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Project 2025’s plan to train an army of political appointees who could fight the so-called deep state on behalf of a future Trump administration remains on track…. Dozens of never-before-published videos created for Project 2025 were provided to ProPublica and Documented by a person who had access to them.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) has named Robin “Holly” Morris as the new Child Welfare Services Lowcountry Regional Director. Morris, a 28-year veteran of working with children and families, began her new role on August 2.

The AFL-CIO, the country’s major labor union federation, has put forward a much clearer and more compelling message, placing the blame for crippling price increases squarely on rapacious CEOs and their outlandish compensation. In its annual Executive Paywatch report, it finds that CEO pay at S&P 500 companies has actually increased 6 percent over the last year to an average of $17.7 million.

Auckland social service providers say they have been cut off at the knees by abrupt ends to their Oranga Tamariki funding, which they say will put vulnerable families at risk. Oranga Tamariki has discontinued funding to 190 providers, saying they are underperforming or are operating at surplus. A further 142 have had their funding reduced to align with service need.

Social worker Sze Lai-shan said most young people she encountered applying for public housing had a genuine need, either due to their family background or earning ability.

The North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR) conducted the 2nd day of National Social Work Week on August 16.

The lawsuit builds on efforts over years by the religious right and politicians who oppose abortion to deliver blows to Planned Parenthood — which provides sexual and reproductive health care at nearly 600 sites nationwide — now bolstered by Leo’s work reshaping the American judiciary. Anti-abortion groups and their allies secured a generational victory in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which ended the constitutional right to abortion and paved the way for bans or severe restrictions in 20 states. The court challenge in Texas demonstrates how the forces behind the end of Roe threaten access to other health and family planning services.

Americans eat too much sodium—about 70 percent more than is recommended by the World Health Organization. Sodium intake above recommended levels accounts for nearly 10 percent of deaths from heart disease and stroke in this country. The science is clear: For most Americans, reducing sodium intake will substantially improve heart health. But most sodium in our diets comes from packaged and restaurant food, making dietary changes virtually impossible without changes to the food supply.

“It’s hard to get down an aisle in the grocery store without finding an example of price gouging or price fixing, and it’s costing us dearly,” Lindsay Owens, executive director of the think tank Groundwork Collaborative, told The Washington Post. “It’s wonderful to see the vice president unleash a suite of policy proposals to crack down on these cheaters and protect Americans’ pocketbooks.”

We acknowledge the recent positive announcement from the UK Chancellor regarding public sector pay increases in England, including for social workers employed in the NHS. Whilst we await a Welsh Government announcement, we also urge them to pay attention to public sector workers employed and paid by local authorities, including the majority of the social worker workforce, who have suffered the worst pay growth compared to other public sector professions since 2010-11.

According to court documents, Mao committed the crimes while working at a private kindergarten in the capital, Taipei. The 30-year-old, who holds a college degree in social work, had been working at the pre-school since September 2021.

Due to a nationwide need for social workers, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with five universities in the state for a program that aims to bring people into the field and keep them there.

In medicine, so-called “conscientious objection” occurs when a healthcare professional refuses to provide a legal medical service based on their personal or religious beliefs. This happens mostly for abortion and contraceptive care. I propose a more accurate term: Belief-based care denial.

The chairman of the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice resigned Tuesday, amid an inquiry into how he responded when one of his own employees allegedly had an improper relationship with a client.

The recent acts of racism and violent disorder in parts of the UK is of huge concern to us all. It is shocking, distressing and abhorrent to see hate-driven, racist crime being planned and targeted against citizens from migrants and ethnic minority communities, including social workers and practitioners. While incidents have thankfully subsided in recent days, we are acutely aware that many people will still be worried and concerned about possible future attacks, and risk to their own safety.

With a fertility rate of 1.1 children per woman – way below the 2.1 births per woman needed to maintain a native population – and more deaths each year than births, China’s future is one of declining population, with an enormous increase in the numbers of elderly. Compounding the problem, China has long been hostile to the idea of supplementing its native population through immigration; just 0.1% of its population is foreign-born – that’s the smallest percentage of any major country in the world.

Al Noor Centre for the Blind is one of the Ministry of Social Development and Family (MSDF)’s Qatar Foundation for Social Work’s centers.

Instead of excitement about the upcoming election, many of my patients and friends – regardless of political affiliation – report they’re terrified at the thought of the “other side” winning. Democrats tell me they fear Donald Trump will end our democracy; Republicans are afraid Kamala Harris will turn the United States into a socialist society without family values. Watching the news leaves people from both parties exhausted, sad and scared about the future.

A new book chronicles the decay of a small, rural Alberta town—and the community that persists

“These technologies are already rolling out in clinical settings,” Dr. Solomon added. “The biggest questions are no longer about whether clinicians will use AI, but where and how clinicians should use AI, and where should we not use AI to take the best possible care of our patients.”

Tamara Vasyliuk, a social work specialist and case manager

Mpox is caused by a virus in the same family as smallpox, a virus that was declared eradicated in 1980. The virus, which is believed to be carried by small rodents in some countries in Africa, causes painful scarring rashes when contracted by people. People with mpox can also experience fever, muscle aches, headaches, and respiratory symptoms. The infection is especially dangerous in young children — most mpox deaths occur in young children — and people with compromised immune systems.

