Stuck on Socialwork

MAY 17, 2024

It has been about two years since I posted something. My disappearance has been due to starting my Doctorate in Social Work about two years ago. What made me reappear? A conference about the future of social work. This is confluence of events for me as I have spent this semester narrowing the scope of.

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The Guardian

MAY 17, 2024

‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpayments Ministers are clawing back more than £250m from unpaid carers over benefit infringements that occurred largely as a result of government failures, it can be revealed. More than 134,000 people who care for loved ones are being forced to repay often huge carer’s allowance overpayments.

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Community Care

MAY 17, 2024

A proposed requirement on people working with children to report child sexual abuse (CSA) to children’s social care or the police is “a waste of printer’s ink” and will fail the majority of victims. That was the warning from campaigners after the government published amendments to its Criminal Justice Bill designed to bring in so-called mandatory reporting, a key recommendation from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)’s final report in 2022.

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The Guardian

MAY 17, 2024

Presenter, who cared for late husband, said she was approached by people in street pleading for intervention The TV presenter Kate Garraway has said the UK government’s prosecution of unpaid carers for thousands of pounds in benefit payments has a “horrible echo” of the Post Office scandal. In an emotional intervention on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Garraway said many people had pleaded with her to “please do something” to help those being pursued by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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Social Work Blog

MAY 17, 2024

By Ja’Bree Harris, MSW, NASW Public Policy and Advocacy Manager Today is the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is celebrating the advocacy and hard work that led to this pivotal decision, which has greatly influenced our nation. Seventy years ago, the Court unanimously ruled that “separate but equal” has no place in public education, fundamentally changing the civil rights landsca

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