Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

These provisions include allowing clinical social workers to provide Part B services to residents of skilled nursing facilities and allowing clinical social workers to bill for HBAI services. We have taken an array of actions to influence what provisions were included in the SFC bills, including the following letters.

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Community Care

MAY 11, 2022

The government has increased weekly payments for care home residents with nursing needs by 11.5% It is paid to care homes in England by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) as under section 22 of the Care Act 2014, registered nursing costs generally cannot be met by a local authority.

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Relias

MARCH 7, 2023

Given the current and future need for nurses, healthcare organizations must focus on recruiting new nurses, but perhaps more importantly — keeping their nursing staff engaged in clinical practice. In addition to improving their overall clinical practice knowledge, an investment in learning also contributes to organizational excellence.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Cafcass has issued a new domestic abuse policy to tackle practice deficits that remain four years after it was severely criticised in a government-commissioned report. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Application to Clinical Social Work Services. Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estimate of expected charges. Document the GFE in the clinical record. December 21, 2021.

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2025

Opposition amendments to the bill Several amendments were made to the bill despite being opposed by the government. The government minister, Baroness Merron (Labour), argued that due to drafting deficiencies, the effect of the amendment would be to give the police additional detention powers, contrary to its intentions.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Sarah Katz, director of the Family Law Litigation Clinic at Temple University, in the Philadelphia Inquirer: “A federal law has been destroying families for 25 years. A parent may be sentenced to a relatively short time in prison – but, because of ASFA, for their children it can lead to a life sentence of separation from parents they love.

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Community Care

MARCH 17, 2025

It is important to remember that the government does not have a majority in the Lords and could be defeated on particular votes. She argued that the government did not want the MCA to be a loophole, back door or anything of that nature. Principles The bill does not insert principles onto the face of the MHA.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The latest government-commissioned practice guide to what works in children’s social care said interventions for parents of children aged 0-10 could improve parenting practices and child behaviour, lessen levels of stress and support adults mental health.

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Shelter, Inc

JUNE 27, 2024

to support the expansion of its clinical program into underserved communities in the north and northwest suburbs of Chicago. Shelter’s clinical team will help address the dire need for youth mental health services that is much greater than current school staff can address. Shelter, Inc. was awarded $273,146.87

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

That was the verdict from government advisers, in a report last week advising ministers on how to introduce their controversial plans, opposed by campaigners, to introduce of scientific methods where there are doubts over claimants’ age.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Sarah Lorr, co-director of the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic at Brooklyn Law School. They say that Not only are some of the criteria [used in the AFST algorithm] explicitly disallowed … pointing to disability-related factors, but long-standing racial biases also are implicitly included.

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Relias

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Unfortunately, this leaves many new nurses without the hands-on training and clinical skills necessary for success — contributing to burnout and high turnover rates that can cost a hospital between $55,000 to $85,000 per nurse. According to a report from the National Academy of Medicine, 35% to 54% of U.S.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

Written from a modern, pluralist perspective, the text shows why economists and policymakers disagree about regulations, social welfare programs, government spending, and tax policies designed to address these economic problems.

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Community Care

MARCH 24, 2025

It added that it was “inappropriate” for experts to be called to give fact-finding evidence of whether alienating behaviours had occurred, though it may be necessary to instruct a psychologist to help the court determine the welfare outcome for the child.

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Clinical Philosophy

APRIL 13, 2022

But really they'd not be of use to anyone else, including the patient, since what they're designed for, their whole purpose , is, as I said, to function as aide-memoires for me - and so they're replete with the requisite shorthand and clinical terminology to effectively support that end. and so I make them.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

In the wake of the stunning – in a good way – Supreme Court decision on the Indian Child Welfare Act, ProPublica talks to Kathryn Fort , director of the Indian Law Clinic at the Michigan State University College of Law about how to make sure the law is enforced. And, in a commentary about the ICWA decision in Slate, Prof.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The lawsuit was filed by the Family Justice Law Center, the New York University School of Law Family Defense Clinic and two private firms. When the mother opens the door, two government investigators are standing outside, loudly demanding to be let inside. But unlike most legal documents, this one reads like a good magazine article.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Government plans to more closely integrate health and social care will not succeed in their aims to improve care quality, personalisation and value for money without adequate funding and staffing, sector bodies have warned. Staffing shortages in health and social care are chronic, yet government has no long-term plan to address them.”

