Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This framework is woven into chapters devoted to self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-efficacy, applying social work skills to the practitioners themselves. Further, the authors posit that it is the responsibility of supervisors and organizations to ensure social workers’ well-being and emotional safety.

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Community Care

JANUARY 15, 2025

The findings were reported in the latest phase of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ (ADCS) Safeguarding Pressures research series , through which it has analysed demand for, and provision of, children’s social care since 2010. from 2020-24. on the year before.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Adult social care professionals have reported that using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool saved them time and improved direct work, despite some concerns over accuracy. Researchers also carried out in-depth interviews with 11 of the social care professionals, six of whom were social workers with one to six years’ experience.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. This included initiatives such as the use of social work academies to develop staff, with training days backfilled and caseloads capped. of the workforce.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need a sample letter of recommendation for a social worker? Well, writing a letter of recommendatio n can be a powerful tool in helping social workers advance in their careers, prepare for their interviews, secure job opportunities, or pursue educational endeavors.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A council criticised by inspectors for high caseloads has improved to a good Ofsted rating after hiring more social workers to reduce workloads. The council’s full-time equivalent of social workers rose from 345 to 368 between 2017 and 2020, during which time average caseloads fell from 19.5 Direct work praised.

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2025

However, the approach poses resource challenges for Cafcass and Cafcass Cymru because for the need for social workers to invest significantly more time working with families at the start of cases compared with the existing child arrangements programme (CAP) system, the report added.

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KVC

MARCH 24, 2021

March is National Social Work Month and KVC is honoring the incredible ways that social workers, clinicians, and other professionals improve the lives of children, adults and families. We celebrate that impact and want to share a peek into a day in the life of a social worker. The work isn’t always pretty.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

Studies indicate Black fathers, even when absent from the home, tend to be more engaged with their children than fathers of other groups. However, Estreet said Black fathers can experience mental health stressors that other groups do not and it is important they seek out therapy, including from clinical social workers.

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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. Think through the likely questions and answers before you arrive for your interview. Engage in role play with family or friends to polish up.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Just a week later, two of our sons were engaged in some rough horseplay. By the way, Councilmember Oh’s child was interviewed separately and told the social worker what happened – just like Dr. Goldman’s children. She bounced off, and I wound up taking her to the emergency room. She got two small stitches under her eye.

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Community Care

JULY 11, 2023

The Department for Education has proposed far-reaching changes to social workers’ roles under Working Together to Safeguard Children, its guidance on services for children in need of help and protection in England. By contrast, the proposed update to the guidance mentions ‘social worker’ just 23 times.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 18, 2022

There has been a fivefold increase in the number of children’s social workers hired by councils as part of project teams supplied by employment agencies, directors have reported. Post pandemic, I haven’t got enough social workers and now I can’t get any from an agency.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. This had led to “unparalleled dependency”, whose numbers had grown by 13% over the same period, accounting for 17.6% of the workforce.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The association offers resources to help social workers engage with clients, colleagues, family, and friends about COVID-19 vaccination. Social Work Role in Reducing COVID-19 Transmission. Social workers who visit family or friends in nursing homes can encourage these residents to get vaccinated.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

I invested both time and money to help me gain useful skills and knowledge which I can now use to support student social workers on placements. I offer free coaching on CV writing and support with interview preparation. That is why a social work to-do list may help us manage better. Check out my coaching services page.

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2025

However, both the AMHP Leads Network and British Association of Social Workers (BASw) have come out strongly against the changes: for example, the AMHP Leads Network said the proposal is deeply troubling and will have disastrous unintended consequences for both individuals in crisis and those responding to mental health emergencies.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 3, 2023

In addition, using ecomap symbols as part of ecomap creation gives social workers a comprehensive picture of many things. With a social work ecomap activity, social workers can help foster positive working relationships and explore effective intervention strategies to facilitate change.

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Community Care

JUNE 13, 2024

However, in most cases, parents’ conditions were only identified at the court stage, in part because social workers lacked the time and training to do so. They also interviewed 42 social care professionals, 17 lawyers and four mothers with learning disabilities or learning difficulties who had experience of proceedings.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Socialworkhaven.com Useful Resources Social Work To-Do List Social Work To – Do List: What To Include: We sometimes struggle with managing our daily tasks as social workers. That is why a social work to-do list may help us manage better. Social work burnout can affect the way we execute our role.

