The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 2, 2024

This is a further and final call for chapter contributions to volume three of the IASSW book series on Advancing Social Work Practice. This volume is titled Pushing Boundaries in International Social work and Social Justice and welcomes contributions in the following areas: International social work and social issues, globalization and social change Global agenda, regional, multilateral and bilateral collaboration Dealing with social justice issues: gender, criminal justice Human rights advocacy

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International Federation of Social Workers

AUGUST 2, 2024

IFSW Africa region recently concluded a highly successful sub-regional meeting at the Saint Manick Hotel in Lomé, Togo, on June 28-29, 2024.

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Community Care

AUGUST 2, 2024

There is a £1bn shortfall in home care fees paid and the amount required by providers in England to pay staff the statutory minimum wage, meet other costs and make a “small” profit. That was among the findings of the Homecare Association’s latest report on how the fees paid by commissioners across the UK measured up against its assessment of the minimum price for home care for 2024-25.

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CCRC

AUGUST 2, 2024

An ardent defender of children and families, CCRC President and CEO Dr. Michael Olenick has been named one of the most influential people in Los Angeles. The honor was awarded by the Los Angeles Business Journal in its 2024 roundup of “200 Most Influential Leaders.” Olenick will appear on the cover of the Valley 200 edition alongside other esteemed leaders.

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Community Care

AUGUST 2, 2024

Sector leaders have urged the government to “change course on social care” after a week in which it cancelled the cap on care costs and a planned increase to workforce training funding. In an open letter to health and social care secretary Wes Streeting , more than 30 leaders said the decisions had “raised alarm bells” for those working in, and receiving, social care.

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The Guardian

AUGUST 2, 2024

Scrapping the so far universal benefit for millions of pensioners means money can be diverted to those who need it most That sounded like a totemic cut, one that everyone could understand. She cut old folk’s winter fuel allowance! Is it like Margaret Thatcher, milk snatcher, abolishing free school milk? No, not at all. In the budget, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will need to make sure that poorer pensioners are better protected with improvements to pension credit, but the winter fuel payment w

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