My Brains Not Broken
MAY 10, 2022
During Mental Health Awareness Month , there is a lot of attention focused on knowing what mental health challenges look like. It makes sense – mental illness and mental health disorders have become much more prevalent in the past few decades and the pandemic has only amplified that, so awareness is extremely important. But there are so many things to be aware of when it comes to mental health that not everyone might know.
The New Social Worker
MAY 11, 2022
The pandemic has opened our minds to new ways of working. Is it time to consider a career move? Deciding to leave your job is an emotional decision. Make sure that you have given yourself plenty of time to think about it and make the best choice.
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Social Work Blog
MAY 9, 2022
As America faces a mental health crisis, the need for suicide prevention services is more imperative than ever. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, suicide is ranked as the second primary cause of death in young people among the ages of 10 to 34 and the tenth most frequent cause of death in the United States. Since 1999, the suicide rate has increased more than 30 percent, with a 10 percent increase among individuals ages 15-24 (National Institute of Mental Health, 2022).
Beautiful Voyager
MAY 8, 2022
A page from Jacob's Apartment by Joshua Kemble. Joshua Kemble, award-winning artist and author of Two Stories, revisits Beautiful Voyager to share the story of his latest graphic novel, a beautiful book about identity, purpose, creativity, and love. BEVOYA : It's great to talk to you again Joshua! What's changed since last we talked ? Illustrated self-portrait by Joshua Kemble.
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My Brains Not Broken
MAY 12, 2022
Last year, I took a deep dive into some statistics and data surrounding mental health and the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month. I think that diving into data and statistics is one of the clearest ways to make mental health visible in our society. The more we use anecdotal evidence or rely on assumptions, the harder it is to have a conversation around mental health and mental illness.
The New Social Worker
MAY 9, 2022
Our host Jennifer Luna is joined by Cindy Snell from the Boston College School of Social Work and Michelle Woods of the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Join them as they discuss the HOT social work job market of 2022.
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National Casa Gal
MAY 10, 2022
May is National Foster Care Month. With more than 407,000 children entering the system on any given day, National CASA/GAL is thankful for foster families. Read More. The post National Foster Care Month – Thank you for being a part of the village appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.
International Federation of Social Workers
MAY 7, 2022
IFSW Europe – WEBINAR – Developing eco-wisdom – leave no one behind! Platform: ZOOM / English language May 24th 2022, 18.00 – 19.30 hrs CET Dear social workers, social services staff and managers, We would like to invite you to take part in a webinar on climate change and the importance of the role social workers […].
A Splintered Mind
MAY 13, 2022
Can you be so forgetful that you’d forget that you were dating somebody? For a few groggy moments, I was convinced that I had. As I dealt with forgotten bills, paperwork unearthed from the Jurassic era, and various and sundry things I had meant to get to sometime around last September, I wondered if maybe, perhaps possibly, I was forgetful. Oh, everybody forgets things!
Social Work Blog
MAY 10, 2022
Restorative justice (RJ) is both a philosophy and a set of practices meant to repair harm and maintain connection in the face of wrongdoing. While RJ is becoming increasingly popular among K–12 educators and in schools, emphasis is typically on its social justice applications, including its use as an alternative to zero-tolerance discipline policies and its role in dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline.
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.
Nnatasha Tracy
MAY 12, 2022
Snap Out of It! is looking forward to speaking with Saskia Lightburn-Ritchie , the Chief Operating Officer (CEO) at My CWA (Cheshire Without Abuse), a charity in the United Kingdom. Her company works to build a community where adults and children can live free from the fear of domestic abuse and runs a 24-hour helpline, among other things. But don't get it confused, Saskia's charity is no small potatoes.
Community Care
MAY 10, 2022
Proposals to overhaul the Mental Health Act 1983 will be considered by Parliament over the next year, the government announced today in the Queen’s Speech. It will produce a draft bill designed to reduce the number of detentions, tackle longstanding racial disparities in the use of compulsory powers and end the detention of people on the sole grounds of them being autistic or having learning disabilities.
Shelter, Inc
MAY 12, 2022
May is National Foster Care Month, and this year’s theme is Relative and Kin Connections: Keeping Families Strong. Did you know Shelter’s Foster Care Program works to reunite families whenever it’s in the youth’s best interest and that our foster families may be traditional or home-of-relative? How many of these Facts & Stats do you know? Over 407,000 children and youth are in foster care , and 34 percent were placed with relatives or kin.
R.E.A.L. Social Workers
MAY 12, 2022
Cortisol is released when our fight or flight system is triggered. When cortisol levels are consistently high, it causes a myriad of health problems. I am going to talk about an affordable retreat that can lower cortisol levels. Let’s Talk About Cortisol. Cortisol is a stress hormone that is released by the adrenal gland. The adrenal gland is part of the sympathetic nervous system.
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Nnatasha Tracy
MAY 12, 2022
Snap Out of It! is pleased to speak with award-winning podcaster and mental health advocate Gabe Howard. Gabe has lived with bipolar and anxiety disorders since 2003. Gabe has a harrowing tale of when he was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Not only can he speak to what it was like to work with bipolar disorder before being diagnosed, he can also speak to what it was like to "come out" at work and, finally, be fired because of his bipolar disorder.
Community Care
MAY 13, 2022
Sixty five thousand people in England have been waiting at least six months for an adults’ services assessment as unmet needs mount, directors have warned. The figure, dating from the end of February, is six times that recorded in September last year, and comes with most directors reporting they have had to prioritise assessments for cases of suspected abuse or neglect, hospital discharge or reablement following a temporary residential care stay.
