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. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)? ounces); and a single glass of wine (5 ounces).

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Interventional Social Worker Human Services University 121

Social Work Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

These profiles represent families that are unemployed, disabled, elderly, are single parent households, and recipients of some form of assistance such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or Social Security Disability.

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Schools Interventional Disability Empathy 97

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 28, 2022

The themes and sub-themes are as follows: Groups in vulnerable situations: the quest for social protection. Persons with disabilities. Social Work Education and Empowerment. Human rights and social justice. Building core competencies, newer skills and global standards for social work education. Older persons.

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Welfare Disability Interventional University 145

Social Work Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

How Social Workers Can Make a Difference. and are the leading preventable cause of developmental disabilities. Social workers can make a difference by sharing this key message with clients—and by screening all adults for risky alcohol use. September 2022. FASDs may affect up to 1 in 20 schoolchildren in the U.S.

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Disorder LCSW Healthcare University 111

Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The third edition has been updated to view documentation through person-first language and includes a new chapter on bias-free language selection, with examples and exercises to ensure appropriate wording choices are used related to age, disability, immigration and socioeconomic status, and gender and sexual orientation.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

may have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. About one in 20 pregnant people report binge drinking in the past 30 days, and up to five percent of school children in the U.S.

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Disorder Criminal Justice Interventional University 105

Community Care

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Social workers have been freed up to spend more time with children after council investment led to a “significant reduction” in caseloads, Ofsted has found. Department for Education (DfE) figures show that Walsall’s agency social worker rate halved from 30.5% ‘Impressive’ interventions. in 2018 to 13.4

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Social Worker Interventional Engagement Disability 63

Community Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The latest government-commissioned practice guide to what works in children’s social care said interventions for parents of children aged 0-10 could improve parenting practices and child behaviour, lessen levels of stress and support adults mental health.

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Interventional Mental Health Government Adoption 41

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 55

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. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)? ounces); and a single glass of wine (5 ounces).

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Interventional Social Worker Human Services University 87

Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – What is the Difference? – Social workers and case managers are both integral parts of the healthcare industry. Who is a social worker? Knowing the distinctions between these roles can aid in determining the ideal career path in human services.

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Case Management Social Worker Healthcare Mental Health 52

Community Care

APRIL 14, 2022

Social workers are “pivotal” to the success of direct payments but need improved training to build their skills and confidence. New training routes into social work pledged in adult care white paper. Is the personalisation of social care stalling – and why are more working-age people in care homes?

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Social Worker Interventional Disability Government 54

Community Care

MARCH 8, 2024

Since Lyn Romeo announced her retirement in October last year , the tributes to the now former chief social worker for adults from across the profession have been warm and fulsome. Lyn Romeo is without a doubt a social worker for social workers! Will be hugely missed by many and certainly me.

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Social Worker Government Mental Health University 61

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 23, 2022

The themes and sub-themes are as follows: Groups in vulnerable situations: the quest for social protection. – Persons with disabilities. Social Work Education and Empowerment. – Human rights and social justice. – Building core competencies, newer skills and global standards for social work education.

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Welfare Disability Interventional University 97

Community Care

APRIL 17, 2025

The review team examined 58 studies covering 33 programmes, including 20 studies, of 10 programmes, that examined programme effectiveness, most of which were randomised controlled trials (RCT), which randomly allocate participants into a group that receives the intervention and a control.

Mental Health 28

Mental Health Interventional Self-harm Psychology 28

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The association offers resources to help social workers engage with clients, colleagues, family, and friends about COVID-19 vaccination. Social Work Role in Reducing COVID-19 Transmission. Social workers who visit family or friends in nursing homes can encourage these residents to get vaccinated.

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Nursing Home Medicare Medicaid Self-harm 122

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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Foster Care Child Welfare Advocacy Welfare 98

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. It confirmed its support for authorities appointing designated social care officers (DSCOs), in its improvement plan for SEND and alternative education provision (AP).

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Government Disability Interventional Social Worker 49

Community Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Figures from the annual children in need census , covering the year to 31 March 2021, also showed that referrals to children’s social care and child protection plans fell sharply during the first year of coronavirus restrictions in the country. End ‘staggering misuse’ of children’s social workers to allow more direct work, says care review.

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Domestic Violence Interventional Social Worker Schools 64

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. It also warned that there were signs councils were withdrawing resources from discharge planning for people subject to the MHA.

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Hospitals Mental Health Disability Advocacy 12

Community Care

MARCH 5, 2024

Postcode lottery This identified huge variations between councils in the likelihood of children having no further action taken following a social care referral, proportions of children in need on CIN plans, the number of plans per head of population and their duration. ” Who are children in need?

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Interventional Disability Social Worker Government 58

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.

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Communication Interventional Social Worker Behavior Analysis 52

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 Worker Disability Interventional Empathy 52

Community Care

JANUARY 26, 2024

Children’s social workers’ caseloads have grown increasingly complex over the past decade, alongside a sharp rise in concerns relating to child mental health, an analysis of official data has found. Substantial investment in preventive services.

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Mental Health Disability Interventional University 64

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.

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Interventional Mental Health Social Worker Therapist 52

Social Work Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

The association offers resources to help social workers engage with clients, colleagues, family, and friends about COVID-19 vaccination. Social Work Role in Reducing COVID-19 Transmission. Social workers who visit family or friends in nursing homes can encourage these residents to get vaccinated.

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Nursing Home Medicare Medicaid Self-harm 93

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? Skills and Intervention.   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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Social Worker Self-harm Code of Ethics Diversity 52

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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Code of Ethics Mental Health Disability Interventional 52

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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Code of Ethics Disability Interventional Mental Health 52

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.”

Code of Ethics 52

Code of Ethics Disability Interventional Mental Health 52

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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Code of Ethics Substance Abuse Justice and Corrections Social Worker 52

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In its latest monitoring visit to Bradford council, the inspectorate found that a bigger and more stable workforce of “committed and caring” social workers and personal advisers (PAs) were delivering more consistent practice under the oversight and leadership of “capable” senior managers. Related articles.

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Interventional Social Worker Disability Mental Health 47

Community Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Inspectors said child protection practice helped improved children’s situations, resulting in intervention being stepped down, as a result of strong multi-agency planning that created clear expectations of families.

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Interventional Disability Social Worker 49

Community Care

APRIL 22, 2022

‘Ongoing commitment to do even better’ Services for children in care and care leavers also drew broadly positive comments, with social workers’ relationships with children again being praised. Inspectors did, however, say that the consistency of return-home interviews with children who go missing needed to improve.

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Interviewing Social Worker Disability Interventional 58

Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Among the inadequate-rated councils, the inspectorate particularly highlighted improvements at Surrey and Newham, found disabled children’s services had recovered since a visit last year West Sussex, and said progress was “modest but fragile” at Medway. from reserves to tackle children’s social worker shortage. Related articles.

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Disability Social Worker Interviewing Adoption 49

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. Excellent direct work’.

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Social Worker Foster Care Diversity Disability 58

Community Care

MARCH 8, 2023

Children making significant progress in residential care due to effective therapeutic interventions, making them ready and willing to move to a family-like setting. They said that these placements required a specific skillset on carers’ part, as did other specialist placements, such as those for disabled children.

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Foster Care Self-harm Anxiety Mental Health 68