Social Work With Adults
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Lyn Romeo: On a recent visit to Harrow council, I was delighted to meet their cohort of apprentices and to hear about their amazing journeys towards qualifying as social workers or occupational therapists. Many of them had lived experience of social care in their own lives and have also worked as support workers, social work assistants and in other related social care employment.
American Board of Clinical Social Work
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
September is Suicide Prevention month. Suicide continues to be among the leading causes of death in the U.S. This public health challenge affects various population groups ranging from youth to White men and Native Americans to Veterans. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 94% of adults believe that suicide can be prevented.
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Health & Social Care Workforce
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Carolin Hess is a PhD student in the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce who has been awarded Doctoral funding from the NIHR School for Social Care Research.
University of Connecticut
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
UConn School of Social Work announces the continuation of the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC)–UConn Research Partnership, through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in the amount of $1.366 million through June 30, 2024. This MOA is funded through a combination of both state and federal sources. The OEC-UConn Research Partnership was established in 2018 as a multidisciplinary team of researchers, data analysts, social workers, and program management specialists who conduct rigorous asses
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My Brains Not Broken
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Let’s be honest: talking about mental health is hard. It’s broad, it can feel all encompassing and because everyone has their own experience, it can become complicated very quickly. Oftentimes, conversations about mental health can be overwhelming, and we can’t always find the solutions we need because of it. While talking about mental health and mental illness is hard, talking about our own mental health is even harder.
International Federation of Social Workers
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Indigenous Peoples around the world remain distinct from surrounding settler societies despite attempts at forced assimilation.
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Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
As social workers, sometimes we may have feelings that hurt or emotions that sting the most. We get these feelings when we find ourselves stuck and unable to effectively change people’s lives because of several factors such as time restraints and limited resources. Equally, in our personal lives, sometimes we have the longing for impossible things indeed, because they are impossible; nostalgia and reminiscence for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone
The New Social Worker
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
A perfect storm for the development of an eating disorder includes six interrelated factors. Here is what you need to identify and understand how these factors express themselves uniquely in each client and create effective interventions.
International Federation of Social Workers
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
At the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit 2023 was convened to mark the ‘half-way’ point to 2030.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
One of the most concerning recent developments in social care has been the huge growth in the number of children with highly complex needs made subject to deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders. For many, these have involved moving into unregistered placements – without Ofsted’s regulatory oversight – with severe restrictions placed on their movement and access to technology, constant supervision, often by multiple staff members and significant use of restraint.
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.
Children’s Home Society of Washington
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Briana H. is a Washington state native who grew up in a small town in central Washington. After high school she continued her education at college in North Idaho, focusing her studies on childhood development which was a passion area for Briana she planned to pursue as a career path. Briana’s pursuit of her professional dreams came to a halt in 2019.
Abuse Survivor
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Life is a journey filled with unexpected twists and turns, and sometimes, it throws challenges our way that we never saw coming. One such challenge for me has been navigating Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). It’s a condition that has not only tested my resilience but also pushed me to confront the unrealistic standards I held myself to.
Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Have you ever wondered how to create a 5-year plan ? Creating a 5-year plan involves setting yourself goals that would help improve your overall wellbeing. One of the most important lessons I have learned in life as part of my personal development is that some goals can easily be achieved and others can take a long time. Personal development is about improving yourself.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Lyn Romeo will step down as England’s chief social worker for adults in January after just over a decade in the post. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said Romeo was taking retirement. “Lyn Romeo CBE will step down as chief social worker for adults at the end of January as she is retiring,” said a DHSC spokesperson. “We are hugely grateful for Lyn’s leadership over the last 10 years, which has ensured that social work in adult social care is well placed to suppor
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Michigan Social Work
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Associate Professor Shanna Kattari is the editor of “Exploring Sexuality and Disability: A Guide for Human Service Professionals,” published earlier this month. It is the first book on sexuality and disability published specifically focused on those serving and supporting the disability community (compared to targeting only academics or only disabled people), and one of 10 books on sexuality and disability that exist in the world.
Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Join your colleagues who’ve been published in Social Work Advocates magazine’s Viewpoints section! Social Work Advocates magazine is accepting submissions for the Viewpoints column , which helps readers understand developments in the social work profession, why they are important, and how to get involved. If you are a current NASW member and have a topic you’re passionate about, we want to hear from you!
Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Discover the profound wisdom of empowering attitude powerful lion quotes and how it relates to social workers today. A social worker, like the king of the jungle, possesses a lion’s heart and exhibits the lion’s attitude in the face of adversity. Just as the lion’s roar reverberates through the savannah, a social worker’s actions echo in the lives of the individuals they serve.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Cafcass has started prioritising the allocation of “less urgent” private law cases in London to help maintain safe workloads for its social workers. The decision to institute the prioritisation protocol comes on the back of a 27% rise in the number of private law applications in the capital over the past 12 months. The family courts body said the decision was also driven by the challenges it and partners faced in maintaining staffing levels and the impact of ongoing family court dela
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.
Michigan Social Work
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Lecturer Jewel Woods spoke with Psychology Today on the connection between therapists and their clients and why increasing the representation of men, particularly Black men, in the behavioral health workforce is so important. “There are so few male African-American clinicians, but we have tremendous opportunities to do good.
Abuse Survivor
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Life is a constant journey, and sometimes, it feels like we’re navigating through uncharted territory. Today, I want to open up about my personal journey, one that’s been marked by self-discovery, resilience, and most importantly, self-compassion. The Struggle with Rigidity For the longest time, I held myself to impossibly high standards.
University of Connecticut
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Associate Professor Nate Okpych led one of the first large-scale representative studies about the effects of long-lasting, supportive relationships on older foster youth. The more than 700 youth interviewed were participants in the CalYOUTH Study, which evaluated the impact of extending the foster care age limit from 18 to 21 on youth outcomes in early adulthood.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The local government pay dispute for England, Wales and Northern Ireland remains unresolved following a meeting between the three unions last week. UNISON, GMB and Unite agreed to meet again at the end of October but are currently pursuing different strategies in response to employers’ offer of a £1,925 rise for staff earning up to £49,950, with 3.88% on the table for higher-paid workers.
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Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Join your colleagues who’ve been published in Social Work Advocates magazine’s Viewpoints section! Social Work Advocates magazine is accepting submissions for the Viewpoints column , which helps readers understand developments in the social work profession, why they are important, and how to get involved. If you are a current NASW member and have a topic you’re passionate about, we want to hear from you!
The Guardian
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Advinia has failed to return more than £7,000 in unused fees despite repeated demands and promises to do so A grieving family have hired lawyers after one of the UK’s largest care home operators withheld thousands of pounds in unused fees after their loved one died. Clara Willetts, 95, died on 19 June in the £186-a-day Netherton Green care home in Dudley run by Advinia.
University of Connecticut
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Ph.D. student Cynthia Nichols has been awarded a NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research (BST) T32 program grant of $26,352 through the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The BST program provides intensive training to 16 fellows from various behavioral disciplines to gain hands-on experience conducting research, building their publication records, and writing grants for outside funding.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
Councils in England will share £4m to help them prepare for assessments of their adult social services by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The Department of Health and Social Care is giving each of the 153 authorities a £26,730 one-off payment to help familiarise themselves with the process and effectively engage with their first assessment. The regulator is currently testing its approach to assessing adults’ services with five authorities: Birmingham, Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, N
Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Join your colleagues who’ve been published in Social Work Advocates magazine’s Viewpoints section! Social Work Advocates magazine is accepting submissions for the Viewpoints column , which helps readers understand developments in the social work profession, why they are important, and how to get involved. If you are a current NASW member and have a topic you’re passionate about, we want to hear from you!
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
This is a picture from the Twitter feed of Prof. Deadric Williams, during one of his lectures at the University of Tennessee. As he explains “This is a slide I use to describe scholars looking for variables to account for the ‘racial gap’ in a given outcome.” In “child welfare,” or, as it should be called family policing, the Scooby Gang is getting desperate.
University of Connecticut
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The National Wraparound Implementation Center (NWIC) at the UConn School of Social Work’s Innovations Institute has expanded the implementation of Wraparound — a support strategy for meeting the needs of young people with complex mental health needs — to 16 states across the United States as part of broad health reform strategies. NWIC’s expertise in the research-based drivers of implementation — policy, financing, evaluation, and workforce development — are critical supports for states
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Qualified social workers who have been out of practice for at least two years will face minimum learning requirements if they want to rejoin the register in Scotland. Regulator the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has launched a consultation on introducing return to practice requirements similar to those in England and Wales. Under the plans, a person who had been out of social work practice and not on the SSSC register for two to five years would need to have completed a minimum of 180 h
Social Work Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy Adviser The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) was reintroduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) on September 19, with support of Democratic Congressional leadership and the voting rights advocacy community. In a time when the foundation of American democracy – one man, one vote – is under duress, It is difficult to minimize the importance of this legislation.
University of Connecticut
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Leaders of the National Center for Youth with Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) , a collaborative of social justice organizations led by UConn School of Social Work’s Innovations Institute , have published “ The influence of juvenile justice workforce’s knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs on behaviors toward youth with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions ,” in Children and Youth Services Review.
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