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School Social Worker: Canary in the Coal Mine of Public Education

The New Social Worker

I am a school social worker, a canary in the coal mine of public education. I see the collective strain on school staff, but I also envision the way forward.

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Call for Applications: IFSW Africa Representative to ANESW (Africa Network for Environmental Social Work and Disaster)

International Federation of Social Workers

The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Africa is seeking a dedicated and passionate individual to serve as a volunteer Representative to ANESW (Africa Network for Environmental Social Work and […]

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CCRC & Hope the Mission support unhoused families with child care

CCRC

Finding and keeping a job can be an impossible task for families who have lost their shelter. Families without stable housing typically struggle to access child care, but a new partnership between CCRC and Hope the Mission provides unhoused families with onsite child care. The joint effort comes after extensive information gathering by CCRC Early Care and Learning staff, as well as research conducted in part by CCRC, that found families without shelter and child care faced difficulty in finding

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NASWU’s Transformative Journey in Elevating the Social Work Profession: Celebrating Milestones and Charting the Future

International Federation of Social Workers

The National Association of Social Workers Uganda (NASWU) has recently released its 2024 report, highlighting the significant strides made in advancing social work in Uganda over the past three years.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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60% of community social care services have no or ‘outdated’ performance rating, analysis finds

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Sixty per cent of community social care services in England have no or an ‘outdated’ performance rating, an analysis of Care Quality Commission (CQC) data has found. Almost a quarter of home care, extra care, shared lives or supported living services (23%) had never been rated by the CQC as of June 2024, despite more than half of these having been registered with the regulator f

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Woman, 86, told she no longer has to repay £13,000 in benefits in DWP U-turn

The Guardian

Exclusive: Case of Sia Kasparis, who has dementia, had been highlighted in Guardian investigation into unpaid care UK politics live – latest updates An 86-year-old woman with advanced dementia has been told by the government she no longer has to repay a £13,000 benefit debt after her case was highlighted by the Guardian. Sia Kasparis, who is partially blind and has been bed-bound for two years, was ordered to repay the huge sum after officials said she had failed to notify them her son had taken

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Maine child welfare: Once a potential national model, now a national disgrace

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The child Maine politicians keep forgetting Among the greatest child welfare tragedies in America is what’s been happening in Maine. Maine doesn’t have the worst system in America, but it’s bad enough, tearing apart families at a rate more than double the national average. What makes it especially tragic is that Maine is a place that almost got child welfare right.

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Student Community Service Hours. It’s more than putting in time….

Gary Direnfeld

Ontario high school students are required to provide 40 hours of community service. I remember a friend of mine who worked for a community agency telling me that parents would ask him to sign a form indicating their kid had done so… when they hadn’t done so. Other parents would do their kids work of finding them a placement to do their time… as if it was a jail sentence.

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Resilience? First you must encounter adversity…

Gary Direnfeld

Be cautious about rushing to soothe every frustration your kid experiences. That thing called frustration tolerance cannot develop if each instance is compensated for or soothed by another. Indeed, all that soothing can rob the child of the capacity to develop resilience, the ability to overcome adversity. As they are left to manage their own feelings, then and only then can they come to self-soothe.

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How Do You Want to Be Known? Consider Humane.

Gary Direnfeld

The thing is, not everyone can manage. Not everyone can maintain employment. Some truly don’t have the skills. Some meet hardship that overwhelms. Some face illness, accident or injury. Some simply lack capacity for self-sufficiency. What of these folks? We can leave them to themselves. Swim or drown. Few will want to drown. They may live a subsistence life, perhaps on the streets, perhaps scrounging, doing anything necessary to survive.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.