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Even the Wizard of Oz couldnt do that. But at last, were getting a peek behind the curtain. Seventeen years after we first raised the issue, an ugly little practice that leads to hundreds of needless foster care placements in Kansas every year finally is getting some attention though far from all of the attention it deserves. The Kansas Legislature passed, and the governor signed, a bill that may slightly reduce the number of times this practice is invoked but it still allows the family police
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The Department for Education (DfE) has made huge cuts in payments for families to resource therapy through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF). Less than two weeks after confirming that the fund would continue – one day after it expired – the DfE has made four significant restrictions to the support each child or family can receive through the ASGSF in 202
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Strengthening Social Work Education in Beijing, China Prof. Antoinette Lombard, President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), participated in two impactful events in Beijing, China: 21 March: Capacity Building event 22 March: Launch of the Doctor of Social Work (DSW) Education program Both events were organized by the Chinese Association of Social Work Education (CASWE) and the Kiswick Foundation, and were honored by the presence of Prof.
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Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The government has renewed funding to help overseas care staff who have lost work and are facing removal from the UK due to “unethical” employment practices or providers not complying with visa rules. However, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has reduced the level of the international recruitment fund from 16m in 2024-25 to 12.5m this year, divided between 15 regi
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What do these words even mean? The deeper I get into mindbody science, the more I am blown away by what it has to teach me. In this newsletter Ill dig into an approach to meditation I never really understood until now. Ill share my perspective on what makes it powerful and explore how it differs from my traditional longstanding meditation practice. 1 First, the groundwork.
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Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils have been handed government-commissioned guidance on the evidence base for mentoring and befriending schemes for care-experienced children and those at risk of entering the care system. The practice guide , covering programmes that help children and young people build trusting relationships with adults, to improve their wellbeing and other outcomes, highlighted “strong eviden
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Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Sector bodies have urged education secretary Bridget Phillipson to reconsider huge cuts to payments for therapy for care experienced children and their families under the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF). Adoption UK, the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA), Coram and Kinship said the changes risked disrupting placements and causing children to return to t
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