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Helga Pile: Councils must be open and honest
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
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These wide-ranging recommendations are an opportunity to help turn the tide in social work...That means the Government needs to think long and hard about how to turn the task force vision into a reality, especially in the current financial climate. The...
Tags: social workers, task force, United Kingdom, London, Trade union, Economic ideologies, Political ideologies, Socialism, Social Issues, Economies, Labor
At one big Army post, teams nurture mental health
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 9 days ago
Credibility Army brigade leaders at Fort Campbell have begun monthly meetings of officers, doctors and counselors to catch early signs of emotional or mental stress among their troops and intervene before soldiers hurt themselves or others. It's a unique effort at...
Tags: Michael Wirt, Army, behavioral health, Fort Campbell, Sebastian Schnellbacher, army posts, social workers, Afghanistan, Kabul, Health Medical Pharma, 2nd Brigade Combat Team 1st Infantry Division, Social Issues, 101st Airborne Division, War Conflict
Fraud, abuse in senior aid to be targeted
Torrance :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility The rapidly growing In-Home Supportive Services program has come under intense scrutiny in the past year due to lax oversight by the California Department of Health Care Services...But if we found something that we thought was suspicious, or out-and-out...
Tags: IHSS, District Attorney, social workers, Torrance, Tort law, Fraud, Deception, Social Issues, Crimes, Welfare fraud, Labor
Ofsted ‘destroyed Baby P files’
London :: United Kingdom | 12 days ago
Credibility The Ofsted whistleblower alleges the watchdog deleted draft reports from its computers that gave a highly favourable verdict on Haringey, the London council whose failings contributed to Baby P’s death. The drafts were about to be finalised and released...
Tags: social workers, United Kingdom, London, Death of Baby P, London Borough of Haringey, Social Issues, Labor, Health sciences, Profession, Social work, Mental health professionals, Professional, Education, Christine Gilbert, Office for Standards in Education Children's Services and Skills, Occupations
Social workers undergo training in Zambo City
Zamboanga :: Philippines | 12 days ago
Credibility The training modules include Basic Gender Concepts and Gender-Based Violence, Romo said. A module on Self-Care and Ethics was added to reprise the participants on their crucial roles as an individual and assistants of the people who are in need of their...
Tags: Zamboanga del Norte, Teodulo Romo, social workers, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines, Zamboanga, Provinces of the Philippines, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga City, Social Issues, Cities in the Philippines, Labor, Regions of the Philippines
Knesset calls to get tough on domestic violence
Jerusalem :: Israel | 15 days ago
Credibility The government should establish a national program to combat violence in the family, which would put Israel in line with recommendations recently issued by the European Council, MK Tzipi Hotovely, who chairs the Knesset Committee for the Status of Women,...
Tags: European Council, Israel Police, Knesset Committee, social workers, Israel, Jerusalem, Israeli Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Social Issues, Kadima, Ahmad Tibi, Violence against women, Domestic violence, Violence, Family therapy
Vietnamese medical staff train to meet psychosocial needs of cancer patients
Hanoi :: Vietnam | 16 days ago
Credibility Vietnam's cancer hospitals are hoping to have full time social workers in the near future, and much of this desire stems from the ongoing training that Singapore medical social workers are providing for doctors and nurses at the National K Hospitals in...
Tags: Vietnamese, medical staff, social workers, Vietnam, Hanoi, Medical ethics, Death, Palliative care, Hospital, Euthanasia, Hospice, Disability rights, Homicide, Health Medical Pharma
UC plans to raise graduate fees
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 25 days ago
Credibility The University of California is expected to raise fees next week for 24 graduate programs in violation of its own policy against boosting prices higher than competing public institutions. More Education When it meets in Los Angeles next week, UC's governing...
Tags: UC Berkeley, UCSF, proposed fees, graduation programs, Hannah Haley, University of California, social workers, Seattle, Fee, Public university, Regents Examinations, Tertiary education fees in Australia, University of California Riverside, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Education
'Fat Family' Children Taken From Parents
Dundee :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility The youngsters include a girl born earlier this week at the city's Ninewells Hospital and taken from the arms of her 23 stone mother shortly afterwards. The 40-year-old woman and her 53-year-old husband, who weighs around 18 stone, have not been named...
Tags: social workers, fat family
Council To Be Slammed Over Child Deaths
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility Among the high-profile failures is the death of Khyra Ishaq, who allegedly starved to death. She was known to social services, and her mother and stepfather are now awaiting trial for her murder. Other notable cases include the death of a two-year-old...
Tags: Birmingham City Council, social services, Birmingham Post, care departments, social workers, social care, United Kingdom, Birmingham
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