Social Work Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

Substance use during pregnancy is common: about 1 in 7 pregnant people drink alcohol, 1 in 20 binge drink, and 4 in 10 of those who drink also use other substances, most frequently tobacco and cannabis. January is Birth Defects Awareness Month, a call to action for social workers to share a key message: for a healthy pregnancy, it is safest to avoid alcohol, smoking, and other recreational drugs.

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Child Care Aware

JANUARY 2, 2025

Maegan Loktoffs aha moment came while attending a virtual presentation provided by Child Care Aware of Americas (CCAoA) Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery team. Maegan, Early Childhood Council Leadership Alliances (ECCLA) Executive Director, reached out to CCAoA, sharing, Disaster readiness is a topic near and dear to my heart and something our members have been asking for!

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NASW Foundation

JANUARY 2, 2025

Substance use during pregnancy is common: about 1 in 7 pregnant people drink alcohol, 1 in 20 binge drink, and 4 in 10 of those who drink also use other substances, most frequently tobacco and.

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Community Care

JANUARY 2, 2025

The government will set up an independent commission to recommend long-term reform to adult social care, it announced today. The body, which will be led by former senior civil servant Baroness (Louise) Casey, will examine the key issues facing the sector today before recommending changes designed to help achieve the government’s ambition of creating a ‘national care service’ and based on a cross-party consensus.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 2, 2025

Ruth Pearlman, LCSW, LICSW, M.ED Wed, February 19, 2025 10 am – 12 pm 2 CECs Registration Fee: $50 10% discount for UConn SSW Alumni and current SSW Field Instructors Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Magical Thinking, the cognitive process of assigning direct cause and effect to life events, was once thought to only occur in young childhood.

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Community Care

JANUARY 2, 2025

Social workers in leadership roles have been recognised in the 2025 New Year Honours list. They include a director of children’s services (DCS) who led his authority to two consecutive outstanding ratings and a head of service who has championed the voting rights of people with learning disabilities. There was also recognition for the former head of a university social work centre and a regional adoption agency lead.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 2, 2025

But final report on reforms would not emerge until 2028, which health leaders say is kicking crisis into the long grass Wes Streeting: Britain has a social care crisis. Heres how Labour plans to fix it Fixing UK social care will be biggest challenge yet for Louise Casey Ministers are to launch a historic independent commission to reform adult social care, as they warned older people could be left without vital help and the NHS overwhelmed unless a national consensus was reached on fixing a faili

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 2, 2025

Jo Nol, PhD, MS, LCSW Friday, February 28, 2025 9:30 am – 4 pm 5.5 CECs Registration Fee: $125 10% discount for UConn SSW Alumni and current SSW Field Instructors Across all helping professions, research shows that techniques dont lead to better outcomes. Have you ever wondered why the DSM doesnt guide treatment more effectively? And, what explains why some therapists are better than others if it isnt the theory theyre using?

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The Guardian

JANUARY 2, 2025

Our National Care Service will meet the urgent needs of our generation just as the NHS did when it was created in 1948 Wes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social care Three sentences in Labours 1945 manifesto contained a simple but historic promise: The best health services should be available free for all. Money must no longer be the passport to the best treatment.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 2, 2025

Troubleshooter for four previous prime ministers is charged with saving troubled national care sector Ministers plan biggest shake-up of adult social care in England for decades Wes Streeting: Britain has a social care crisis. Heres how Labour plans to fix it She is the no-nonsense civil servant from Portsmouth who was called upon by four prime ministers to tackle deep-rooted social issues, including rough sleeping, antisocial behaviour, victims rights and troubled families.

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