Mon.Jul 15, 2024

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Community business supports CCRC’s Back to School drive

CCRC

To help children prepare for the new school year, CCRC hosts an annual Back to School drive. Funds raised from our Laughs4Literacy comedy show allow us to purchase those materials. This year we are grateful to have received the support of a community business as a major event sponsor. We were excited when Julio Zenon reached out saying that community is a keystone of his business and sat down with him to hear why they chose CCRC.

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Number of children’s homes up 44% since 2020 as fostering sector shrinks

Community Care

The number of mainstream children’s homes in England has grown by 44% over the past four years, amid a contraction in the fostering sector. Children’s home numbers grew by 12% in the year to 31 March 2024, continuing significant increases seen in preceding years, showed Ofsted’s annual statistics on the social care sector, released last week.

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Check Out NASW Press Summer Reads and Earn CEUs Too!

Social Work Blog

NASW Press offers continuing education credits on a wide array of books via the NASW Social Work Online CE Institute. Titles range from burnout, self-care, and meditation to ethical standards in social work, digital practice, economic well-being, social entrepreneurship, and mentoring women for leadership, to name a few. See examples of CEU titles below and visit the NASW Press website to learn more. _ Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice.

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Agency social worker numbers coming down in children’s services, says ADCS president

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Agency social workers numbers are coming down in children’s services in England following significant increases in their use by councils in recent years, a sector leader has said. Association of Directors of Children’s Services president Andy Smith told Community Care he believed the trend was the result of the planned introduction of rules later this year to curb councils’

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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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NCCPR in Tennessee Lookout: The best way to reduce child abuse fatalities is to reduce poverty

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The only acceptable goal for child abuse fatalities is zero. But how do we come closest to achieving that goal? Some have suggested that because child abuse deaths may have increased by 30% in 2023, Tennessee is doing too much to keep families together so we should tear apart even more families. That would only make everything worse. For starters, there is no evidence for the claim that Tennessee is bending over backwards to keep families together.

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Fifth of UK hospices cutting services amid funding crisis, finds report

The Guardian

Sector says ‘too many people dying in avoidable pain’, with soaring numbers being pushed back into the NHS One in five hospices in the UK are cutting services amid the worst funding crisis in two decades, a report has warned, with soaring numbers of patients being pushed back into the NHS. Research by Hospice UK found “small and wildly varying” state funding had failed to keep pace with growing demand and rising running costs.

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England’s healthcare watchdog apologises over ‘new regulatory approach’

The Guardian

CQC ‘got things wrong’ implementing inspection regime and new computer system, interim chief admits England’s healthcare regulator has issued a public apology over reforms to its monitoring of tens of thousands of hospitals, care homes, dentists and GPs. The apology from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) came in the wake of care organisations complaining of a “hostile” inspection regime and a major new computer system failing to work properly.