University of Connecticut
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Two UConn School of Social Work faculty , Meg Feely, Ph.D. , and Ann Marie Garran, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW , have joined a national mission to investigate whether increasing economic support to low-income families can improve child maltreatment outcomes. The project, Empower Parenting with Resources (EmPwR), received $350,000 in funding from the William T.
Community Care
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessors’ lack of social work experience was among criticisms of the regulator’s approach to assessing English local authorities shared with a damning review of the regulator. In the final report of her review of the CQC , Dr Penny Dash listed a number of concerns about its local authority assessment system, introduced last year, which had been sha
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University of Connecticut
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Rachel Schwartz, Ph.D., has spent the past 15 years of her career working with MSW students focusing on online education and student success. She joins the UConn School of Social Work as the new director of the MSW program and associate professor in residence. Some of her most recently published work can be viewed here. Schwartz also serves as co-chair of the Technology and Social Work Practice track with the Council on Social Work Education.
The Guardian
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Review called after revelation that thousands of unpaid carers have been forced to repay accidental overpayments Ministers are to review carer’s allowance overpayments after the Guardian revealed tens of thousands of unpaid carers were being forced to collectively pay back millions of pounds – and in some cases faced criminal prosecution – for unwitting and often minor breaches of benefit rules.
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University of Connecticut
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Innovations Institute has partnered with the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County, Ohio (MHRBUC) in a new U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration grant of just over $1 million to expand needed infrastructure, processes, and services to build strong early childhood mental health services. The funds will help address an observed increase in mental health needs for children from birth to eight years old—consistent with nation-wide findings—and gaps in the continuum of care
University of Connecticut
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Ruth Pearlman, LCSW, LICSW, MEd Wednesdays, Nov 13 and 20, 2024 10 am – 12 pm 4 CECs – participants must attend both sessions to earn CECs Registration Fee: $100 10% discount for UConn SSW Alumni and Current SSW Field Instructors Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. In response to feedback from participants in her previous trainings, instructor Ruth Pearlman has expanded this webinar to 2 parts.
University of Connecticut
OCTOBER 16, 2024
During the Biden administration, the U.S. Departments of State and Health and Human Services launched a new initiative for community and private sponsorship of refugees. UConn School of Social Work faculty and doctoral students are among the first in the U.S. to conduct qualitative research on this new model. Under this model, community members take the lead responsibility for resettling refugees in their local community.
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