Community Care

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The government will legislate to tackle “profiteering” from children’s care placements in England, a minister has vowed. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The government has pledged to “crack down on care providers making excessive profit” in children’s social care reforms unveiled today. A key focus of the agenda is the rising cost of care for looked-after children, which the government said had “ballooned” from £3.1bn in 2009-10 to £7bn in 2022-23.

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Community Care

MAY 2, 2024

The next government should take forward reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in its first 100 days in office, the incoming Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) president has said. Labour has said it will take forward the reform, if elected.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Budget’s ‘catastrophic’ impact on social care In her speech, Williams is expected to say: “The budget had catastrophic impacts on the cost of adult social care – not just for local government, but also for out important partners who support people in their neighbourhoods and places in our voluntary and community sector.”

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Community Care

APRIL 30, 2024

The government has proposed overhauling a key disability benefit in the face of its “spiralling” caseload and costs, in a move labelled “dangerous” and “reckless” by charities. to 2.8m (29%).

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Community Care

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Labour government has given its explicit backing to the family help model initiated by its Conservative predecessor to promote earlier intervention for families in need. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The planned fair pay agreement for adult social care is likely to increase costs to councils, as well as those funding their own care, the government has said. Under the bill, the government would also be able to ask the negotiating body to reconsider proposed agreements.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The government will create a body to set pay and conditions for adult social care staff in England should its Employment Rights Bill become law. Under the bill, the government would also be able to ask the negotiating body to reconsider proposed agreements.

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Michigan Social Work

JUNE 3, 2024

This award is given by the School of Social Work student government and recognizes faculty who have demonstrated commitment to improving DEI, made an outstanding and positive contribution to the School’s climate, and whose skills, dedication, understanding and caring have made a positive impact on students.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The “dire state of social care” is among the reasons that the NHS is in a “critical condition”, a government adviser has warned, in a report designed to provide a blueprint for a 10-year plan for the health service.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MAY 16, 2024

IFSW congratulates the Australian Association of Social Workers, the Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education, and all other involved parties for their successful lobbying of government ministers to […]

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The government will legislate to create a new type of accommodation for children with complex needs in England who are at risk of being deprived of their liberty. Stanley also said that Ofsted was looking to make changes to its social care common inspection framework, which governs its regulation of sector providers.

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My Brains Not Broken

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Despite these troubling statistics, “…the global median of government health expenditure that goes to mental health is less than 2%,” according to the WHO. Around 20% of the world’s children and adolescents have a mental health condition, with suicide the second leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

The federal government is soliciting proposals to fund various programs that prevent and address elder abuse. Eligible entities: state, local, and tribal governments; community-based and faith-based organizations; hospitals; and institutions of higher education. Posted April 1, 2022. Applications due: May 6. Applications due: May 3.

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Community Care

AUGUST 2, 2024

Sector leaders have urged the government to “change course on social care” after a week in which it cancelled the cap on care costs and a planned increase to workforce training funding. However, they stressed that social care was critical to delivering some of the new government’s key ambitions.

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Child Welfare Monitor

OCTOBER 5, 2024

We should be asking why the government addresses their needs in such a violent way, (referring to the child removal). And at a time when the federal government and some of the wealthiest foundations and nongovernmental organizations are echoing much of Robert’s rhetoric, her reasoning seems particularly off-target.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 29, 2024

pay rise next April after the government announced the 2025 increase in the national living wage (NLW). Councils’ ability to cover the 2025 rise will depend on the local government funding settlement they receive for 2025-26 from chancellor Rachel Reeves in tomorrow’s Budget. Many thousands of care workers will get a 6.7%

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

We abhor the use of force against the territorial integrity to subjugate any people and urge all nations, government and non-government organizations, to respect human rights, social justice and international laws that uphold Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Despite their critical role, these connections are often overlooked or ignored by governments and policymakers. This theme underscores the importance of intergenerational care and connections as fundamental to everyone’s well-being and the creation of functional economies and societies.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 7, 2024

