Nnatasha Tracy

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Looking for a more affordable alternative to ketamine for treatment-resistant depression? Discover how dextromethorphan/bupropion offers new hope. This article breaks down the differences between ketamine and dextromethorphan, their effectiveness, and how these antidepressants work. If you’ve struggled with depression treatments or face challenges accessing expensive therapies like ketamine, this guide might offer the answers you’ve been searching for.

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Child Welfare Monitor

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Colin and Colt Gray: TMZ Maylia Sotelo: Fox 11 A fourteen-year-old boy and a fifteen-year-old girl are charged as adults, one for a mass shooting and the other for selling a fentanyl tablet that killed an older teenager. These two young people had something in common–a long history of neglect (and sometimes abuse) by their parents and a failure to intervene by child welfare services despite multiple reports that children were in danger.

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Center for Child Protection

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that our CEO, Michael Torres, has been honored with the Best Nonprofit CEO award by the Austin Business Journal. The annual award recognizes outstanding contributions made by chief executives in their respective fields. This year’s winners were selected from a pool of 80 nominees across 10 categories. Michael, who has been with the Center for Child Protection for more than 30 years, accepted the award at an event on October 16, paying tribute to the powerful par

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The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul can be a valuable resource for someone grappling with how to align their personal passion for social justice with their sensitive nature. Book review by Allison Berkowitz.

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Nnatasha Tracy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ever wondered what it feels like to recover from depression, especially after years of battling bipolar disorder? In this deeply personal post, I share the small but significant shifts in my emotions, the challenges of adjusting to life without constant suffering, and the fears that come with recovery. If you're curious about how mental health recovery unfolds or want to understand the emotional ups and downs of depression, this article provides a raw, real-life glimpse into the journey.

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CCRC

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Earth has been moving beneath our feet lately. In fact, 2024 is the most seismically active year in California since 1988. So far this year, the state has seen 14 earthquakes that measure over a 4.0 on the Richter scale. The Great Shake Out on October 17 is a day when millions of people worldwide participate in earthquake drills at work, school, or home.

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Shelter, Inc

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Every child deserves to grow up in a safe and loving home, but some families experience challenges and turmoil that lead to instability and trauma for children and youth. Each year, our generous donors and funders give so that every young person facing a crisis has access to shelter and support when they need it. As the 2023-2024 fiscal year ended, we reflected on our growth, accomplishments, and community connections.

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In 2018, ENGAGE launched the Small Grants Program to encourage faculty to build partnerships with Detroit community-based organizations and to support resident-led efforts to strengthen Detroit neighborhoods. These awards are supported by the Office of the Provost and are part of the School of Social Work’s strategic effort to connect Detroit engagement efforts and increase impact in the city.

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Relias

OCTOBER 12, 2024

When a natural disaster happens, there may be little or no time to prepare. Areas across the U.S. know this all too well. With only a few days’ notice of an incoming hurricane, a few minutes for a deadly tornado — or no notice at all for a fire, earthquake, active shooter, or other sudden calamity — advance planning is the only way to mitigate potentially deadly impacts.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 17, 2024

From August 18 to 23, 2024, a team comprised of Rory Truell (IFSW Secretary-General, Ruth Allen, (IFSW Europe Regional President), and Machiko Ohara (IFSW Asia Pacific Regional President), visited several […]

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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.

Community Care

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The Labour government has given its explicit backing to the family help model initiated by its Conservative predecessor to promote earlier intervention for families in need. Children’s minister Janet Daby said the model, currently being tested in 10 areas, was “central” to its plans for reforming children’s social care, in response to a written parliamentary question

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 14, 2024

PhD Student Irene Routté has received the 2024 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award from the Association for Community Organizing & Social Action (ACOSA). This award honors meritorious scholarship in the field of community practice.

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Children’s Defense Fund

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The local youth advocacy organization will honor United States Congressman Vicente Gonzalez and former Children’s Defense Fund Board of Directors Chair Lan Bentsen. Media Contact: Dr. Brandy Taylor Dédé, btaylordede@childrensdefense.org , CDF-Texas State Director, 903-926-5331 John Henry, jhenry@childrensdefense.org , CDF Media Relations Manager, 708-646-7679 WESLACO, TX— Next week, Children’s Defense Fund-Texas will hold its inaugural Celebration of Joy ceremony to honor Texans who are bringing

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Rachel Schwartz, Ph.D., has spent the past 15 years of her career working with MSW students focusing on online education and student success. She joins the UConn School of Social Work as the new director of the MSW program and associate professor in residence. Some of her most recently published work can be viewed here. Schwartz also serves as co-chair of the Technology and Social Work Practice track with the Council on Social Work Education.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Cafcass has issued a new domestic abuse policy to tackle practice deficits that remain four years after it was severely criticised in a government-commissioned report. It said it had made progress since a panel investigating the family courts’ response to domestic abuse and other harms found practitioners’ court reports gave limited weight to children’s views, particularly when

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Professor Emerita Lorraine Guitérrez received the inaugural Maria B. Cerdas Trailblazer Award at the Latino Social Workers Organization’s National Latinx Social Work Conference in Chicago last week; she was also the keynote speaker. The award is named after Cerdas who became the first Latina member of the Chicago Board of Education in the 1960s.

