Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

The department has accepted her recommendations for the council to retain the support of a commissioner and a separate DfE-appointed improvement adviser and attempt to make progress on areas including reducing its high use of agency staff and the number of changes of social worker children face.

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Michigan Social Work

MARCH 17, 2022

The Office of Continuing Education announces two new web-based certificate programs: the Online Certificate in Disability Inclusion and Accessible Design, and the Online Certificate in Dismantling Oppression. These courses provide knowledge and skills that are relevant to social workers as well as a broad range of other professionals.

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

Three in ten of the social workers whom Tarka and her colleagues lead are black, Asian or from an ethnic minority, but this diversity is not reflected in adults’ services’ leadership cadre. “I want to have a focus on inclusion and diversity. ”

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Community Care

MAY 2, 2023

Racial diversity among directors of children’s services remains low, compared with the populations they serve and the workforces they lead, a survey has revealed. 8% considered themselves disabled. “This is something all local authorities are focussed on, as is the association.

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Community Care

APRIL 21, 2022

But it is still lower than the proportion of women in the wider children’s social work workforce (87%, according to Department for Education figures ). Ongoing lack of ethnic diversity among DCSs. Sharp rise in children’s social workers leaving council roles, government figures show. Related articles.

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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? Diversity & Equality.   Identify and behave as a professional social worker, committed to professional development. Social workers are members of an internationally recognised profession.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Practice educators are passionate about supporting students, but a lack of recognition and support risks pushing some out of the role, Social Work England-commissioned research has found. In some cases, these extended to a fellow social worker sharing aspects of the practice educator role.

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Community Care

MARCH 13, 2024

At the same time, early help and family support practitioners – and other non-social workers – will be able to take responsibility for child in need cases, with social work supervision, under revisions to the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

I am deeply humbled to lead such an outstanding institution with its 75 years of history preparing the next generation of social workers. This is particularly true in social work, where alumni serve as mentors and role models to the next generation of social workers as supervisors, field instructors, and adjunct faculty.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“Excellent” and “culturally sensitive” direct work by social workers has helped their council improve to ‘good’ in its latest Ofsted inspection. With children in care, social workers completed creative and age-appropriate work that ensured children’s views were central to decision-making.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Social Work Quotes. In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles.

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Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

By Leeanne Olivant, NOPT In the dynamic landscape of social work, practice educators (PEs) stand as vital pillars. The role’s critical importance in nurturing the next generation of social workers and retaining experienced practitioners was highlighted in a Social Work England-commissioned review, which reported last month.

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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 Blog

JULY 20, 2023

International Self-Care Day is July 24 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines self-care as “individuals, families and communities’ promoting and maintaining their own health, preventing disease, and coping with illness and disability, with or without the support of a health worker.”

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Social Work Blog

JULY 20, 2023

International Self-Care Day is July 24 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines self-care as “individuals, families and communities’ promoting and maintaining their own health, preventing disease, and coping with illness and disability, with or without the support of a health worker.”

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Social Work With Adults

MARCH 25, 2024

In the BASW Annual Survey of Social Workers and Social Work , 68% of social workers felt they had a role to play in promoting voting, but only 19% had supported someone to do so. Values and ethics place people’s rights to autonomy and self-determination at the heart of social work practice.

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Community Care

MAY 21, 2024

And the regulator hailed social workers’ strengths-based approach to to practice, with assessments and care planning reflecting what people wanted to achieve and how they wished to live their lives. There were also shortages for people who needed complex dementia care, demand for which was increasing as the population aged.

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Social Work Haven

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

I have discussed some of these factors in my article on 13 reasons why you are failing your social work placement. Who is a Practice Educator in Social Work? I therefore recommended that the student does some research into physical disabilities to widen their breadth of understanding. Social work: A profession of many faces.

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“Despite increasing external challenges raised by the ongoing pandemic, our social work faculty and staff continue to expand the scope of their impactful research.”. It’s vibrant, it’s impactful and wide-ranging, focused on diverse populations and the most pressing and relevant problems of the day,” he says.

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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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The Frontline

JUNE 14, 2023

We spoke with Charlie, who is passionate about diversity and inclusion, representation. Charlie is a registered social worker but decided to move out of statutory social work to find new ways to ensure that young people, within the LGBTQIA+ community, receive the support they need from their social workers.

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Social Work With Adults

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

I'd like to take this opportunity to say a big thanks to Fran Leddra, who comes to the end of her secondment as joint Chief Social Worker (CSW) for Adults. Fran Leddra and Mark Harvey pictured (pre-pandemic) at the beginning of their joint tenure as Chief Social Workers for Adults in 2019. Engagement on the big issues.

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Social Work With Adults

JUNE 14, 2023

and the vital role of inclusive social work practice Pride Month is a time to celebrate and honour the resilience, diversity, and accomplishments of the LGBT+ community. Adopting good social work practices is crucial for providing effective support and creating a safe and affirming environment for LGBT+ individuals.

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Social Care

JULY 25, 2023

I am incredibly humbled and honoured to have been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for my contributions to personalisation, disability, social care, and health policy. The NHS saved my life and social care transformed my life.

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Community Care

APRIL 27, 2025

Social Work England is consulting on removing the requirement for practitioners to report their gender identity when registering with the regulator. of social workers recorded their gender identity as female and 16.9% of social workers recorded their gender identity as female and 16.9%

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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 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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Community Care

MARCH 16, 2023

A quarter of those who quit the social work register in England last year had been on it for less than a year, Social Work England has revealed. Its Social Work in England: state of the nation 2023 study, published last week, showed that 24.1% This is only just short of the 28.7%

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

However, Democrats should lead the fight to pass provisions that expand voting access, such as same day registration, criminal penalties for voter intimidation, access for people with disabilities, and voting by mail. The post Protect the Vote appeared first on Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (C.R.I.S.P.).

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

But most important, we know that family policing actually has undermined real permanence: It substituted an artificial limited white middle-class construct of permanence for the real-life permanence that will be different in different cultures in a diverse United States. Department of Justice for bias against the disabled.

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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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Social Work Blog

MAY 6, 2022

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) wishes to bring attention to the importance of mental health as it affects millions of people in the United States. Social workers remain dedicated to ensuring the populations they serve have access to much needed resources and support.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Instead, a social worker told Janell that the adults had lied about the dentist. Oh honey, that’s not how it works,” the social worker told Janell. But then … Three weeks later, her social worker surprised Lacie when she announced DCFS would be taking her children, after all. But she did not see her mother.

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