My Brains Not Broken

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

CW: This post discusses suicide. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in the United States and every year, I aim to write posts and share information directly related to suicide prevention throughout the month. Though this month of awareness has grown in recent years, there are still many challenges to how we discuss suicide prevention. That said, I think this month is a good opportunity to have conversations and demand attention for suicide prevention.

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 29, 2022

Download your Self-Care Awareness Month calendar for 2022 and join The New Social Worker as we invite you to deepen awareness and activation of self-care.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

How Social Workers Can Make a Difference. September 2022. Binge drinking and heavy alcohol use during pregnancy have increased over the past decade, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. In fact, from 2011 to 2020, binge drinking among pregnant women increased nearly 9 percent a year, while heavy drinking increased by more than 11 percent a year , study authors found.

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National Casa Gal

AUGUST 29, 2022

Read More. The post Akerman and the National CASA/GAL Association for Children announce 2022 recipients of Academic Excellence Scholarship for foster youth appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 30, 2022

Here on My Brain’s Not Broken I have a tendency to write blog posts that serve as reminders. Sometimes they’re reminders that would be beneficial for whoever’s reading the post. Other times, the reminders are things I’ve forgotten long ago, and what I need to hear in the moment. Either way, reminder posts serve a purpose; they can help ground us and help us remember where we are on our journey.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 28, 2022

In the Times, even social problems can be gentrified. In a front-page story in The New York Times today (Aug. 28) about the misuse and overuse of psychiatric medication on children, these are what journalists call the “nut grafs” – the paragraphs that summarize what the whole story is about and why it’s important: Psychiatrists and other clinicians emphasize that psychiatric drugs, properly prescribed, can be vital in stabilizing adolescents and saving the lives of suicidal teens.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Recent flooding in Mississippi caused an already struggling water treatment plant in the state capital of Jackson to collapse. Residents in the city of 150,000 are having difficulty getting water to drink or to flush toilets, prompting the city to close schools and business and residents to wait in long lines for water. The NASW Mississippi Chapter has mobilized volunteers to help and is seeking donations.

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A Splintered Mind

AUGUST 27, 2022

A lot is made of ADHD’s super power of hyperfocus. I’ve written about it on several occasions over the years as well. I’ve even created a ToDo List technique to simulate it! Should we really label hyperfocus as a superpower, though? I have always been painfully aware of the downsides to hyperfocus. I’ll even avoid undertaking certain tasks because I know that I’ll slip into hyperfocus and loose track of time and the events around me.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The Department for Education has appointed Josh MacAlister to advise on the implementation of the children’s social care review that he led. It is paying MacAlister £32,000 for six months’ work, with the role having started on 1 June 2022, shortly after the care review reported, and running until 3o November. However, the contract for the work was formally awarded at the end of July and published by the government last month.

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Abuse Survivor

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

It’s been a while since I’ve sat down and written anything creative. I used to write and create all the time – stories, poems, paintings, sculptures. But lately, I just can’t seem to get the words flowing. And I know why. Trauma has a way of stifling creativity. When we experience trauma, our focus shifts from the things that bring us joy to the things that keep us alive.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Assistant Professor Ashley Cureton and Field Faculty Rosalva Osorio have received funding for their project, The Implementation of Forum Theatre to Engage in Difficult Conversations within the U-M Social Work Community. The project uses Forum Theatre to provide social work students with concrete strategies on how to successfully engage in difficult conversations and challenging dialogues.

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Creative Play Therapist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The Gottman Institute asked me to write a blog post on how to help children accept difficult emotions. Read the full article here.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A government bid to speed up moving unaccompanied asylum-seeking children out of hotels into council care fails to address the dearth of placements available, directors have said. The Association of Directors of Children’s Services issued the warning after the Home Office introduced a five-day target for councils to accept children from hotels following referral under the now mandatory national transfer scheme (NTS) – under which all authorities across the UK must accept a share of u

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

With the successes reaped during the pilot of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to accelerate the results nationwide. The program started in 2016 as a pilot to determine the impact of financial incentives on home health agencies in nine states. The pilot program rewarded or penalized agencies based on a total performance score (TPS) compared to other agencies in the same state.

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Swhelper

AUGUST 31, 2022

Deona Hooper.  Jay Sanders’ presentation on Body Safety aims to empower children with skills and knowledge that will lessen the likelihood of them becoming victims of childhood sexual abuse. Citation Sanders, Jay. Body Safety Education. SWHELPER Summit, 20 March. 2018, [link]. View Full Article - Body Safety Education for Children to Help Lessen or Prevent Sexual Abuse.

