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Mike brought a unique warmth, kindness and humour to all that he did.

The city rushed late last year to move hundreds of homeless San Diegans into two hotels it purchased with the help of state dollars, an effort seen as an unprecedented opportunity to reduce homelessness.

Over a four-decade-long career at the University of Toronto, Marion Bogo, a professor in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, became one of the field’s leading scholars and helped transform how social workers are educated in Canada and around the world.

In making these absurd claims, Manchin was resorting to the same Far-Right populism of Trump. It shows his dangerous ignorance of West Virginia’s important radical history of social and economic struggles up to the present. Just as significantly, it reveals the extremist lengths moderates will go to prevent progressive reform.

While Sinema campaigned on a promise to “lower prescription drug prices,” she has been one of the staunchest congressional opponents of allowing Medicare to leverage its tremendous purchasing power to negotiate lower medication prices.

On the “cruel indifference” of France’s Catholic Church

The first cold splash on an idealised notion of friendship is the data showing that only about half of friendships are reciprocal. This is shocking to people, since research confirms that we actually assume nearly all our friendships are reciprocal.

BASW England has carefully considered the document released by the Review of Children’s Social Care this week, which is a summary of feedback received on its Case for Change report, published in June 2021.

The Behavioral Health Teaching Facility will serve long-term patients who are involuntarily committed for psychiatric treatment. This artistic rendering shows how the building is expected to look when it’s completed in 2023.

“I learned very quickly that it’s usually social work who’s called upon to handle this task, if they find out sometime during a hospitalization that a patient needs help with pet care, but often they’re not brought in to help until late in the hospital course. And, at that point, they usually don’t have many resources to offer patients,” Braley noted.

With a bachelor’s degree in health sciences from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Southern California, Bass was elected to the California Assembly and was appointed Majority Whip the following year.

That near-$11 billion spent on policing—when overtime, pension benefits and capital spending are factored in—is cold comfort. Should police theft from the public be a crime?

The Christian organization Teen Challenge, made up of more than a thousand centers, claims to reform troubled teens. But is its discipline more like abuse?

I was born into the economic instability of my family, and most likely will die in the economic instability of my country, and there’s never been a time in my life when I didn’t worry about money.

Instead of using retirement to relax, many Japanese prefer to put their skills and knowledge to the best use for society, and have gone back to work. They say that staying at work keeps them mentally and physically fit.

The judges failed to recuse themselves from 685 lawsuits from 2010 to 2018 involving firms in which they or their family held shares, a Wall Street Journal investigation found.

Suboxone is controversial as it has “street value” both inside and outside of prison. But it’s a safer drug than methadone, according to the DEA, with less risk of overdose and illegal use.

Buprenorphine is an FDA-approved medication to treat opioid use disorder and to relieve severe pain. Buprenorphine used to treat opioid use disorder works by partially activating opioid receptors in the brain, which can help reduce opioid cravings, withdrawal, and overall use of other opioids.

Relentless propaganda against public health measures no doubt contributes to erosion of trust. However, that mistrust may also be fueled by the sorry state of health insurance in this country and the deep inequities in health care — at a minimum, this could make people more vulnerable to misinformation. Research on the unvaccinated by KFF from this September showed the most powerful predictor of who remained unvaccinated was not age, politics, race, income or location, but the lack of health insurance…. Anger — and even rage — at all this may be justified, but deploying only anger will not just obscure the steps we can and should try to take, it will play into the hands of those who’d like to reduce all this to a shouting match.

The university admitted that a Queen’s Counsel (QC) lawyer had found that the comments Miller allegedly made “did not constitute unlawful speech.” It therefore sought to justify its decision by claiming that Miller’s dismissal was prompted by its duty of care to students and the wider community, following a disciplinary hearing that concluded he “did not meet the standards of behaviour we expect from our staff.”

Marijuana may be an issue of easy agreement in the ongoing coalition talks between Germany’s leading parties. Despite numerous points of contention, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens can find themselves aligned when it comes to cannabis legalization.

