Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) Reps. Andrea Salinas (D-OR) and Marc Molinaro (R-NY) on September 12 introduced legislation to help grow the nation’s mental health and behavioral workforce to address a mental health and substance use disorder crisis. The Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Plus Scholarship Act would create a scholarship for students who wish to enter the mental health and behavioral health workforce, including social workers.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In today’s complex healthcare environment, consistently delivering safe, high-quality care is both challenging and necessary. High reliability in healthcare is essential for minimizing errors, improving patient outcomes, and embedding a culture of safety in every aspect of care delivery. Highly-reliable organizations (HROs) work to create an environment in which potential problems are anticipated, detected early, and addressed before catastrophic consequences can occur.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

About the Journal Focus and scope Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk (SWMW) is a professional journal for the social worker. This autonomous, internationally accredited South African open-access, double blind peer-reviewed journal publishes original research, conceptual articles, and book reviews. The Journal’s objective is to provide a platform for theoretical discourses on current issues, challenges, innovations, and advancements within the global social work discipline, alongside the implica

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils are losing ground to the NHS in the competition for social workers because of their different pay setting arrangements, the Local Government Association has warned. NHS social workers in England have received a 5.5% rise in 2024-25 , compared with an offer of roughly 3-4% for counterparts in the majority of local authorities , a proposal that has prompted ballots for strike action

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Prime minister promises 10-year plan after Darzi report concludes health service in a ‘critical condition’ UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has vowed to be bold and face down “loud opposition” to his planned public health measures and NHS reforms after a major inquiry found the health service was “in critical condition”. The prime minister said he was prepared to take “controversial” action to fix the NHS and public health in England after the findings by the cancer surgeon and for

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The Home Office is being inspected on its use of age assessments of unaccompanied asylum seekers, it was announced this week. The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, David Bolt, said he was examining the “efficiency, effectiveness and consistency of age assessments” carried out by the department.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The prime minister blamed the Tories for ‘breaking’ the NHS and said reform of the service was needed Starmer sets out some of the most negative findings in the report. Take the waiting times in A&A - more than 100,000 infants waited more than six hours last year. And nearly a tenth of all patients are now waiting for 12 hours or more. Even Lord Darzi, with all his years of experience, is shocked by what he discovered.

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