Relias

AUGUST 22, 2022

It’s hard being a human services worker. The role today comes with many of the same challenges our predecessors faced, with a few newer additions. Let’s take a few minutes to understand these challenges and how human services professionals can work to overcome them. Challenges a human services worker will face. While the following may not be comprehensive, it provides an overview of the challenges and struggles human services workers face in today’s market (some are not new but worth reviewing a

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Social Work With Adults

AUGUST 22, 2022

"The challenge of integrating health and social care cannot be fixed simply by addressing one part of the jigsaw." [Image created by freepik.com ]. Digital determination. Earlier this summer , the Department of Health and Social Care's plan for digital health and social care included the assertion that the “long-term sustainability of health and social care is dependent on having the right digital foundations in place, and so digital transformation must be the linchpin upon which all. reforms ar

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 25, 2022

Recently, I noticed a lot of my posts this summer have focused on resting and recharging. This got me thinking about how this happened. I know people tend to focus on relaxing in the summer, which makes perfect sense. But all year, I’ve had a fixated interest in the concept of rest. At first, I wanted to unlearn the concept of rest that I’d practiced my entire life in favor of something new.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 25, 2022

In my role as the Director of our undergraduate social work program this summer, I have been onboarding several new adjunct instructors to our Department. It is a fun process as new adjuncts bring new ideas and energy to the role, and I have been reminded of my early days in social work education as an adjunct instructor. I taught statistics to social work students for four years while working on my Ph.D.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 24, 2022

Roundtable: Asian Perspective for Social Work Education. . Date: 9 September 2022 (Friday). Time : 3:00-6:00 pm (HKT, GMT+8). Organizer: China and Global Development Network, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Location: Online via Zoom. Registration: [link] (Meeting ID and passcode will be sent to successful registrants).

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

? We begin with a photo: Check out the ads on New York City buses, from JMac For Families: ? J. Khadijah Abdurahman, who is both a parent with lived experience dealing with New York City’s family policing agency, the Administration for Children’s Services – and a Tech Research Fellow at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. I have a blog post about her powerful story in Logic Magazine.

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International Federation of Social Workers

AUGUST 23, 2022

IFSW is delighted to publish the findings of the international research project, ‘Beyond the Pandemic: Exploring Social Work Ethics and Values as a Contribution to a New Eco-social World’. This project, undertaken between March and July 2022, is a follow-on from an earlier online survey on ethical challenges for social workers during Covid-19 conducted in […].

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 24, 2022

It may be time to examine clinical supervision from a social justice lens. From this standpoint and with renewed commitment to “meeting clients where they actually are,” we can fully reclaim our profession’s mission within the clinical arena.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

J. Khadijah Abdurahman speaking at a virtual panel on predictive analytics in “child welfare” in New York City. Organizers had to be pressured to include her. t In this powerful story from Logic Magazine , J. Khadijah Abdurahman, who is both a parent with lived experience dealing with New York City’s family policing agency, the Administration for Children’s Services – and a Tech Research Fellow at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, ties it all together: her own experience of retaliat

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National Casa Gal

AUGUST 24, 2022

The NRAC members will provide perspective from the various scientific disciplines they represent. Read More. The post National CASA/GAL Association for Children appoints members to its National Research Advisory Council appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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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.

International Federation of Social Workers

AUGUST 20, 2022

As our Community Social Work Centre team has formed, it has become clear that since the start of the invasion there is a very limited understanding of the current state of social and community support services within the district of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. To fill this gap, the local social workers’ team, in cooperation with IFSW, […].

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 22, 2022

Is your field placement disappointing or just not what you expected? By shifting your mindset, you can find something unexpected that brings you one step closer to your true potential.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

They even acknowledged their own role in “contributing to racism in the legal field” in general and “within the child welfare legal field in particular…” Offhand, I can’t think of an organization that says “establishment” more than the American Bar Association. Oh, a committee or a task force may say something radical from time to time – but the entire House of Delegates?

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Nnatasha Tracy

AUGUST 24, 2022

Successful corporate mental health speaker Mike Veny is this week's guest on Snap Out of It! The Mental Illness in the Workplace Podcast with Natasha Tracy. Mike is now a Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist®, but just five years ago, Mike was suffering from a mental health breakdown thanks to depression and anxiety. While now, Mike talks to corporations about mental wellness for their employees, only a few years ago, it was showing them, personally, what it was like when that isn't taken car

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International Federation of Social Workers

AUGUST 25, 2022

Time and date: Wednesday 31st August 2022 at 5pm CEST Speaker: Marta Cherubin – Italy Please join us for a meeting of New Social Workers from IFSW Europe. It is one of a series of webinars presented by New Social Workers from different European Countries. They will each lead one webinar where they share their own experience of being […].

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University of Connecticut

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tanya Bulls, DSW, LCSW. Christine L. Limone, PhD, LCSW. Thurs, September 8, 2022. 2 pm – 4 pm. 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. School social workers don’t always receive discipline-specific clinical supervision in their school setting. The lack of supervision is inconsistent with known best practices of the social work profession.