West Sussex County Council is making ‘steady progress’ in improving its children’s services. Above: County Hall Chichester

“Addiction is a disorder of craving,” Dr. Hurd explains, “Many psychological, social, and environmental factors perpetuate an insidious cycle of drug use.” To prevent people with opioid use disorder from returning to drug use (relapsing), “we need to figure out how to curb craving with new approaches,” Hurd adds. She is launching clinical studies to see whether a substance in the marijuana plant called cannabidiol, or CBD, can prevent heroin craving in people.

Some causes of the high turnover, according to officials: overwhelming caseloads, low pay, retirements, and more attractive job opportunities outside of state government. Deputy DCBS commissioner Lisa Dennis also pointed to the disruptions brought on by the pandemic.

The Board of Regents has given its universities the power to fire tenured professors without faculty input. Now some fear that academic freedom is threatened, too.

Heather Roy, Board Member in Social Services Europe, spoke about the great challenges for social services during the pandemic. She highlighted not only underinvestment but also staff shortages in social service providers. “It was quite clear that we couldn’t replace staff who had to go into quarantine, because there was no funds to do that. There is no spare money in the provision of social services. There is no secret money tree that we can take money from, when we have a crisis,” she said.

Social Work England welcomes progress but repeats call for remaining practitioners to renew as soon as possible to avoid last-minute rush before 30 November deadline

In Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film, Another Round, friends Martin, Tommy, Peter and Nikolaj agree to conduct a little experiment: they will stay moderately drunk throughout the day to see how it affects their social and professional performance.

Those with little might sacrifice for each other, but not for those with more. If the energy transition is to proceed through sacrifice, then rich and poor must sacrifice together.

These efforts have resulted in over 300 distinct initiatives.

The Case for Change, which was published in June, just six months after the review launched in January, described the current children’s social work system as “bureaucratic” and “risk averse” and said social workers did not spend enough time with children and families.

Susan says she repeatedly called the city asking for curb cuts and sidewalk repairs. She remembers a crew coming to look at the sidewalks, but nothing happened.

Vaping is increasing in popularity in Australia, particularly among young people. I co-led a research team that wanted to find out what’s in the nicotine free e-liquids that vapers inhale, and their potential health effects.

The Vatican cannot be sued in European courts because it is a sovereign state. Above: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the French eastern city of Strasbourg.

At the age of eight, Laurent Martinez was sexually abused by a priest. Forty years later, he has chosen to make his story into a play, to show the devastating consequences and how speaking out can help victims heal and rebuild.

The image of social workers would be “tarnished” if people convicted of national security offences were allowed to remain in the profession, the government said. Above: Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong

“I don’t want to be a hero,” says Mawata Kamara, a nurse at San Leandro Hospital in San Leandro, California. “I want to be a mom and a nurse. I want to be considered a person who chose a career that they love, and they deserve to go to work and do it in peace. And not feel like they’re going to get harmed.”

Gov. Ned Lamont made a visit last week to The Wilderness School, a program run by the state Department of Children and Families in East Hartland to help youths who are either in the criminal justice system or have suffered trauma that leaves them at risk.

NDP Meara Conway speaks at the tent camp set up in Pepsi Park on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 in Regina.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to assist a family member when they want to watch conspiracy-mongering videos.

Lifeline operators work at Embrace mental health centre in Beirut, Lebanon

Welfare Secretary Dr. Law Chi-kwong (above) noted that only 8 of the 15 board members are elected – the lowest proportion among self-regulated professions.

Being able to stand on one leg is linked to increased levels of physical activity and decreased risk of falls and is associated with both quality and length of life. Around 37.3 million falls per year worldwide are severe enough to require medical attention.

The ubiquitous use of phrases like “defense budget” and “defense spending” reinforces the false notion that equates the USA’s humongous military operations with defense.

Sen. Bernie Sanders & Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, & Pramila Jayapal at a press conference announcing college affordability legislation in 2019

Spread across eight jail buildings on an island in the East River, between the Bronx and Queens, Rikers houses more than 4,800 detainees on a given day.

According to one survey, 81% of teachers in America said their schools monitor devices. Students are not always aware.

Analysis by HammondCare has revealed that Movie Memories has a significant impact in supporting people living with dementia and their carers