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Fast-track social work scheme to end in 2027 after government decides to withdraw funding

Community Care

A fast-track scheme for training social workers will end in 2027 after the government decided to withdraw funding on financial grounds. A department spokesperson said: Mental health social workers provide an invaluable service, and they are critical to a thriving healthcare system.

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Social workers least likely adult care staff group to feel valued or that they are making a difference

Community Care

Social workers are the least likely adult social care staff group to feel valued or that they are making a difference to the people they support, government-commissioned research has found. For example, senior care workers averaged 22.67, occupational therapists 23.17, registered managers 24.72

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Five Facts Social Workers Need to Know About Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs)

Social Work Blog

Social workers across practice settings provide services to individuals, including pregnant people, who are consuming alcohol at risky levels. This Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Month, social workers can deepen their understanding of FASDs and how to prevent them.

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AI in social work: opportunity or risk?

Community Care

A poll by Community Care in October 2024 found more than one in five (21%) of the 713 social workers who took part had used AI tools such as Microsofts CoPilot or Beams Magic Notes for daily social work tasks. Speakers include Dr Tarsem Singh Cooner, who is featured in this article.

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IASSW AIETS’ International Conference on “The role of social workers in realising the SDG’s.”

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Date: 18th January, 2023, Hybrid Mode, (Hybrid event/ in person Nelson Mandela University). CO-HOSTED BY IASSW/ ASSWA/ NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY/JOHANNESBURG UNIVERSITY/ASASWEI. Please register to get meeting link : [link]. Time: 9h00 to 17h00.

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Social Worker Appointed Senior Adviser to Justice Department

Social Work Blog

Social worker Eddie Bocanegra, MSW, a longtime violence prevention advocate in Chicago, has been named senior adviser for community violence intervention in the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Bocanegra served time in prison and earned his master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago.

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Politics and Money: Social Workers Need Our Support

Beyond Advocacy

She is one of the hardest working Members in Congress and she has looked out for her fellow social workers on many occasions, supporting our events in March, introducing important legislation and being one of the most vocal advocates for the poor. For many social workers, the focus has been on voting and rightly so.