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Community Care

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Welsh Government has opened a consultation on plans to eliminate profit-making residential and fostering provision for children in care. The proposals , which form part of a cooperation agreement between the Labour administration and the Plaid Cymru group in the Welsh Senedd, would restrict registration of service providers to those operating a non-profit model.

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A Splintered Mind

AUGUST 24, 2022

This process may seem dull, but it works extremely well for me, especially since I'm dealing with Post-COVID brain fog. Writing slowly by hand is helping me sort out my thoughts. In this entry, I decided the fate of the second novel. It's nice to imagine that I can simultaneously write two novels while blogging weekly while juggling Great White sharks and chainsaws on a unicycle, but I have to be honest with myself.

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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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International Federation of Social Workers

AUGUST 23, 2022

Note from the IFSW news editor: The following article and call for support has been written by Ana Radulescu, the IFSW European President and global Vice President. Ana has been the key facilitator of the Social Work Response in Ukraine since the Russian invasion. From February to July, this involved organising support systems for refugees […].

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 24, 2022

Roundtable: Asian Perspective for Social Work Education. . Date: 9 September 2022 (Friday). Time : 3:00-6:00 pm (HKT, GMT+8). Organizer: China and Global Development Network, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Location: Online via Zoom. Registration: [link] (Meeting ID and passcode will be sent to successful registrants).

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Community Care

AUGUST 26, 2022

The cost of living crisis is ‘severely’ affecting people accessing children’s and adults’ services, fuelling a host of issues including poverty, debt, mental ill-health and domestic conflict, social workers have warned. The vast majority of respondents to a Community Care survey asking about the effects of the crisis said it was hitting individuals and families they support hard.

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Relias

AUGUST 24, 2022

As the workforce shortage continues to challenge post-acute care organizations, fresh-faced new hires may be entering the field for the first time. Creating an effective onboarding experience for employees new to healthcare is important if you want to retain your staff and build your team’s competence. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the workforce shortage in many sectors, and post-acute care organizations are struggling to stay fully staffed.

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Nicole Clark Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2022

Try this and let me know how it goes for you. This post is a follow up to What’s in it for Me? Evaluating Stakeholder Engagement, where I shared, “If [the question] “What’s in it for me?” sounds self-serving, it’s because it is. In order to increase engagement, communities and the people driving the actions [.]. The post Try This: Assess Staff & Board Buy-In appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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Therapist Development Center

AUGUST 22, 2022

“My client disclosed XYZ. Is that a mandated report?” This is one of the most common questions that I hear among trainees and associates, who often feel anxious about mandated reporting in the earlier stages of their career. It’s an … Continued. The post Law and Ethics Exam Prep: Mandated Reporting appeared first on Therapist Development Center Blog.

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Gateway Foundation

AUGUST 22, 2022

The circulatory system is one of the body’s most essential systems. The heart muscle works with arteries, veins, capillaries and ventricles to pump blood throughout your body, delivering blood, oxygen and nutrients to your organs so they can function properly. Maintaining heart health is essential to living a long, healthy life, so protecting your heart is vital.

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Relias

AUGUST 23, 2022

For those working in human services, compassion fatigue and the associated symptoms of burnout occur all too often. Caring for clients going through trauma or who have difficult living conditions can have adverse effects on staff’s mental health. In order to take care of your staff, it’s important to adopt a trauma-informed care approach within your own organization.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 22, 2022

Webinar on Breaking the Glass Ceiling: My Journey to Elevating Young Minds. Ganpat University-Department of Social Work invites aspirant social sector professionals, educators, students to join well crafted virtual session. Title: Breaking the Glass Ceiling: My Journey to Elevating Young Minds. Date: 27th August, 2022, Saturday. Time: 11:00AM to 12:30PM.

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Beautiful Voyager

AUGUST 21, 2022

These are the four weighted blankets I actually own and use at my house. I’ve been using weighted blankets since 2016, and have learned that there are definitely different types for different needs. I wanted to show you the ones I’ve landed on for myself and my family, pointing out some of the differences between each and hard-won learnings I’ve had over the years.

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Community Care

AUGUST 25, 2022

Ofsted has praised “highly effective” information sharing as it noted continuing progress at Hull council’s children’s services, which were graded ‘inadequate’ in 2019. A sixth monitoring visit to the Yorkshire authority , focusing on services for children in need of help and protection, found social workers reporting their caseloads were manageable and that they had time to see children frequently. “This has been greatly assisted by the effective duty a

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Relias

AUGUST 22, 2022

With the frequent discussion surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as an organizational imperative in healthcare , it is in the best interest of healthcare leaders to prioritize creating a workplace where DEI can flourish. Employees from the staff level to the C-suite want to be fully accepted, embraced, and valued for their unique characteristics.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 22, 2022

DYUTI 2023- An International Conference. DYUTI 2023 is a three-day International Conference from January 11th – 13th, 2023, aimed at bringing together scholars, academicians and practitioners to deliberate on Global Perspectives and Practices based on health promotion.This Health Promotion Conference would provide a platform to discuss the current developments and models in the field of Health Promotion.

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University of Connecticut

AUGUST 25, 2022

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II. Thurs, Sept 15, 29 and October 6, 2022. 10 am – 12 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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