My Brains Not Broken
APRIL 11, 2023
Last year, I wrote a series of posts about challenging my instincts toward minimize the good things I do in life. Back in 2021, I wrote a few posts about challenging my instincts. I’m interested in instincts because for a long time, I overestimated their power. I thought instincts were something that could never change. I thought they were something we’d have to live with, and I would have to learn how to fight them.
Social Work Haven
APRIL 8, 2023
Social work quotes are an important part of understanding the complexities of social work. They can provide insights into how we think about and approach specific problems or situations. Quotes from famous authors, educational institutions , theorists, and practitioners have been used for centuries to help articulate ideas, promote critical thinking, help with social work interventions and offer inspiration.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
APRIL 12, 2023
● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same. ‘I’d rather take the beating than catch a CPS case,’ as one said to me.
Nicole Clark Consulting
APRIL 11, 2023
Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. I’m currently developing a presentation on reproductive justice and culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE). The discussion will provide a brief overview of the Reproductive Justice framework, its connections to CREE, and recommendations for utilizing CREE when evaluating sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice programs.
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My Brains Not Broken
APRIL 13, 2023
Earlier this week, I investigated why people (myself included) downplay their accomplishments. There was a lot I learned from writing the post, but the most important thing was this: people don’t do things for no reason. There is something behind the way we are, even if we can’t see it or understand it. I don’t always know why I do the things I do, but that’s okay.
International Federation of Social Workers
APRIL 11, 2023
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and the Social Work Workforce Research Special Interest Group (WRSIG) have agreed a new partnership to host an informal global network of people […]
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Nnatasha Tracy
APRIL 14, 2023
If you're hooked on the show Yellowjackets , like me, then you'll know that in season two, episode two, Yellowjackets showed an electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) scene (I believe it may be called "electroshock" in the show). In the scene, one character, Lottie, is forced onto a bed, an injection is given in her arm, a bite block is placed in her mouth, and she is shocked by electrodes on either side of her head.
The New Social Worker
APRIL 12, 2023
High quality online programs not only benefit students and schools, but they are also beneficial to the entire social work profession as social workers from a broader array of backgrounds emerge from their education prepared for what’s next.
Relias
APRIL 13, 2023
People with dementia struggle to express their needs, thoughts, and feelings as their disease progresses. Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. As brain function degenerates, people with dementia gradually face difficulties finding words and organizing them into logical sentences.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
APRIL 10, 2023
(And she doesn’t seem very interested in your lived experience, either.) What Prof. Sarah Font is telling foster youth boils down to this: You can have a free college education – as long as you forego any chance that there will be a family cheering you on at graduation. After following issues involving foster care for decades, I’ve gotten used to the extent to which people in the system hate birth parents.
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.
Beyond Advocacy
APRIL 12, 2023
Dr. Lenna Nepomnyaschy is an associate professor at Rutgers , The State University of New York, and a participant in the current faculty strike at the university. She is a member of the board of directors of the Social Work Democracy Project. I have known Lenna since our days together in the Ph.D. program at Columbia University. I reached out to get her perspective on the strike that began on Monday.
The New Social Worker
APRIL 10, 2023
Social workers can advance mental health practice beyond the 988 crisis line, but we don’t have to do it alone. Peer specialists can help increase safety plan completion for veterans.
Relias
APRIL 13, 2023
People with dementia struggle to express their needs, thoughts, and feelings as their disease progresses. Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. As brain function degenerates, people with dementia gradually face difficulties finding words and organizing them into logical sentences.
Michigan Social Work
APRIL 11, 2023
Professor Emeritus John Tropman’s new book, “Fixing Broken Meetings: A Manual on Meeting Rotten-osity, Deleterious Decisions, and Ineffective Implementation,” examines the myriad ways in which meetings regularly fail and how individuals and organizations can produce efficient meetings that lead to effective decision making. The book serves as a resource for courses and programs in business and organizational behavior, as well as for anyone interested in improving the functionality of meetings wi
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Social Work Haven
APRIL 10, 2023
It is time for that interview you have been waiting for and you must prepare. In social work interviews, there are some common social work interview questions asked. It is important that you start preparing for likely answers to questions you anticipate and not wait until the interview to decide what your answers would be. Be confident and prepare. Think through the likely questions and answers before you arrive for your interview.
Community Care
APRIL 12, 2023
By Lorraine Currie The timeline provided by Community Care , from the 2014 Cheshire West judgment to the government’s postponement of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) , is incredibly helpful in reminding us of events we would otherwise forget. What I would add to that timeline is that the original impact assessment for the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) estimated that we would be dealing with around 7-8,000 referrals a year by this point in time and, at its height, the DoL
International Federation of Social Workers
APRIL 11, 2023
India Network of Professional Social Workers Associations (INPSWA) is organizing World Social Work day 2023 on 12 Apr 2023 at 7 pm (IST). Mr.
