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• Is SMSing causing you pain?

  
  WhoInnovated.com — Authority: 155
  Excessive SMSing among youngsters can put them at increased risk of suffering from neck and shoulder pain. Judith Gold, an Asst. Professor of Epidemiology at the College of Health Professions and Social Work examined its effect on college students. Excerpt from: Is SMSing causing you pain?
  23 hours ago

• Center for Court Innovation

  
  One Day, One Job — Authority: 129
  I don’t know about you, but I’ve been well enough behaved during the course of my life to avoid any appearances in court. I did have to serve on jury duty for a day a few years ago, but most of knowledge about court rooms comes from tv and movies. Despite my limited knowledge of the legal process, I don’t find ...
  1 day ago

• Possible MSW series

  
  Musings from inside, outside, and underneath — Authority: 124
  I have been thinking about trying to put together a series of blog posts entitled ”I am a social worker too”.  What I want to do is highlight the diversity of fields that social workers work in and that people with MSWs can apply for.  Too often I think the outside view about social workers is limited ...
  3 days ago

• Articles and training material about child behaviour and family issues

  
  Imaginif Child Protection became Serious Business — Authority: 103
  The following short articles are socio educative handouts for use with families. You are welcome to print them out as many times as you want. However,  if you copy or include in other documents, please ensure that the copyright notice always stays in place to Imaginif  imaginif.com.au.Handouts for client ...
  3 days ago

• Id rather be watching X Factor

  
  The Social Work Blog — Authority: 431
  by Daniel Lombard It was Saturday night in Bedford, and the room was filled with gyrating bodies dressed in dinner jackets and dresses. My first taste of the Social Worker of the Year awards , and as the guests let their hair down to put talk about low morale in social work behind them, the mood of celebration was ...
  3 days ago

• Linguist to Assist in Salvaging Remains of Comanche Language, Devising College Course

  
  Texas Tech Today — Authority: 148
  This fall, a Texas Tech University professor of anthropology will begin the difficult task of collecting the remnants of the near-extinct Comanche language, then creating a way it can be taught in a university setting. Jeff Williams, chairman of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, will serve as ...
  3 days ago

• Politicians dodge question of BASWs future role

  
  The Social Work Blog — Authority: 431
  A national college of social work is being mooted as a "fresh start" for the profession, but questions remain about where this will leave the British Association of Social Workers. At BASWs "taking back our profession" rally in London yesterday, the unifying support for a college was apparent.
  3 days ago

• Nonprofit Career Month

  
  Bricks and Mortar — Authority: 115
  As I am finishing up my nonprofit management course, I found this new website – Nonprofit Career Month .  There is a blog, podcast and links to state based nonprofit associations and resources.  This project is powered through the work of Idealist.org the first place people go to find a nonprofit job or ...
  3 days ago

• Adjustments and Thoughts

  
  Fighting Monsters — Authority: 417
  A few changes going on at work. We have had an adjustment in the management structure which means my direct line manager is switching with another manager. I am not overly distressed by this as although I got on well with my manager, I also have a lot of respect for the person who is taking over. She’s very ...
  3 days ago

• In honor of Veterans Day, please consider joining Give an Hour

  
  NASW Press Room Blog — Authority: 116
  Give an Hour is a national nonprofit organization providing free counseling and other mental health services to members of the military, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and their loved ones.  Join the more than 4,500 mental health professionals who have already donated nearly 20,000 hours to make a difference in ...
  4 days ago

• Social Networking Website by iStory

  
  Pro Freelance Projects — Authority: 179
  Work for Hire We are looking for life long partners. All of the design is done (will be provided in pictures) So there is nothing you actually have to think up of. Only the coding for this [...]
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• Aftermath

  
  Fighting Monsters — Authority: 417
  It’s been a year since the ‘Baby P’ story broke about Peter Connolly and his tragic death following a litany of appalling abuse by his carers. As he was on the child protection register and known to Haringey Social Services and had contact with primary and secondary health care services, the fallout concentrated ...
  5 days ago

• Martin Wainwright in Sheffield on a project to remodel social work

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Martin Wainwright in Sheffield on a project aimed at remodelling social work Martin Wainwright
  6 days ago

• News Release: Strangers in a Strange (Canadian) Land

  
  University of Manitoba News Blog — Authority: 125
  The Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba is presenting a unique opportunity to help gain relevant insight and knowledge into current immigrant issues in Canada. The second annual conference on “Strangers in New Homelands: Deconstructing and Reconstructing of ‘Home’ Among Immigrants in the ...
  6 days ago

• New website for Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives

  
  Bricks and Mortar — Authority: 115
  Received this from a list serv: Friends – Good news! The White House has just launched the new Internet home of the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.  You can find it at www.whitehouse.gov/partnerships .   This website will help faith-based and neighborhood organizations learn more about ...
  6 days ago

• New Issues of Dev. Outreach, E&RS, EJML, J. Immigr. Minor. Health

  
  Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog — Authority: 129
  Development Outreach, vol. 11, no. 2 (Oct. 2009) [full-text]- Focus of this issue is "Fragility and Conflict."Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 32, no. 9 (Nov. 2009) [free full-text]- I already posted a reference to this issue, but I noticed it is now freely accessible so here it is again! Includes "First generation ...
  6 days ago

• A tougher GSCC? No thanks!

  
  The Social Care Experts Blog — Authority: 420
   by Allan Norman You might have thought from the media coverage of the GSCC between its discovery of a backlog of conduct cases and its sacking of its Chief Executive , that its problem was that it wasnt tough enough, and the solution was that in future it would need to be tougher. Neither is the case. Dame ...
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• How to appreciate your client group

  
  The Social Work Blog — Authority: 431
  This has happened to me before. Im presently sat at home typing thisrather than in the office because in my attempt to be Kobe Bryant Iended up sprawled on the floor clutching a badly sprained ankle.Thats not what has happened before though. What has happened to me before is appreciating in avery small way what ...
  1 week ago

• Social workers: have you seen colleagues snap under pressure?

  
  Mad World — Authority: 425
  Childrens services director Kim Bromley Derry recently said it was not uncommon for social workers to become vindictive when faced with aggressive and abusive service users.
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• High social worker sickness rates reported in Liverpool

  
  The Social Work Blog — Authority: 431
  Liverpool social workers took 28,727 days - equivalent to 78 years - of sick leave in the first nine months of 2009, the Liverpool Echo reported today . This works out at an average of 12.7 days off per staff member between January and September.   However, when you compare this to the national average ...
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