Nnatasha Tracy

APRIL 11, 2024

There are so many myths about what it's like to live with bipolar disorder. People constantly make assumptions about it based on media portrayals, but life is not a movie or a news report. Living with bipolar disorder is complex and varied, and what happens for some is not necessarily common for all. So, let's dispel some of the myths about what it's like to live with bipolar disorder and encourage people to stop making uneducated assumptions.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Our interview with Lord Herbert Laming is part of a new series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to celebrate Community Care’s 50th anniversary. More than 20 years after delivering his report into the death of Victoria Climbié , there is still a quiet sadness about Herbert Laming at the mention of her name.

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International Federation of Social Workers

APRIL 11, 2024

The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) held its General Meeting on April 1st and 2nd, 2024.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Practice educators are passionate about supporting students, but a lack of recognition and support risks pushing some out of the role, Social Work England-commissioned research has found. The study found that practitioners were sustained in the role by the motivation to develop the next generation of social workers, further their own skills and knowledge and, in some cases, redress their ow

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

I have followed the harm done to children by America’s child welfare systems for nearly half a century, first as a journalist, now as an advocate. In all that time I have never encountered a state so mind-bogglingly fanatical about tearing apart families that even foster care agencies think it’s too much – until now. Yes, even agencies typically paid for each day they hold a child in care say West Virginia is taking away too many children.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

A national support programme for the growing number of overseas social workers in the UK should be “seriously considered”, the British Association of Social Workers has said. BASW made the call after launching its own professional development scheme for new international recruits to UK social work. Employers, particularly in England, have turned to international recruits in recent years to tackle persistently high social work vacancy rates in children’s services and adult socia

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