Swhelper
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
David Jackson. Psychoeducation is a type of psychological treatment that focuses on giving information about mental illnesses and the treatments they provide. Psychoeducation therapy seeks to assist individuals to understand their ailments and discover how to effectively manage them. Psychoeducation therapy is an effective treatment option for many mental illnesses, such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders as […].
My Brains Not Broken
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
CW: This post discusses suicide and suicide awareness. Last week was the beginning of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This month is extremely important because it’s a chance to have honest, open discussions about suicide and suicide prevention. More so, it’s a good time to share resources for those who may need them, as well as people who are looking for information to distribute this month.
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The New Social Worker
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
A future based on Jane Addams’ ideal of humanitarianism is achievable. It’s up to us to go out and make it.
Nnatasha Tracy
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Dear Suicidal Friend, This sucks. Okay, it doesn't just suck. It's horrendous. It's horrific. It's soul-sucking. It's suicidality at its finest. It's lonely, and the pain is unbearable. I know what that feels like. I have been there many times before. I know how impossible just one more moment in the muck and mire feels. I have written about suicide over and over and over , and yet it doesn't stop me from feeling suicidal again.
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A Splintered Mind
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Call it brain fog, absentmindedness, or a senior moment, but sometimes when your ADHD brain goes on the fritz, you’ve just got to laugh. I am here today to tell you that playing Sudoku daily will not improve brain fog. I know. I’ve tried multiple Sudoku books & apps, Sudoku with words, and there’s a Sudoku game out there for the Nintendo Switch that would let me play with fluffy blobs of cats, but I’m not entirely convinced that will work either.
My Brains Not Broken
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
After working on this blog for nearly five years, I understand how difficult conversations about mental health can be. There’s a level of nuance that must be applied to these conversations. Everyone is unique, which means that the way we handle certain issues and problems is also unique. That’s why, even though they can be difficult, conversations about suicide prevention are important – and each one of us can help.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
A billboard from JMac For Families The story shows deep compassion for the trauma caused by removing children – the trauma it causes for those doing the removing , that is. Often, when I single out for criticism particular stories about “child welfare” – or as it should be called family policing, it’s because the reporter never bothered to even speak to parents who have had their children taken, or to lawyers for such parents.
University of Connecticut
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Headshot of Jelan Agnew, LCSW , Name, Profession Title and Employer, SSW Class & Concentration. Jelan Agnew, LCSW, fo under of Nalej of Self, LLC. Class of 2011, clinical concentration. . Brief description about your career path. . Jelan Agnew, LCSW is a 2022 Hartford Business Journal Top 40 Under Forty Honoree, highly rated TEDx Speaker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
When Robin Arndt was a freshman at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he met with a social work professor. After a one-hour conversation where Arndt discussed his interests and aspirations, he said he left knowing he was going to be a social worker. “I gained a mentor from that meeting who would help me navigate my undergraduate experience and shape my professional social work identity,” says Arndt.
International Federation of Social Workers
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
This week IFSW Europe was invited to a meeting at Social Platform in Brussels with Mr. Lodewijk Asscher, who was appointed by Commissioner Schmit as a special advisor on Ukraine to promote the social integration of Ukrainian refugees. In addition to Ana R?dulescu representing IFSW Europe and the Community Social Work Centre in Kamianets-Podilskyi district […].
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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.
The New Social Worker
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Where does chronic pain fit in the framework of treatment planning and prognosis? Our medical system is comprised of cures and timelines for healing. When the pain is hard to fix, acceptance and hope help to blur it a bit.
Swhelper
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
MJ Fernandez. People these days are often so busy with work and their responsibilities that sometimes they forget to take care of their mental and physical health. However, if you keep this up, you risk your chances of burning out and developing certain illnesses that may be hard to treat later on. This is why it is […]. View Full Article - 6 Useful Tips to Keep Your Mind and Body Healthy.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
ECSWE 20-23 of June 2023 -Diversity and Social Work Education: Building Bridges for Sustainable Futures! Oporto – Save the date! The European Association of Schools of Social Work and Institute of Social Work of Oporto (Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto) announce the 2023 European Conference on Social Work Education, which aims to be an international forum for dialogue and discussion about concerns, challenges and practices in social work education.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
? The drop-everything-and-read-it item this week is from Irin Carmon in New York Magazine: A profile of legal scholar, activist (oh, and NCCPR Board Member) Dorothy Roberts. It’s called Dorothy Roberts Tried to Warn Us: The legal scholar and sociologist wrote about the criminalization of pregnancy 25 years ago. Why didn’t more listen? Prof. Roberts understood before anyone, that family policing – a more accurate term than “child welfare” – is a reproductive justice issue.
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Michigan Social Work
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Associate Professor Robert Ortega’s profile of Professor Emerita Charles Garvin is featured in the latest issue of Social Work with Groups. PhD students Ronke Olawale and Andrea Shanon Mora are co-authors. The profile showcases Garvin’s lifelong contribution to social justice and social work with groups.
Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
What is social work active listening? Active listening is a communication technique used in social work to help the person being listened to feel understood and supported. Best Books to Read on Social Work Active Listening Skills. Social work active listening involves the listener paying close attention to the speaker, making sure not to interrupt, and reflecting back on what they have heard.
Relias
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
It is any parent or caregiver’s worst nightmare: a child’s attempted suicide or death by suicide. It can lead to feelings of guilt and self-blame as they ask themselves why and how they missed the signs. The aftermath of a child’s suicide attempt or death can be devastating for a family. Often, the salt in the wound is that suicide is a preventable cause of death.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Children who met thresholds were left waiting up to six weeks to see a social worker due to “significant, widespread and systemic” weaknesses in a council’s front door service, Ofsted has found. Inspectors downgraded Nottingham City Council from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘inadequate’ on the back of a full inspection in July , prompting the Department for Education to appoint an adviser to chair the city’s improvement board for children’s serv
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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.
Michigan Social Work
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Associate Professor Terri Friedline received the 2022 Doctoral Student Organization Faculty Award. “I'm humbled to receive this award from doctoral students —an acknowledgement of my contributions,” said Friedline. “It is a tremendous honor to play a small role in supporting the next generations of social work and social sciences scholars.
Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule of the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) that announced proposed policy and practice changes for Medicare Part B payments beginning January 1, 2023. The proposed changes may impact social workers and other Medicare providers in various settings. The proposed rule also looks to solicit comments from stakeholders on ways to identify and improve access to high value, potentially underutilized services by Med
American Board of Clinical Social Work
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Most forms of psychotherapy require that the therapist perform a “delicate balancing act” between competing forces. Some authors refer to this skill as dialectical thinking–the ability to mentally (and emotionally) hold seemingly opposite factors in dynamic tension in service of moving a system toward higher functioning. In Neurodynamic Couples Therapy, there are primarily three areas in which the delicate balancing of the couples therapist is required for therapeutic success. 1.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Incoming prime minister Liz Truss has appointed new cabinet ministers to take responsibility for social care, as the sector battles the cost of living crisis and widespread staffing shortages, while facing substantial policy change. Kit Malthouse has become the fourth education secretary to hold office this year – following Nadhim Zahawi, Michelle Donelan and James Cleverley – giving him responsibility for children’s social care.
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The Guardian
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
New health secretary examining proposals for care homes to look after patients whose discharge is prevented by lack of social care Thérèse Coffey is considering handing hundreds of millions of pounds to care homes to help free up hospital beds as part of her emergency plan to tackle the growing crisis in the NHS. The new health secretary is examining proposals to pay care homes in England to look after patients who are medically fit to leave hospital but cannot be discharged because of a lack of
Counselor Toolbox podcast
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Gary Direnfeld
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Resiliency is the capacity to overcome adversity. It is learned and developed throughout childhood, even starting as a little one. It requires the child to meet with frustration and to be soothed such that they settle and cope. It is not about compensating for an upset such that the upset is offset by some gift or bribe. As the child learns they survive their distress, then they have capacity to learn that distress isn’t the end of everything.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Investing in social workers in the face of “extremely challenging constraints in funding” has helped a council improve its Ofsted grade from inadequate to requires improvement. Following an inspection in July, Ofsted found children and families were receiving a much better service at Luton since it was last inspected in 2020, when inspectors found serious decision-making failures across child protection in the context of significant workforce instability.
The Guardian
SEPTEMBER 4, 2022
Change to registration process will pave way for thousands of staff trained overseas to come to UK, says government Ministers will introduce legislation as soon as parliament returns on Monday to tackle the NHS’s worsening staffing crisis by making it easier for overseas nurses and dentists to work in the UK. The move is part of a drive by the health secretary, Steve Barclay, to increase overseas recruitment to help plug workforce gaps in health and social care.
Gary Direnfeld
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
It is not uncommon that when a person thinks about separating from their partner, they may contemplate it for years before following through. That means this person has had all that time to think it through as well as adjust emotionally. When the news is delivered, even if the relationship was problematic, the one just receiving the news feels like the rug is pulled from beneath them.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
A council whose children’s services will be transferred to an independent trust next year has improved its provision for care leavers, Ofsted has found. In its latest monitoring visit to Bradford council, the inspectorate found that a bigger and more stable workforce of “committed and caring” social workers and personal advisers (PAs) were delivering more consistent practice under the oversight and leadership of “capable” senior managers.
The Guardian
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
A shocking rise in the number of NHS vacancies is a symptom of the government’s dangerous neglect “I will deliver on the National Health Service” was as much detail as the new prime minister offered on health policy in her victory speech on Monday. One idea floated during her campaign, that £13bn of new funding earmarked for the NHS should be diverted to social care , might once have won plaudits.
Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
In case you missed it, here are some of the features in the latest issue of Social Work Advocates. Top stories include: Roe Provided Autonomy, Self-Determination: Privacy Rights May Prove Vital Since Court Overturned Abortion Law. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade creates a social justice priority for social workers — affecting not only social work clients but also how social workers do their jobs.
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