care removals plummet, where’s the promised help for families?

Child Welfare Monitor

But perhaps states are using their own funds to pay for these services? After all, foster care is more expensive than services provided to families in their homes. The CCWIP dashboards include data on the number of entries into foster care and the opening of Family Maintenance cases, as in-home cases are called in California.

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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.