Honors research social work student, Domina Augustine, interviewing PhD candidate Kyle Langjie for the Access All Areas Podcast

But companies say they are open to such hirings and call for more support measures such as internships with social worker support. Above: Hong Kong’s Central is home to some of the city’s biggest companies.

Social Security is one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in the history of our country. For 89 years, our benefits have provided financial security to countless families. Today more than 71 million Americans receive about $1.5 trillion in benefits during the year.

Parvovirus B19 is a seasonal respiratory virus that is transmitted through respiratory droplets by people with symptomatic or asymptomatic infection. In the first quarter of 2024, public health authorities in 14 European countries observed unusually high numbers of cases of parvovirus B19.

“The curriculum used in state universities and instruction offered by state employees” is “state speech,” the attorney general’s office wrote, and “plaintiffs”— the professors—”have no right to control how the State speaks.”

The Scott County Family Justice Center brings together the district attorney’s office, emergency housing, a domestic violence officer and other resources so victims only have to make one stop to get help.

Social workers have witnessed an increase in the number of domestic violence victims who choose to undergo a risk assessment although continue to refuse the service. The Foundation for Social Welfare Services registered a 33% increase in victims who opted for a risk assessment between January and June when compared to the same period last year.

We do our movements no favours by presenting them as homogenous forms for the sake of convenient political narratives and expedient analysis. Leah Cowan’s book makes a critical intervention at a critical point in time for British feminism – challenging its tendency to erase, mask and overlook the tangled history of both resistance and complicity between feminists and the police.

On August 1 Mayor London Breed issued the “Journey Home” executive order, mandating that homeless people being swept off the streets be offered a bus ticket out of town before being proffered shelter or other services — or arrested.

The Youth Skills Building Program (YSBP) is designed to equip teens with essential life skills, practical knowledge, and emotional intelligence through a series of structured workshops and hands-on activities. Funded by the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services (DHS), YSBP provides students with the opportunity to acquire new job skills in the areas of carpentry and home repair, as well as learn financial literacy and social-emotional learning.

RaeAnne Lindsay, MSW, was named Ms. Wheelchair USA and has been a strong advocate for inclusive playgrounds (those that allow people with disabilities to use) in Fisher Community Park and at Fisher Grade School…. Lindsay, who earned a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Illinois, works virtually for Vanderbilt University in charge of a research study for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability.

The former UF president tripled his office’s spending compared to predecessor

Monica says she’s tormented by the question of whether her son Bobby would be alive if the overdose reversal drug Narcan had been easily accessible in his UCLA dorm room. She keeps a “Museum of Bobby” in her living room.

In the fast-food industry, worker stress is built into the system by design. The more unnatural and unsustainable the pace, the greater the corporate profits.

Dr. Isabel Logan, Associate Professor of Social Work, and Tina James, ‘18, at the Milford, Conn., police department, where James serves as a social worker

Austin Urlaub says he comes from a long line of “helpers,” including special education teachers, counselors and psychologists. But the Michigan native is still the first in his family to go directly into social work. He says it’s a calling, that he has “a knack for helping people.” He has served in student government but said many in his social circle questioned his decision to enter the field at first, at least from a financial perspective.

Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the four-year Inspiring Students into Research Scheme (INSIGHT) will be delivered in partnership with health and social care employers throughout the North West. It will focus on training newly qualified health and social care professionals to understand research and use it effectively to underpin their practice.

Disturbances broke out in Harehills on 18 July as police responded to reports of social workers experiencing hostility while dealing with a child protection issue. Unison said staff faced “incredibly challenging jobs” in situations that were “often intimidating, threatening and potentially violent”.

Scientists should be compensated and credited when artificial intelligence chatbots pull information from their papers, a collecting society has said. The call comes amid news that two major academic publishers sold access to their research papers and data to large tech firms to train their artificial intelligence models without consulting authors…. The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) collects royalties annually from various organisations around the world including businesses, educational institutions and government agencies on behalf of its over 120,000 members. ALCS’s members include academic researchers, freelance journalists, literary authors, scriptwriters, audiovisual artists and more. This year, ALCS paid out around £44 million to its members.

Last week I attended “Teaching and Learning With AI,” organized by the University of Central Florida and held in Orlando, Fla. I was curious to hear how academics are talking and thinking about those tools, especially given the threat many professors feel that generative AI poses to teaching and learning. Would they be enthusiastic? Skeptical? Realistic?

Short answer: all of the above.

A roundtable discussion on the global networks and political strategies of nationalist conservatives.

My mother’s journey with self-storage showed me how, for many Americans, these units hold much more than material possessions.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa gerontology social work educator was awarded the Rising Star Early Career Award from the Gerontological Society of America, Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education. Dr. Yeonjung Jane Lee, an Associate Professor at the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, was recognized as a faculty member whose teaching and leadership stood out as impactful and innovative.

Every Monday when Ashlea Sleiman arrives at her office, she’s greeted with referrals. Sleiman, the first ever social services liaison for the Oxford Police Dept., said one of her first tasks when she joined the department two years ago was to create a basic form for officers to fill out when they thought her services might be needed.

Demand for adult social care is spiralling as Britain’s population gets older and more sick. But jumps in bills and wages mean the costs of delivering care have soared and local authority finances are crippled. Nowhere is this more evident than on the Isle of Wight. The island off the south coast of England is the nation’s care bill capital.