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3 years ago

Practice reflection: How social workers can use an intersectionality lens to understand recent older refugees falling through the cracks in services: Using Vancouver, Canada, as an example

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This article is a practice reflection of a social worker working with recent older refugees in Vancouver Canada Using an intersectionality lens she will refer to four service areas to explain how recent older refugees can fall through the cracks She will propose recommendations on practice at different levels...
External news
3 years ago

Senior Social Worker – Duty and Assessment

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3 years ago

Social work field education in the United Arab Emirates: Emerging standards, opportunities, and challenges

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This article describes the current status of social work field education in the United Arab Emirates Using a case study approach the authors explore field education differences and commonalities between two federal higher education institutions Although nascent United Arab Emirate professional organizations have been established or are in the process of being established The authors call for further development of field guidelines and standards of practice...
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3 years ago

Council’s ‘relentless drive’ to improve children’s experiences helps it shed ‘inadequate’ tag

Stoke-on-Trent has shed its 'inadequate' status with Ofsted praising its co-ordinated and relentless drive to improve children's experiences despite pandemic hardships The council came under government intervention in after an inspection found children were not being protected cases were...
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3 years ago

Almost 4,000 social workers removed as 96% renew registration

Story updated December Almost social workers will no longer be able to in practise in England because they did not renew their registration this year according to provisional figures The number marks an increase on last...
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3 years ago

Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board to close this month

The Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board ASGLB will close this month the Department for Education has confirmed The DfE said it was considering the creation of new structures to deliver on the recommendations of the Independent Review of Children's...
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3 years ago

Latest rise in care population driven by growth in number of asylum-seeking children, show DfE figures

The number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in care has grown by over the past year driving the latest increase in the care population Department for Education's DfE statistics on looked-after children in England showed the number of unaccompanied children...
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3 years ago

Growth in number of asylum-seeking children drives latest rise in care population, show DfE figures

The number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in care has grown by over the past year driving the latest increase in the care population Department for Education's DfE statistics on looked-after children in England released earlier this month showed the...
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3 years ago

Advice for social workers, working with a disabled young person.

My name is Julie and I am a qualified social worker For the majority of my social work career I was a senior practitioner in a children with disabilities team I moved to Frontline in as a Practice Tutor before joining the Curriculum team in...
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3 years ago

Older people unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals because of poor DoLS practice, warns CQC

Older people are being unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals in very many cases because of poor practice around the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards DoLS the Care Quality Commission has warned The CQC said that in some older people's wards...