Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an invitation to social workers to make conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice—and to make sure they’re armed with the facts. How can social workers help clients feel comfortable discussing their drinking? How much drinking is too much?

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

We are also advocating on behalf of clinical social workers with key federal regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. For additional recurrences beyond 12 months, the provider must provide a new GFE and communicate any changes between the initial and the new estimates. Background on Federal Rule.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Better relationships with children’s social workers is a key factor in tackling a foster carer recruitment and retention “crisis”, says The Fostering Network. While 45% of foster carers rated the support they received from children’s social workers as excellent or good, 23% said it was poor or very poor. Related articles.

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2023

Government safeguarding advisers set out a series of recommendations for improving care, social work practice, commissioning and regulation in residential services for disabled children and those with complex needs, in a report last week.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The government will review the local authority designated officer (LADO) role after an inquiry into the abuse of disabled children identified “major failings” in relation to the function. ” Urgent actions .

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Community Care

APRIL 20, 2023

Councils should have a bigger role monitoring local residential settings in their areas to better protect disabled children, an inquiry into the abuse of children in three services has concluded. “These recommendations set out a roadmap to more humane treatment of these children.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Recent communication research shows that many healthcare professionals are surprised to learn how few drinks per week are considered excessive. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) April is Alcohol Awareness Month—a call for social workers to learn about risky drinking, including any alcohol use during pregnancy.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need to know about famous social workers? Famous social workers play an important role in our society, providing much-needed support to individuals and families who are facing difficult life situations. This list in this article comprises the 41+ most influential social workers currently alive.

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Relias

MARCH 3, 2024

Theme for this year’s Social Worth Month is “empowering social workers.” ” Though it’s easy to understand why this is important, I’d like to take the time to innumerate a few of the many ways social workers help our society. This is why I love celebrating social work month.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an invitation to social workers to make conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice—and to make sure they’re armed with the facts. How can social workers help clients feel comfortable discussing their drinking? How much drinking is too much?

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2022

Disability, Intimacy, and Sexual Health: A Social Work Perspective by Kristen Faye Linton, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lela Rankin Williams. In this book the authors compile comprehensive research and candid interviews with social workers to explore the complicated intersection of disability and sexuality.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said. The panel also highlighted the 13 safeguarding referrals and raised concerns about why alerts had not been raised before the IC(E)TR was carried out.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Looking back now, Laming says poor communication between services was the catalyst behind their failure to save Victoria. And so it is on councils and senior management to be “absolutely realistic, honest and open” with both social workers and the government about what can and can’t be achieved, he stresses. “I

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 22, 2023

Parents, social workers and caregivers can help children on the autism spectrum manage their anger in healthy ways, using simple tips such as creating calm times, identifying triggers, teaching communication skills, modelling expected behaviour and using distraction techniques. What is an Autism Spectrum Disorder?

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Community Care

JUNE 27, 2024

Ruth Allen has spent the past eight years as chief executive of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), providing leadership and representation to members from all parts of the profession. But before that, her focus was squarely on mental health social work. How integrated is mental health social work across settings?

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Social Work Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. During the COVID-19 pandemic, social workers, like most helping professionals, ramped up quickly under intense circumstances to help individuals and families to make informed decisions about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Article by Kim M. More than 1.2

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Social Work Haven

JANUARY 3, 2022

Helps us understand our role as social workers. What are the 9 core social work competencies in the UK?   Identify and behave as a professional social worker, committed to professional development. Social workers are members of an internationally recognised profession. Professionalism.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The ombudsman also criticised the level of communication provided by Miss X’s then social worker, who went a month without contacting her, including a week in which she went without overnight care between two of a succession of hospital admissions. .” reassess her night-time needs or communicate properly with her.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

Reflecting upon past experience is a vital capability for all social work professionals to develop improved communication skills, commend ourselves for what went well, enhance future performance, and continuing professional development. Reflection also allows social workers to link theory to practice.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 26, 2023

The Assessor (anyone) can carry out a capacity assessment for example, a friend, family members, a care worker, an occupational therapist, a nurse, a doctor or a social worker What are the key elements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 The key element is the fact that the MCA is a decision support tool. Who can assess capacity?

