Community Care

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Many were making use of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ (ADASS) screening tool to prioritise applications. Reform urgently needed, says CQC However, despite the many practice issues it raised, the CQC concluded by calling for urgent reform to the DoLS. ”

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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. ” For the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, president Beverley Tarka said: “Families up and down the country are facing constant struggles to get the support they need to care for loved ones.

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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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Social Work Haven

MAY 3, 2023

Social work plays a vital role in child safeguarding, providing support and intervention to vulnerable children and their families. This involves taking a proactive approach to identifying and responding to early signs of harm, with a focus on prevention and early intervention. The 4 C’s of safeguarding are: 1.

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Community Care

JUNE 10, 2024

New DoLS prioritisation tool Against this backdrop, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has adopted a new tool to help councils prioritise DoLS applications that was developed by West Midlands ADASS. These are people who need a periodic check on their situation.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

CONTENT YOU WOULD LOVE TO READ ON SOCIAL WORK HAVEN We’ll delve into the pivotal role of a master’s degree in social work (MSW) and the rigorous standards set in these programmes. Social workers need to have a strong understanding of social policy, legislation, and practice methods.

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Community Care

AUGUST 31, 2022

Ross wants the association to get better at targeting younger and newly qualified social workers, including through improving the way it communicates with them, so that joining BASW on qualification becomes a norm. So how does she feel it can be achieved? Diversifying membership. Focus on lived experience and equalities.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

His work had an immense influence on the field of psychology, and he is widely credited for revolutionising the way people understood human behaviour and communication. Berne’s work established the foundation for transactional analysis, which remains one of the most significant social theories in the world today.

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Social Worker Mental Health University Welfare 52

Social Work Haven

APRIL 3, 2023

MENTAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENTS MADE SIMPLE A BIA-DOLS qualification course qualifies a social worker or other professionals such as nurses to assess people in situations, such as residential care or hospital, where their liberty may be in question, and their mental capacity to make decisions for themselves. 1 (4) MCA).

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