This year’s IFSW Statement on International Women’s Day has been written by Oluwatoni Adeleke from an African regional context: Africa is facing a myriad of crises, from geopolitical conflicts to […]

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International Federation of Social Workers

JULY 11, 2022

This week the Sri Lanka Association of Professional Social Workers (SLAPSW) issued a statement outlining the ineffective government response to rising prices, the shortages of medicines, medical supplies, cooking gas, diesel, petrol, and essential food items.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2024

Governments can – and many successfully have – put in place community-based services that meet the needs of everyone in the community, without resorting to criminal enforcement. By employing these community-based interventions, governments can address homelessness without resorting to criminal enforcement.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Sustainable Development Goals are designed to hold governments around the world accountable to ensure that the debilitating poverty and inequality in their countries are systemically addressed while also ensuring that measures are taken to ensure the planet is protected. Please register to get meeting link : [link]. Time: 9h00 to 17h00.

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International Federation of Social Workers

JUNE 8, 2023

Photo: Heike Erkers president of Akademikerförbundet SSR Akademikerförbundet SSR, the Swedish Social Work trade union, have criticised government plans that require social and health professionals to report any persons living […]

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The New Social Worker

JULY 21, 2022

The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) has announced that draft language for the social work licensing compact has been published by the Council of State Governments. It is available for public review and comment. Attend a review session online

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International Federation of Social Workers

JANUARY 17, 2023

At a time when Afghanistan is going through significant challenges and support from many international humanitarian agencies has withdrawn, because of the recent Taliban government decision preventing women from working […].

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JULY 2, 2022

The People’s Global Summit recognises that the pledges made by governments since the founding of the United Nations – the pillars of peace, development and human rights – have facilitated crucial steps forward but have not yet been realised. Nature has been degraded, leading to climate warming and environmental destruction.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

VAWA is a central way the Federal government responds to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. While they are finalizing the bill, they need our help to build support among Senators so they can introduce the bill with as many bipartisan sponsors as possible.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MAY 31, 2024

Date: 26th – 29th June 2026 Venue: Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Nairobi, Kenya Audience: This event is open to social work students, practitioners, trainers, social work agencies, government officials , general public, Civil society groups, NGOs and community work groups among others from across the globe.

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National Casa Gal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 is a federal law that recognizes tribal sovereignty and governs jurisdiction over the removal of Native American (Indian) children from their families.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

That’s a key reason why the federal government now allows partial reimbursement for it. No, it’s not to get “bad parents” off; it’s to craft alternatives to the cookie-cutter no-real-services “service plans” often dished out by agencies like DCS. Between the reimbursement and the reduced foster care costs, this approach also pays for itself.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

The interstate compact was created primarily to govern cross-border foster care moves. Cases regarding one’s legal or illegal status wouldn’t exist if the federal government enforced our immigration laws,” he said. In Olga’s case, that line of thinking trickled down to South Florida from Tallahassee, where Gov.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

According to The Council of State Governments Justice Center, “since 2009, more than 800 Second Chance Act grant awards have been made to government agencies and nonprofits for reentry programming designed to provide services that can help reduce recidivism and increase public safety.”

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Community Care

JULY 5, 2024

This is the strong case we’ll be making to the new government over the days, weeks and months ahead.” Priorities for adult social care In its first message to the new government, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services set out three priorities for adult social care. “We need a complete transformation. .”

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Disability Government Social Worker Mental Health 69

International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW) will play a key role in advancing social work perspectives at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa from 20 […]

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Child Welfare Monitor

MAY 6, 2024

Already posted on our website is a report that illustrates this diversity in great detail, showing how the numbers that states report to the federal government reflect their definitions and reporting practices as much or more than they reflect the actual rates of child maltreatment.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The federal government will also soon issue regulations requiring CSWs and other health providers to provide GFEs to commercial or government insurers when the patient has insurance and plans to use it. “Substantially exceeds” means an amount that is at least $400 more than the expected charges listed on the GFE. Future Action.

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