Community Care
MAY 3, 2022
By Dr Lucy Peake. There are twice as many children in kinship care in the UK than there are in foster care, yet this type of care remains largely invisible – to the public and policymakers, but often to professionals too. This means that support for kinship care families often falls short of what is needed to help them cope, or is missing altogether.
My Brains Not Broken
MAY 5, 2022
May means one thing on My Brain’s Not Broken – it’s time to talk about mental health awareness ! May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, which means it’s a time where there is added emphasis on how we talk about mental health in this country. And before I dive into that topic (which I’ll revisit later this month), I want to talk about the concept of mental health awareness.
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Nnatasha Tracy
MAY 5, 2022
I had a mentally ill parent. It was my father. He's dead now , but when he was here, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Of course, I didn't find out about that until I was an adult. That secret affected my life from the time I was a child. What it's like to have a mentally ill parent is different for different people, but here's what having a mentally ill parent was like for me.
Social Work Blog
MAY 3, 2022
Getty Images. By Diana Ling, MA, Program Manager and Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW, Senior Research Project and Training Coordinator; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. . A troubling trend has taken hold over the past two decades: drinking patterns among men and women have converged – and in some cases, young women are now drinking more than young men.
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The New Social Worker
MAY 5, 2022
The model minority myth has drawn lines between Asian Americans and other communities of color, making Asian Americans the “others” who do not need support. Social workers need to be aware of the growing and varying needs among Asian Americans.
My Brains Not Broken
MAY 3, 2022
The month of May means one thing on My Brain’s Not Broken – it’s Mental Health Awareness Month! This is a time every year (held each May in the United States) where time and space is reserved to raise awareness for mental health. Even though we can advocate year-round, this month is a time for specific conversations about shrinking the mental health stigma and advocating for the policies and services that people need.
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The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MAY 4, 2022
Humanitarian Preparedness and Response to Forced & Internal Migration. School of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences invite you to be a part of the Webinar on “ Humanitarian Preparedness and Response to Forced & Internal Migration “, scheduled on 12 May 2022 , Thursday from 5:00- 6:30 PM (IST) (12.30 PM BST, 2.30 PM EEST).
The New Social Worker
MAY 2, 2022
Erlene asked, “What have you learned about self-care during COVID that you want to continue?” Responses are both deeply reflective and profoundly pragmatic. Here's what people said.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MAY 3, 2022
? BuzzFeed News examines the enormous harm to families when parents are wrongly placed on “central registries” of alleged child abusers. A listing can shut parents out from the very jobs most often open to low-income workers, driving their families further into the poverty that often is confused with “neglect” in the first place. And, because of who is disproportionately likely to be included in these registries, the story is aptly titled “The Black List.” ?
Relias
MAY 1, 2022
When it comes to assessing and treating pressure injuries, diabetic wounds, and venous wounds, investing in expertise up front can help protect your organization against costly wound care liability down the road. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality calculates that more than 17,000 lawsuits related to pressure injuries are filed each year — second only to wrongful death suits.
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.
Social Work Blog
MAY 6, 2022
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) continues to advocate for student loan debt-relief for social workers and to improve existing debt-relief programs such as the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Unfortunately, programs such as PSLF have been wrought with endemic challenges, making it difficult for social workers especially to access debt relief—even after satisfying all of this program’s service requirements.
Nnatasha Tracy
MAY 6, 2022
We are honored to talk with Geralyn Giorgio about an incredible program she created for those with mental illness and their caregivers at Johnson & Johnson. We'll be talking about her personal experience with mental illness, why she's driven to help others affected by mental illness, and how the program she created can be rolled out in your workplace.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MAY 2, 2022
It’s why all those plans for kinder, gentler family policing won’t do much good – and might even backfire. Connecticut is a case in point. It seems like a week doesn’t go by without some “child welfare” agency announcing an initiative that supposedly will make family policing kinder and gentler. There’s the longstanding “differential response” in which, in cases deemed less serious, caseworkers are sent out to do a supposedly family-friendly “assessment” and offer voluntary help, instead of an i
Relias
MAY 2, 2022
Beginning July 16, 2022, the 988 crisis hotline will be fully operational. Those across the United States experiencing or witnessing a mental health crisis will now have a dedicated line to call and talk with a trained counselor. This has the potential to positively impact the state of crisis prevention and intervention in the U.S. But 988 will need the help of behavioral health organizations to ensure its long-term success.
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Social Work.Career
MAY 1, 2022
This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 40 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, May 2022 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.
Michigan Social Work
MAY 3, 2022
PhD student (Social Work & Psychology) Andrea Mora was awarded a scholarship from the Association of Latina/o Social Work Educators. The scholarship supports the advancement of social work education especially among the Latino population.
