Social work news
@hscwru
9 months ago
RT @Aspirantdiva: We shouldn't assume the information carers need is available online & that they can access it. New #openaccess @CPEC_LSE…
CSWM news
1 year ago

It's Social Work Week 2023

What's on throughout this year's Social Work Week?
@CSACentre
9 months ago
Download it, and our suite of free education resources for education professionals, by education professionals, her… https://t.co/9DJcFaDhHu
External news
1 year ago

‘Everybody needs to be on board’: Individual and organisational youth worker experiences of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy training and implementation in a multi-cultural Singaporean context

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Despite growing knowledge of intervention outcomes associated with Solution-Focused Brief Therapy practitioner-centred processes of training and implementation especially involving social workers of the same organisation in a non-Western Asian setting remain research gaps Over year using in-depth qualitative interviews with Singaporean youth workers to understand individual and organisational experiences of training and implementation findings indicated that chronologically and cumulatively the combination of a formative training experience...
@CSACentre
9 months ago
School staff need support to effectively respond to this behaviour. Our Safety planning in education guide supports… https://t.co/tH1OCxxpOA
External news
1 year ago

Government pushes ahead with rollout of SEND social work lead role

The government will strongly encourage councils to appoint social work leads for special educational needs and disability SEND provision it said today It confirmed its support for authorities appointing designated social care officers DSCOs in its improvement plan for SEND...
@CSACentre
9 months ago
The report highlights that teachers and schools often struggle to find the necessary time and resources to effectiv… https://t.co/RfYGDA5sxc
External news
1 year ago

Councils no longer getting additional payments for taking asylum-seeking children from hotels

The Home Office has ended a scheme to give councils additional payments to incentivise them to take in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from hotels on its scheduled date As of today authorities will no longer receive for each child they...
@CSACentre
9 months ago
Schools play a vital role in identifying and responding to child sexual abuse, and in working to prevent sexual har… https://t.co/BvGTk33AW2
External news
1 year ago

A good casework relationship and Buddhist philosophy

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Thus far casework practice has been based solely on reason In this article we propose that to form a good casework relationship between worker and client it is important to adopt a mental state that goes beyond reason This refers to a state of mind wherein the workers themselves abandon their attachment to the 'self' obsession with the self...
@educationgovuk
9 months ago
RT @hmtreasury: 1 in 4 women in England & Wales will experience domestic abuse in their lives. One form of domestic abuse is economic abus…
External news
1 year ago

Systems for challenging adult social care decisions failing, warns rights regulator

The system for challenging councils on their adult social care decisions is failing those who need it the Equality and Human Rights Commission EHRC has warned Inaccessible information complicated and stressful processes and a lack of advocacy were undermining people's...
@NSPCCLearning
9 months ago
Last week the UK Parliament Women and Equalities Committee has published a report on the prevalence of sexual haras… https://t.co/CotXoHJEEI
External news
1 year ago

Unavailability of beds, doctors and transport increasing risks for those in crisis, warn AMHP heads

An unavailability of mental health beds doctors and transport are leading to severe delays in Mental Health Act MHA assessments that are increasing risks to people and their families That was the warning from approved mental health professional leaders...
@CoramBAAF
9 months ago
Opportunities and challenges in long term foster care This Learning from Research webinar was presented by Gillia… https://t.co/RN7eZwkI6O
External news
1 year ago

Family Court Adviser (Social Worker) – Private Law, Maidstone

https jobs communitycare co uk job family-court-adviser-social-worker-private-law-work-after-first-hearing-maidstone...
@hscwru
9 months ago
RT @Aspirantdiva: If you're experienced in managing grants, budgets, data protection, and financial reporting, there's a job for you with u…
External news
1 year ago

40% rise in number of social workers quitting children’s posts annually over past five years

The number of children's social workers quitting their posts annually has risen by in five years Department for Education figures have shown While councils lost full-time equivalent FTE staff in the year to September this jumped to...
@NICEComms
9 months ago
#ICYMI - Last week we celebrated #NHS75. Hear from @SamRobertsNHS as she reflected on the achievements of the NHS… https://t.co/Tn0BGkQyEe
External news
1 year ago

Social Work Recap: soaring vacancies, social care users left in debt and Shamima Begum

Social Work Recap is a weekly series where we present key news events conversations tweets and campaigns around social work from the preceding week From the soaring vacancies in the children's social work sector and Community Care's Festival of Learning...