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ACAAI: Counseling Cut Asthma Visits for Harlem Kids (CME/CE)
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MIAMI BEACH (MedPage Today) -- When children with asthma were assigned social workers as counselors to help them stay on medication and deal with other problems, the youngsters spent less time in emergency departments and got greater relief of symptoms, investigators reported here.2 days ago -
High social worker sickness rates reported in Liverpool
The Social Work Blog —
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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 ...2 days ago -
Parents losing children in loaded system
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Against a background of prejudice and out-of-date assessments, six out of 10 parents with learning disabilities are having their children removed for adoption, research by Bristol University suggests. In Birmingham, where childrens services were described as "not fit for purpose" in a government report, social ...2 days ago -
Reality more fascinating than fiction: ‘Smile Pinki’ director
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Mumbai, Nov 8 (IANS) Megan Mylan, the director of Oscar winning documentary “Smile Pinki” who is here for the ongoing Mumbai International Children’s Film Festival, says she is more fascinated by reality than fiction. The filmmaker says her movie on the Indian village girl with a cleft lip was compiled after ...3 days ago -
A Powerful Idea on Youth Violence
Innovation Toronto —
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Image by chicagopublicradio via Flickr As a former beat cop, Ron Huberman , the new chief of public schools in Chicago, learned long ago that violence among young urban people could not be solved simply by hauling ever larger numbers of children off to jail. With the prompting and support of his boss, Mayor ...4 days ago -
Egypt has an estimated 6 million drug ad…
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Egypt has an estimated 6 million drug addicts, about 7 percent of the population. Al Jazeera reports. Psychiatrist quoted in the report: “You need to go to the people who have started to experiment with cigarette smoking by the age of 8, who are dropouts of school, who are not doing very well in school, who have ...6 days ago -
Review: Panorama- The child protectors
The Social Work Blog —
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Review: Panorama goes on the frontline with Coventrys child protection team looking at the challenges social workers face BBC, Monday 2 November *****1 week ago -
4 DHS WORKERS OUSTED IN FALLOUT FROM DANIEAL KELLY CASE
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4 DHS Workers Ousted in Fallout from Danieal Kelly Case http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/3117385.php? ? by KYW’s Mike Dunn see related story ). Four DHS workers involved in the death of 14-year old Danieal Kelley are now being shown the door. The four employees — Shawn Davis, Ingrid ...1 week ago -
Too stupid to marry? GMTV Interview Kerry Robertson
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GMTV interview with MENCAP, discussing case in which mother (in Scotland) with learning disabilities may have her baby taken away after birth because she may be unfit to mother. Topics discussed are child welfare, support given to mothers with learning disabilities, fathers rights, and what constitutes a ...2 weeks ago -
How to avoid bad reactions to being a social worker
The Social Work Blog —
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The other day I met a social worker. I know, big news for a social workjournalist, eh?! But, given that we meet outside work, the surprising thing was she admitted to me thatshe was a social worker in the first place. I have seen people getverbally harangued by ordinarily reasonable strangers at parties forsimply ...2 weeks ago -
The Results Are In: These reports can help you understand your place on the professional social work spectrum
NASW Press Room Blog —
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Find out where to take your career and how to get there! The NASW Center for Workforce Studies has compiled survey results, indentified decision points, and classified the social work labor force to help you understand your place on the professional spectrum. These reports are must haves for any social worker ...2 weeks ago -
(Part IV) NASW Executive Director Elizabeth Clark Leads Social Work Delegation to Egypt
NASW Press Room Blog —
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Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH Our delegation was received today by the social work faculty of Helwan University. We were met by the Dean, Prof. Dr. Maher Abo Elmaate, and by the Vice Deans for Post Graduate Studies and Community Organization. Their faculty mission is “Preparing a high quality social worker ...2 weeks ago -
Morale in adult social work is high, DH claims
The Social Work Blog —
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by Daniel Lombard Adult social work teams across England are enjoying high levels of morale, a top civil servant has claimed. Glen Mason, director of social care performance and leadership at the Department of Health, told Community Care that despite adult directorates struggling with average vacancy rates of ...2 weeks ago -
Adoptions plagued by racial bias
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By Enrique Rangel October 25, 2009 / lubbockonline AUSTIN - Over the years a good number of childless American couples have traveled to China, Guatemala, Romania and other faraway countries to adopt a child. read more2 weeks ago -
Child abuse: On the front line
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Interviews by Michael Bilton October 25, 2009 / Timesonline Kelly Murray is a 33-year-old NSPCC social worker, and mother, seconded to Ceop read more2 weeks ago -
Is obesity reason to remove, and perhaps medicate?
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An article found in UKs Mailonline features the story of a family broken and separated by social workers because the parents have many obese children. According to media reports, immediately after birth, the newest addition to the "very large" family was taken away by a social worker, and that newborn infant ...2 weeks ago -
Social Work, Camera, Action! Bromley-Derry wants social work on TV
The Social Work Blog —
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Be brave, be open and be on TV. That was the message from Kim Bromley-Derry this week when he said, with a lively grin, that social workers need a Police, Camera, Action style show all of their own. But the ADCS president was making a serious point. He asked his audience at the National Children and Adult Services ...2 weeks ago -
Are we all precious?: On the new movie “Precious”
NASW Press Room Blog —
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On October 22, NASW participated in an advance screening panel for a powerful new movie called Precious , based on the novel Push by Sapphire. This film chronicles the harrowing journey of an obese, abused and illiterate teenager in New York City who seeks a better life for herself and her two children. Lee ...2 weeks ago -
Part III - Executive Director Elizabeth Clark Leads Social Work Delegation to Egypt
NASW Press Room Blog —
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Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH Today we visited The Suzanne Mubarak Regional Centre for Women’s Health and Development (SMC) in Alexandria. This is a special program of Mrs. Murbarak, the First Lady of Egypt, and it is part of the national budget. We met with the director of women’s development. Mrs. Khagida ...2 weeks ago -
Managers are cause of "vindictive" social workers
The Social Work Blog —
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Kim Bromley-Derry believes the fault lies with managers when it comes to disgruntled social workers. In a recent article in the Telegraph flagged up by Community Care blogger Simeon Brody , the chair of the Association of Directors of Childrens Services said it was "not uncommon" for over-worked social workers ...2 weeks ago
