Community Care

APRIL 9, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The body representing children’s home providers has decided to exclude providers receiving finance from tax havens from membership. The Children’s Homes Association’s (CHA) new membership rules also stipulate that members must be ultimately owned in the UK and have at least majority shareholders who are UK-registered taxpayers.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

They loved gentle parenting. What they didn’t realize is that their implementation was in reaction to the harsh parenting experienced as a child. What they labeled gentle parenting was actually permissive parenting, the opposite of the authoritarian style they were subject to. As such their kids weren’t really held accountable or well directed.

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CAPC

APRIL 9, 2024

A nurse leader shares important insights from palliative care RNs disclosed during mentorship and then offers four ways RNs can advocate for themselves in their careers.

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Clinic 111

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

Admittedly, I am a workaholic. My dad was a workaholic. My brothers are workaholics. I love what I do. I love meeting and working with people. I love writing. I love presenting. I love what I do. Years ago, working from home, our son came to my office to grab some time with me. I blew him off. It wasn’t long after I felt the heat of Arlene’s gaze at my back.

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Private Practice Mental Health Social Worker Counseling 147

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Blurt It Out

APRIL 9, 2024

Facing depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges can feel like walking through a dense fog with no end in sight. We grapple with intrusive thoughts, overwhelming emotions, and a constant sense of unease. Picture the weight of self-doubt pressing down on your shoulders, making each step feel like an uphill battle. However, amidst the darkness, there are rays of hope – simple yet effective therapy tools that offer comfort and companionship in our darkest moments.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

April Ferguson LCSW-C Senior Practice Associate Children and Adolescents April 2024 The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) acknowledges April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( CAPTA ) defines child abuse and neglect as any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caregiver that results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation, or an act or failure to act that presents an imminent risk of se

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Living Sober

APRIL 9, 2024

"I'm living and no longer dying. It's as simple and profound as that.

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The Guardian

APRIL 9, 2024

We would like to hear from people who benefited from New Labour’s early years programme Gordon Brown and other veterans of the last Labour government have called upon Keir Starmer to include a new Sure Start-style programme in his election manifesto after a study showed its benefits to children from low-income backgrounds. Sure Start was first announced in 1998 and saw the development of hundreds children’s centres across the UK.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

In the 70s I was interested in photography. My parents let me make a darkroom out of the basement washroom. I wanted to try taking pictures in various places. On one occasion I approached a surgeon, friend of our neighbor, to see if I could photograph a surgery. It happened! I observed and photographed a lumpectomy; removal of a bullet; and hernia repair.

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