Save the Social Worker
OCTOBER 9, 2022
The aircon blew gently. Outside, the 33 degree celsius heat made me grateful to be seated in the room. I was seated in front of a client, listening to her talk about how difficult life was for her. As hard as I tried to get into it, I couldn’t. And as hard as it was for me to admit it at that time, I finally realised the truth. I didn’t care. As much as I wanted to, I did not care.
Famcare
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Today's blog is written by guest blogger, Sharon Wagner, from Senior Friendly. We truly appreciate her for sharing these helpful insights for our readers. Perhaps you've developed a chronic health condition in the past year, or maybe you're simply getting older and attending more checkups and routine doctor's appointments as a result. Knowing when to speak up for yourself when it comes to your health is a valuable skill.
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Stop Abuse Campaign
OCTOBER 13, 2022
← Happy Halloween! Trigger warning: This article contains a discussion of sexual abuse and suicide. Some readers may find it triggering. Suicide rates are rising, but we can prevent them . “Raise your hand if someone important to you ever attempted suicide or attempted and completed suicide.” I wondered what sort of gymnastics routine I needed to do to convey my answer accurately.
My Brains Not Broken
OCTOBER 11, 2022
While every day is a good opportunity to talk about mental health, awareness days are some of the best chances to have a conversation. Yesterday was World Mental Health Day, the latest opportunity to shrink the stigma and share our stories around mental health and mental health challenges. Every year brings a different theme that focuses on various aspects of mental health.
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Social Work Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2022
By Cassie Brown, MSW, LCSW. For all of you who are on the Rainbow Spectrum, all of you who have known the inside of a closet, all of you who have had to tell your story and your truth again (and again, and again, and again) because of the oppressive world in which we live and the assumptions that we all live in, Happy National Coming Out Day! And if you’re IN THAT CLOSET, I respect you.
Social Work With Adults
OCTOBER 10, 2022
World Mental Health Day is our annual reminder to protect our psychological and emotional wellbeing and help others do the same. Just when you thought it was safe. I’m sure it’s not just me who is struggling to keep up with pace of national and international developments in the world at the moment. I know I would feel a little more at ease if some of the news items appearing in my social media feed were foreseeable although, unfortunately, much of what I read or hear is thoroughly unpredictable
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My Brains Not Broken
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Living with Generalized Anxiety Disorder has taught me so many things about myself. I’ve learned what some of my tendencies are, as well as what habits I fall into when it comes to coping mechanisms. I’ve learned about my triggers, what overstimulates me and what makes me anxious. But over the past few years, I’ve started focusing on other things connected to my anxiety.
The Guardian
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Experts say loss of 50,000 workers exposes ‘absolute crisis’ facing system still reeling from impact of Covid and Brexit The social care workforce has shrunk for the first time in almost a decade despite rising demand and bed congestion in hospitals fuelled by a lack of care places. England is projected to need close to 500,000 more care staff by the middle of the next decade, but last year there was a net fall in the workforce of 50,000 people, leaving about 165,000 jobs vacant, according to ne
Social Service Workforce
OCTOBER 13, 2022
by Changing the Way We Care. Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) Moldova works in partnership with leaders in the care reform sector to support the Moldova social service system to ensure it has the capacity, infrastructure and services at the local level to serve all children and families.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2022
No one should be required to “be nice to people who do despicable things.” Attention child welfare garden partiers: The skunks have arrived Every year, the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse holds a four-day virtual extravaganza featuring more than 100 panels and speakers from around the world. In the past, this event was essentially a garden party for the child welfare establishment.
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.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
OCTOBER 11, 2022
World Mental Health Day- 10th October 2022. The Department of Psychiatry, Nair Hospital, Mumbai, with support from the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, has made an effort to develop two short videos (enclosed) for creating awareness on two major mental health issues in adults and children – Mental Depression, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) respectively.
The Guardian
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Exclusive: Family of Ann King, 88, hid camera in room at Reigate Grange in Surrey amid concerns about her welfare • ‘Abuse, no other word for it’: nurse analyses footage An 88-year-old woman with dementia was physically and mentally abused at a luxury care home charging residents close to £100,000 a year, the Guardian can reveal. Staff misconduct was exposed by secret filming inside the home run by Signature Senior Lifestyle, which operates 36 luxury facilities mostly in the south of England.
