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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

What inspired you to write the book, Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry , that got published in October of 2018? . I’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. Although most mobile psychiatric emergency cases have involved mentally high functioning patients, I’ve been most invigorated from helping the most impaired patients, usually suffering from psychosis.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending August 31, 2021

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

? Wow! Those child abuse numbers sure look scary - but then they would, when you double and triple the real numbers. NCCPR has the graphic evidence in this column for The Imprint. ? ProPublica Illinois has a follow-up to their investigation revealing that the state routinely fails to provide Spanish-speaking families with help in their own language – or even a caseworker who speaks Spanish.

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Ask Nicole: How Do I Avoid Mission Creep?

Nicole Clark Consulting

Have a question you'd like to be featured? Let me know. I recently took a week off from client and partner consulting work to catch up on some administrative tasks that have been piling up. One of my tasks was revamping my website, focusing on easier navigation (in some cases, redesigning web pages) and clarifying [.]. The post Ask Nicole: How Do I Avoid Mission Creep?

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Free Mental Health Webinars, September 2021

Social Work.Career

This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 35 free webcasts that I could find for you this month in the field of social work and mental health. To make it easier for you to find a webinar that is of interest to you, […]. The post Free Mental Health Webinars, September 2021 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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New Free Publication: “Pandemic ethics: A resource for social work students, educators and practitioners”

International Federation of Social Workers

IFSW has just published a new resource comprising vignettes depicting ethical challenges faced by social workers internationally during the Covid-19 pandemic. Each vignette is accompanied by a series of questions that can be used to stimulate reflection by individuals, or by groups in professional supervision/support meetings and education and training contexts.

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Behind the Questions: Understanding the ASWB Exam

Therapist Development Center

For many social workers, ASWB exam registration means facing one of their biggest fears: taking an exam. Anxiety sets in when we have to face the unknown. Understanding how tests like the ASWB exam are developed can help to demystify … Continued. The post Behind the Questions: Understanding the ASWB Exam appeared first on Therapist Development Center Blog.

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The Power of Primary Prevention

NASW Foundation

Alcohol-exposed pregnancies (AEPs) are more common than you might think: according to a new study, an estimated 54 percent of children in the United States are exposed to alcohol before they’re.

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NCCPR in The Imprint: Graphic evidence that child welfare surveillance doesn’t work

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

There is a graphic making the rounds in child welfare that’s gotten a fair amount of attention lately. The graphic tracks the rate at which caseworkers “substantiated” various forms of child abuse and neglect allegations from 1990 to 2018. It was created by Prof. David Finkelhor and his colleagues at the University of New Hampshire. In 2020, it turned up in a conference presentation from Prevent Child Abuse America.

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ASWB Exam Registration – What You Need to Know

Therapist Development Center

Hello Social Workers! If you are looking for information about the ASWB exam registration and how to get starting, congratulations! That means you have already shown your determination and commitment to becoming a Social Worker. Now, all you need … Continued. The post ASWB Exam Registration – What You Need to Know appeared first on Therapist Development Center Blog.

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Lindsay Bornheimer and Jamie Abelson on Developing Programs to Support Mental Health in Young Adults.

Michigan Social Work

Assistant Professor Lindsay Bornheimer and Curtis Center Program Manager Jamie Abelson are on the board of Garrett's Space, which was founded by Ann Arbor residents Julie and Scott Halpert after their son Garrett died from suicide at age 23 in 2017. Bornheimer and Abelson helped the new non-profit develop programs to provide holistic mental health programming for young adults struggling with mental health issues.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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.

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The Role of Self-Stigma in Engagement in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

University of Connecticut

Associate Research Professor Hsiu-Ju Lin is working on several federally funded projects related to the opioid crisis. She is a co-investigator on a Nation Institute of Drug Abuse funded Diversity Supplement study for Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare, and Social Supports ( TCN-PATHs). To read more about the TCN-PATHs project, visit the UNC Center for Health Equity Research website.

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Moral Injury and Abandonment

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Moral Injury of Abandonment Moral injury is traumatic and may involve the loss of a sense of. Self (This is not who I am / I am a bad person) Safety (I am not safe, others will reject me because of what I did) Personal power (I had no choice or say in the matter) It is important to use context and consider all the factors at play when helping people examine and reconcile the situation Often they did the best they could with the tools they had in that situation at that time Moral injury is define

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Register for this event – Disclosure of Sexual Abuse: encouragement, facilitation, and support

Irish Social Worker

A one-day virtual seminar funded by the Irish Research Council and UCD Seed Funding – October 8th, 2021. To register for this event please follow this link. Disclosing experiences of sexual abuse can involve many barriers and hurdles. These may come from within, from your close social circle and family, or may even come from wider policy, legal, and structural factors.

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Katie Richards-Schuster on How the Pandemic Has Changed Youth Community Engagement

Michigan Social Work

Katie Richards-Schuster joined the Michigan Minds podcast to discuss the importance of keeping students engaged and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the ways youth participate in their communities.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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William Elliott calls for a New Approach in Considering the Cost of College

Michigan Social Work

Professor William Elliott spoke with WalletHub about college affordability and student loan debt. He calls for a new approach in how we think about the cost of higher education. “I want to frame the question more like, should students and their parents have to think mostly about the return on investment when picking a college? It leads to inequity,” said Elliott.

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Recovering After a Breakup Processing Grief Guilt Anxiety and Depression

Counselor Toolbox podcast

We often focus on the primary grief after a breakup but fail to consider: Secondary losses that need to be grieved (friends, routine, role/identity, dreams) Guilt (and the need for processing) Changes in self reference and default mode (and the need for alterations) Depressive symptoms that result from the stress of the breakup as well as being a part of the grieving process Grief has 5 phases: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance #cheapceus #allceus #counselingskills #dawnelisesnip