Nnatasha Tracy

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In this thought-provoking post, Kimberly Wilkerson, founder of Token Clothing Company™, delves into the surprising science behind how language—both positive and negative—impacts our mindset and mental health. From words we say and think to the ones we wear, discover how intentional language can transform your well-being. Plus, find out how you could win a cozy pair of Pajamas With Purpose™ to elevate your mindset every day!

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Children’s Defense Fund

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

By Marian Wright Edelman God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way. Many people will instantly recognize these words: they are lines from “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the poem and hymn otherwise known as the beloved Black National Anthem. It’s a hymn that speaks of the long, difficult road we have already traveled – and the ongoing determination, through blood, stunted hopes, exhaustion, and tears, to keep hope anyway, keep faith, keep marching,

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Cebu City, Philippines – The 76th National Convention of the Philippine Association of Social Workers, Inc.

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The New Social Worker

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“.this is first and foremost a book that is grounded on the complicated nature of ethical decision-making.” Book review of The Ethical Case Manager, reviewed by Stephen Cummings.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Long-awaited legislation to overhaul the “outdated” Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) is being introduced to Parliament today. The government said the Mental Health Bill would tackle racial discrimination in care, end the inappropriate detention of people with a learning disability and autistic people and give patients a greater say in decisions over their care.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

April Ferguson LCSW-C, Senior Practice Associate: Children and Adolescents In October 2024, NASW Senior Practice Associate, April Ferguson, participated in the Center for American Progress 10th National Gun Violence Prevention Summit as a panelist in a morning breakout session; Safe Learning Environments: Investing in School-Based Behavioral Health Personnel and Community Partnerships.

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Clinical Assistant Professor Ayesha Ghazi Edwin is the recipient of the 2024 James T. Neubacher Award. The annual U-M award is presented to a student, alumn, faculty or staff member who has exhibited leadership and service in support of the disability community. “I am deeply honored to receive the James T. Neubacher Award. This recognition reflects the work of so many people committed to disability justice within our university and community.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Children’s social care case numbers in England fell last year, official figures have shown. Councils received fewer referrals and carried out fewer assessments in 2023-24 compared with 2022-23, according to the Department for Education’s annual children in need census.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The 10th Biennial Conference of the International Consortium on Social Development – Asia Pacific Branch, held on Oct.23-24,in the Philippines has concluded; and the participants came up with the Manifesto of Concern on what is happening around the world.

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CO4Kids

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Back to Blogs Child Welfare Blog Social Services Block Grant Report The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) hereby gives notice of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Report to the citizens of Colorado for review and comment. The report reflects the Department’s plans to expend Social Services Block Grant funds for the 2025 state fiscal year, July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

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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.

The Guardian

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Rising costs and demand are a huge strain on council budgets and services face ‘intolerable pressures’, says Adass England’s overstretched and creaking adult social care services need urgent government intervention to stabilise them financially as rising costs and demand play havoc with council budgets, care bosses have warned. The financial challenge facing adult social care continued to be “as bad as it has been in recent history”, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass)

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The number of social work students registered in Scotland has fallen for a second consecutive year, with student poverty cited as a factor. Student numbers fell by 2.7% in 2023-24, from 1,998 to 1,944, following a a 5.2% drop the year before, according to the Scottish Social Services Council’s (SSSC) annual snapshot of the registered workforce.

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Health & Social Care Workforce

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Dr Karen Lyons, emeritus professor of international social work at London Metropolitan University, reflects on a Social Work History Network webinar (24 April 2024) examining the development of ‘global’ social work values.

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CO4Kids

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Back to Blogs Child Welfare Blog Social Services Block Grant Report The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) hereby gives notice of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Report to the citizens of Colorado for review and comment. The report reflects the Department’s plans to expend Social Services Block Grant funds for the 2025 state fiscal year, July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Launched in the Observer, John’s Campaign aims to give frail people the right to be accompanied by those who love them Everyone has their own special way of grieving. Mine turned my life upside down. On 26 November 2014, two days after the funeral of my father, I sent a slightly unhinged email to the O bserver saying there was a piece “I want (need) to write … My very lovely and beloved father died two weeks ago, after a long and distressing time suffering from dementia.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. It is “impossible” to meaningfully assess the effectiveness of child in need (CIN) plans because of their lack of clear measures of success. That was the warning from Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza in a report that called for tighter national guidance on CIN plans and support to improve consistency and their impact for families.

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Associate Research Scientist Roland Zullo spoke with The American Prospect on the historical impact of unions on presidential elections. Unions “help working-class people get out the vote,” he said, because unions “underscore the importance of voting and educate members on why it’s important. One of the big effects unions have on politics and our society in general is they help make democracy work.