Prosper Health Collective
OCTOBER 9, 2022
Working in the field of psychology, we are often in the pursuit of good mental health. There are many ways to reach this, but what are the actual elements that promote well-being and happiness within each of us? Over the course of research and studies, there are certain elements have have been shown to promote good mental health. The PERMA model was designed by Martin Seligman with five core elements of psychological well-being and happiness.
Famcare
OCTOBER 9, 2022
For those working in child services, an understanding of family situations is vital in being able to help improve child welfare. Fortunately for those agencies, utilizing the right social services software can help streamline processes and effectively “humanize” the various situations. The goal is to always be improving child welfare through various services, responses and interventions, and with the right social services software on your side, the tasks can become easier to track and perhaps ev
Nnatasha Tracy
OCTOBER 13, 2022
It sounds true, but it's actually a myth that people who self-harm like pain. I've done it; I should know. That's right — I've purposefully caused pain, and yet, I hate pain. Believe me, you can want to self-injure and hate pain — both of those things can be true at the same time. Read on to learn about the myth that those who self-mutilate like pain.
The Guardian
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Abuse of Ann King, an elderly resident, flies in face of every care work standard, expert says Hidden camera reveals abuse in luxury care home Jayne Easterbrook, a nurse for 42 years who specialises in training care workers, examined the footage of Ann King’s care at Reigate Grange in Surrey, and gave her reaction to the Guardian. King, 88, has dementia, and secret filming showed she was physically and mentally abused at the luxury care home that charged residents close to £100,000 a year.
Prosper Health Collective
OCTOBER 9, 2022
Mental health is a state of social and emotional wellbeing that assists us to cope with stressors and bounce back from challenges. Having good mental health assists our daily functioning by improving our ability to engage with our work, social and personal lives and be involved within the community. Being aware of the things that you can do to improve your mental health can support you to engage to your full potential and live life with a greater sense of satisfaction. .
Social Care
OCTOBER 14, 2022
"Around two million people in the UK are currently experiencing long COVID. Effective support for those affected cannot and should not be limited to the clinical." [Image created by freepik.com ]. Welcome outstayed. Life may seem to be back to normal – and in many ways it is – but, despite some very public declarations suggesting the pandemic is over, COVID-19 and its many variations have not gone away.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
OCTOBER 11, 2022
New Book Notice – Introduction to Social W ork. New Book Notice - Introduction to Social Work.
The Guardian
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Reigate Grange promised a ‘cruise ship’ lifestyle. Instead, a family’s hidden camera recorded harrowing abuse Installing a hidden spy camera by their mother’s care home bed was not something Ann King’s children ever imagined would be necessary. When their 88-year-old mother faced worsening dementia, they considered a dozen care home options and carefully picked Reigate Grange, part of the Signature Senior Lifestyle chain.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 12, 2022
? The 74 reports that in New York City alone “…between August 2019 and January 2022, city school employees made over 13,750 false alarm reports to the state child abuse hotline.” The story goes on to explain why that actually understates the problem. As for the notion that the problem can be fixed with “more training” here’s what one school social worker said her training was like: [T]he training sessions she has attended have begun by projecting the names and pictures of young people who have d
Hospice Chaplaincy
OCTOBER 9, 2022
In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Hank Dunn about his book, “Hard Choices for loving people.” Since 1983, Hank Dunn has been ministering to patients at the end of their lives and their families. During that time, he has served in a nursing home, hospice programs and a hospital. He has become an expert on […].
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
OCTOBER 9, 2022
In support with: East European subregional Association of the Schools of Social Work. We remember those whose lives, families, homes and health have been and continue to be destroyed by wars. We reflect upon the practical role social workers and the social work profession can play in the context of armed conflict and in the area of mental health recovery during post-war contexts.
