International Social Work Volume Issue Page - January lt br gt This article discusses the violence perpetrated by clients against social workers who provided services to COVID- patients and their families in Chilean hospitals during the initial peak of the disease in the country In this way this becomes the first study to analyze client violence toward social workers in the health crisis generated by the pandemic The results indicate that the presence of aggressions...

Children's social work charity Frontline is delighted to have been awarded the new social work leadership development contract by the Department for Education following a competitive tendering process...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Research on the impact of the COVID- pandemic on social workers is limited especially from low-income countries Hence this study examined the effect of this international health crisis on the mental health of social workers in health care settings in Egypt Generalized anxiety and stress generated by fear of COVID- directly influenced social workers' intention to leave their current job The findings show the vulnerability of...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt We compare the systems of social work education and training in Hong Kong and Australia according to three aspects the admission criteria for candidates of social work training programmes the quality of social work training and the induction of novice social workers into professional practice...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt In -- a large Swedish hospital introduced a mobile team of asylum social workers to work with asylum-seeking and undocumented patients Based on interviews with the asylum social workers and the theoretical concepts of jurisdiction and professional discretion this study explores how they experienced their work and developed their specialist competence and strategies for health social work with migrants The findings show that they not only...

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Children and Families Across Borders CFAB the UK's only NGO with a dedicated international social work team Children and Families Across Borders http www cfab org uk which alerts social services and professionally assesses long-term care options for children domestically and in countries to ensure every child has a safe home...

Stephen Martineau is Research Fellow at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce King's College London words At the British Academy earlier this month Dr Camillia Kong Birkbeck College and colleagues presented their end-of-project findings Continue reading...

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The consultation asks for views on a proposed new judgement on the experiences and progress of care leavers...