My Brains Not Broken

MARCH 23, 2023

Earlier this week on the blog, I wrote about understanding symptoms. When it comes to mental illness, many symptoms are easy to see or understand. However, many symptoms also feel impossible to see in ourselves or others. A symptom of depression for one person might not exist for someone else, but both of these people could experience depression. Mental health is complex, and understanding our symptoms (however they look) is a big step on the path toward mental wellness.

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Gateway Foundation

MARCH 22, 2023

Addiction is a medical condition, not a character flaw. Yet, despite the research and overwhelming evidence in favor of this position, drug addiction continues to be stigmatized. It’s crucial that we understand substance use disorder for the complex yet treatable disease that it is. It cannot be stopped through punishment or incarceration, requiring a comprehensive, therapeutic, and compassionate approach to treat it effectively.

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 23, 2023

Mindfulness is the capacity to be aware of one’s emotional state. Meditation is a tool to help one develop that capacity. Both are learned skills that require practice over time to develop. Many people begin thinking that Mindfulness and Meditation is like a switch you can turn on to find an immediate benefit. That would be wrong. Think of it like wanting to be a race car driver, yet you don’t even drive yet.

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Community Care

MARCH 21, 2023

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. In the past few years, councils in England have been investing increasingly in recruiting from overseas to address the mounting vacancies in their social work teams. Recent Social Work England (SWE) figures showed that the number of international social workers applying to work in England had risen from 611 in the 2019-20 registration year to 1,684 in 2021-22 – a 175.3% increase.

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 20, 2023

As part of this World Social Work Day celebration, we consider the key question: How does diversity affect our own self-care and, by extension, our abilities to join others in social action?

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My Brains Not Broken

MARCH 21, 2023

Today, I want to talk about symptoms. When it comes to mental health terms, I’d guess that the word “symptoms” is very well-known. Everyone has experienced an illness, or feeling unwell, at some point in their lives. We are told to look out for symptoms and when we see them, to stop what we’re doing and get help. Most often, what we’re told to do is rest.

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Nicole Clark Consulting

MARCH 22, 2023

There’s more than enough work to go around. A habit I’ve picked up from an evaluation colleague is referring prospective clients to other colleagues who may be a better fit, even if I’m interested in the project. I do this as I’d rather an organization choose the best person for their needs, rather than solely [.] The post Should We Have a Role in This Partnership?

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National Casa Gal

MARCH 23, 2023

Caden was assigned Dallas CASA volunteer Megan, who began visiting him and offering support to his foster family. Read More. The post Where could Caden safely grow up? appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 23, 2023

Last week FO, The Norwegian Association of Social Workers, hosted Ana Radulescu, IFSW European Regional President and Rory Truell, IFSW Secretary-General.

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 22, 2023

It is normal to have stress or anxiety about moving from classroom to workplace. Connect social work knowledge with skills for building workplace relationships that support safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, voice, and cultural responsiveness.

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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.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

● What happens when the racism of policing joins forces with the racism of family policing? Read this harrowing account from Tennessee Lookout. And here’s the latest update. What was done to this family is so harrowing that the Tennessee family police responded immediately – by seeking to prosecute the family and their lawyers for daring to tell their story!

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National Casa Gal

MARCH 24, 2023

The executive team leads National CASA/GAL’s support to and engagement with our network of 939 state organizations and local programs as well external stakeholders. Read More. The post Introducing the National CASA/GAL executive leadership team appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 20, 2023

IFSW is delighted to present a new book that explores Ubuntu from a Social Work perspective.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Posted March 24, 2023 March is Social Work Month, and the 2023 theme is Social Work Breaks Barriers. More than 700,000 social workers nationwide entered the profession because they have a commitment to making our communities, our country, and our world a better place for all. During Social Work Month, NASW) is spearheading efforts to increase public awareness about how social workers continue to break barriers in all communities, and how the contributions of this essential profession improve our

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Gateway Foundation

MARCH 24, 2023

In the eyes of lawmakers, fantasy football is not considered gambling. Many people believe it is a game of skill rather than luck. As a result, it can be easy to justify fantasy football gaming as a healthy outlet or harmless activity. But what might start as a fun game played between friends can quickly become problematic for someone who has previously struggled with gambling addiction.

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Michigan Social Work

MARCH 21, 2023

Professor Luke Shaefer spoke with the Michigan Advance about the “dark times” Michigan is facing given the recent cuts in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. “I want to stress how incredibly successful the expansion of the safety net was during the COVID crisis — the expansion of SNAP, extended unemployment insurance, the expanded child tax credit, as well as rental assistance,” he said,it really saved millions of families across the country, and many, many families here i

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Children’s Home Society of Washington

MARCH 20, 2023

21-year Children’s Home Society of Washington (CHSW) veteran team member Kristin (Kris) Collier has been named the new North Central regional director. She most recently served as a program manager for the WISe program (Wraparound with Intensive Services) which provides comprehensive, specialized services for children with behavioral health needs and their families.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 21, 2023

New Podcast Coming Soon from the Climate Justice Program of IFSW Happy World Social Work Day, 2023!