The Guardian
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Mr Justice Poole says lack of therapeutic homes for children is ‘scandalous’ as he sanctions unregulated accommodation A 13-year-old girl at risk of suicide and in the care of Manchester city council has languished in hospital for more than three months due to a lack of suitable placements anywhere in the country. In a family court hearing which a high court judge unusually directed should be held in public, Mr Justice Poole on Wednesday sanctioned the use of an unregulated, unlawful placement f
The New Social Worker
OCTOBER 10, 2022
In this episode of Conversations on Social Work Careers, Your Social Work Career Coach Jennifer Luna talks with Allison Peeler, LMSW, an award-winning communications professional and Licensed Master Social Worker.
Social Care
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Head Chef, Linda Aduma, in the spotless Vida Court kitchens, ready to prepare more healthy and nutritious meals for residents. My name is Linda Aduma. I’m head chef at Vida Court, working for UK dementia care provider, Vida Healthcare. I’d like to share my experience of working in social care with you and explain why I believe it can be an aspirational career for many more people.
Living Sober
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Veronica Valli is an author, podcaster, recovery advocate and coach, clinical psychotherapist, wife, mother. and she is sober. Click on the Video or Audio below to hear my Sobriety Chat with Veronica. She talks about how she feels about your younger drinking self, the work it takes to uncover what lies under alcohol abuse, the co-opting of feminism to […] Sobriety Chat: Veronica was first posted on October 11, 2022 at 11:22 am. ©2019 " Living Sober " Use of this feed is for pe
The Guardian
OCTOBER 14, 2022
CQC ‘reviewing evidence’ after footage shows 88-year-old Ann King’s treatment at Reigate Grange ‘I will always hear her screams’: family tell of heartbreak over care home abuse The provider of a luxury care home where an 88-year-old woman with dementia was abused is facing possible criminal action as a government minister said he was “shocked and saddened” at her mistreatment.
Michigan Social Work
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Professor Trina Shanks has been appointed board president of the Black Administrators, Researchers, and Scholars (BARS) group. BARS was founded by the late Larry Davis, MSW '73 and PhD '77, to aid in the development and advancement of Black social work scholars, researchers and administrators within the Social Work academic discipline.
Famcare
OCTOBER 13, 2022
The goal of social workers is to support their local communities. However, given the incredibly rapid requirements in all areas of their work, from case management, collaboration with stakeholders , to the procedure of client data intake, social workers must take into consideration new procedures, processes, and innovative approaches to the system. Check out the best practices that social workers can employ to advance their initiatives and impact by utilizing data, encouraging client collaborati
MQ Mental Health
OCTOBER 13, 2022
New research finds bacteria changes in the saliva of college students who reported recent thoughts of suicide. A study from the University of Florida has found that there are differences in bacteria between students who have and who have not had recent thoughts of suicide. Considering other factors that can impact mental health, such as sleep and diet, the researchers found that the students with recent suicidal thoughts had higher levels of bacteria associated with periodontal disease and other
The Guardian
OCTOBER 13, 2022
When Ann King, 88, faced worsening dementia, her children considered a dozen care homes and carefully picked Reigate Grange, part of the Signature Senior Lifestyle chain, with annual fees close to £100,000.Within months, however, they began to worry their mother was being neglected as she began asking them if they were going to throw her out of bed, or the window.
Shelter, Inc
OCTOBER 13, 2022
OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. Ninety percent of youth in the child welfare system report having been exposed to at least one traumatic event in their life. Many have experienced more. Each traumatic event can cause invisible wounds that can change how a child develops. Witnessing domestic violence is one such event, an adverse childhood experience (ACE) that can have a lifelong impact.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
OCTOBER 12, 2022
CASWE-ACFTS Fall Conference. The Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE-ACFTS) 2022 Annual Conference will be held on October 28 and 29.Join us for a two-day virtual experience and listen to two amazing presentations from our keynote speakers. Attendees will be able to take part in journal writing, co-current presentation, dialogue circles and a special movie screening of Stories of Decolonization: (De) Colonial Relations and a Q&A on October 27 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Social Service Workforce
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Written by Marissa Jordaan with contributions from Mollie Kemp, Rochshana Kemp, Marelize Vergottini and Edmarie Pretorius on behalf of South Africa's National Committee on School Social Work Education and Practice (NACOSSWEP)
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