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UConn School of Social Work Faculty and Ph.D. Students to Present at SSWR 2025

University of Connecticut

UConn School of Social Work Faculty and PhD Students to Present at SSWR 2025 The 2025 Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) 29th Annual Conference takes place on January 15 - 19, 2025, in Seattle, Washington. Congratulations to the 14 faculty members and 11 PhD students who authored a total of 20 presentations slated for the Conference.

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Specialist placements needed to reform a care system not working for teenagers, finds review

Community Care

Alongside reforming placements for teenagers in care, the commission also urged the government to invest in intensive family support to prevent young people from entering care or being drawn into gangs. Speak to youth workers in our towns, and cities and they will tell you their own horror stories,” she said. “Of

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No funded social care commitments in Labour manifesto

Community Care

.” Labour’s children’s social care plans “Every child should have a loving, secure home. Labour will work with local government to support children in care, including through kinship, foster care, and adoption, as well as strengthening regulation of the children’s social care sector.