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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

MARCH 24, 2023

Social workers are seeing more poverty and greater need for their support on the back of the cost of living crisis, with some resorting to supporting people from their own resources. Those were among the findings of British Association of Social Workers’ (BASW) second annual survey, issued this week Most of its 1,602 respondents – social workers and students who were both members and non-members of the association – also reported struggling with their workloads with a greater p

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 20, 2023

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II Live Webinar Thurs, April 20, 27, and May 4 6 pm – 8 pm 6 CEC $ 120 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors $ 150 – All Others Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Welcome to the Building a Private Practice Series. This training is not only for people who are thinking about starting a practice, but also for those who have an existing practice.

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Social Work With Adults

MARCH 21, 2023

Our mettle has been proven The most important week in the social work calendar has arrived. National Social Work Week , incorporating World Social Work Day , gives us an extended opportunity to reflect on recent history, assess the current state of our practice and ask the question ‘What next for modern, progressive, person-centred social work?’ I have to say, I feel more positive and optimistic about our wonderful profession than ever.

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Social Care

MARCH 22, 2023

Supermarket recruitment musings: "The idea that working with oranges, apples and pears could be a lifestyle choice intrigued me and made me wonder if working in social care is, or could be, a lifestyle choice too?" [Image created by freepik.com ] A fresh perspective I dawdled into my local supermarket recently and noticed a banner near the entrance advertising vacancies in store.

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The Guardian

MARCH 23, 2023

Exclusive: Investigation finds huge sums of taxpayers’ money spent on poor quality private homes Taxpayers have spent close to half a billion pounds buying beds in the worst care homes in England in the last four years, driving profits for private investors while residents suffer unsafe treatment, a Guardian investigation has revealed. In what one affected family branded “a robbery of taxpayers’ money” and Labour said was “scandalous”, about £480m is estimated to have been spent on “inadequate”

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Irish Social Worker

MARCH 21, 2023

Removal of Human Rights from the CORU Code of Ethics for Social Workers (2019) By Helen Kelly, Social Worker, and Graduate of the MA in Social Work, University of Galway 2020 “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of unity.” (Article 1, UN Convention of Human Rights) CORU Code of Ethics CORU Ireland, in its revised the Code of Ethics (2019) removed all references to Human Rights i

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 19, 2023

You know the saying, “Monkey see, Monkey do?” Well, it turns out their brains are wired to mimick each other. In their brains there is an area of what is called “mirror neurons.” So as one experiences, the brain of the other just by observing their experience, experiences similarly. That was learned through experimentation in the 1990s with macaque monkeys.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

By Alison Laurio Eighty-eight years ago what was called “The Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935” hit Florida on August 29. With winds of up to 185 mph, its pressure was the most intense of any Atlantic hurricane to make landfall on record. The Lauderdale Daily News on Sept. 3, 1935, wrote the category 5 storm killed 408 people, and those “caught in the open were blasted by sand with such force that it stripped away their clothing.

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The Guardian

MARCH 24, 2023

Children’s social services bosses in England denounce plans that will ‘irreversibly distort the care system’ Politics live - latest updates Children’s social services bosses have launched an outspoken attack on the government’s illegal migration bill, warning it could lead to thousands of youngsters in care running away “into the arms” of traffickers and criminals.

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 21, 2023

Patricia D. Wilcox, LCSW Friday, April 28, 2023 In-person 9:30 am – 12:30 pm 3 CECs $60 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors $48 – All Others Social workers are often leaders in implementing practice changes within their programs. Whether the change is starting an evidence-based practice, transforming towards trauma-informed care, becoming more anti-racist, involving families in a new way, scaling up a pilot project to an entire agency, or something else, change is hard.

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The Guardian

MARCH 23, 2023

Operators are pocketing large sums from councils while relatives speak of shocking conditions After watching his girlfriend suffer in a dementia home so poor that it faced possible closure, Donald Hedges reached a simple conclusion: “It’s a robbery of taxpayers’ money.” As it does for about a quarter of a million others in England, the state paid for Lilian Williams’ care.

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The Guardian

MARCH 20, 2023

Anger grows at care homes still restricting visits three years on from start of lockdowns, causing ‘extreme distress’ Families locked out of seeing loved ones in care homes during the Covid crisis have stepped up calls for a new law to prevent it happening again, amid reports of restricted visits still “causing extreme distress”. Before the third anniversary of the UK’s pandemic lockdown, people who missed the last stages of their relatives’ lives voiced anger that some care homes still deny acc

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The Guardian

MARCH 22, 2023

Care England says there is ‘no justification for charging such financially crippling rates’ A third of care homes across England have considered closing during the past year because of “financially crippling” running costs, as concerns rise that gas suppliers are profiteering at the expense of small businesses. The energy regulator, Ofgem, has admitted that some suppliers may be charging small companies rates that cannot be justified by falling gas market prices.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA America, seemingly suddenly, finds itself in the middle of the most existentially threatening crisis of racism and intolerance since the events leading up to and including the Civil War. As was the case over 160 years ago, the present-day neo-fascist and white supremacy crusade is directly driven racial enmity – compounded by deep animus toward religious minorities (Jews and Muslims), the LGBTQ+ community, as well as women’s reproductive rights.

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