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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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

MAY 8, 2024

Social workers can help women prioritize their health by making conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice. As providers of mental and behavioral health services in a broad range of settings, social workers play a pivotal role in preventing risky drinking among women, including any alcohol use during pregnancy.

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Human Services Social Worker University Schools 128

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 87

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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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 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 University Interventional 102

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 Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Alcohol-exposed pregnancies may also lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that affects an estimated 2-5% of schoolchildren in the U.S. Alcohol screening and brief intervention is an evidence-based practice that is recommended by the U.S.

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Interventional Healthcare University Communication 87

Social Work Blog

MAY 11, 2023

It’s National Women’s Health Week (May 14-20), an opportunity for social workers to encourage women to make their health a priority, including avoiding drinking too much alcohol. Alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) is effective and relatively simple to do. Visit NASW’s Behavioral Health page for resources.

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Social Worker Disorder Interventional Mental Health 59

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

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 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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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 61

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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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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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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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 58

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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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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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 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.”

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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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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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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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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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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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Brightpoint

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Using a “Parents as Teachers” model, our social workers support parents with everything from prenatal education to building parenting skills. If we identify a developmental delay or disability, we help a family get support that meets their child’s specific needs. We don’t have an end in sight to the current migrant crisis.

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Medicaid Interventional Disability Social Services 52

Brightpoint

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Using a “Parents as Teachers” model, our social workers support parents with everything from prenatal education to building parenting skills. If we identify a developmental delay or disability, we help a family get support that meets their child’s specific needs. We don’t have an end in sight to the current migrant crisis.

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