Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Social workers across practice settings provide services to individuals, including pregnant people, who are consuming alcohol at risky levels. Reducing problematic alcohol use is crucial to preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)—neurodevelopmental disabilities and birth defects that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. FASDs represent a range of behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities across the lifespan, and might affect up to 5% of school children natio

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International Federation of Social Workers

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

On 12 April 2024, the National Association of Social Workers in Burundi (NASWA-BURUNDI), in collaboration with the Ministry of National Solidarity, Social Affairs, Human Rights and Gender, and with the […]

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Nominations are called for the Prestigious Katherine A. Kendall Memorial Award for distinguished contribution to the development of social work education internationally. The nominee can come from any region of the world and may or may not be a member of IASSW. The biography of the nominee must match the required criteria. For details about the nomination process and guidelines on the criteria, please go to : [link] Nominations should be submitted to the chair of the Committee Halaevalu Vakala

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Social Work.Career

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 40 free webcasts that we could find for you this month in the field of social work and mental health. To make it easier for you to find a webinar that is of interest to you, […] The post Free Mental Health Webinars, September 2024 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.

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The New Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

I am a school social worker, a canary in the coal mine of public education. I see the collective strain on school staff, but I also envision the way forward.

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International Federation of Social Workers

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Africa is seeking a dedicated and passionate individual to serve as a volunteer Representative to ANESW (Africa Network for Environmental Social Work and […]

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Children’s Defense Fund

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Children’s Defense Fund mourns the passing of our dear friend and emeritus board member, Leonard Riggio. Mr. Riggio is best known for founding the Barnes and Noble Booksellers. But we know him as a stalwart advocate for “the unfinished business of the Civil Rights Movement” and his generosity in supporting the development of Children’s Defense Fund’s Alex Haley Farm, where the Langston Hughes Library and the Leonard Riggio-WIlliam Lynch Chapel stand as testaments to his philanthropic commitment

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The landscape of obstetric care is evolving rapidly, but not always in ways that benefit healthcare providers. One of the most pressing issues today is the rise of “nuclear verdicts” in obstetrics — staggering malpractice awards that exceed $10 million. For example: In 2023, A Pennsylvania jury awarded $183 million to the family of a boy born with severe brain injuries due to a delayed C-section at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

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International Federation of Social Workers

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Indonesian Independent Association of Professional Social Workers (IPSPI) has officially released its much-anticipated report for World Social Work Day (WSWD) 2024.

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CCRC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The summer sun draws many families outdoors for fun, but with triple digit temperatures in the forecast, it’s important to keep safety front of mind. Heat stroke is one of the leading causes of weather-related illness and death in the U.S. Young children and infants are particularly vulnerable to heat-related illness and death since their bodies are less able to adapt to heat than adults.

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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.

Safe Kids Worldwide

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Day I Learned About Water Safety Facebook Like Google Plus One Tweet Widget Pinterest When I was just 12 years old, I attended a neighborhood pool party with a few families from our street. There were kids of all ages, with the youngest being around the age of 2. As the adults gathered in the shallow end of the pool, one mother was with her young toddler.

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CO4Kids

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Back to Blogs Community Blog Adams County Celebrates Kinship Care Month This Kinship Care Month Adams County is recognizing an outstanding kinship caregiver, caseworker and community partner for all they do to support youth in foster care and kinship caregivers. Kinship Caregiver Marjorie Lane is a single grandmother who took on four children between the ages of five and fifteen.

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International Federation of Social Workers

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The National Association of Social Workers Uganda (NASWU) has recently released its 2024 report, highlighting the significant strides made in advancing social work in Uganda over the past three years.

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CCRC

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Finding and keeping a job can be an impossible task for families who have lost their shelter. Families without stable housing typically struggle to access child care, but a new partnership between CCRC and Hope the Mission provides unhoused families with onsite child care. The joint effort comes after extensive information gathering by CCRC Early Care and Learning staff, as well as research conducted in part by CCRC, that found families without shelter and child care faced difficulty in finding

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

UConn School of Social Work professor S. Megan Berthold has traveled around the world as far as Nepal to work with trauma survivors, but a yearlong academic Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair Award at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, will put her only about 400 miles to the north of Hartford. While that’s closer than the 8,700 miles away when she was on the Thai-Cambodian border, working on the edge of a war zone, her research in Canada will be no less important.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Associate Professor Anao Zhang's article "The efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for mental health and quality of life among individuals diagnosed with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis," was published in Cancer Medicine and featured in Everyday Health. Zhang says the findings confirm that cognitive behavioral therapy can help many people cope with the negative feelings that come up while living with cancer.

