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The Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Social Services Use among Head Start-Eligible Low-Income Families

Social Work Blog

Social workers spend a tremendous amount of time and resources developing interventions to help serve disadvantaged families and individuals. Social services use is a critical aspect in the field, and the current study seeks to better understand the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and social services use.

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Macro-Level Social Work Interventions in Schools: Poverty Simulation Programs as Professional Development Opportunities for K–12 Educators

Social Work Blog

These include grocery stores, food pantries, department of social services, the police, educational institutions, employers, and various other businesses and services that may be present in a community. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. Article authors: Anna Maria T.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending April 11, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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Association between Loneliness, Mental Health Symptoms, and Treatment Use among Emerging Adults

Social Work Blog

There is limited research on how loneliness and social support impact young people’s mental health and mental health services use. In the May 2023 issue of the journal Health & Social Work , which is co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press, an article looks at loneliness among emerging adults.

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Full spirit of Care Act not being met, says DHSC ahead of return of local authority performance assessment

Community Care

This would build on the existing DHSC-funded care and health improvement programme , delivered by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and Local Government Association. Government intervention. Councils would have the right to make representations before any statutory intervention was carried out.

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Non-statutory placements make up over half of provision for students in Scotland, report reveals

Community Care

Non-statutory placements make up over half of practice learning provision for social work students in Scotland, leaving some graduates underprepared for practice, research has revealed. At least 160 days of this must be spent in supervised practice in service delivery settings and this element must be assessed.

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English councils need £2.7bn more for children’s social care by 2025, LGA warns government

Community Care

Anntoinette Bramble, chair of the LGA’s children and young people board, said councils had diverted funds from other areas to children’s services but that they were still overspending due to “soaring demand for support which is likely to increase further as the long-term impacts of the pandemic become clearer”. Related articles.