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3 years ago

Every child deserves the best start in life

Ofsted has today published a new strategy for the next years to...
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3 years ago

HMCI commentary: Ofsted's strategy 2022 to 2027

HM Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman introduces Ofsted's new strategy...
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3 years ago

More voices from Ukraine 2

Raisa was until very recently Executive Director Board Chair and co-founder in of the All Ukrainian NGO Coalition for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities It is a network of Ukrainian local non-governmental organizations and agencies for persons with intellectual disabilities representing about thousand families from all the regions of Ukraine...
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3 years ago

Spirituality and religion in social work practice

I saw exploring religion and spirituality as essential to widening my lens and learning tools to support a wider spectrum of children families and communities...
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3 years ago

Social Work Voices from Ukraine

Professor Oksana Boyko starts the series of social work voices from Ukraine As the war continues she shares her understandably strong feelings and begins the reflection on the activity of social work in the middle of this invasion...
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3 years ago

Ubuntu among the ‘born frees’: Exploring the transmission of social values through community engagement in South Africa

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Ubuntu was recently adopted as the first theme for the -- global agenda for social work and yet little research is available to explore how it is transmitted and implemented in communities The authors present findings of a qualitative study conducted in an academic setting in South Africa where the transmission of Ubuntu was discussed among young adult 'born frees' Students seemed to embrace principles of...
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3 years ago

UNSEEN UK Anti-Slavery Charity

Unseen have supported women at their women's safehouse men at their men's safehouse and over survivors in the community...
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3 years ago

Positioning structural social work in Indian context

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Postmodern ideologies and human rights movements in the last quarter of the th century contributed to the development of a critical radical approach in social work practice and education in North America This 'structural social work' approach argues that social problems are largely the result of oppressive social structures not individual deficiencies Social workers are ethically obligated to change oppressive structures rather than simply helping clients...
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3 years ago

Is mediation a profession? Views of professionals and trainers from an international perspective

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt The main aim of this article is to understand whether in the opinion of experts and professionals mediation has sufficient substance to be considered an autonomous profession in comparison with other professions and specifically with social work For this purpose a qualitative study was performed based on an analysis of the data obtained from interviews and three focus groups held with participants from eight different countries...
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3 years ago

Foster Care in “Instant Family” – an honest depiction or an oversimplified gimmick?

In the fostering world was offered a comedic take on the journey to becoming new foster parents Both aptly Read more...