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3 years ago

Social workers’ wellbeing at work lower than that of other professions in wake of Covid, finds research

Social workers' wellbeing at work is lower than that of other health and social care staff groups in the wake of Covid research has found The profession's quality of working life has also fallen further than nurses' midwives' social care...
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3 years ago

Community – Care Leavers Week

A community can be defined as a group of people who are considered a unit because of their similar interests Read more...
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3 years ago

Social workers urged to help tackle impact on Gypsy and Traveller families of tougher eviction laws

Social workers have been urged to help tackle the impact on Gypsy and Traveller families of increased police powers to evict them from unauthorised camps brought in this year Practitioners from the communities have produced a guide to carrying out...
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3 years ago

Social work with interpreters: lessons from research

By Sarah Pollock Working via interpreters is an increasingly common necessity across the social work and care workforces The Census showed that people across England described themselves as unable to speak English either well or at all More...
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3 years ago

Yvette Stanley letter to the Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

Ofsted's National Director Regulation and Social Care provides analysis of evidence around workforce sufficiency in residential special schools as part of a national review...
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3 years ago

Coping with the care cap: the clock is ticking

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3 years ago

A Reflection on Language That Cares

Back in we created Language That Cares a guidebook aiming to reconsider the words we use both in the Read more...
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3 years ago

The utilisation of Ubuntu across cultures: A case study of a rural development programme in China

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Ubuntu generally means humanity It is an African philosophy and a principle that is being promoted by the international bodies of social work Like other Western knowledge its capacity for indigenisation should be a shared interest nowadays This article assesses the utilisation of Ubuntu for a rural development programme in China It illustrates Ubuntu's unique perspectives about traditional values and human relationships for promoting a holistic...
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3 years ago

Acceptance of using technologies in telesupervision during the pandemic: An international study

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This study utilizes the Technology Acceptance Model by exploring the relationship between user acceptance attitude and actual usage behaviors of technological tools in telesupervision among supervisors in international societies Specifically the age of supervisors is examined to see whether it mediates the relationship between acceptance attitude and usage behavior Survey data were collected from supervisors in international societies using online Survey Monkey The results indicated a...
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3 years ago

Addressing the essential skills competency in teaching among social work educators in Malaysian public universities

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt The article derives data from a qualitative study conducted to address the essential skills competency in teaching among social work educators in Malaysian public universities The study conducted in-depth case interviews with selected lecturers who teach social work education in public universities in Malaysia The results showed that social work educators believe in communication skills cognitive skills analytical skills hands-on practice and continuous training for quality...