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Children’s Defense Fund

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Peacemaker taught us about the Seven Generations. He said, when you sit in council for the welfare of the people, you must not think of yourself or of your family, not even of your generation. He said, make your decisions on behalf of the seven generations coming, so that they may enjoy what you have today. – Oren Lyons, Seneca Faithkeeper, Onondaga Nation Every third weekend of October congregations across the nation join Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) in participating in the annual mu

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Samantha E. Lawrence, Ph.D., recently joined the UConn School of Social Work as an assistant research professor and research and evaluation lead. She also serves as co-principal investigator for the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood – UConn School of Social Work Partnership. Lawrence earned her doctorate, M.A., and B.A. degrees from UConn. She brings extensive expertise related to mental and behavioral health disparities.

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Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. A training scheme for new directors of children’s services (DCSs) has been extended in length to help counter high rates of turnover in the role. New DCSs are now being offered a second year of coaching following the 12-month training programme for incoming directors, under a new contract between the Department for Education (DfE) and the scheme’s providers.

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Child Care Aware

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Federal Relief Funding for Child Care is Over. Now What?

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 13, 2024

With people surviving longer and with greater infirmity, the pressures on adults living among three other generations are increasing Like the doctor in a corny joke, the study published last week by the Journals of Gerontology had some good news and some bad news. The good news, say researchers from University College London (UCL) and Oxford University, is that people born in the 1940s and 1950s are living longer than their parents.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Innovations Institute has partnered with the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Union County, Ohio (MHRBUC) in a new U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration grant of just over $1 million to expand needed infrastructure, processes, and services to build strong early childhood mental health services. The funds will help address an observed increase in mental health needs for children from birth to eight years old—consistent with nation-wide findings—and gaps in the continuum of care

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Community Care

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils have been handed a guide to what works in supporting kinship families, according to the current evidence base. They have been urged to offer carers specialist support in navigating services and financial allowances, to help support permanency and reduce placement disruption, along with providing parenting programmes to support the wellbeing of carers and children.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor In recent years, voter roll purges— by many states— have emerged as a contentious issue in American electoral politics. States often argue that these purges are necessary to maintain the reliability of their voter rolls and to prevent fraud. However, voting rights advocates insist — with significant evidence — that such purges are often intended as tools for voter suppression.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Exclusive: Welltower deal comes as private providers lobby government for a greater role in NHS One of Britain’s largest care home chains, Care UK, has been sold to an American property investment company, the Guardian can reveal, in a deal that comes as private providers lobby the government for a greater role in the NHS. Care UK, which operates more than 150 residential homes for older people, has been the subject of sale speculation since 2018.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Two UConn School of Social Work faculty , Meg Feely, Ph.D. , and Ann Marie Garran, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW , have joined a national mission to investigate whether increasing economic support to low-income families can improve child maltreatment outcomes. The project, Empower Parenting with Resources (EmPwR), received $350,000 in funding from the William T.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessors’ lack of social work experience was among criticisms of the regulator’s approach to assessing English local authorities shared with a damning review of the regulator. In the final report of her review of the CQC , Dr Penny Dash listed a number of concerns about its local authority assessment system, introduced last year, which had been sha

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Ruth Pearlman, LCSW, LICSW, MEd Wednesdays, Nov 13 and 20, 2024 10 am – 12 pm 4 CECs – participants must attend both sessions to earn CECs Registration Fee: $100 10% discount for UConn SSW Alumni and Current SSW Field Instructors Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. In response to feedback from participants in her previous trainings, instructor Ruth Pearlman has expanded this webinar to 2 parts.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Review called after revelation that thousands of unpaid carers have been forced to repay accidental overpayments Ministers are to review carer’s allowance overpayments after the Guardian revealed tens of thousands of unpaid carers were being forced to collectively pay back millions of pounds – and in some cases faced criminal prosecution – for unwitting and often minor breaches of benefit rules.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 16, 2024

During the Biden administration, the U.S. Departments of State and Health and Human Services launched a new initiative for community and private sponsorship of refugees. UConn School of Social Work faculty and doctoral students are among the first in the U.S. to conduct qualitative research on this new model. Under this model, community members take the lead responsibility for resettling refugees in their local community.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The Road to Somewhere author argues that the liberating impact of feminism has harmed our children in a book shot through with claims that don’t stand up to scrutiny It was mostly in the small hours that I first read David Goodhart’s new book on caring. By coincidence, it arrived as I was trying to look after my dying father at one end of the country and my own family at the other, while simultaneously attempting to work.

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