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Social Work Haven

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Recommended Books for Preparing to Study Social Work Recommended Books for Student Social Workers Recommended Books for Newly Qualified Social Workers Recommended Books when working with Adults Recommended Books for Direct Work with Children Recommended Books for Practice Educators Recommended Books for Approved Mental Health Practitioners.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

The association offers resources to help social workers engage with clients, colleagues, family, and friends about COVID-19 vaccination. Social Work Role in Reducing COVID-19 Transmission. Social workers who visit family or friends in nursing homes can encourage these residents to get vaccinated.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 13, 2023

There are many great social work blogs. Over the years, I have followed a few and gained some very useful insights into the role of a social worker. The creators of these blogs have shared their experiences and passion on social work which has made a difference to how I practice. Social Workers R.E.A.L

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Our work seeks to develop innovative ways in which children and young people can digitally and safely self-refer to children’s social care, allowing them to communicate harms and experiences in real time. We recently interviewed senior managers across eight local authorities to scope their readiness for children’s digital safeguarding.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 26, 2023

I have compiled below a list of essential social work practice skills that are vital for all social workers. This article covers – What are the social work practice skills? Ethical Decision Making Why are social work practice skills important? What are the biggest issues in social work right now UK?

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Community Care

MAY 25, 2022

A need for “sharper specialist child protection skills and expertise, especially in relation to complex risk assessment and decision making; engaging reluctant parents; understanding the daily life of children; and domestic abuse” Specialist child protection units.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 7, 2023

How do Social Workers Prepare Clients for Termination? Why is Termination Important in Social Work? By following the GIM’s framework, social workers can help their clients create a better future for themselves and their communities. How do Social Workers Prepare Clients for Termination?

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Community Care

MAY 30, 2024

In an interview with Community Care, national adoption strategic lead Sarah Johal said Adoption England was funding the Black Adoption Project in testing approaches to improving the recruitment of black adopters. ” One issue highlighted in the ASGLB report was an apparent under-representation of black social workers in adoption teams.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The report includes interviews with parents, family defenders, and more than 50 ACS employees from frontline caseworkers to top staff. What’s in the report It’s easy to see why Hansell was so embarrassed.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Early Inspirations: High School and Beyond From the earliest days of high school, I found myself drawn to social issues and the incredible work done by social workers in our communities. It was during this time that I began to understand the profound influence of the social work profession.

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Community Care

JULY 12, 2023

The DfE consulted on the proposals, which include capping the pay of agency staff to the equivalent of permanently-employed social workers , between February and May this year, and is due to report back on the consultation this September. A requirement for a minimum six-week notice period for agency social workers.

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

of FTE children’s services posts were held by agency workers, up from 15.5% The number of frontline “case holding” social workers working in children’s services fell by 8% , from September 2020 to September 2022. At the same time, 17.6% as of September 2021. a year earlier.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The Ethics of Social Work: An Overview” by Felicia Kornbluh offers an accessible look at ethical issues that social workers face in their day-to-day practice. This article provides an overview of narrative therapy techniques and strategies for using them to engage clients in productive conversations about their experiences.

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Community Care

MAY 9, 2023

Social work leaders must integrate anti-racism into all aspects of practice to achieve change, experts told a conference recently. Self-reflection Fellow panelist Kristel Campbell, a trainee social worker with 20 years’ experience within youth justice, called on service leaders to look critically at their own biases.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Between 2019-21, researchers analysed the impact of DfE intervention in 24 authorities after they were rated inadequate by Ofsted, through interviews with leaders, managers, social workers, partners and government-appointed advisers, and an analysis of outcomes. ‘Chaotic and stressful’ working environments.

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Community Care

MAY 18, 2022

The council’s social worker also noted that Mr F’s son had reported seeing his father drinking while in the family home. The council’s social worker only met Mr F in early January 2021, after it had decided to convene the ICPC. In preparation for the ICPC, another social worker assessed the family.

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“Despite increasing external challenges raised by the ongoing pandemic, our social work faculty and staff continue to expand the scope of their impactful research.”. To tell these stories, the authors utilized different qualitative research methods, such as interviews, historical records, and press accounts.

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