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1 year ago
Five pillars of well-being for social work in times of local and global challenges
International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt...
CSWM news
1 year ago
Wakefield Social Worker Recruitment Day (Children & Young People's Service)
If you're considering permanent work, then turn up to Wakefield's DROP-IN recruitment day
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...