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Third of recent infant care cases involved parents with learning disabilities or difficulties – research

Community Care

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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The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

Community Care

When speaking to Elaine James, her passion for upholding the rights of people with learning disabilities is almost infectious. This is also evident in her accomplishments as the head of service for learning disabilities and preparation for adulthood at Bradford council. Can you tell me about your work with Promote the Vote?

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 8, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DOJ has issued a letter ruling that when judges ban such treatment they are violating the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. The Imprint’s weekly podcast features a fascinating interview with Andrea Elliott, author of Invisible Child. ? Now the Department of Justice has stepped in.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 27, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

. ● In the wake of the stunning – in a good way – Supreme Court decision on the Indian Child Welfare Act, ProPublica talks to Kathryn Fort , director of the Indian Law Clinic at the Michigan State University College of Law about how to make sure the law is enforced. And, in a commentary about the ICWA decision in Slate, Prof. “It

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Update: Nursing Home Visitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Work Blog

Free training to promote vaccine confidence and support vaccine decision making is available to all social workers as part of a CDC-funded initiative, Connect to End COVID-19 , in which NASW, the NASW Foundation, and the University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work are participating. Endnotes. [1]

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40% of family support staff have personal experience of domestic abuse, finds survey

Community Care

However, it also underlined the importance of wellbeing services, including counselling and reflective supervision, for practitioners, said the report, produced by social work academics from the University of Central Lancashire and King’s College London. Interviews with four domestic abuse training providers.

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‘I believe in the value of social work’: launch editor looks back as Community Care turns 50

Community Care

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.