Social Work Blog
MAY 12, 2022
By Paul R. Pace. Social workers can learn how to incorporate safety and connection when working with children and youth who may be experiencing difficulties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kashera Guy Robinson, LCSW, and Uraina L. Scott, LCSW, school social workers in the Atlanta area, present the NASW Special Practice Sections webinar, How social workers can help students learn to thrive and heal in the midst of an international public health crisis , available at the Social Work Online
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MAY 11, 2022
Social Work Educators’ Adaptive Leadership Symposium. Taking place June 27-July 1, 2022 in New York City, the symposium will feature an intensive introduction to adaptive leadership ideas followed by in-depth sessions that introduce innovative pedagogical models for helping students experience these concepts in the classroom. Our goal is to see more leadership content integrated into social work courses and curricula worldwide.
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.
Nnatasha Tracy
MAY 12, 2022
We're pleased to speak with Daisy Abbot of workplace mental health platform company Unmind. Daisy will talk about how mental illness needs to be a part of the conversation when it comes to workplace mental health. We will be discussing Daisy's personal experience with mental illness, her time as a mental health professional, and how she uses her role to ensure she and her employees are their most authentic selves -- including those with mental illness.
Community Care
MAY 11, 2022
“Exceptional” direct work and strong leadership have helped a London council improve to ‘outstanding’, despite a spike in vacancies last year. Ofsted upgraded Merton from the good rating it earned in 2017 after finding “skilled, experienced” professionals were making a positive difference to children’s lives, backed by “highly aspirational” leaders who had “strengthened and built on the impressive work at the time of the previous inspection”.
Relias
MAY 11, 2022
May is Law Enforcement Appreciation Month, and we would like to dedicate this post to celebrating women in policing. Women have played an important role in law enforcement since the very beginning of the U.S. policing system. But when we think of police officers, we don’t always think of these women. This trend, however, is changing. Strong women are leading the charge to play a greater role in how our communities are policed.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MAY 11, 2022
IASSW online capacity building programme – ‘Building the Social Work Education Programme” IASSW in collaboration with PKU-HKPolyU Centre-RRC , VAVETSOW and other partners is organizing an online capacity building programme – “Building the Social Work Education Curriculum ” on May 12 and 13, 2022. This event will start at 8.00 am Vietnamese time.
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Social Work Blog
MAY 9, 2022
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder, is a misunderstood and often underdiagnosed condition. A new NASW Press book, Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Guide for Social Workers and All Frontline Staff , can help both new social workers and experienced frontline staff who may be new to DID.
International Federation of Social Workers
MAY 7, 2022
The Dutch Association BPSW placed a special file on the refugee crisis on their website. There is information about the work social workers fulfil in the border areas in the different countries, and how we can support them. A large part is about the help refugees need in The Netherlands, with information on the different […].
Community Care
MAY 13, 2022
By Rob Preston and Mithran Samuel. A council’s lack of social work capacity is leaving children inadequately protected, Ofsted has found, as it downgraded its children’s services to inadequate. Inspectors found “serious and widespread failures” in core areas of social work practice at Sefton council, including assessment, planning and management oversight, and said that these had not been “sufficiently understood” by leaders.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MAY 9, 2022
Social Work Educators’ Adaptive Leadership Symposium. Taking place June 27-July 1, 2022 in New York City, the symposium will feature an intensive introduction to adaptive leadership ideas followed by in-depth sessions that introduce innovative pedagogical models for helping students experience these concepts in the classroom. Our goal is to see more leadership content integrated into social work courses and curricula worldwide.
University of Connecticut
MAY 11, 2022
From the Office of Dean Heller Dear Colleagues, I am writing to share some wonderful news with you. Associate Professor Ann Marie Garran has been chosen to receive the prestigious Faculty Excellence in Graduate Teaching award. This award is given by the UConn Foundation Alumni Relations Office in recognition of excellence in instruction and for significant contributions to the intellectual life of the University through teaching.
American Board of Clinical Social Work
MAY 11, 2022
Because the emotion of shame usually derives from having done something “wrong” in the eyes of significant others, it is inevitably part of every important relationship. That look of disapproval or disgust that accompanies shame-filled experiences is such a blow to our self-esteem that creates so much subjective pain; it is no wonder we avoid this feeling.
Community Care
MAY 10, 2022
Social workers’ quality of working life continued to decline following the end of Covid lockdown measures despite other frontline professionals reporting improvements, according to a new study. Phase four of the Health and Social Care Workforce Study, covering November 2021 to February 2022 , found social workers were more likely to feel burnt out than social care workers, nurses and allied health professionals.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MAY 9, 2022
Global Agenda For Social Work And Social Development 2020-2030- “Work in Progress Report” Global Agenda For Social Work And Social Development 2020-2030 — Theme 1 : Ubuntu: Strengthening Social Solidarity and Global Connectedness. Global Agenda For Social Work And Social Development 2020-2030 — Theme 2 : Co-building a new Eco-Social World: Leaving no one behind.
Social Work With Adults
MAY 11, 2022
The annual report captures a wide range of updates from our diverse and dedicated profession. Coming out the other side. It is with a sense of relief, but also pride in our collective resilience as a profession, that we are able to publish the Chief Social Worker for Adults Annual Report 2021-22 in a world which has, at long last, regained some of the familiar trappings of normality.
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