Wed.Sep 25, 2024

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International Workshop and International Conference Held in Colombo, Sri Lanka

International Federation of Social Workers

The Sri Lanka Association of Professional Social Workers (SLAPSW) organized an international workshop with the Association for International Social Work (AISW) on social policy and social work between September […]

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Ethics Alive! Social Workers and the Ethics of Follow-Up and Termination With Clients Who Disappear

The New Social Worker

What are a social worker’s ethical obligations when clients do not show up for services? Consider a client who misses a scheduled meeting with you. You follow up, but the client does not respond. What now?

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Children staying longer in care due to inequalities in kinship carer payments, says report

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Children are staying longer in the care system due to inequalities in payments to kinship carers, a report has found. While increasing numbers of children are in family and friends foster care in England, there has not been a similar increase in numbers leaving care to find permanence with their kinship carers, according to analysis of government data by the charity Kinship.

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It was harrowing being a social worker in Gaza before, but now….

International Federation of Social Workers

Mohammed Al-Sharif talked with IFSW Secretary-General Rory Truell on his life in Gaza today: More than 11 years ago I quoted Mohammed Al-Sharif, a social worker in Gaza during a […]

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Care leavers exempted from local connection requirement to access social housing

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Care leavers aged up to 25 will be exempted from the need to have a local connection with an area to access social housing, the government has announced. The policy, designed to tackle homelessness among the group, was a commitment made by the previous government in last year’s Stable Homes, Built on Love strategy , based on a recommendation of the 2021-22 Independent Review of Chil

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We know what doesn’t work for Illinois children. Let’s explore what’s possible.

Brightpoint

By Mike Shaver, president and CEO, Brightpoint and William Schneider Ph.D., associate professor and lead researcher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign September 26th, 2024 Recently, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz joked about objections to a free meal program for schoolchildren he enacted as Governor of Minnesota: “What a monster!