NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Roberts' work and a link to their interview with her for their podcast. From The Conversation : An exploration of another group that faces discrimination in the family policing system: the disabled. But they will remain free to steal their disability benefits. (A This story from The Imprint has a good summary of Prof.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

Roberts’ interview with Boston Review. A fourth complaint alleged that DCYF based conclusions about a parent’s capacity on their epilepsy and intellectual disabilities and failed to provide reasonable modifications. ? Check out Prof. And read an excerpt from the book in Mother Jones Prof.

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

BBC Sounds: how the voices of disabled people can shape social care Photo: enterlinedesign/Fotolia Anna Severwright, the convener of social care movement #socialcarefuture, has spoken out about her experience as a disabled person and what is needed to create a “fit for purpose” adult social care system.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Four focus groups attended by 127 practice educators, and individual interviews with 28. Both groups expressed a determination to provide global majority or disabled or neurodivergent students, respectively, with a better experience on placement than they had experienced themselves while studying.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

This is the title of a new report on protecting children from sexual abuse within the family , taken from an interview with a child who was sexually abused and failed by the agencies that should have protected them. The idea of children being abused within their family is too upsetting for adults to contemplate. Continue reading.

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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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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2022

Disability, Intimacy, and Sexual Health: A Social Work Perspective by Kristen Faye Linton, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lela Rankin Williams. In this book the authors compile comprehensive research and candid interviews with social workers to explore the complicated intersection of disability and sexuality.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The agencies call it “child support” but listen closely at 36:23 in, and you’ll hear Imprint editor John Kelly use the R-word :-)) The interview starts at 16:40 in. Department of Justice concerning possible bias against the disabled.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

“It was a mistake,” said Fort, who added that not only does she believe that ASFA is bad for Native American children, but “I don’t think it’s good for any children.” ● See also The Imprint’s interview with Shannon Smith , executive director of the ICWA Law Center. ● And, in a commentary about the ICWA decision in Slate, Prof.

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Community Care

MARCH 21, 2024

Employers interviewed by YouGov also cited burnout and workloads as the biggest contributors to low retention in their organisations, while two-thirds of current social workers and 56% of former practitioners picked reducing workloads as one of the top three factors that would help retain staff.

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Relias

AUGUST 30, 2024

Social isolation due to a disability is an all-too-common occurrence. Myriad social forces create an environment in which individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are unable to connect with their peers. This can have lasting and severe consequences for their holistic health.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

‘Unclear, complex and energy-sapping ‘ People who used social care and their carers, as well as disabled and older people’s organisations and lawyers, told the regulator that council social care complaints processes were “unclear, complex and energy-sapping” to navigate, particularly when people were at crisis point.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2022

Communication skills, such as teach-back, plain language, verbal and written instruction methods, interviewing, non-verbal communication, and knowledge confirmation. How to meet diverse needs of patients with disabilities and cognitive or mental health impairments. How and when to use interpreter services.

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Community Care

MARCH 13, 2024

Case studies in five of the authorities, involving interviews with practitioners and managers and analysis of strategic documents. Interviews with four domestic abuse training providers. Staff feedback on an online training module they were invited to complete alongside the survey. A review of policy documents in England and Wales.

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Jaeran Kim

AUGUST 11, 2017

The first is an article written from my research on adoptive parents who placed an intercountry adopted child in out-of-home care due to the child’s disability. I had two articles published recently. The second article was published in the Adoption Quarterly journal and it is based on the research conducted by Dr.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Retaining direct support professionals (DSPs) is a seemingly never-ending challenge for organizations that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Some tools for evaluating results include turnover rates, exit interviews, and surveys of your employees and the individuals you serve. Step 11: Evaluate the results.

