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y Paul R. Pace, News staff Former U.S. Rep. and social worker Edolphus “Ed” Towns recently announced the launch of the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy, or CRISP. Towns created the institute to complement the mission and work of the Congressional Social Work Caucus, w[...]News
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A local attorney said the information from that criminal complaint – which describes a filthy house where children roamed without supervision – was likely not enough for Clay County Social Services to step in and remove Sandstrom's six children from the...
In-Forum via Google News 2 hours ago
A representative from the Onslow County Department of Social Services is presented with a plaque by Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Gorry, the commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East - Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, and North Carolina Sen.
Camp Lejeune Globe via Google News 4 hours ago
A description on the program's website says it is "situated inside” Columbia, and a part of the school's “Social Intervention Group,” a research center within the Columbia University School of Social Work. It lists among its goals helping to forge a solution for “a...
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The Bloomington City Council approved Jack Hopkins Social Services Grant funding for a couple dozen social service agencies Wednesday night. Hopkins was a former city council member, and the annual social service awards are named in his honor.
The Herald-Times via Google News 6 hours ago
"Food is what we do and to be able to support catholic social services here in Hastings and support the people in need is something that we need and want to do," said Tony Collins, DuPont Pioneer. DuPont Pioneer presented The Open Table with a...
KHAS-TV via Google News 7 hours ago
Charity urges ministers to appoint an official tsar to help combat endemic deprivation in some of country's poorest areasOxfam has urged ministers to appoint an official poverty tsar who would champion efforts to combat low wages, poor life expectancy and endemic deprivation in some of Scotland's po[...]
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Police say the kids have been returned to their parents but the family is working with social services. Lt. Tory Jacobson, Moorhead Police: “Highway 75 has a lot of heavy traffic, trucks. Any public street is scary especially for little children like that. So we...
WDAY via Google News 7 hours ago
Ratings agency S&P says that 13.5% of mortgage borrowers in north-west England are in negative equity, against 0.9% in London and the south-eastOne in seven mortgage holders in north-west England are in negative equity, while in the south-east it is fewer than one in 100, according to a new report.R[...]
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Prisons and health inspectors warn that those detained with mental disorders should be in hospital not police custodyMore than 9,000 mentally ill people a year are being detained in police custody despite official guidance that such powers should be used only in exceptional circumstances, watchdogs [...]
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Liberal MP Tim Farron highlights possible offence after alleged cover-up at Care Quality Commission over maternity unitPolice have been asked to investigate allegations of a cover-up at the Care Quality Commission, stemming from the health regulator's failure to investigate an alarming rise in death[...]
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Former CQC chief executive goes unmentioned in report into suspected cover-up over babies' deaths in Cumbrian hospitalsOne name missing from Wednesday's report into the suspected cover-up at the Care Quality Commission over babies' deaths in Cumbrian hospitals is its former boss. Cynthia Bower was i[...]
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Sir Michael Wilshaw to deliver speech calling for improved education for disadvantaged children 'unseen' by current systemNew superteachers should be parachuted into areas with "mediocre schools", the chief inspector of schools in England will say in a radical speech on Thursday, as part of a drive [...]
7 hours ago
Blow to Gove education policy as inspectors fear West Sussex Discovery school pupils are at risk of illiteracyOne of the first free schools to open has been placed on special measures and given an inadequate rating by Ofsted inspectors, in an untimely blow to the government's flagship education poli[...]
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New research published in British Journal of Dermatology suggests antibiotics could affect maturing immune systemChildren who receive antibiotics in the first year of their lives are as much as 40% more likely to go on to develop eczema, according to a new study by British researchers."One potential[...]
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Government action on poverty and inequality tinkers around the edges of our economy but success depends on more radical measures, writes Judith Robertson, head of Oxfam ScotlandPoverty is a creation of society and – if we work together and have the will – we have ample resources to end it. But t[...]
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Save the Children hears refugees' horrifying testimonies of hundreds of injured civilians left to their fate amid warfareInjured people, including children, have been left to die by the roadside as growing numbers of families flee Syria's civil war, refugees have told Save the Children.One refugee, [...]
