A new survey of #SocialWork professionals reveals that the find during their working day, ever more 'life-changing & life-limiting deep poverty' among poor families & their children....

As a society, we are failing the vulnerable & while there is plenty of blame to go around, anyone who thinks the #Tories have no hand in this, has not being paying attention.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/18/uk-poorest-families-fall-in-living-standards

Disability Advocates Urge Supreme Court Not To Limit ADA Protections

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2023/08/15/disability-advocates-urge-supreme-court-not-to-limit-ada-protections/30495/

#Disability #Access #Inclusion #Advocacy #SocialWork #DisabilityAdvocates #ADA #ADAProtections #SCOTUS

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#NewYork #photography #history #socialwork

Mindfulness and Awareness in End-of-Life Care
An 8-week online training for professionals and trained volunteers currently serving in end-of-life care or interested in entering this field.

https://www.authentic-presence.org/mindfulness-and-awareness-in-endoflife-care

#meditation #mindfulness #endoflife #palliativecare #death #deathanddying
#authenticpresence #contemplation #selfcare #selflove #socialwork #therapeutic

Cultivating Compassionate Presence

An 8-week online training for professionals and trained volunteers working in healthcare, social and human services and education

https://www.authentic-presence.org/cultivating-compassionate-presence

#authenticpresence #mindfulness #mediation #palliativecare
#care #compassion #socialwork #dying #nursing #healthcare
#stress #burnout #confidence #wellbeing

Violent crime is increasing in major cities all over the world 😢

Just a thought - it takes a lot of cognitive dissonance to pretend that the world (or yourself) is “okay”.

But we’re not okay. None of us are and it’s okay to admit that

#MentalHealth 🧠 #MentalHealthMatters #SocialJustice #SocialWork

Absolutely fascinating read. Very important investigation, I am fairly sure these models are used in some municipal social welfare offices in #Sweden

#socialWork #academicchatter
https://www.lighthousereports.com/suspicion-machines-methodology/

Lemmy instance operational for mental health professionals (including graduate students and retirees) at:

https://lem.clinicians-exchange.org

Low number of users as we restrict membership. (This is valuable as many instances are currently crashing under the flood of new members fleeing Reddit's implosion).

#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy #research @psychotherapist @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychotherapists
#psychiatry @psychiatry #mentalhealth #lemmy #fediverse #reddit

#epistemology in #SocialWork in Latin America, I think, has been misunderstood. Most colleagues think that talking about epistemology in Social Work implies talking about methodologies and theories alone. Isn't that studying Social Work itself?

IMO, an epistemoplogy of Social Work has to focus on epistemic normativity, values, successes and failures in Social Work practice and #intervention

#Nochixtlan is a community in Oaxaca #Mexico. Seven years ago there was a massacre perpetrated by the government. There is no justice to these day. In fact, today one of the perpetrators was unjustly absolved. Institutional #SocialWork cannot address this challenges because most public institutions are involved. We need more #community social work in my country.

Here's a #job (2 posts) doing what I do with a different set of departments:
Open Door Team - Mental Health Practitioner (based in Academic Departments) #Counselling #MentalHealth #York #University #UniversityOfYork #Nursing #SocialWork https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/open-door-team-mental-health-practitioner-based-in-academic-departments-524348.html Full time.

@Ind3fatigable

I can relate to that! #SocialWork

🥳🥳🎓🥳🥳 Best. Day. Ever. ✨😭✨#ClassOf2023 #MSW #GradSchool #SocialWork #Masters
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cr4KpHpAlfG/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

@robotdiver Oof. Crazy making and unnecessary.

You what we need, basic income for everybody. And then social workers can actually help connect people to resources instead of gatekeep services. Which is what we need, and social workers would much rather do.

#ubi #basicIncome #disability #dignity #CDNpoli #ONpoli #socialWork

I'll never be the same & I love what I'm doing! I feel at home, fulfilled & so grateful to be able to do this work. Breaking through barriers & living my value of empowerment so my daughters know, they can dream, they can achieve and it's never too late to change and chart your own course!! It's up to us to face the world we've inherited and do all we can to make it better for ourselves and those we live with on this planet. 🌍
Congratulations 🎉👏🏻 to the Class of 2023!! 🎓🎉
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#MSW #SocialWork

Graduation Day is finally here! May 5th, 2023! It felt so far away when it began in August 2020 🤯. Looks like we made it! 🎓🥳✨ Not going to lie, it's been the longest three years 😄 and oh so memorable!! My incredible cohort and I worked towards this goal through a pandemic, with change, loss, obstacles and the uphill climb of a 3 Year program. 1/
#ClassOf2023 #MSW #SocialWork #TherapistsConnect #Gradschool #Momademia #KeepDreaming #FreedomOfMind
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cr2ZTpCA1j7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Experience with autism, chronic illness, medical CPTSD would be super helpful.

Need help with both lining up immediate mundane survival supports. (Including help making phone calls to places I can't access via email) as well as big picture planning and logistics to get me moved to #Guelph and set up in something healthier and more sustainable.

Hit me with questions, and please boost or share with anyone that might be interested. Thx! 💖

#radicalSocialWork #socialWork #actuallyAutistic

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🥰🎉🎓🥳😭
1 of 2 Graduation 🎓 Celebrations tonight & I'm already missing these beautiful people. We've really been through the ringer these past 3 years. 😫 But we survived!! We have finished! It's impossible to catch everyone within a 4 hour window so we grabbed as many as we could to capture this moment. I'm forever grateful for the way these people changed my life & expanded my world view & have helped build the kind of social worker I'm becoming. 💓🌟💓
#ClassOf2023 #MSW #SocialWork #GradSchool

3 Days and counting for 3Yr MSW Program Convocation 🥳🎉🎓✨👩‍🎓🤘

#msw #classof2023 #mentalhealth #SocialWork

I have repeatedly now had "supports" come in for lengthy interviews, asking me to outline all of my needs and how they might be met. Only to not follow through with any actual support.

This is infuriating. And it took me a while to articulate why ...

#chronicIllness #healthCare #homeCare #socialWork #disability #community