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Michigan Social Work

AUGUST 29, 2022

On August 27, 2022, Detroit Bass Day celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Motown hit “Papa was a Rollin’ Stone.” A number one hit by The Temptations in 1972, the song features an immortal and driving bass line, which 50 bassists played on the Motown Museum Plaza. The song’s powerful narrative about family responsibility has inspired the Papa WAS project, which invited participants to share their perspectives, personal narratives and spoken word poetry about fatherhood.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Just over 5% of social workers have met continuing professional development registration requirements as the three-month renewal period opens. Social Work England said 5,478 practitioners had submitted two pieces of CPD, detailing learning from reflecting on one of the pieces with a peer, equivalent to 5.5% of the registered population. More than twice as many – 12,385 (12.4%) – have submitted at least one piece of CPD, which would have been sufficient in 2020 and 2021 to meet regist

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Gateway Foundation

AUGUST 29, 2022

It’s not uncommon for individuals to mix their caffeine with alcohol while drinking, and once-popular caffeinated alcoholic beverages (CABs) encourage this behavior further. However, alcohol and energy drinks or other types of caffeinated beverages can introduce some unwanted consequences. Even drinking coffee after alcohol or consuming it hours before heading to the bar can produce these same harmful effects, which is why it’s best to avoid consuming these two beverages together.

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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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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

William C. Gilbert, PhD, MSW, LCSW, AADC. Saturday, October 15, 2022. 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Those suffering from substance use disorders can face many obstacles in achieving and maintaining recovery. As advocates for those in recovery, we know that such obstacles can delay or prevent a person from meeting their recovery goals.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

? Montana is the child removal capital of America, tearing apart proportionately more families, by far, than any other state when rates of child poverty are factored in. That may change if a bill approved by a legislative committee becomes law. But the family policing establishment already is mounting a fear-and-smear campaign against the bill. ? Add to the long list of those condemning the racism of the American family policing system the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Di

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Community Care

AUGUST 31, 2022

“I want to help set BASW on the path to doubling our membership in the near future. It will be difficult, especially with the cost-of-living crisis, but with a larger representation we will be in an even stronger position to influence policy makers and represent social workers with employers.”. New British Association of Social Workers chair Julia Ross is setting out one of her key priorities for her two-year term as chair, which began in June.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

AUGUST 31, 2022

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University of Connecticut

AUGUST 31, 2022

Lori Ratchelous, LMSW. Saturday, December 3, 2022. 10 am – 12 pm. 2 CECs. $40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 – All Others. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Animal assisted therapy (AAT) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Questions surface as to what AAT really is.

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The Guardian

AUGUST 31, 2022

My friend Jan Dewing, who has died aged 61 of ovarian cancer, was the Sue Pembrey chair in nursing and director of the Centre for Person-centred Practice Research at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, where she was also head of the university’s graduate research school. Jan was a leading scholar in person-centred practice, with a particular focus on care services for people living with dementia; she worked with health and social care teams to ensure care was delivered in a way that respected

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Council social worker numbers have increased in Scotland but there are concerns over rising shortages of mental health officers. There were 5,666 full-time equivalent (FTE) practitioners working for Scottish authorities as of the end of 2021, a rise of 200 (3.7%) on the previous year, according to the Scottish Social Services Council’s (SSSC) annual workforce data report published this week.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

AUGUST 28, 2022

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Social Work With Adults

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I have always been keen to maker sure adult social workers apply approaches and interventions that will make a positive difference people’s lives. Often, it isn’t clear which of these approaches and interventions have an evidence base. In these situations, social workers are relying on their own or their colleagues' experiences to steer their practice with people and families.

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The Guardian

AUGUST 29, 2022

Experts say Tory leadership rivals appear not to have grasped the scale of the crisis facing the service From crime to the courts: the biggest issues the UK’s new PM will face In a television studio in Stoke-on-Trent last month, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak traded blows over everything from credit card economics to Channel migrants to the accessories chain Claire’s.

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The Frontline

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

England’s largest social work charity, Frontline , warns that negative news stories are having a detrimental effect on the public perception of social workers, after new independent research reveals that over half (58%) of people say social workers have a ‘bad reputation’, and of those, nearly a third (31%) would be reluctant for their help despite needing support.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 31, 2022

Toxic masculinity doesn’t begin in adulthood. It begins in infancy with the expectation that boys must tough it out, suck it up, not cry and never need soothing. Indeed, that toxic masculinity for some is beat into them verbally, some physically. “I’ll give you something to cry about.” “Don’t be a suck.” “You’re a cry-baby.” The infant come toddler learns from an age that young that their acceptance and worth depends upon submerging the

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Social Work With Adults

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) have guidelines for social work with adults experiencing complex needs. This is the second of two blogs from members of the guideline committee, Ellie and Chloe, who reflect on their involvement and the importance of the guidelines. If you haven't read my introduction and Ellie's reflections as a person with lived experience in Part One, please click here , then return to Part Two below for Chloe's perspective as a practicing social wo

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The Guardian

AUGUST 28, 2022

Exclusive: Concerns raised as cost of providing specialist care for vulnerable children soars ‘Providers charge what they want’: how one council was forced to pay £50k a week More than 20 councils in England and Wales have paid the equivalent of £1m a year or more to place a single child in a private children’s home as the cost of specialised care soars, data released to the Guardian shows.

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