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From Student Intern to Professional: Transition Smoothly Into Social Work Practice

The New Social Worker

If you're a student intern moving into professional social work, you might have many questions about what to expect, where to find mentors, and how to find the right job. This guide offers you practical advice your new career.

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Celebrating National Foster Care Month

National Casa Gal

We are grateful to foster parents who step in, in most cases temporarily, when families can’t be together. Read More. The post Celebrating National Foster Care Month appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Focus on Gerontology: Managing the Aging Baby Boomers

Social Work Blog

By Peter Craig The aging baby boomer population is reaching critical mass. In 2020, according to the Census Bureau, that group numbered some 73 million—the second-largest segment of the U.S. population after Millennials—with 55.8 million of boomers, or 16.8% of the U.S. population, being age 65 or over. By 2030, all boomers will have hit 65 and their share of the population will be around 20%.

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Labour has ‘no plans’ to allow health worker visas to include family members

The Guardian

Rules were changed this year in effort to cut immigration, but experts warn bar on dependents will have significant impact on health service UK politics live – latest updates Labour has “no plans” to change rules barring health and care workers from bringing their families to the UK on their visas, despite a plummeting number of NHS staff since the rules were changed earlier this year.

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From Payroll Pains to Growth Gains: Streamlining Payroll & HR for Success

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

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Human-Animal Connections: Veterinary Social Work Roles Grow as the Specialty Area Evolves

Social Work Blog

By Raju Chebium Kelly Bremken is a new kind of veterinary social worker. She personifies how much the practice area has evolved since its inception 21 years ago. Back then, the handful of veterinary social workers sprinkled throughout the country pretty much focused on one thing: helping people cope with the loss of their companion animals. Today’s VSWs do so much more than that.

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Our children’s services system is broken. This sharp rise in deprivation of liberty orders proves it | Letter

The Guardian

Steven Walker , a retired social worker, is worried by an exponential increase in orders and the issues underlying it The number of applications to the family courts for children’s deprivation of liberty (DOL) orders – most of which are granted – has risen massively in the last six years, from around 100 to more than 1,200, as reported by the BBC ’s File on 4 programme last week.