Community Care

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. “Chronic” Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) backlogs are leaving many people without the human rights protections the system was designed to provide, the Care Quality Commission has warned. People will continue to be failed without “urgent action” to overhaul a system that “has needed reform for over 10 years”, the CQC said, in a damning verdict on

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Beginning in January 2025, the MasterTrack Certificate (MTC) program, currently available on Coursera, will change its name and platform. The same great content and curriculum will be available as the Social Work Essentials Certificate (SWEC) and will replace the MTC as our School’s certificate program. It will be hosted on Canvas and maintained by our own social work program.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Many thousands of care workers will get a 6.7% pay rise next April after the government announced the 2025 increase in the national living wage (NLW). The wage floor for UK workers aged 21 and over will increase from £11.44 to £12.21 per hour, while there will be a steeper rise in the national minimum wage for those aged 18-20, from £8.60 to £10.00 an hour, a 16.3% boost.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By Sekou “Koe” Murphy Sekou “Koe” Murphy Financial security is a top concern for most of us, and it creates a lot of stress the older we get. Making matters worse, some employees are the main breadwinners in their households and may live in multi-generational homes, where financial security becomes even more critical. Years ago, the attractive retirement benefit was a defined benefit plan.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In a recent column , Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Sarah Font claimed that “there remains strong resistance among child welfare scholars, advocates and national leaders to discussing maltreatment fatalities.” I have followed these issues for nearly 50 years, first as a reporter and for the past 34 as an advocate. I coordinate one listserv for grassroots family advocacy organizations and another for professionals in the field, and I participate in the discussions of three other advocacy coalitions.

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