Michigan Social Work
APRIL 11, 2023
MSW student Cassandra Kelly has been selected as the 2023 University of Michigan National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Student of the Year. NASW selects students for this honor based on criteria that includes demonstrated leadership qualities, contribution to the positive image of a social work program, commitment to political and community activities, success in academic performance and the student’s representation of the NASW Code of Ethics.
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.
Clinical Philosophy
APRIL 10, 2023
I was introduced to Schopenhauer's fable of the porcupines by Deborah Luepnitz in her lovely work on the psychotherapy of intimacy and its dilemmas. In her book she follows the poet Molly Peacock who wrote of how 'there must be room in love for hate'. Their point isn't that love itself somehow involves hate, but that a relationship which is deeply loving is one that will inevitably sometimes anger or otherwise trouble us (unless we stifle the anger and become depressed).
Community Care
APRIL 12, 2023
Scottish services are losing experienced social workers, leaving newly qualified practitioners without support and putting the quality of services at risk. That was the warning from the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW), in response to comments made last month that experienced staff were not applying for social work vacancies in the country.
The Guardian
APRIL 11, 2023
I lost my job and was vilified in the media. Social workers must stand up against baseless accusations Sharon Shoesmith is a former director of education and children’s social care Harm to children and young people seems to be reported almost daily in the media – from the renewed interest in so-called grooming gangs, to tragic cases such as that of Logan Mwangi that horrify the entire UK for weeks at a time.
Michigan Social Work
APRIL 11, 2023
Professor Luke Shaefer spoke with Marketplace about the recent report showing that only 25 percent of those who were out of work in 2022 applied for unemployment benefits. “There is undoubtedly a set of people who actually are eligible for benefits and should be getting them,” said Shaefer, who calls unemployment benefits “the most arcane and complicated” government program.
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Bipolar Bandit
APRIL 12, 2023
Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? A: About a hundred years ago back in South Africa where I was born, I trained as a nurse, got several post-grad nursing qualifications, did a master’s in sociology and a doctorate in adult education and public health.
Community Care
APRIL 11, 2023
The government has dropped a pledge to invest in new social work training routes as part of a halving of committed spending on developing the adult social care workforce. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) revealed last week that it was reducing planned additional spending on workforce development in adults’ services from £500m from 2022-25 to £250m from 2023-25.
The Guardian
APRIL 13, 2023
Care workers kept the industry going in the Covid years on low wages at great personal cost – yet many are still struggling Our care system should be enabling people to live fulfilling lives, but each week brings new evidence that Britain’s social care system is unable to deliver this. Huge numbers of people are struggling to access support. The majority of people who deal with care services are unsatisfied with them.
Social Work Blog
APRIL 10, 2023
Photo by Stephen Walker on Unsplash By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW This month marks 55 years since 39-year-old Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel as he worked for justice for striking sanitation workers in Memphis, TN. This means several generations have only the memory of King and never experienced the flesh and blood civil rights icon grapple with the brutal problems caused by our nation’s racial and economic injustices.
Bipolar Bandit
APRIL 12, 2023
Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? A: About a hundred years ago back in South Africa where I was born, I trained as a nurse, got several post-grad nursing qualifications, did a master’s in sociology and a doctorate in adult education and public health.
Community Care
APRIL 13, 2023
The government’s decision to shelve the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) is “an unacceptable blow” to the thousands of people currently unlawfully deprived of their liberty. That was the damning verdict of the country’s leading advocacy providers, VoiceAbility, after the government announced last week that it would not implement the LPS this side of the next general election, which will take place before the end of 2024.
The Guardian
APRIL 9, 2023
Since Covid, the actor has been fighting for a legal change, determined no one should have to die alone. She discusses Partygate, rule-breaking – and getting drunk with King Charles One day in June 2020 Ruthie Henshall – actor, singer, dancer, star of musical theatre – went to visit her mother, Gloria, at her residential care home in Suffolk. This was the first time Ruthie had seen her mum for three months – not because she didn’t want to go, or through neglect, but because of lockdown.
KVC
APRIL 10, 2023
National Child Abuse Prevention Month brings a heightened awareness of child abuse during April, but children need our advocacy year-round. KVC Health Systems focuses on preventing child abuse and neglect through our dedicated work to strengthen families. Together, we can multiply our impact to promote the physical, social, mental and emotional well-being of our children.
Clinical Philosophy
APRIL 8, 2023
I read in today's Analytic Philosophy journal that it's better to be alive than otherwise. I confess that, whilst I'm intuitively thankful for my life, and whilst I believe it right to be so, I find it hard to make out a cogent argument. Why so? Because it comes intuitively to me to think that I need to exist in order for there to be situations that for me are sensibly considered better or worse.
International Federation of Social Workers
APRIL 13, 2023
Photo: People escaping war in the Democratic Republic of Congo War and violence continue to rage in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) causing significant pain trauma […]
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