Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 21, 2022

The issue is coming to terms with a likely mental illness that is severe and disabling or alternatively, so much enabling with little accountability since early childhood that this person truly hasn’t learned to cope and manage independently. Here in Ontario there is ODSP – Ontario Disability Support Program.

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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

MARCH 26, 2025

Published for consultation last week, the suggested PQS are designed to work in tandem with the proposed social work induction programme (SWIP). Respond to the consultation You can respond to the consultation on the PQS, which also covers the proposed social work induction programme, by answering this online survey.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 24, 2022

I wonder about a “nonverbal learning disability.” He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. The child was almost five. Acting out was an issue. There is much to examine to figure things out.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 19, 2024

” On behalf of charities providing care to disabled people, the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group issued a similar message. The MHCLG has launched a consultation on this reform. Employers cannot offer fair pay without a fair price for care. If Labour is serious about improving social care, they must act now.”

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Gary Direnfeld

MAY 17, 2022

As for their expectations of their kids, these are to be kept simple: No intoxicants in the home; Attend therapy; If working or on disability (ODSP), pay towards your common expenses. This is not for the faint of heart and typically requires support for the parents. That is tough on many parents.

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Community Care

JANUARY 14, 2024

Case for opening up child in need role In its consultation on the plans, the DfE suggested this would enable staff already working with families – including family support workers, drug and alcohol practitioners, domestic abuse workers and youth workers – to take on the lead practitioner role.

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Gary Direnfeld

JULY 24, 2023

Then I was told the worker I was paired with was on long term disability and I would be responsible for her caseload on top of mine. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. I had signed a two year contract.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

But i nstead of getting more money directly into the hands of poor families, they’re going to give up to $10 million over five years to some consultant or other – to teach mandatory reporters and child abuse hotline operators how to stop confusing poverty with neglect! Family policing is one of America’s ugliest exports.

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Relias

APRIL 5, 2024

The unemployment rate for persons with disabilities is more than twice that of individuals without disabilities. To help clients with disabilities find meaningful, stable jobs, many organizations have turned to customized employment. The post How to Build a Customized Employment Program appeared first on Relias.

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

Through in-home family strengthening services, foster care, adoption, mental health treatment, disability services, and children’s mental health hospitals, we’re giving people hope and helping children and families thrive. Learn more about our leadership , direct services , consulting and training , and more!

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

Learning disabilities and autism The draft bill aims to strengthen safeguards for those with learning disabilities and autistic people. The draft bill would also remove learning disabilities and autism as conditions for which an individual could be detained for treatment under section 3 of the MHA.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2022

Age UK charity director Caroline Abrahams said: “If it had passed, it would have taken the cap beyond the grasp of older people with few or modest assets, poorer places and disabled people of working age. It will also disproportionately affect working age adults with disabilities.” ” Related articles.

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Community Care

MARCH 2, 2023

The government will “strongly encourage” councils to appoint social work leads for special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision, it said today. The development of the role will be based on pilots run by charity the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) in 30 councils.

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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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Social Worker Disability Schools Communication 56

Community Care

JULY 31, 2024

Analysis by the consultancy Newton for the CCN found that authorities would have needed an additional 4,443 social work staff to implement the reforms – all things being equal – because of the many thousand additional assessments, care plans and reviews required for existing self-funders entering the system.

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Community Care

JANUARY 8, 2024

The consultation on the settlement runs until 16 January and you can respond through this online form. The CSA referenced Association of Directors of Adult Social Services figures that 250,000 people were waiting for assessments, 200,000 for reviews and 20,000 for care or direct payments, as of August last year.

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

I’ve worked as a lecturer in medical school, a trainer of nurses in rural South Africa, and — since immigrating to Canada — a public health consultant with Indigenous communities. For example, did you know that Hitler used “gas buses” to travel through the countryside, rounding up and murdering people with mental illnesses and disabilities?

