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@CoramVoice
9 months ago
🆕😺 Have you seen our new AdvoCat comic? We also have activity sheets, videos and more information on our website 🔽… https://t.co/ZVRK4HKpC1
External news
1 year ago

Social care staff worst hit by long Covid, figures reveal

Social care staff have been worst hit by long Covid among occupational groups in the UK figures have revealed An estimated of sector staff reported long Covid symptoms in the four weeks up to December having first...
@CoramVoice
9 months ago
RT @Coram: #EYASpace @explorearchives In some of Coram’s Foundling Hospital Archive records, the days of the week are symbolised by an astr…
External news
1 year ago

Pause ‘disruptive’ National Care Service plan to tackle funding shortfalls, councils urge ministers

The Scottish Government must pause its 'disruptive' plans to remove social care from council control in order to shore up local authority services that face real-terms cuts in - That was the message this week from the Convention of Scottish...
@researchIP
9 months ago
Be sure to join us on 27 July for an interactive event to find out more about learning theory and knowledge mobilis… https://t.co/m7cNgSb357
External news
1 year ago

Social care leaders hailed in New Year Honours

Social care leaders from across local and central government and provider bodies have been recognised in the New Year Honours as the sector battles one of the toughest winters in many years Leaders of two of the main provider organisations...
@educationgovuk
9 months ago
It's #SATs results day, and overall improvements in maths and writing show that children are making good progress i… https://t.co/qvZehbsfRE
External news
1 year ago

Troubled times: Canadian social workers’ early adversities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Canadian social workers were surveyed about early adversities mental health and resilience Bivariate analysis n was conducted to understand relationships between predictor and outcome variables and logistic regression analyses were conducted for depression post-traumatic stress disorder anxiety and resilience The impact of pandemic-related factors was also investigated The results indicate that social workers are experiencing concerning levels of mental health issues with significantly lower levels of...
@barnardos
9 months ago
📆 During the school holidays the risk of a child being criminally or sexually exploited increases 📈 So does the ri… https://t.co/MJA2XNk9HG
External news
1 year ago

Assembling social determinants of health: COVID-19 vaccination inequities for international students in Canada

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt In this article we apply theories of non-citizenship assemblage to conceptualise the dynamic relationship of social determinants of health for international students in Canada who face barriers to accessing COVID- vaccines and verifying their vaccination status Social workers' roles in responding to and reducing these inequities are also discussed with attention to micro practice meso service integration and macro public policy advocacy Through theorising assembled inequities...
@childrensociety
9 months ago
"These are not, in fact, ‘ concessions’, just more smoke and mirrors from the government." said Marieke Widmann, Po… https://t.co/VxjJj3jCUj
External news
1 year ago

‘The most supportive service I have worked in’: how a transition team is transforming lives

Turning is an important milestone in any young person's life But for young people who need social care it also marks the transition point between children's and adults' services -- a process that has traditionally been a challenge in...
@NICEComms
9 months ago
Fighting antimicrobial resistance is a priority area for health care systems around the globe. We're working with… https://t.co/zAMhve7kOE
External news
1 year ago

Community Wellbeing Social Worker

https jobs communitycare co uk job community-wellbeing-social-worker...
@childrensociety
9 months ago
RT @RefugeeTogether: Today top UK children’s charities have joined 150+ organisations to condemn this Government’s plan to lock up refugee…
External news
1 year ago

Therapeutic support for children, foster carers and social workers

I came to South Gloucestershire because I wanted to work in a place where I felt I could work therapeutically Fostering social worker Anna is discussing her motivations for joining South Gloucestershire Council three-and-a-half years ago Chief among them was...
@NSPCC
9 months ago
@WINi__10 @LondonMarathon @UKRunChat Brilliant - thanks so much for your support! #TeamNSPCC
External news
1 year ago

‘I feel like, as social workers, our voices have been listened to’

A few weeks ago children's social worker Janny received a letter from a father she had been supporting who had experienced domestic abuse He wanted to thank her and let her know he and his family were moving into a...
@socialworkaward
9 months ago
What made the Team of the Year for Children's Services (including MDTs) stand out last year? Here's a look back at… https://t.co/L1tLcoymtE
External news
1 year ago

Workloads and lack of supervision undermining child protection practice, find studies

High workloads and a lack of supervision are undermining the professional curiosity and challenge needed for effective child protection practice research has found Several serious case reviews found that high workloads meant social workers lacked the time to build the...