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Boost bursary and placement funding to attract more people into social work, sector tells government

Community Care

The government needs to boost funding for social work bursaries, placements and apprenticeships to attract more people into the profession and tackle persistently high vacancy and turnover rates. It should also invest in the development of social workers at different levels, while also taking action to tackle racial inequalities in the social care workforce.

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Social Work Recognised at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2024

International Federation of Social Workers

Social Work will be present and active at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024, to be held in Samoa this October.

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Study Reveals Widespread Misinformation About Depression

MQ Mental Health

A recent Finnish study reveals that people are often given misleading information about depression, making it harder for them to understand the causes of their distress. The researchers point out that most psychiatric diagnoses, including depression, are purely descriptive and do not explain the causes of symptoms. Despite this, depression is frequently discussed as a disorder that causes low mood and other symptoms, which the researchers describe as circular reasoning.

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Try This: Narrow Your Partnership Focus

Nicole Clark Consulting

Try this activity and let me know how it goes for you. Inviting organizations to join a partnership requires strategizing on who to invite, articulating the partnership’s value add, each partner knowing their role, and being open to shifts in how partners participate over time. While a partnership works in service of addressing an emerging [.] The post Try This: Narrow Your Partnership Focus appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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From Payroll Pains to Growth Gains: Streamlining Payroll & HR for Success

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

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Daily Herald, July 17, 2024

Shelter, Inc

Housing for girls and young women who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking is expected to open next year in Palatine. Read the Daily Herald article here. The post Daily Herald, July 17, 2024 first appeared on Shelter, Inc.

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Try This: Narrow Your Partnership’s Focus

Nicole Clark Consulting

Try this activity and let me know how it goes for you. Inviting organizations to join a partnership requires strategizing on who to invite, articulating the partnership’s value add, each partner knowing their role, and being open to shifts in how partners participate over time. While a partnership works in service of addressing an emerging [.] The post Try This: Narrow Your Partnership’s Focus appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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Film honours 41 ‘heroines’ lost in Guatemala children’s home fire

The Guardian

As their families await justice, Jayro Bustamante’s movie, Rita, highlights the bravery of victims of 2017 blaze, and the authorities’ failure to protect them Ada Kelly Alfaro says the cries from friends asking for help still haunt her daughter, Cynthia Phaola Morales, seven years after she survived a fire at a children’s shelter in Guatemala that killed 41 girls.

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