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, we are reviewing footage from Panorama with a view to prosecuting anyone who’s captured committing a crime.” ” The trust also says that clinical teams include a consultant psychiatrist, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists and social workers. Related articles.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2022

“Commitment to consistent DEI initiatives, especially training, not only is important for patient safety and better health outcomes, but also can be key for retaining qualified, engaged employees,” observes Rola Aamar, PhD, Senior Clinical Effectiveness Consultant at Relias. How and when to use interpreter services.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

‘Unprecedented financial challenges’ Derbyshire held a consultation in May this year on introducing a policy of charging parents between £89.60 Where a person does not pay the required contribution, the council may make an application for this to be enforced by an order from a magistrate’s court.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Regulations require them to consult the relevant local authority before making a decision about a person’s eligibility and to co-operate with the council about arranging for its staff, such as a social worker, to participate in the MDT. ICBs are responsible for determining eligibility for CHC.

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Last month, I reported on cash-strapped Bristol city council’s proposal to move disabled people into residential care if it was deemed “best value” compared with providing support in their own homes. Others used the council’s public consultation to voice their objections. Readers took to social media with their outrage.

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

.” Family inspiration Much of her career was spent working with adults with learning disabilities, a reflection of the fact that her career in social care was inspired by her own experience caring for her brother, who has profound and multiple learning disabilities.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

The organisation’s 2021 census found that about a tenth of consultant psychiatrist posts were not filled. It added that with mental health services under massive additional strain since the pandemic, the use of inappropriate out-of-area placements would persist unless “concrete and additional action” was taken.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The government’s response to the consultation on the draft revised Mental Capacity Act code of practice, including provisions for implementing the Liberty Protection Safeguards , the successor to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It would be beneficial to have yoga instructors, health consultations, estheticians, masseuses or other self-care advocates come to the agency to provide insight about self care opportunities in the community. Everything has to be accessible and consistent.

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Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Longstanding concerns amid passion for role These ranged from navigating the emotional labour of supporting struggling students to grappling with institutional racism and advocating for fellow disabled and neurodivergent colleagues because of a lack of support and reasonable adjustments within organisations.

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Community Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

‘Believe in yourself’ An MBE was also awarded to social care consultant, and expert by experience, Jak Savage. ” Honours also went to: Jacqueline Hendra, a social care assessor at Devon council, who received a British Empire Medal for services to people with disabilities.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

It is the worst case of child abuse and neglect that I have ever seen,” said a hospital consultant who treated Victoria in her final days. Laming tells me of a severely disabled young adult who, until the age of 18, had been well supported by children’s services.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2023

They said that these placements required a specific skillset on carers’ part, as did other specialist placements, such as those for disabled children. DfE fostering plans The report comes in the wake of the Department for Education’s consultative strategy for children’s social care, published last month.

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Community Care

JULY 17, 2024

The Labour manifesto said this would set fair pay, terms and conditions, along with training standards, for care staff, and would be based on consultation with trade unions and providers.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Similarly, CMS stated in FAQ 6, Nursing facilities should continue to consult with state and local health departments when outbreaks occur to determine when modifications to visitation policy would be appropriate. States should work with CMS on specific actions related to additional measures they are considering. (p.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

While the regulator said effective workforce planning required collaboration, a survey of providers found that just 18% said their local authority consulted or engaged with them completely, with a further 44% saying their council did so to an extent.

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Community Care

AUGUST 29, 2023

Parents of disabled children who need constant care may be exhausted. It also involves greater investment in voluntary and community services, such as Sure Start, Home Start and family centres with an expanded age range, and in respite care for families with a disabled child.

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Beautiful Voyager

JULY 11, 2021

Will I be perceived as weak, sick, or disabled? While prior to the pandemic, a small percentage of the workforce disclosed their disabilities to their employers, as we all return to working out of our offices, there could be an increase in employees disclosing disabilities. Will I still be trusted to carry important tasks?

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Mental Health Communication Disability Recovery 52

Social Work Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

1)” Similarly, CMS states in FAQ 6, “Nursing facilities should continue to consult with state and local health departments when outbreaks occur to determine when modifications to visitation policy would be appropriate. States should work with CMS on specific actions related to additional measures they are considering. (p.

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