Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2025

Social workers could form part of neighbourhood-based multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) providing support for people with complex health and social care needs. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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Social Worker Hospitals Rehabilitation Disability 36

Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2023

Hospital social workers should be reinstated onto wards to support people to achieve better outcomes on discharge, amid the current severe pressures on the NHS and social care. That was the message today from the Adult Principal Social Worker Network in an open letter to health and social care secretary Steve Barclay.

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Hospitals Social Worker Recovery Rehabilitation 58

Community Care

MARCH 31, 2023

The British Association of Social Workers England has warned of the risks of diluting the social worker role after the government unveiled plans for more assessments to be carried out by non-social work qualified staff. At the same time, the vacancy rate for council adult social workers rose from 9.5%

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Social Worker Rehabilitation Recovery Advocacy 72

Children’s Home Society of Washington

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Pregnant and dealing with substance use issues, Briana’s daughter was placed on a hospital hold immediately after her birth on July 10. Briana successfully completed her rehabilitation program and moved back home with her family. Briana’s pursuit of her professional dreams came to a halt in 2019.

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Rehabilitation Child Welfare Social Worker Hospitals 52

Community Care

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

.” They added: “Whilst the government has spoken of the need to address this workforce challenge, the solutions coming forward are merely sticking plasters when it is clear that more fundamental reform of social care is required. ”

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Rehabilitation Therapist Hospitals Clinic 56

Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Regulations require them to consult the relevant local authority before making a decision about a person’s eligibility and to co-operate with the council about arranging for its staff, such as a social worker, to participate in the MDT.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Healthcare Recovery 70

Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 5, 2022

After graduating and four years later, I applied to a PhD program in social work and was rejected. Married and moved to Hamilton, I took a job at a hospital based brain injury rehabilitation program. I have developed and managed two brain injury rehabilitation programs, both lost owing to legislative changes to auto insurance.

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Rehabilitation Private Practice University Mental Health 147