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International Federation of Social Workers

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Le 12 avril 2024, l’Association Nationale des Travailleurs Sociaux du Burundi (NASWA-BURUNDI), en collaboration avec le Ministère de la Solidarité Nationale, des Affaires Sociales, des Droits de l’Homme et du […]

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Nicole Clark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Here are five recommendations to help programmatic staff balance participant feedback with their capacity to implement changes. The post Ask Nicole: Balancing Participant Feedback & Staff Capacity appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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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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NASW Foundation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Social workers across practice settings provide services to individuals, including pregnant people, who are consuming alcohol at risky levels. Reducing problematic alcohol use is crucial to.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils’ response to child neglect is “slow and inadequate” due to high thresholds for intervention and a lack of services, the NSPCC has found. A third of social workers polled by the charity said they had faced pressure from managers or colleagues to cease or delay intervention in neglect cases, while professionals in partner agencies criticised how children’s soc

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Children’s Defense Fund

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

September and the beginning of fall are traditionally thought of as “back to school” season. Whether students and their teachers have been in their classrooms for just a few days or a few weeks already, this is usually the time when routines start settling in, and school days return to familiar patterns. This year, the first week of September was disrupted by a terrible tragedy that has become its own all-too-familiar routine in our nation: headlines about another school shooting.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

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Social Care

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The social care workforce plays a hugely important role in public health, but this has not always been celebrated and recognised to the extent that it should be. [Image created by freepik.com ] Making good ideas happen Most people will support the idea that ‘prevention is better than cure’ but we know from both the data and our own professional and personal experiences, this is not always the reality.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The government has selected two groups of councils to test the commissioning and delivery of looked-after children’s placements at a regional level. Greater Manchester and the South East have been chosen as pathfinders for so-called regional care co-operatives (RCCs), under which individual councils pool their resources and plan placements centrally.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Exclusive: Case of Sia Kasparis, who has dementia, had been highlighted in Guardian investigation into unpaid care UK politics live – latest updates An 86-year-old woman with advanced dementia has been told by the government she no longer has to repay a £13,000 benefit debt after her case was highlighted by the Guardian. Sia Kasparis, who is partially blind and has been bed-bound for two years, was ordered to repay the huge sum after officials said she had failed to notify them her son had taken

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Donald deGraffenried, LCSW Friday, October 11, 2024 In-person 9:00 am – 4:00 pm 6 CECs Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an innovative and powerful therapy used for the desensitization of PTSD and other mental health concerns. It has been in existence for over fifty years, is research validated and many clinicians have questions about the therapy.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This post discusses severe parental alienation, when one parent seeks to poison the children’s relationship to the other parent by causing the children to believe horrible yet unfounded allegations about that parent. —– I get it. When a parent is manipulating their child to hate the other parent, it’s a nightmare. No matter what you do, it’s twisted to use against you.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Sixty per cent of community social care services in England have no or an ‘outdated’ performance rating, an analysis of Care Quality Commission (CQC) data has found. Almost a quarter of home care, extra care, shared lives or supported living services (23%) had never been rated by the CQC as of June 2024, despite more than half of these having been registered with the regulator f

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The Guardian

AUGUST 31, 2024

Labour accused of dropping pledges after it abandons cap on costs and prepares to scrap care worker training fund • Unless Labour wakes up on social care, tragedies will happen Labour has discarded its social care commitments and seems set to repeat the failure of previous governments to tackle the care crisis, the sector’s leaders have warned. Announcements by Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, that she would not cap costs for older people’s care and Stephen Kinnock, the care minister, that he woul

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

“Yes, it’s Big Brother. But we have to have our eyes open to the potential of this model.” -- Rhema Vaithianathan, co-designer of child welfare “predictive analytics” algorithms, discussing the idea of assessing children’s risk of abuse – while they’re still in the womb. The Lincoln Project is a group of disaffected Republicans appalled by what has happened to their party.

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Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Ontario high school students are required to provide 40 hours of community service. I remember a friend of mine who worked for a community agency telling me that parents would ask him to sign a form indicating their kid had done so… when they hadn’t done so. Other parents would do their kids work of finding them a placement to do their time… as if it was a jail sentence.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Julia Ross from the British Association of Social Workers says if a referral is made it must be acted on – it is the law What the media coverage on the Kirstie Allsopp story misses is how social work actually works ( Kirstie Allsopp reported to social services for allowing son, 15, to travel abroad, 25 August ). If a referral is made, it must be acted on when certain criteria are met – it is simply the law.

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