Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

There will be no reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 before the next election, the government has confirmed. Prohibiting a person from being detained for treatment simply on the basis of them having autism or a learning disability.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Labour Party has pledged to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 if elected to power at the next general election. “The treatment of people with learning disabilities and autism under the current act shames our society,” he added. Very welcome announcement from @wesstreeting on mental health act reform.

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Community Care

APRIL 30, 2024

The government has proposed overhauling a key disability benefit in the face of its “spiralling” caseload and costs, in a move labelled “dangerous” and “reckless” by charities. It was introduced in 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for people of working age. What is PIP?

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

By Tim Spencer-Lane The joint committee on the draft Mental Health Bill was appointed in July 2022 to consider the government’s draft bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) , which is summarised here. The joint committee received 114 submissions of written evidence and over 100 responses to its online survey.

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Community Care

MAY 2, 2024

The next government should take forward reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in its first 100 days in office, the incoming Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) president has said.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The government has rejected an expert panel’s proposal to “severely curtail” the “inhumane” solitary confinement of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in mental health hospitals.

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Community Care

JUNE 27, 2024

But before that, her focus was squarely on mental health social work. Having practised in mental health settings after qualifying in the 1980s, she went on to become director of social work in two NHS Trusts. How has mental health social work evolved over recent years? What is its legacy?

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Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I had mental illness episodes of extreme anxiety, depression, mania, and psychosis at different times from 1983-1992. I also worked in the mental health field for three years during this time, helping mentally ill patients in hospital settings. I was no longer allowed to take graduate courses at this university.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The rise in DoL numbers has been driven by a lack of appropriate placements to meet their needs, whether in open or secure children’s homes or specialist tier 4 child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), and a reported reluctance from registered providers to admit them.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The self-reported rate of disability among care leavers is double that recorded by councils, research has found. Meanwhile, recorded disability rates among children in care and care leavers differ widely between local authorities, according to the report, published this week by Coram Voice.

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Community Care

JUNE 13, 2024

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 International Association Of Schools Of Social

JUNE 8, 2022

Disability Online Research Indaba 2022 Registration and Invitation. Please take note that registration and the call for abstracts for the 2022 UKZN Disability Research Indaba is now open. The UKZN Disability Support Unit cordially invites you to register and/or submit an abstract for the 2022 Disability Research Indaba.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 25, 2022

College students have needs like everyone else – mental health concerns, food insecurity, etc. Most institutions have a Center for Teaching and Learning, IT support services, an office of student disability services, and many other resources to support you as an adjunct instructor.

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Jaeran Kim

JULY 1, 2020

Does your adopted child have one or more developmental, physical, or mental health disabilities? Dr. Claudia Sellmaier and I are seeking adoptive parent participants for a survey about parenting an adopted child with a disability.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 16, 2023

“Thousands of children and young people around the Commonwealth help look after a relative with a disability, illness, mental health condition, or drug or alcohol addiction”, said Commonwealth Young Carer […]

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Relias

MAY 1, 2023

Caring for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is emotionally challenging work. By implementing effective workplace mental health strategies, you can help your DSPs identify the signs of the burnout and take action before it becomes too much. 5 effective workplace mental health strategies 1.

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Community Care

JUNE 25, 2024

Mental health social workers pose the greatest recruitment and retention challenge for adults’ services, a survey of councils has found. The LGA reported that: 87% of councils had found it very or fairly difficult to recruit mental health social workers over the previous three years: 60% very difficult and 27% fairly difficult.

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The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Attention to oral health care has implications for preventing chronic disease and disability, improving mental health, and reducing health care costs. Including a focus on oral health by social workers is consistent with social work's mission.

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Community Care

JANUARY 16, 2023

Some Court of Protection orders for professional reports on people subject to proceedings are “disproportionate, overly burdensome, and wrongly authorised”, mental health leaders have warned. Mental health trust concerns.

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Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Without calculating or considering any background events or genetic testing from the patients’ past life, society concludes that every person dealing with a mental health issue is manic or “crazy” Usually, society doesn’t care about medical facts; as a result, they start feeding their minds with wrong information.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 6, 2022

People with learning disabilities and autistic people were “not always protected from abuse or poor care” by insufficiently skilled staff, amid a blame culture in a mental health trust’s inpatient services. Panorama abuse: NHS chief urges mental health leaders to tackle ‘toxic and closed cultures’.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Reducing problematic alcohol use is crucial to preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)—neurodevelopmental disabilities and birth defects that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. One: FASDs are a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities in the U.S.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 10, 2022

However, RJ can also be understood as a trauma-informed mental health intervention allowing perpetrators, who have frequently been victims of past trauma, to regain a sense of voice and control, and to maintain social connection within their community.

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Beautiful Voyager

APRIL 30, 2021

I started doing an inventory: I launched my own mental health consulting business, completed a few training sessions, quickly boosted my professional network, got involved in various projects and the list goes on. Not another mental health diagnosis and medication! referring to my worst mental health challenges).

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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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Relias

JANUARY 16, 2023

For those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who have experienced abuse, trauma-informed care can prove very helpful. While many behavioral health and social service organizations have moved toward implementing trauma-informed practices, it is rarely recognized in organizations serving the IDD population.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As in the previous year, mental health and domestic abuse concerns about a parent were the two most commonly recorded factors, with each cited in just under one-third of cases where such information was recorded. This was down 0.9% on the level recorded in March 2023 (403,090) but up 2.6% on the March 2020 figure (389,260).

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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.

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Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2025

It said ICBs and councils should jointly draw up a plan for a neighbourhood health and care model including the six core components, which NHS England said were based on existing good practice. in 2025-26. According to NHS England figures , ICB funding for adult social care through the BCF was 2.92bn in 2023-24.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

Other report recommendations include the need for (a) federally funded research to inform staffing ratios for social workers and other disciplines, (b) clinical social workers to provide mental health services to nursing home residents and to receive Medicare reimbursement for those services, and (c) data collection regarding the training, expertise, (..)

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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. There were complexities related to parental mental health, which often involved domestic abuse and substance misuse.

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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. People with FASDs may be at high risk for school challenges, criminal justice issues, substance use disorders, and mental health disorders.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

As the nation’s largest group of mental health services providers, social workers are uniquely positioned to help clients make significant positive changes in their health and well-being by taking time to talk with them about their drinking. How much drinking is too much?

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2025

There were also “many examples” of the council commissioning charities and social enterprises to provide services such as befriending, transport and shopping, as well as mental health and housing.

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed. A few years later, the parent organization KVC Health Systems was created. Read more about KVC’s mental health treatment services here.

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Social Work With Adults

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I am delighted to announce the appointment of a new Chief Social Worker and a Mental Health Social Work lead to the Department of Health and Social Care. Mental Health Social Work Lead Robert Lewis joins us, on secondment, as the Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) Lead.

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