Social Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Our ultimate goal is to transform the care available to people living with dementia and provide the best possible care for our residents. [Image copyright Vida Healthcare]. Making connections. My name is Terri Spruce and I’m the Clinical Development Lead at specialist dementia care provider, Vida Healthcare. Working in social care gives me the opportunity to do something different every day and build relationships with incredible people, from colleagues to residents and their families.

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Gateway Foundation

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug that can create numerous severe side effects. Once a person becomes addicted to the illegal drug, they can experience physical, mental and emotional changes that take a toll on their quality of life. One of these changes includes facial puffiness, often referred to as coke bloat. Coke bloat can alter the appearance, affecting one’s self-esteem and perception of self-worth.

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My Brains Not Broken

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Today’s guest post is written by Rachael, who runs the amazing Call On Courage podcast. Have you ever noticed how you call something affects how you perceive it? There’s a famous quote: “Watch your thoughts, they become your words; your words become your actions; your actions become your habits; your habits become your character; your character, it becomes your destiny.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

? Oral argument before the Supreme Court in Brackeen v. Haaland, the case challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act is scheduled to begin TODAY (Nov. 9) at 10:00 am ET. You can listen to the arguments live here. ? There have been so many stories about ICWA during the run-up to oral arguments that I didn’t think there was any new ground to cover. But Karin Brulliard of The Washington Post proved me wrong. ?

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The New Social Worker

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

On this World Kindness Day, acknowledge that disenfranchised grief exists in the social work profession. Self-kindness can effectively combat professional challenges and prevent burnout for social workers.

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A Splintered Mind

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Ever find yourself missing important messages because your voicemail box is filled with half a decade of unlistened to calls? There might be a solution for that. Adult ADHD is almost like the Baskin Robbins of the mental health community. There are so many flavors of ADHD, you can be forgiven for questioning if they’re all from the same diagnosis.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The federal government has released state-by-state data for the number of children taken from their parents in FFY 2021 (yes, they always run about a year late). And NCCPR has updated our rate-of-removal index. The big national takeaway is that these data – once again – refute the racist myth about COVID-19 and “child welfare.” You remember, right? All those dire predictions that when overwhelmingly middle-class, disproportionately white “mandated reporters” no longer had their “eyes” constantly

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The New Social Worker

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In this episode of Conversations on Social Work Careers, Your Social Work Career Coach Jennifer Luna shares practical expert tips for keeping your social work career fresh and building your social work legacy.

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Nnatasha Tracy

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Finding the right mental health app in a sea of 10,000 estimated health and wellness apps available (yes, there are really that many) can bring its own challenges. Moreover, in my opinion, it’s the Wild West out there for freely available online apps. This is because anyone can create an app and say it’s good for mental wellness with limited proof to support that claim.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Councils in England are failing to protect children subject to immigration control, including by rarely recognising their poverty as a safeguarding issue, a study has found. In many of the 26 serious case reviews (SCRs) analysed, practitioners did not understand the implications of families having no recourse to public funds (NRPF) , offering them inappropriate advice or refusing support, it found.

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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.

Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Congratulations to ENGAGE Program Manager and Lecturer Ayesha Ghazi Edwin, MSW ‘10, who has been elected to Ann Arbor City Council Ward 3. “As an alum, staff member and adjunct faculty, I’m incredibly proud to bring social work values of equity and social justice to city governance!

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

By Paul R. Pace. The world needs new policies, social contracts and practices that foster relationships and partnerships that build security and confidence for all people and promote the sustainability of the planet, say world social work leaders. The social work profession is an important stakeholder and partner for global action to further this commitment.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Amid all the concern over children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems forced to endure makeshift placements — some even shipped more than a thousand miles away — Michigan has lost sight of the real causes of the problem. As a result, everyone from the state’s probate judges to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services pursue solutions that will make things worse.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The government will delay the introduction of the cap on care costs for two years, in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement next week, The Times has reported. The measure is designed to contribute to government plans to make expected reductions of over £30bn a year in spending to shore up the public finances. Delaying the £86,000 cap and the associated reform of making the means-test for care more generous, from October 2023 until 2025, would save about £2bn.

