Archive for September 2024

GMB Scotland organiser Keir Greenaway said changes were not forthcoming from the Scottish government

The NWAG is a group of sector leaders, established by the last government, to “consider drivers of unnecessary workload and to develop solutions so that social workers have enough time to spend working directly with children and families”. The initiative came out of the Conservatives’ Stable Homes, Built on Love children’s social care reform agenda and was based on a recommendation from the 2021-22 Independent Review of Children’s Social Care (the “care review”).

Veteran social worker Eddie Tse (above) said he had been a member of the Social Workers Registration Board’s disciplinary committee since 2020, but found his name was absent from the updated list.

Over the past two years, a record number of Venezuelans have come to the U.S. seeking a better life. Instead, they’ve found themselves in communities roiling over how much to help the newcomers — or whether to help at all. Unable to legally work without filing expensive and complicated paperwork, some have found themselves sleeping on the streets — even those who are pregnant.

“We know from the research that people who were closest in physical proximity to the event itself were most affected by it,” says Dr. Mark Macgowan, an Associate Dean and Professor of Social Work in the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work. His research, teaching, and clinical work focuses on survivors and responders to mass casualty events.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee’s main revenue comes from two casinos: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Valley River Casino. The casinos bring in the majority of the tribe’s revenue and employ over 4,000 people in Western North Carolina. In recent years, the tribe has focused on diversifying its income – especially after having to briefly close the casinos during the 2020 pandemic.