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CO4Kids

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Back to Blogs News & Press Celebrating Four Colorado Adoptive Families November is National Adoption Month DENVER (Nov. 4, 2024) — In honor of National Adoption Month, the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) is spotlighting four incredible families who adopted seven Colorado children and youth from foster or kinship care. The families were nominated by counties and child placement agencies throughout the state and chosen by CDHS.

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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 5, 2024

Sue, who lost her husband to Parkinson’s disease and dementia, says the rating system left her ‘angry, utterly powerless and disenfranchised’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Families who feel misled by the federal government’s star rating system for aged care homes have welcomed the commonwealth ombudsman’s call for it to be overhauled.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. A long-term decline in the number of people receiving adult social care in England has been partially reversed, official data shows. Councils funded long-term care packages for 858,720 people during 2023-24, up 2.8% on the year before, which in turn followed a 2.1% rise in 2022-23, according to NHS England’s annual adult social care activity and finance report.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

● COVID taught us that when the family police step back and community-based community-run support organizations step up, child abuse is reduced. Now the Family Justice Journal devotes an entire issue to what that kind of support should look like. (Remember, you can download it as a.pdf to avoid the #$%^& flipbook format :-)) ● And yes, there’s still another study showing the value of providing concrete help to families in reducing child abuse. ● A commentary in The Imprint reminds us of some

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If ever someone deserved the high honor of the title Maestro, it was Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., born in Chicago on March 14, 1933. His Earthly journey ended Sunday night, peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones at 91. His music will continue to delight music lovers for generations to come. We have not heard the last from Quincy Jones. I am sure a trove of unrecorded music in his vault will be released in the coming years.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Alexis Jay says she is still pressing ministers to introduce mandatory reporting of allegations in England and Wales A “once-in-a-lifetime” chance to protect children is at risk of being squandered by the UK government, a leading expert has warned. Prof Alexis Jay, the former chair of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) said she was still pressing Labour ministers for a commitment to introduce her recommendations made at the conclusion of the seven-year inquiry in 2022.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By Simon Bottery, King’s Fund On the day before the Budget, I held a round table with social care leaders on the government’s ambition for a ‘fair pay agreement’ to raise care worker pay. This would involve creating a negotiating body, bringing together care providers and unions, to agree higher wages and better terms and conditions for care staff. “Will the plans happen?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The Vermont State Capitol Nationally, little attention has been paid to how family policing functions in Vermont. For whatever reason, the awful system next door in New Hampshire gets plenty of attention. But Vermont is even worse; probably the worst in New England and among the worst in the nation. Yet it goes largely under the radar. A story about foster youth getting access to their own records was a useful reminder that Vermont needs more attention – and Vermont’s leaders need to feel ashame

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

I spent the morning communicating with family, friends, colleagues, and students, devastated by the thought of Donald Trump returning to the White House in January. The depressing news hit me like a ton of bricks this morning when I learned the election results. I felt sick. I sat on the edge of the bed for several minutes as the reality sunk in. It felt like hope had died while I was sleeping.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Mickaël Bandela’s documentary reflects on the events that left him in care as a child, and the generational losses that came before When he was a few months old, film-maker Mickaël Bandela was put into the care of his foster mother Marie-Thérèse, after his own home was deemed unsuitable for the wellbeing of a small child. Throughout the next decades, his birth mother Gisèle remained a loving presence in his life.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils were already planning to make £1.4bn in adult social care savings next year before learning of the added pressures on the sector brought about by the government’s Budget. That was one of the messages from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ (ADASS) autumn survey, released today, which also revealed that councils were having to make over £1bn in saving

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By Tim Spencer-Lane On 6 November 2024, the Mental Health Bill was introduced in Parliament. The bill contains measures to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) in order to strengthen the voice of the patient and ensure that that detention is only used when, and for as long as, necessary. The bill is largely the same as the draft Mental Health Bill published by the previous government, itself largely based on the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act in 2018.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Fair Work Commission to hear case brought by business group asking for change to safety net for care industries Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A business push to count “sleepovers” as breaks in care industries could result in “nightmare” 28-hour shifts without penalty rates, unions have warned. This week the Fair Work Commission will hear a case brought by the Australian Industry Group asking it to change the safety net for care industries to clarify that hours work

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Salford council is first signatory to Unison agreement intended to prevent exploitation of migrant workers Care workers from countries such as India, Nigeria and the Philippines who faced losing their immigration status in the UK if they left their employers have been promised new protections by a landmark, grassroots deal. The migrant care workers charter is an agreement designed by care workers and the trade union Unison to prevent the exploitation of people on sponsored visas – and Salford co

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The author employs his pitch-perfect repertoire of satirical skills in his first book for five years – a novella about the residents of an upmarket care home during the pandemic Alan Bennett, now 90, hasn’t published anything original in book form for five years. In the meantime – the Covid years and the Johnson years and the Truss month – readers have had to be content with the peerless annual diaries he writes for the London Review of Books , yearly proof that his special ear for English comed

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