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1 day ago

Inspiring people into social work

Children’s Social Workers from across Yorkshire & the Humber back region-wide campaign to inspire others to take up vital role
@cypnow
5 hours ago
@cypnow Read here: https://t.co/HJ1nFFuFq1
CSWM news
1 day ago

Step Up to Social Work: 2023 Application deadline extended

The deadline for the popular fast-track social work course has been extended to 3rd April
@cypnow
5 hours ago
OPINION: #LookCloser campaign tackles child exploitation In the March edition of CYP Now, chief executive of The C… https://t.co/C8NZ4x1ZQD
External news
1 week ago

News from our societies: ICSW: A decade of global activities on social protection floors

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt...
@CommunityCare
5 hours ago
'I want social workers to come back because they will see a different place to the one they left' - Community Care https://t.co/SE6hR5tbwo
External news
1 week ago

Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt...
@Child_Leeds
6 hours ago
RT @chrisansellart: Always a pleasure catching up with the team at Child Friendly Leeds!
External news
1 week ago

Five pillars of well-being for social work in times of local and global challenges

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt...
@Child_Leeds
6 hours ago
RT @PlayfulAnytime: This has been one of the most amazing partnerships. Working with the team at @leedslibraries has been so collaborative…
CSWM news
1 week ago

Wakefield Social Worker Recruitment Day (Children & Young People's Service)

If you're considering permanent work, then turn up to Wakefield's DROP-IN recruitment day
@nasw
7 hours ago
RT @AngelaFWilliams: Last year, the wage gap for Black women was $0.63 for every $1.00 made by white men. This year ... it’s $0.58📉 On #Bl…
CSWM news
1 week ago

It's Social Work Week 2023

What's on throughout this year's Social Work Week?
@nasw
7 hours ago
RT @NASWTX: Happy World Social Work Day! 🌏 #WSWD2023 #SocialWorkMonth #SWMonth2023 #SocialWorkBreaksBarriers @NASW @IFSW https://t.co/3rNdE…
External news
2 weeks ago

‘Everybody needs to be on board’: Individual and organisational youth worker experiences of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy training and implementation in a multi-cultural Singaporean context

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Despite growing knowledge of intervention outcomes associated with Solution-Focused Brief Therapy practitioner-centred processes of training and implementation especially involving social workers of the same organisation in a non-Western Asian setting remain research gaps Over year using in-depth qualitative interviews with Singaporean youth workers to understand individual and organisational experiences of training and implementation findings indicated that chronologically and cumulatively the combination of a formative training experience...
@nasw
7 hours ago
RT @Mittjoy: Legislative Alerts take action #retweet & notify others #Socialworkersbreakbarriers @nasw ⁦@CSocialWorkEd⁩ ⁦@BPDAssociation⁩ ⁦…
External news
2 weeks ago

Government pushes ahead with rollout of SEND social work lead role

The government will strongly encourage councils to appoint social work leads for special educational needs and disability SEND provision it said today It confirmed its support for authorities appointing designated social care officers DSCOs in its improvement plan for SEND...
@dez_holmes
8 hours ago
RT @krishgm: I'm sorry to say we won't be able to hold the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to account tonight for the Casey Report's findi…
External news
2 weeks ago

Councils no longer getting additional payments for taking asylum-seeking children from hotels

The Home Office has ended a scheme to give councils additional payments to incentivise them to take in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from hotels on its scheduled date As of today authorities will no longer receive for each child they...
@dez_holmes
8 hours ago
Spot the leader https://t.co/Ft9xtVYTzG
External news
2 weeks ago

A good casework relationship and Buddhist philosophy

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Thus far casework practice has been based solely on reason In this article we propose that to form a good casework relationship between worker and client it is important to adopt a mental state that goes beyond reason This refers to a state of mind wherein the workers themselves abandon their attachment to the 'self' obsession with the self...