June, 2021

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Reunification: How Foster Parents and Birth Parents Can Work Together

KVC

During National Family Reunification Month , KVC celebrates birth parents who have overcome adversity to safely bring their families back together. They have done the work needed to stabilize their lives and strengthen their families. There are many people involved in the steps toward safe and successful family reunification. Foster parents can especially be a welcome source of encouragement and reassurance to birth parents and can act as their parenting partners while their children are in fost

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Shelter’s Pride is Showing!

Shelter, Inc

What is Pride Month? The U.S. is among many countries around the globe celebrating Pride month at various times throughout the year. Ours began June 28, 1969, when New York City Police raided one of the area’s most popular gay bars, the Stonewall Inn. Over the next six days, people in the LGBTQ+ community fought back in what has become known as the Stonewall Uprising.

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ASWB Practice Question: Bipolar Disorder Recall

Therapist Development Center

This month we are continuing our series comparing recall vs. reasoning questions. Every two months, we are taking a topic that could show up on the ASWB exam and are first doing a recall (or application) question on the topic. … Continued. The post ASWB Practice Question: Bipolar Disorder Recall appeared first on Therapist Development Center Blog.

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Anger Iceberg

Creative Play Therapist

Icebergs are giant floating pieces of ice found in the coldest parts of the ocean. What you can see from above is just a tiny part. Most of the iceberg is hidden under the surface. Similarly, when we are angry there are often other emotions lurking underneath. A free download of this handout and a blank fillable version are available HERE! This worksheet is part of the "Mindful Monsters Therapeutic Workbook," which features over 100 pages of worksheets, activities, coloring pages, crafts and mor

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Motivating Teams: Organizational Psychology

Counselor Toolbox podcast

-Discuss multiple methods for motivating diverse groups including teams, groups, and families. -Create a safe and empowering environment by recognizing and being responsive to the impact of prior traumas. -Synergize to balance individual differences -Identify strategies to create secure attachments -Discuss multiple methods for motivating diverse groups including teams, groups, and families.

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Opportunities expand for teaching partnerships

Social Work With Adults

Local authorities and their partners are providing more opportunities for statutory placements, within the community and across NHS settings. Success story. Teaching partnerships, to improve placement opportunities and the quality of learning and development students experience on placement, have been a great success. So much so, government funding, channeled through the Department of Education and the Department for Health and Social Care, is now being expanded.

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How Discharge to Assess (D2A) Can Work for Homeless Patients

Health & Social Care Workforce

Senior Research Fellow, Dr Michelle Cornes, has been working with NHS England and Improvement on the new Discharge to Assess (D2A) practice guidance, identifying good practice examples that illustrate how this new hospital discharge policy can work effectively for patients … Continue reading →

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PTSD and Adult Health

Counselor Toolbox podcast

This content was inadvertently released as part of Childhood Experiences episode. It is being re-release as a stand alone episode. - Explore the comorbidities with PTSD This content was inadvertently released as part of Childhood Experiences episode. It is being re-release as a stand alone episode.

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Evidence Based Practices for PTSD

Counselor Toolbox podcast

- Explore physical, affective and cognitive evidence-based practices for PTSD Physical - Medications - Use of benzodiazepines following trauma was not beneficial, and may increase the risk of developing PTSD - Use of the beta-blocker propranolol have been conflicting but one RCT did show a significant decrease in the severity of PTSD symptoms and lower likelihood of developing subsequent PTSD - SSRIs may be helpful for addressing anxiety and depressive symptoms related to PTSD - Explore physic

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Long Term Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Objectives ~ Explore the relationship between ACEs and trauma ~ Identify the impact of ACEs and traumatic injury on mental, physical and interpersonal health in adults ~ Explore risk factors for ACEs and subsequent prevention and intervention measures. Objectives ~ Explore the relationship between ACEs and trauma ~ Identify the impact of ACEs and traumatic injury on mental, physical and interpersonal health in adults ~ Explore risk factors for ACEs and subsequent prevention and intervention meas

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Mental Health, Serotonin, Dopamine, and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Counselor Toolbox podcast

» Define Neurodegenerative Disorders » Explore the bidirectional interaction of mood and NDs » Review the functions of serotonin and dopamine in mood and neurodegenerative disorders » Describe the symptoms of NDs » Explore Primary, Secondary and Tertiary prevention of NDs » Define Neurodegenerative Disorders » Explore the bidirectional interaction of mood and NDs » Review the functions of serotonin and dopamine in mood and neurodegenerative disorders » Describe the symptoms of NDs » Explore Prim

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Mental Health, Serotonin, Dopamine, and Neurodegenerative Disorders PART 2

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Part 2 of the last episode. Part 2 of the last episode.

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Moral Injury and PTSD

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Moral Injury and PTSD Moral Injury and PTSD

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Carers Week: my personal perspective

Social Work With Adults

This year's Carers Week reminds us that caring is a role many take on every day. The privilege of caring. I have just returned to my role as Chief Social Worker for Adults, alongside Fran Leddra, following time out to care for my elderly mother who had liver cancer and Lewy Body Dementia. It seems highly fitting, therefore, for my first blog, on returning to this wonderful role, to be posted during Carers Week.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Social Care WRES: In praise of the phase!

Social Work With Adults

A new beginning for racial equality in social care. The social care workforce race and equality standard (SCWRES) officially launched on 1 April 2021 across 18 local authorities (LAs), the first phase of a timely and crucial programme committed to improve anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practices throughout the sector. It’s been a pleasure to celebrate the many achievements of this first phase with the main drivers of this project, our Chief Social Workers for adults and children’s services

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Bridging the gap: transitional safeguarding

Social Work With Adults

A joint, independent briefing setting out the importance of transitional safeguarding within adult social work has been published on GOV.UK. The briefing describes what transitional safeguarding is, why it is needed and how the contribution of adult social work is essential to developing and embedding a more transitional approach to safeguarding young people into adulthood.

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At the Association for Professional Declutterers and Organisers annual conference

Health & Social Care Workforce

Jen Owen is a Research Associate at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health & Social Care Workforce, King’s College London.

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