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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Social Work”
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The Importance of Information
Fighting Monsters —
Authority: 417
I looked through my ‘draft’ folder this morning and for some reason, found each of my previously written posts (there are probably around 20 of them knocking around in various stages of the ‘gestation’ process) unsatisfactory. Some were just too detailed and need more work and effort to anonymise them ...13 hours ago -
Minister backs creation of Royal College of Social Work
Baby Chums —
Authority: 493
Minister Ed Balls says the government will announce the intent to create a Royal College of Social Work to create more ‘professional standards’ in the industry. A report due to be delivered on Tuesday by the U.K.’s social work task force is expected to recommend a national college of social work be created to ...2 days ago -
Panama - Casco Antiguo News: 4th Graduation of Foundation Calicanto
Panama Casco Viejo Blog —
Authority: 121
Panama Casco Antiguo Casco Viejo Panama Real Estate For Sale For Rent by Iranovy Grenald (excerpt from la Prensa) The Foundation Calicanto of Panama is full of overcoming stories. Since 2006 when this programs started until now has certified at least 100 women that proceed ...3 days ago -
Pay debate rages on CareSpace
The Social Work Blog —
Authority: 130
Social workers salaries have been a hot topic on CareSpace for the past couple of weeks. On one thread, the discussion has focused on whether or not social workers deserve to be paid more or less than other public sector staff . A central question seems to be, should pay be assessed according to the risk involved ...3 days ago -
First opportunity to discuss the Social Work Task Force report
The Social Work Blog —
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Care services minister Phil Hope and childrens minister Baroness Morgan will give the governments response to the Social Work Task Force report at a special Community Care conference next Thursday. Social Work Task Force and Beyond: Rising to the Challenges will provide the first opportunity to discuss the ...3 days ago -
Social Assistance?
Socyberty —
Authority: 507
So I found out tonight that the social assistance program, or welfare, is really quite useless. For a 4 person family, they could receive up to $1118. Now, can anyone tell me how that is going to cover all monthly expenses? News flash…it won’t! Bills, childcare, rent/mortgage, groceries, misc…this goes way over ...3 days ago -
The future of adult social care in England
The Social Work Blog —
Authority: 130
Quick straw poll: Has the delivery of frontline adult social care services remained high on the agenda for your organisation, despite the economic crisis? A large majority (84%) of social care workers and managers at the Transforming the Adult Social Care Workforce: Putting People First conference in London on ...4 days ago -
MP accuses Suffolk Council of "kidnapping" children
The Social Work Blog —
Authority: 130
Tim Yeo, Conservative MP for South Suffolk, has accused Suffolk Council of "kidnapping" newly born babies in cases where the birth parents do not wish to give them up for adoption. Writing ahead of last nights adjournment debate on the adoption and custody of children in Suffolk, Yeo expressed "deep concerns" about ...4 days ago -
Personal Care at Home Bill
Fighting Monsters —
Authority: 417
The Bill claiming to bring in the promised free home care for those with critical needs was introduced to parliament yesterday. There is a lengthy ‘impact assessment’ available at the Department of Health website that I don’t have time to trawl through before going to work this morning. A brief perusal ...4 days ago -
Moving on Individual Budgets
Fighting Monsters —
Authority: 417
And so it starts. Currently we are still in ‘pilot’ phase of the Individual Budget roll-out – the forefront of the personalisation and self-directed support agenda and if that sentence made little sense to you – you can probably count yourself lucky! Very basically there is an ideologically welcome move ...5 days ago -
What kinds of jobs are a good start for someone making a career change from social work to business/MBA? ?
Jobs at home - Legit work —
Authority: 150
I currently work a case manager for a non-profit organization. I am no longer interested in direct service, and decided to go back to school for a degree in business. I am half way through my MBA program, however, I am finding it very hard to find entry-level jobs in business (of any kind) with past experience in ...1 week ago -
Kavita Karkare gets sympathetic hearing from Sonia Gandhi (Lead)
Thaindian News —
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New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Kavita Karkare, the widow of slain Maharashtra top cop Hemant Karkare, got a sympathetic hearing from Congress president Sonia Gandhi on whom she called on here Monday.The Congress chief reportedly told her she empathised with her grief as her husband (former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi) too ...1 week ago -
Social work jobs under threat in Aberdeen
Mad World —
Authority: 125
The Press and Journal reports that scores of social work jobs are under threat in Aberdeen, as the council considers closing care homes for older people.1 week ago -
An absolute must read on Race and Privilege
Musings from inside, outside, and underneath —
Authority: 129
Yesterday I mentioned thinking about my own privilege . Once of the most often referenced, and in my opinion, accessible articles on what privilege is was written in 1988 by a woman named Peggy McIntosh. I am linking to a place online where you can read the article and really hope that everyone will take the time ...1 week ago -
Older problem drinkers use more booze than younger counterparts
Thaindian News —
Authority: 729
Washington, November 22 (ANI): Older people have to drink more than the younger ones in order to get the same level of high, a new study claims.Researchers at Ohio State University learnt that alcoholics over age 60 drink more than 40 alcoholic drinks a week on average, while people from younger age groups consume ...1 week ago -
Ooooo Mr. Burns, Feel The LOVE!
Homeless Tales —
Authority: 415
"So we have our tea and cookies, yap about the problem we all know existed for the last ten years, figure out how to make a buck off it and then step over the body of the person that died while we were all busy discussing his problems for him, instead of going out and grabbing him a place to live so we DONT have to ...1 week ago -
Do We Really Protect Our Children?
Socyberty —
Authority: 507
It is far too often I see articles regarding children abused, mistreated and neglected. Stories of children being left alone by themselves, while parents are off doing, well, who knows what. Incidents of social services taking a child from a parent, only to have that child die in the chosen persons ...1 week ago -
On Probation
Fighting Monsters —
Authority: 417
In some unsurprising but still welcome news , Community Care reports that the Social Work Taskforce is proposing a ‘qualifying year’ post degree and pre-registration to all social workers coming into the workforce from university. It makes perfect sense and it’s amazing that it was not a check that was brought ...1 week ago -
University gets $56 million in funding
News from The University of Texas at Austin —
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University of Texas at Austin researchers have received 123 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grants for nearly $56 million.The projects are spread among 14 schools and units with many of the projects crossing disciplinary boundaries. They range from research into energy sources and storage devices, ...1 week ago -
How to defend against social-media brand thieves (Federal Computer Week)
Stompernet SEO Course —
Authority: 166
Strategies businesses use for social media also work well for government organizations, a Web marketing expert said at the Web 2.0 Expo.1 week ago