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Community Care

MAY 2, 2024

Leftover social care reforms MHA reform: this would reform the 1983 act to lower the thresholds for detention in hospital and community treatment orders and exclude autistic people and people with learning disabilities from being detained for treatment without a co-existing mental health condition.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Our interview with Lord Herbert Laming is part of a new series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to celebrate Community Care’s 50th anniversary. 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 7, 2024

This is the first in a series of interviews celebrating Community Care’s 50th anniversary. The magazine covered the gamut of social work and social care including child protection, adoption, mental health and services for disabled and older people. On 3 April 1974, the first ever issue of Community Care was published.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Researchers also carried out in-depth interviews with 11 of the social care professionals, six of whom were social workers with one to six years’ experience. Staff from the three authorities – Swindon, Barnet, and Camden – gave an average feedback rating of 4.26

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Community Care

JANUARY 22, 2024

The centre carried out a mapping exercise in 2022-23, identifying 468 specialist services for victims/survivors and their families in England and Wales, and then interviewed representatives from 168 of these, on which its findings were based. Improve funders’ and commissioners’ expertise in funding CSA services.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In an interview published this week with his constituency’s local paper, the Harborough Mail, O’Brien said he was honoured to have been appointed to the DHSC and commented on its priorities across health and social care.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Meanwhile, the trust said it had suspended a number of staff pending investigation and commissioned an independent clinical review of the service, which experts interviewed for Panorama said had a “toxic culture” What did Panorama find? What is happening to people in inpatient care, 10 years on from Winterbourne View?

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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. Support for disabled children improving.

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A Splintered Mind

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As I wind up my latest book project, I thought it might be a good time to share an interview of sorts I did a few months ago. I’m sure he means well, but since I don’t recall him ever taking time to find out how my disability affected me in the first place, his advice is useless to me. ” in three sentences.

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Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

By drawing on a literature review and focus groups, interviews, and surveys of PEs, course providers and local authorities, the review provided a comprehensive exploration of the challenges faced by PEs. NOPT also agrees with the research findings, which validate discussions that have occurred throughout the profession for many years.

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Community Care

APRIL 22, 2022

Inspectors did, however, say that the consistency of return-home interviews with children who go missing needed to improve. ‘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.

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Social Work Haven

OCTOBER 2, 2023

For instance, I signposted an adult with learning disabilities to befriending services to help him improve upon his interpersonal skills and widen his social network. While working in adult services, I have worked with care providers and day centre management teams. This gave me the opportunity to identify services and signpost service users.

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Relias

MARCH 5, 2024

In an interview with Social Work Today , John Jay said, “As organizations adapt to and become more accustomed to delivering telehealth, telehealth is going to be more prevalent in behavioral health moving forward. Beyond enhancing security, your organization can also further educate staff and clients on telehealth best practices.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Supporting Informed Client Vaccine Decision Making Through Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) , was held live on January 12, 2022, and is now available as a self-study. Registration is now open for What’s Next in the Pandemic, Through a Social Work Lens.

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Community Care

MARCH 31, 2022

They were based on interviews with 44 parents of 59 children from 13 local authorities in England and Wales. Domestic abuse, mental health problems and substance misuse predominated and a third of the children had special educational needs and disabilities.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This may include personal interviews, family histories, and the review of relevant documents. 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.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 24, 2024

In Part One, an interview with Gwen Bouie-Haynes, PhD, LMSW—Executive Director, NASW MS Chapter and NASW Alabama Chapter ; and, Project Coordinator, Connect to End COVID-19 Special Populations. What are lessons learned, within the context of social work, from the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Relias

MAY 1, 2023

Caring for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is emotionally challenging work. Supervisors may be involved in interviewing or hiring them, coordinating their on-boarding, and overseeing their day-to-day operations. And direct support professionals (DSPs) are no different.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It also said the council needed to improve “variable” levels of practice with disabled children to achieve a consistently high quality. It also called for improvements when children go missing, not all of whom are offered a timely return home interview.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Providing a GFE to patients is not new to CSWs who, as part of best clinical and ethical practice, routinely discuss services and fees before or during the initial interview with new patients and provide informed consent forms. GFEs do not need to be provided to patients who are enrolled in federal health insurance plans (e.g.,

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Directors interviewed for the study told the college, “you are seen as a risk if you are not from a social care background”. BBC: 60,000 adults chased by councils over social care costs Photo: AdobeStock/Prostock-studio A BBC report has revealed that councils in England chased over 60,000 disabled adults for social care debts last year.

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