My Brains Not Broken

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Today’s guest post is from Michael Vallejo, a licensed clinical social worker and founder of Mental Health Center Kids. When we watch TV, scroll through social media, or see other people’s achievements in life, we can develop unrealistic standards of beauty, intelligence, and success. This can create a habit of constantly comparing ourselves to others, which can lead to harsh self-criticism.

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Monday 11th December 3 PM CET Time ONLINE ZOOM Platform Kindly use this link for registration __ Join us in this free webinar organised by the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Europe […]

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Nnatasha Tracy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Because of the black box warnings (also known as boxed warnings) on antidepressants, many people think that antidepressants cause suicidal thinking , suicidal behavior, and suicide. The black box warning on antidepressants is, after all, the strongest warning the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can place on a medication. However, the black box warning on antidepressants was authored almost 20 years ago, and we have learned a lot and have synthesized a lot of data since then.

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University of Connecticut

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Four UConn School of Social Work alums recently won their local elections in Connecticut. We extend our congratulations to: Pamela Floyd-Cranford ’96 SSW won re-election to the Manchester Board of Directors Darleen Klase ’88 (CLAS) ’08 SSW won a seat on the Windsor Town Council Dr. Shannon Lane ’09 SSW won a seat on the Bethany Board of Education Sarah Miller ’22 SSW won her re-election to the New Haven Board of Alders Both Dr.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Pay is now the top motivator for social workers to change jobs, Community Care’s annual jobseeker survey has found. Improving salary has overtaken achieving a better work-life balance as the biggest temptation for practitioners to move roles, found the research. While pay was also the most compelling reason to move for respondents to our 2021 survey, a bigger proportion (55%) selected it in 2023 than in previous rounds of the research.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Imagine that you run a small software firm. One of your engineers just stopped by for his annual performance review. You ask what he accomplished in the past year and he says: “My new software crashed the systems of half our clients. They lost millions and they’re considering suing us! But you can’t fire me because anyone else you hire would be worse.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

One child cost a local authority £63,000 a week and the number of placements has shot up to more than 1,500 from 120 five years ago Councils have claimed they are being “held to ransom” by private care providers, as it emerged the taxpayer has been paying as much as £63,000 a week for single children’s social care placements. The extraordinary bill – equivalent to £3.3m a year for one placement – came in new figures from local authorities in England released on Wednesday that showed the number o

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Underfunded, overstretched sector to become testing ground for battle against low pay but critics say policy is weak and vague “My sister is a care worker. She was a care worker during the pandemic. Fourteen-hour shifts, often overnight. Unimaginable pressure. And the reward? A struggle every week – and I mean every week – just to make ends meet.” So spoke Keir Starmer last month, drawing on experience close to home in his party conference speech to underline his determination to overhaul the ca

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