NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Hackneys and their lawyer suspect that the algorithm, and the humans who may be slavishly following it, discriminated against them because of disabilities. As the ABA Journal story explains: Lauren Hackney has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder that can cause memory loss, and Andrew Hackney has some resultant damage from a stroke.

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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 role of the police in detentions The police have specific powers under sections 135 and 136 of the MHA to detain people with a mental disorder, both with and without a warrant.

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Community Care

JUNE 13, 2024

A third of recent infant care cases involved parents with learning disabilities or difficulties, research has found. They also interviewed 42 social care professionals, 17 lawyers and four mothers with learning disabilities or learning difficulties who had experience of proceedings.

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Community Care

MAY 10, 2022

Proposals to overhaul the Mental Health Act 1983 will be considered by Parliament over the next year, the government announced today in the Queen’s Speech. They would have to have a co-occurring mental health condition.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Helping clients discuss their alcohol use can also reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Government. How much drinking is too much?

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Community Care

AUGUST 8, 2023

The government is reviewing the case for giving social workers in England powers of entry in adult safeguarding cases. This would not apply where the person does not have a mental disorder. This should include safeguarding adult reviews in England and the use of equivalent powers in Scotland and Wales.” ”

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

There will be no reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 before the next election, the government has confirmed. The reforms were designed to reduce the use of detention and CTOs, tackle their disproportionate impact on black people and end the inappropriate, and often lengthy, detention of autistic people and those with learning disabilities.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Helping clients discuss their alcohol use can also reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Government. How much drinking is too much?

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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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Community Care

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

of a set of 11 indicators of need or risk, including mental health issues, disability, self-harm or going missing. “It will require a nationwide strategy, with significant commitment at a local and national level, led by national government. Children had up to eight areas of need, with two-thirds having four or more.

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Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2022

A London borough has agreed to pay £2,500 to a disabled boy and his adoptive mother after issuing care proceedings on “incomplete and flawed information”. On two occasions in 2016 and 2017, Richmond council refused to pay for continued therapeutic work for Ms X and Y, that had been recommended by a multi-disciplinary assessment.

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Community Care

JUNE 27, 2024

Then, in 2012, she became chair of the mental health faculty at The College of Social Work, the body set up to provide leadership for the profession, which closed in 2015 after the government withdrew funding and it was unable to sustain itself. What would you describe as those basic skills? They’ve had more investment.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Physical Needs Assessment : Health Status : Social workers evaluate the individual’s physical health, identifying any chronic illnesses, disabilities, or immediate health concerns that may require attention. Basic Needs : Assessment includes evaluating access to necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, and transportation.

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APRIL 24, 2023

Studies have shown that somewhere from 50% to 80% of adults with autism also live with anxiety disorders, making communication difficult. One example of how companies do this is by providing multiple means of communication. A multitude of communication options is crucial to equitable employment experiences for those with autism.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) can occur when a developing baby is exposed to alcohol before birth. People with FASDs can live with lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities. Government. Substance use during pregnancy can lead to poor outcomes.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 8, 2025

Whats more, women who drink face reproductive risks, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that may affect up to 1 in 20 school children nationwide. Government.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Those who are pregnant or can become pregnant also risk alcohol-exposed pregnancy and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that may affect up to 1 in 20 school children nationwide. Government.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

A serious and complex condition is defined as a condition “serious enough to require specialized medical treatment to avoid the reasonable possibility of death or permanent harm” or a chronic condition that “is life-threatening, degenerative, potentially disabling, or congenital; and requires specialized medical care over a prolonged period of time.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Individuals with disabilities were also disproportionately affected by the hardships of COVID-19 (ACL, 2022) as were immigrant communities (Clark et al., of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reported by social workers was five times higher than the national estimates of 5.3% (Kilpatrick et al. Government. McCoyd et al.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Sometimes one small detail from a government document tells a huge story especially when a good reporter adds a little context. Instead, according to WRTV in Indianapolis Bryant relied on a feeding tube and [her mother, Celena] Conkright has disorders, including ADHD and ADD. So now, The Imprint asks, what next?

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The bill is largely the same as the draft Mental Health Bill published by the previous government, itself largely based on the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act in 2018. Also, they will not be able to be made subject to a CTO solely on the basis of their learning disability or autism.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. I treat far more complications from untreated diabetes in the NICU than I do from opioid use disorder. said Patrick. "I

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