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Relias

AUGUST 12, 2023

The Federal Tort Claims Act passed in 1946, allowing citizens to sue the federal government for alleged injury caused by federal employees. In these instances, the federal government (rather than the employee) defends the claim and pays any settlements. Simply put, tort law protects people from the bad or negligent acts of others.

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Community Care

JULY 17, 2024

The new Labour government has pledged to legislate to strengthen the child protection in its first King’s Speech, unveiled today. ” However, in outlining its plans for the bill, the government said its impact would be years in the making. ”

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 28, 2022

Child welfare” is not run by the federal government. From the story: “You can very cogently argue that we don’t have evidence about what it means to be on multiple psychotropic medications,” said Lisa Cosgrove, a clinical psychologist at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. I’ve seen no data on how much difference it’s made.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 8, 2023

That’s just one of the findings in the new study we highlighted in yesterday's post to this Blog (a study I first read about on the excellent blog written by Robert Latham, Associate Director of the University of Miami Children and Youth Law Clinic).

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Working with adults with executive functioning challenges , where highly specialist clinical psychologist Dr Emma Cameron will support practitioners to build their understanding and confidence in this practice area.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Across multiple disciplines, women have built and maintained organizations, created social justice movements, governed with compassion, and brought order where there was once chaos. Women are no strangers to leadership. During these challenging economic times, social workers have an opportunity to empower those at risk.

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2025

Expanding access to care: Nurse-led clinics, mobile health units, and telehealth services have increased access to healthcare for underserved communities. Despite these advancements, barriers still limit nurses ability to lead in clinical care. The need for nurse-led policy leadership remains stronger than ever.

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University of Connecticut

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The researchers have partnered with colleagues at the University of Vermont and local community agencies, including the Connecticut Department of Children and Families and Wheeler Clinic, to conduct a three-year, multi-site randomized control trial of the intervention. Government. million with 100 percent funded by ASCF/HHS.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 14, 2023

There are a wide range of job positions available in various settings, including healthcare, education, mental health, government agencies, private practice, counseling centers, research organisations and more. Job Security and Diverse Career Opportunities Social work is a growing field with many opportunities for advancement.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The government has pledged to invest in new training routes into social work as part of its white paper on adult social care reform, published today. to deliver world-leading clinical services and continued high standards of care” Related articles. behaviours?to

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Relias

MARCH 7, 2023

Given the current and future need for nurses, healthcare organizations must focus on recruiting new nurses, but perhaps more importantly — keeping their nursing staff engaged in clinical practice. In addition to improving their overall clinical practice knowledge, an investment in learning also contributes to organizational excellence.

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Relias

APRIL 10, 2025

How healthcare organizations can stay compliant with the Emergency Preparedness Rule To ensure ongoing compliance with the rule and support operational readiness, healthcare leaders can take the following steps: Establish a preparedness committee that includes leadership, clinical staff, and administrative personnel.

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Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

The relationship between patient satisfaction scores, reimbursement, and health outcomes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scoring helps hospitals and governing bodies evaluate patient satisfaction through quantitative measurements. In 2019, $1.9

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Vivek Sankaran, director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic at the University Michigan Law School summed it up perfectly: In many ways, the decision was unexceptional.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

If you tell your doctor you smoke, there is no chance the doctor will call a hotline that will send government agents into your home where they may awaken you in the middle of the night, ask traumatic questions, stripsearch you and, possibly, take you away from everyone you know and love and put you in a factory that manufactures carcinogens.

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Community Care

APRIL 7, 2022

In his inaugural address as president on Wednesday , Crocker called on the government to launch a review into children’s mental health. Councils continue to face social work shortages and Crocker said ADCS would continue to urge the government to begin a national recruitment drive. More foster carers needed. More foster carers needed.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Applying for IHS Grants IHS grants are typically available to tribal governments, urban Indian organizations, and nonprofit entities that serve Native American communities. Building strong relationships with government agencies and elected officials can help ensure long-term financial support for tribal healthcare programs.

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, rather than statutory principles, it recommended a new provision, placed at the beginning of the MHA, requiring the government to draw up the revised MHA code of practice having regard to and including the principles set out in the independent review.

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