R.E.A.L. Social Workers
MAY 5, 2022
Mothers’ Day is the day that we celebrate the ones who gave us life. We make breakfast and serve it in bed, or we take her out to dinner. Some spend lots of money buying the biggest, prettiest, and freshest bouquet of flowers. Some take her shopping or give her that piece of jewelry she has always admired. This blog will share how to give your mom the gift of relaxation a sweet Mother’s Day gift.
Social Work Blog
MAY 3, 2022
Retail alcohol sales spiked 20% during the first six months of the pandemic. A study shows Americans drank 14% more often in response to pandemic-related stress, according to an article posted at thelily.com. However, more people are considering staying sober for a period. A New Year tradition called “Dry January” has helped to grow this trend. “A month off and then some can do so much good for your overall well-being, your memory, your sleep, your digestion,” said NASW member Sabrina Spotorno ,
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.
Community Care
MAY 5, 2022
Foster carers feel “cut adrift” by social workers when facing allegations about their behaviour towards children in their care, Fostering Network research has found. Carers felt they were assumed to be guilty, undervalued and ostracised from the team around the child, said the charity, in a report analysing findings from its 2021 State of the Nation Foster Care.
Michigan Social Work
MAY 3, 2022
Assistant Professor Katrina Ellis has been named an inaugural Rogel Scholar in Cancer Health Equity. The award recognizes exceptional faculty dedicated to achieving impact on cancer prevention, patient outcomes and quality of life. “It's truly an honor to be selected as an inaugural Rogel Scholar in Cancer Health Equity. I am very passionate about improving the support we provide to families after a cancer diagnosis as part of larger efforts to address the disproportionate burden of cancer we se
University of Connecticut
MAY 2, 2022
From the Office of Dean Heller Dear Colleagues, May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. First established as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week in 1978, the observance was expanded to a month by Congress in 1992. At the School of Social Work, we take this opportunity to recognize and celebrate the contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students, staff, faculty, and members of our community.
The Guardian
MAY 4, 2022
Providers and Unison tell Sajid Javid workers are changing jobs or turning to food banks as they cannot afford to stay at home Care homes in England are demanding the return of full pay for staff isolating with Covid, saying the withdrawal of government funding has pushed carers to work while infected or to turn to food banks. The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) and Unison, which represents thousands of care staff, have called on the health secretary, Sajid Javid, to restart the adult social care i
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Community Care
MAY 6, 2022
‘Inadequate’ authorities bore the brunt of a sharp rise in children’s social workers leaving their jobs last year, a Community Care analysis has found. Turnover at English councils currently rated inadequate by Ofsted increased by 4.6 percentage points on average, from 2019-20 to 2020-21, more than double the 1.9-point rise nationally that took turnover to 15.4%, the highest in five years.
Michigan Social Work
MAY 3, 2022
PhD student (Social Work & Anthropology) Yun Chen was awarded a Barbour Scholarship from Rackham Graduate School for the 2022-23 academic year. Barbour established a U-M scholarship for women of the highest academic and professional caliber from the area extending from Turkey in the west to Japan and the Philippines in the east. Barbour scholars study science, medicine, mathematics and other academic disciplines.
Social Care
MAY 6, 2022
I'm pleased to present two more inspirational stories of Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care Award winners. If you haven't read part one click here and if you haven't nominated your colleagues for a Gold or Silver award yet, what's stopping you? Click the clinks at the bottom of this post to find out how and do it today! A virtual presentation cannot dampen her elation!
Community Care
MAY 5, 2022
A “significant variation” in the quality of social work has led inspectors to downgrade York council to ‘requires improvement’. The authority lost its good rating – earned in 2016 – after inspectors found deficits in the quality of assessments, direct work, evidence to court and supervision, amid rising turnover of social workers, in a full inspection in March.
Michigan Social Work
MAY 3, 2022
The Child Welfare Student Association visited the Michigan state capitol on April 25 to mark National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The students listened to inspirational speakers, networked with legislators and took a tour of the capitol building.
Health & Social Care Workforce
MAY 3, 2022
The DHSC’s Out-of-Hospital Care Models Programme provided £16m of funding to 17 test sites across England to improve discharge arrangements for people experiencing homelessness.
The Guardian
APRIL 30, 2022
Twenty years after the Victoria Climbié report, our social services are still bedevilled by poor practice I felt a mixture of despair and anger on reading your editorial (“ We’ve learned so little from these tragedies ”). Twenty years ago, I was responsible for implementing the recommendations of Lord Laming’s Victoria Climbié report in a large local authority.
Michigan Social Work
MAY 2, 2022
The work and achievements of Clinical Assistant Professor Daicia Price will be recognized at the 2022 WCC Foundation Women's Council Celebration of Women's Leadership—a virtual event on Wednesday, May 25 at 5 PM. The award honors women who have made significant contributions to the Washtenaw County community.
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