Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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Community Care

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Skills for Care will develop a 15-year strategy for the adult social care workforce, it announced today. The workforce development body issued the pledge as it published the full report from its annual State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England study. It will work with other organisations, including think-tank the King’s Fund, in developing the strategy.

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The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The digital divide is a social justice problem. Social workers must incorporate digital inclusion strategies into their practices by making sure that services, data, and resources are available to all.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That’s the real message behind a monthly newsletter touting “the good stuff in child welfare.” As foster children returned to school in September, the Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice, & Research at the University of Pennsylvania had some great news for them: Sure, it may be your third, fourth, or fifth different school in a few years as you were forced to move from home to home, and sure, the odds that you’ll actually graduate high school are far lower than the odds for children

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Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 13, 2023

by Kathryn Conley Wehrmann , PHD, LCSW, Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Steering Committee Chair "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has…" -Margaret Mead

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Dear Colleagues We warmly welcome you to join us for the second annual COSW Policy Forum (online): The contribution of the Commonwealth to Global Social Policy Calling all social workers and […]

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Nnatasha Tracy

OCTOBER 9, 2023

World Mental Health Day 2023 has been given the theme by the World Health Organization (WHO): mental health is a universal human right. I couldn't agree more. But what does this mean? What is the impact of that statement? There's more controversy there than you might think. The idea that mental health is a universal human right means one thing to the WHO, but it means something a little bit more to me.

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Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 11, 2023

How Ghana's Integrated Social Services (ISS) provide comprehensive assistance to child survivors of sexual violence by Young Joo Lee, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Ghana

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Relias

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Everyone was impacted by the by the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. Everyone suffered a loss of some sort. This could be a loss of familiar routine, a sense of personal safety, time with loved ones, and of course, a family member who became sick or died. This collective trauma has led many to ask, “How can you support staff after a crisis?” As COVID-19 continues to wane, it’s important that we reflect on the lessons learned during the pandemic.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

● The Imprint has an extraordinary two-part story about one aunt’s fight to take care of her own nephews – in the face of opposition from stranger-care parents. But this is more than a story about one case. This is a story about how concepts like “attachment” and “bonding” were so perverted in order to serve the interests of, almost always, white middle-class strangers, that it’s become junk science.

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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.

International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In my current capacity as President of IFSW Europe, I was honored to accept an invitation from the Department of Social Work at the University of Mostar and the Association […]

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Community Care

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The courts will stop monitoring the regulation of unregistered placements for children deprived of their liberty because of the “considerable burdens” this placed on the justice system. The president of the court’s family division issued revised guidance removing the provision this week, four years after it was introduced to deal with a marked increase in applications through the family courts to deprive children of their liberty.

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Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Medical errors are a healthcare professional’s worst nightmare. Unfortunately, they are also quite common. According to research from Johns Hopkins University , nearly 800,000 Americans become permanently disabled or die due to a misdiagnosis every year. One of the most effective ways to reduce this number is by focusing on patient safety in nursing.

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Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

by Beth Bradford, Senior Associate, Maestral International and Marie Blum, Program Manager of Influence, Learning and Communications, C hanging the Way We Care.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 9, 2023

On this World Mental Health Day, we stand united in our commitment to advancing mental well-being and ensuring that everyone, regardless of their circumstances, has access to mental health services.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Significant disparities in access to support for kinship carers have been laid bare in a survey of councils, whose results were published last week. The availability of support differed by locality, whether the child had previously been in care or not and by the type of kinship arrangement or legal order they were cared for under, showed the study by evidence body Foundations, released to coincide with Kinship Care Week.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Most therapists have had the experience of feeling that a treatment is being derailed and perhaps headed for failure. Even when we are able to see it coming and try to redirect the treatment, it can be like attempting to turn a battleship around (as the saying goes). Instead, it is best to know the techniques for interrupting derailing of the treatment from the beginning.

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Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 12, 2023

by Miriam Chadzingwa and Lispoh Rugaro, FACT Zimbabwe

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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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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Dear Fellow Social workers in Africa, Today, we celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Qualification levels and average real-terms pay have fallen for care workers, official data has shown. The findings come as an analysis shows that adult social care staff with higher pay, a relevant qualification, access to training and more job security are significantly less likely to leave their roles than counterparts without these characteristics.

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Social Care

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Person centred care is an ideal pursued throughout the UK. [Image: freepik.com ] A consensus on care In the last ten years, landmark legislation and policy frameworks in all nations have sought to create social care systems which are more person-centred and support individuals to have more choice and control. In England, the adult social care white paper, People at the heart of care , wants to see more people having ‘choice, control and support to live independent lives’.

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Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 12, 2023

by Miriam Chadzingwa and Lispoh Rugaro

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As President of the IFSW-AP, I offer my sincere condolences to the many people who lost their lives in the massive earthquake that struck north-west Afghanistan on 7 October 2023.

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Social Work With Adults

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Lyn Romeo: Social work, as part of a multi-disciplinary approach to integrating responses around the person and their family and carers, makes a genuine difference to improving outcomes for people. Timed with World Mental Health Day , I am delighted to host this blog from Dr Gill Robinson , a social worker who has worked in mental health services for many years.

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Social Care

OCTOBER 11, 2023

"We access and share sensitive information. precious data to a cyber criminal who can demand a ransom to release it or use it as. identify theft." [Image created by freepik.com ] Most care providers I speak to are increasingly aware of the value of going digital – it improves decision making through access to current information and increases efficiency.

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Child safeguarding practice review describes ‘failure of the system as a whole’ to protect girl and her 24-year-old victim An inquiry into the circumstances leading to the manslaughter of a 24-year-old man by a 14-year-old girl has found “a failure of the system as a whole” to protect her and her victim. The child safeguarding practice review by Birmingham and West Sussex authorities found that the systems put in place to help the child throughout her troubled life had had “no effect at all”.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A major 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the region of Herat located 120km (75 miles) east of the Iranian border with an estimated population of 1.

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Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Chaos can and has been an effective strategy to disrupt the status quo. However, more often than not, it results in worsening the situation. Our government has come to a grinding halt because Republicans have chosen confrontation and retribution over governing. The Civil Rights Movement that disrupted the status quo in southern states brought chaos and then changed an order that severely marginalized African Americans.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In August, a groundbreaking collaboration brought together social workers from Greece, Turkey, and the UK championed by the Turkish Association of Social Workers, the Hellenic Association of Social Workers, Liverpool […]

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The people of Israel and Palestine are currently going through an extremely difficult and heart-breaking time marked by major losses.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 13, 2023

IFSW North America region stands in support with our European and Asia Pacific colleagues.

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