Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 29, 2024

Editor’s note: In this blog post, four social worker educators share a sample from their new and free resource about using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in social work education. Alexander Rubin , LCSW, is a clinical assistant professor based in field education at the University at Buffalo School of School of Social Work.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

By Sue Coyle Self-care is an often-discussed topic among social workers, the organizations that employ them, and the profession as a whole—and for good reason. Social work is a challenging career choice in myriad ways. Evidence of this exists in the rates of both turnover and burnout throughout social work.

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Community Care

JUNE 19, 2024

A clutch of social workers have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list, announced this week. The recipients included a past and present principal social worker (PSW), the co-founder of the secure base model of therapeutic caregiving and a retired practitioner who used to support Holocaust survivors.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Lyn Romeo will step down as England’s chief social worker for adults in January after just over a decade in the post. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said Romeo was taking retirement.

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MARCH 14, 2022

Chicago’s own Jane Adams who won the Nobel Prize in 1931, Dorothy Height won the Congressional Gold Medal, Wendy Sherman was awarded the National Security Medal…all social workers of whom we are proud. No one becomes a social worker for money, fame, or glory.

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Swhelper

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met with many blank stares. As a disabled social worker myself, I often notice that the disability community is not recognized as a cultural group. Elspeth Slayter.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Looked-after children are being denied their right to a family because of councils’ lack of data on potential overseas placements and “stretched” social workers’ difficulties in exploring them, a charity has warned. Social workers ‘stretched beyond imagination’. Conducting international social work during Covid-19.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

You asked, what is a social worker home visit checklist? A social worker home visit checklist serves as a comprehensive guide for social workers conducting home visits to assess the holistic health and well-being of their clients. Over the years of practice, I have also found this tool useful.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

The report includes several recommendations supportive of social work , including the recommendation that every nursing home—regardless of size—employ a. The report also indicates the preference for a master’s degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program for anyone serving as a director of social services in a nursing home.

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Community Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

Champions of asylum-seeking children and anti-racist practice, respectively, were among social workers recognised in the New Year Honours. Children’s practitioner Kirstie Baughan and adult safeguarding lead Shabnam Ahmed were garlanded in the annual list, alongside chief social worker for children and families Isabelle Trowler.

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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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Community Care

MARCH 20, 2024

Most social workers have seen an increase in the number of experienced colleagues quitting their jobs in the past year, according to the British Association of Social Workers’ (BASW) annual survey. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Theme for this year’s Social Worth Month is “empowering social workers.” ” Though it’s easy to understand why this is important, I’d like to take the time to innumerate a few of the many ways social workers help our society. This is why I love celebrating social work month.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The number of social workers leaving children’s posts in English councils or trusts has spiked to its highest point in at least five years, according to Department for Education figures. The number of FTE agency workers increased by 3% on the year to 5,977, a fourth consecutive annual rise.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Rangel and Arriaga are bilingual, bicultural social workers, which makes them highly sought after by social service employers. Experts say there is a shortage of social workers who are fluent in a language other than English. Read the full story in the NASW Social Work Advocates magazine.

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Community Care

JULY 3, 2024

A council found by an employment tribunal to have racially discriminated against a social worker has lodged a second challenge to the decision after losing its initial appeal. 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

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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Social Work Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

Her testimony came nearly a year after a Vermont social worker—the second in eight years—was killed while on the job. Increasingly, yet most commonly, after a fatality, social workers and the organizations that employ and support them are recognizing that personal safety, while important, is an often-overlooked issue.

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Community Care

JUNE 17, 2022

The lack of adult social workers is the sector’s biggest concern as it prepares to deliver the cap on care costs, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has found. More social workers needed amid shortages. It is giving a further £2.9m over that period.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – What is the Difference? – Social workers and case managers are both integral parts of the healthcare industry. Despite having similar educational backgrounds, their job responsibilities differ depending on the services they provide to their clients.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Discover 9 thought-provoking Netflix documentaries for social workers. Delve into the world of social work and take a sneak peek at the reality of this industry. Listed below are our top 8 picks for movies and documentaries that focus on social work and everything that comes with it.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 9, 2023

Curious to know the differences between a Psychologist vs Social Worker? Well, it is vital to note the difference between psychology and social work because they both seek to help individuals in different ways. Do social workers use psychology? Is psychology degree equivalent to social work?

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Local authorities’ use of agency social workers in adults’ services rose by a quarter from September 2022 to September 2023, official figures have shown. Councils employed about 1,900 locum adult social workers in September 2023, compared with around 1,500 a year earlier, according to Skills for Care figures.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Joanne* recently completed the consolidation programme , a mandatory learning and development qualification for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) in Wales. “It All social workers who qualified in Wales on or after 1 April 2016 must complete the programme during their first three-year registration period.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and University of Michigan have released a paper, The White House as a Field Placement Reflections on the Past and a Future for Policy and Political Practice , that features a speech by social worker and White House Fellow Harold Richman.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2024

Since Lyn Romeo announced her retirement in October last year , the tributes to the now former chief social worker for adults from across the profession have been warm and fulsome. Lyn Romeo is without a doubt a social worker for social workers! Will be hugely missed by many and certainly me.

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Community Care

APRIL 12, 2023

Scottish services are losing experienced social workers, leaving newly qualified practitioners without support and putting the quality of services at risk. “SASW are pushing government to urgently act to ensure the workforce is better supported.”

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Agile working practices such as hotdesking are failing to meet social workers’ needs in Scotland and employers should review them, a study has concluded. Our findings (consistent over the last five years) indicate that agile working models in Scotland are failing to meet the needs of social workers.”

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need to know about famous social workers? Famous social workers play an important role in our society, providing much-needed support to individuals and families who are facing difficult life situations. This list in this article comprises the 41+ most influential social workers currently alive.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

A former Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) president has been appointed chief social worker for adults. Sarah McClinton will succeed Lyn Romeo in January 2025 , a year after the longstanding chief left the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) position.

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Community Care

APRIL 26, 2024

The government has readvertised the chief social worker for adults position at a higher salary , six months after it started recruiting for a successor to Lyn Romeo. Having qualifications that meet the requirements to register as a social worker with Social Work England.

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Community Care

JANUARY 20, 2023

Most English councils are struggling to recruit and retain social workers, with finding and keeping children’s practitioners the biggest challenge across the workforce. a year previously, according to Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) research.

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Community Care

JULY 5, 2023

Community Care’s Choose Social Work campaign aims to counteract the negative media coverage of the profession, and show the brilliant work social workers do every day. If anyone knows the impact that negative media coverage has on social workers, that person is Sharon Shoesmith. Why are social workers blamed?

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International Federation of Social Workers

MAY 7, 2022

hrs CET Dear social workers, social services staff and managers, We would like to invite you to take part in a webinar on climate change and the importance of the role social workers […]. IFSW Europe – WEBINAR – Developing eco-wisdom – leave no one behind!

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Community Care

MAY 30, 2023

UNISON is calling on social workers and other council staff in England and Wales to back strikes after opening its industrial action ballot on this year’s council pay offer. A yes vote could lead to walkouts by the union – which represents an estimated 40,000 social workers across the UK – this summer.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 20, 2024

This book aims to showcase social workers’ diverse and impactful roles across various settings. We seek contributions in English from social workers actively practicing or utilizing their social work degrees in traditional or unique settings at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The government has pledged action to tackle “excessive” workload pressures on council children’s social workers as part of its response to the care review. a year earlier, according to an Association of Directors of Children’s Services survey.

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