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

MSW student Tian Y??eung’s op-ed in the Michigan Daily explains how critical voting is in supporting democracy. “It took the fall of a city for me to learn the significance of voting. That city was the one I was born in, the one I spent my childhood in and the one I loved: Hong Kong,” wrote Yeung. “If I could go back in time, I would ensure I voted at every opportunity.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

“If you don’t know the language of gratitude, you’ll never be on speaking terms with happiness.” Chopra Practicing gratitude can be as simple as saying, “I’m grateful,” at least once a day. In fact, one study from the American Psychological Association found that doing so can help a person savor positive experiences, cope with stressful circumstances, and strengthen relationships.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Define addiction / substance abuse Eldentify the general categories in the DSM 5 TR Explore diagnostic criteria for SUDs and addictions Define addiction / substance abuse Eldentify the general categories in the DSM 5 TR Explore diagnostic criteria for SUDs and addictions

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The government must invest in specialist placements to reform a care system not working for vulnerable teenagers and protect them from exploitation. That was a key message from a 14-month review into preventing vulnerable young people from being drawn into gangs and violence, led by former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield. In its final report, published last week, the Commission on Young Lives found young people at risk were identified late and placed in unsuitable reside

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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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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Dr Cathy Gardner, whose father died from Covid in a care home, urges viewers to boycott ITV show A bereaved daughter who won a high court ruling that Matt Hancock’s policy on care home discharges at the start of the Covid pandemic was unlawful has urged TV viewers to boycott his appearance on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! Dr Cathy Gardner, whose father was among more than 11,000 care home residents in England whose deaths involved Covid in March and April 2020, said “to see him just para

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Social Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Our time to shine (we always have). To some ears it may sound glib, but it really isn’t. Awards matter. Recognition matters. Why? Because it proves the social care nursing profession matters. We know how good we are, the value we add and the lives we transform, but to hear it from our peers and those beyond the walls of care homes, clinics and community centres means so much.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

-Define rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis -Explore the symptoms of these two disorders and how it impacts mental health -Highlight general treatment strategies -Define rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis -Explore the symptoms of these two disorders and how it impacts mental health -Highlight general treatment strategies

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The government has appointed its fourth children’s social care minister of the year ahead of a critical period for the sector. Claire Coutinho, appointed as a junior minister in the Department for Education last month, has been given responsibility for social care, alongside special educational needs and disability and other issues concerning vulnerable and young children.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

New report says increase in work time by 30 hours a week due to raising SPA will lead to a drop in care time of 6.3 hours a week The increase in women’s state pension age could force mothers and daughters to withdraw the free, informal care they give the UK’s rapidly ageing population, a paper has warned. The report, entitled Should I Care or Should I Work?

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It’s no secret I have an affinity for educational assistants. It’s because my first job was working in a group home with preteen and teen boys all of whom had significant developmental disorders and were unpredictability violent. These were kids who due to their behavior could not be served in the community. Even the school they attended was on the grounds of the treatment centre.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Open Enrollment for the health insurance marketplace is November 1 to January 15, 2023. For coverage to begin on January 1 , enrollment must be completed by midnight on December 15. NASW is a Champion for Coverage and recognizes the importance of social workers who help individuals and families connect to health insurance coverage and health care services.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Almost three-quarters (72%) of England’s biggest councils plan to tighten eligibility for adult social care over the next two years due to high inflation and mounting demand, a survey has found. Over half (56%) of County Councils Network members also said they were likely to make cuts to reablement and community-based adult social care services, the CCN reported today.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

TUC says vital services had been left short-staffed and overwhelmed after over a decade of austerity Rishi Sunak’s government has been warned that Britain’s creaking public services will require at least £43bn a year in additional funding just to “stand still” amid the fallout from soaring inflation. The Trades Union Congress said next week’s autumn statement needed to protect both public services and workers’ pay from the highest rates of inflation since the early 1980s to avoid a further colla

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

He was emotionally inept. It cleaved the relationship with his daughter. He wanted to repair it. It was the alcohol in his early years and later his anger. She wanted nothing to do with him. He wondered how he could ever reestablish a relationship. He was dry now. Stable. With a partner. He would have to apologize. He would have to be transparent, honest, authentic.

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It seems like it took forever for this day to arrive, but today is Election Day, and we will learn much about our country. We’re going to see who goes to the polls. We will know how crucial reproductive freedom is to women and to which groups of women. We will get a sense of the concern among voters about threats to our democratic system. And, of course, the most important questions are which party will control the House and Senate.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Cafcass staff may be balloted on industrial action if the ongoing absence of a pay offer for 2022-23 persists or they are presented with too low an increase, a union chief has warned. Ian Lawrence, general secretary at Napo, said staff were growing increasingly frustrated by the absence of an offer since it and UNISON issued a claim for a 10.8% rise in salaries in June to the family courts body.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

John Lewis has kicked off the festive season, breaking with tradition in its annual campaign with a simple but moving ad to raise awareness of the challenges faced by children in care. This year the department store's Christmas ad shows the touching but bruising efforts of a foster dad to learn how to skateboard so he can share the passion with his foster daughter.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Trauma? I’ve had my share. In fact, I continue to have dreams of being involved in violent altercations. The first three years of my career were as a front line worker in a group home for severely compromised youths who also had a propensity to violence. Serious violence. We were trained regularly and intensely in non-violent physical intervention.

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