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Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead As each day passes, we move farther and farther away from being dominated by the COVID-19 Pandemic that began in 2020. Yet questions linger about the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on individuals, families, society, and social workers. Article by Kim M.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

There will be no observation of practice by social workers or other professionals, such as occupational therapists. Gaps in care for people with more complex needs Authorities reported gaps in care for people needing specialist dementia care, autistic people, those with learning disabilities and people with mental health needs.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

“Multiple changes of social workers and managers in some teams also contribute greatly to the lack of focus and urgency for many children,” inspectors said, adding that some were being left at risk of harm. ” ‘No strategic response’ to children’s needs. ” Children left to witness violence.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

As a Newly Qualified Social Worker a few years ago, I understood that to become effective at what I do as a social worker , there was a need for me to write good Care Act 2014 needs assessments. A needs assessment is carried out by social services to decide your care and support needs. What are they able to do?

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The Frontline

DECEMBER 1, 2022

My name is Julie and I am a qualified social worker. For the majority of my social work career I was a senior practitioner in a children with disabilities team. Shortly after qualifying as a social worker, I decided to focus my career specifically on working with children with disabilities.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 8, 2023

SOCIAL WORK QUOTES TO UPLIFT YOU Manage expectations -Cyndie Spiegel As a social worker, be careful of expectations that you set for others, but more importantly, be careful of the ones you set for yourself. Social workers value interpersonal relationships, teamwork, and trust. – Helen Keller, U.S.

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Social Work With Adults

MAY 10, 2023

Lyn Romeo: Those of you who are regular readers of my reports and blogs will know that one of my priorities continues to be the importance and value of social care research in social work. In 2018, the Partnership published ten priorities for Adult Social Work. It’s so inspiring to have their contribution.

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Social Work With Adults

JANUARY 31, 2024

Lyn, enjoying the stunning vistas of her home country, Australia, on an earlier trip.for all the amazing adult social work This is my farewell post before I step down as Chief Social Worker for Adults. This improved visibility for social workers was, in part, a consequence of the Care Act 2014.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 5, 2022

These include people with a lower socio-economic status, those experiencing homelessness and poverty, victims of abuse or trauma, as well as those who are disabled or have chronic illnesses. Having a good work-life balance can help us as social workers maintain our mental health. Social Work To-Do List. ” – C.S

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Social Care

MAY 19, 2022

Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults : The quality of the relationship between the person needing social care support and the practitioner who works with them is the best indicator of positive outcomes for people. This is where social workers have been a consistent presence in a person's journey.

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Social Care

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In Swansea, a group of adults with learning disabilities who had set up a formal user-led co-operative to pool their direct payments and collectively decide how to support their care needs wanted to facilitate the creation of other co-ops across Wales, as well as expand their membership.

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Social Work With Adults

JUNE 14, 2023

By demonstrating the core skills of social work practice, genuine empathy, actively listening, and using inclusive language, social workers and social care staff can help build trust and foster open communication. Another crucial aspect of good social work practice is promoting self-determination and autonomy.

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Irish Social Worker

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

She was writing in relation to the recent public outcry in respect of the abuses in residential services for people with intellectual disabilities. As I say, we can’t preempt the reports but we do know what steps we can take now to support those coming forward, by providing adequate information, clarity, communication, and tailored supports.

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The Frontline

JULY 13, 2023

Communication between the young people and professionals were poor and they heavily relied on the young people to educate them about matters surrounding LGBTQ+ topics. The young people reported experiencing a number of issues and lack of support surrounding their gender identity and sexual orientation. Citation: Brown, C., & Andrew, C.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

There has been a sharp rise in the number of social workers sharing data on their protected characteristics with the regulator. Social Work England said the proportion of registrants sharing this data had reached 52% (52,431) as of 1 November, up from 8% at the end of July and 29% at the end of September.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

By Greg Wright, NASW Communications Director Squealer , a movie streaming on Apple TV, Prime Video and other platforms , is your typical Grindhouse film. But although the plot is predictable and the acting leaves a bit to be desired, the film does offer one positive – the social worker role is pretty badass.

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Social Work With Adults

JANUARY 23, 2024

Citizenship and inclusion are the cornerstones of social work. However, making sure we are working with people with learning disabilities to achieve these outcomes is imperative. Thanks to Simon and his friend and colleague with learning disabilities, Wendy, for the rich resource they have created to support social workers.

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