Nnatasha Tracy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Feeling like you have no mental health left? In this personal and practical guide, I share what it’s like to experience severe mental health struggles and offer actionable steps to cope when everything feels impossible. From managing daily tasks to finding hope in the darkest moments, learn how to survive and navigate through mental health collapse.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The government has scrapped the second round of the adult social work apprenticeship fund. The £4m payment would have enabled English councils to recruit about 130 additional social work apprentices to work in adult social care during 2024-25. However, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has cancelled it as part of wider cuts to adult social care training, designed to help the Labour administration fill a £22bn hole in the public finances it claims was bequeathed to it by its Conserv

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CCRC

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Voting is one of the most important rights we hold as an American citizen. It gives us the power to make our voices heard and influence our democracy. But according to U.S. Census data from 2020, as many as 1 in 4 eligible Americans are not registered to vote. Every year, millions of Americans fail to vote because they either miss a registration deadline, don’t update their registration, or aren’t sure how to register.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This article is part of a series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to mark Community Care’s 50th anniversary. Previous interviewees include Brid Featherstone , David Howe , June Thoburn , Eileen Munro and Herbert Laming. Few can boast a long career in social work these days. Ray Jones, emeritus professor of social work at Kingston University, is one of the rare ones with more than 50 years of experience.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Workplace violence in healthcare settings, especially in acute care environments, is a pressing issue. Nurses, physicians, and other healthcare staff frequently experience physical and verbal aggression from patients, their families, and even colleagues. In the high-stress world of acute care, where emotions can run high, issues can quickly escalate.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Child welfare systems fail all over the country. But what is happening in Maine may be the saddest story of all. Over less than a quarter century Maine child welfare went from national scandal to national model to national disgrace. For a few years, Maine was one of the very few places getting child welfare right. But then, thanks to a few demagogic politicians and a case of collective amnesia, Maine threw it all away.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Your child comes home… cranky. There can be so many reasons. The challenge is to not get caught up with their mood or behavior. Nor do you have to get to the bottom of it quickly. More to the point, providing a safe space, a capacity to just absorb their mood free of judgement or cure can ease your way to a better outcome. Next comes the empathy, again no solution or critical feedback.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

She thought her partner was a nar-cissist. Whatever he asked, she complied. She was afraid to ask to have her own needs met. He didn’t anticipate her needs. As a result, her needs weren’t met. She grew up in a home where her dad ruled the roost and everyone served him. If anyone resisted his demands, he would erupt. Others would walk on eggshells around him.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

She saw her doctor. Her symptoms were consistent with depression. She was prescribed an antidepressant. She was still depressed when we met. Her partner complained that in recent years she had grown suspicious of him. He denied any wrongdoing. She didn’t have any tangible evidence that would support not trusting him, just “a feeling.” As much as she could be considered still depressed and perhaps even paranoid, that combined with low energy gave cause to think these were not si

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