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It's sad, as peers who fought side by side fall out• In the titanic battle in the Lords against gay marriage, many have witnessed the apparent union between Lord Dear, the former chief constable who last week took to quoting Humpty Dumpty, and Lord Carey, the former archbishop of Canterbury and er[...]
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Many of the weaknesses the independent investigation uncovered are already familiar from the Francis reportBasildon, Mid-Staffordshire, Winterbourne View and now the Universities Hospital of Morecambe Bay trust. The scandalous litany of failings of patient care that went unchecked by the inappropria[...]
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Nev Wilshire's call centres have been fined £225k by the information commissioner (Report, 19 June). This is intriguing to compare with some other sanctions on corporate offenders lately. Recently, BAE was fined £250k over the death of a worker, Gary Whiting. This represented around 0.00014% of it[...]
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Panorama's Elderly Care: Condition Critical? was not, as Martin Green of the Community Care Association, alleges, "sensationalist" (Not a full or balanced picture, Society, 19 June). The programme revealed that a significant number of care home providers have been failing to report deaths to the nat[...]
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New research suggests post-2015 government will need to cut spending by 3.8% a year compared with current rate of 2.4% The next government will have to increase the pace of spending cuts by 50% in the two years after the 2015 election if it is to meet the current deficit target, new research by the [...]
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As we teach kids how to cross the road, so parents must now teach them about porn and consent'How was school?" As every parent knows, this question is usually met by a grunt and "Why haven't you bought the biscuits I like?" Then later on they accuse you of not being interested in what they do all da[...]
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Thirty years ago, the old deal that held US society together started to unwind, with social cohesion sacrificed to greed. Was it an inevitable process – or was it engineered by self-interested elites?In or around 1978, America's character changed. For almost half a century, the United States had b[...]
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Vote would put state in line with federal regulations meant to protect sexually exploited teenagers from criminal prosecutionLawmakers in New York state, where cases of human trafficking are among the worst in the nation, are expected to vote on a bill this week that would bring it into line with fe[...]
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The county coined the word “navicate” for the social service professionals who will be staffing those regional Community Connections offices in Upper Moreland, Lansdale, Norristown and Pottstown. The navicates will serve as both navigators and advocates...
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[Referencing: Song-Iee Hong and Nancy Morrow-Howell, “Increasing Older Adults’ Benefits from Institutional Capacity of Volunteer Programs,” Social Work Research, volume 37, Number 2 (June 2013), pp. 99-108.] Volunteering has become an important strategy to boost the civic engagement and well-b[...]
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14 hours ago
By Paul R. Pace, News staff Former U.S. Rep. and social worker Edolphus “Ed” Towns recently announced the launch of the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy, or CRISP. Towns created the institute to complement the mission and work of the Congressional Social Work Caucus, w[...]
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On June 1, 2013, President Obama issued a Proclamation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. The proclamation outlined the important legislative changes that advance LGBT equity. NASW members have provided a strong voice in supporting the Administration’s decisions to[...]
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Reminder Free Q & A Sessions on Private Practice SAVE THE DATES Exclusively for NASW Members “An Hour With Private Practice” is a call-in question-and-answer session focused on a specific private practice subject. Callers can join in the discussion, ask questions, and comment. These sess[...]
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Save the Dates NASW Practice Webinar What Clinical Social Workers Should Know About the DSM-5 Registration details will be available soon on NASW’s website. Exclusively for NASW Members Dates: Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, August 8 Time: Noon to 1:00 pm EST The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual[...]
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By Rena Malai, News staff Pressure cooker bombs killed three people and injured about 164 when they exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April. In response to the tragedy, NASW’s Massachusetts Chapter has gathered resources and information online to help those affected by the bo[...]
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be hosting webinars on the health insurance marketplace (formally called the exchange) throughout June and July. Health Insurance Marketplaces will be open in every state on January 1, 2014. We encourage you to take advantage of this opport[...]
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