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@cypnow
7 hours ago
@cypnow Read here: https://t.co/HJ1nFFuFq1
External news
1 week 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...
@cypnow
7 hours ago
OPINION: #LookCloser campaign tackles child exploitation In the March edition of CYP Now, chief executive of The C… https://t.co/C8NZ4x1ZQD
External news
1 week ago

News from our societies: ICSW: A decade of global activities on social protection floors

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt...
@CommunityCare
7 hours ago
'I want social workers to come back because they will see a different place to the one they left' - Community Care https://t.co/SE6hR5tbwo
External news
1 week ago

Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt...
@Child_Leeds
7 hours ago
RT @chrisansellart: Always a pleasure catching up with the team at Child Friendly Leeds!
External news
2 weeks 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...
@Child_Leeds
7 hours ago
RT @PlayfulAnytime: This has been one of the most amazing partnerships. Working with the team at @leedslibraries has been so collaborative…
External news
2 weeks 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...
@nasw
8 hours ago
RT @AngelaFWilliams: Last year, the wage gap for Black women was $0.63 for every $1.00 made by white men. This year ... it’s $0.58📉 On #Bl…
External news
2 weeks 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...
@nasw
8 hours ago
RT @NASWTX: Happy World Social Work Day! 🌏 #WSWD2023 #SocialWorkMonth #SWMonth2023 #SocialWorkBreaksBarriers @NASW @IFSW https://t.co/3rNdE…
External news
3 weeks 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...
@nasw
8 hours ago
RT @Mittjoy: Legislative Alerts take action #retweet & notify others #Socialworkersbreakbarriers @nasw ⁦@CSocialWorkEd⁩ ⁦@BPDAssociation⁩ ⁦…
External news
3 weeks 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...
@dez_holmes
10 hours ago
RT @krishgm: I'm sorry to say we won't be able to hold the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to account tonight for the Casey Report's findi…
External news
3 weeks 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...
@dez_holmes
10 hours ago
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External news
3 weeks 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...