Social work news

• Notice: Life Sciences Healthcare Goals

  06-12-2024 16:43 via gov.uk
  
  Bringing together industry, academia, the third sector and the NHS to tackle healthcare challenges such as dementia, cancer, mental health, obesity and addiction.
  
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• Podcast: the legacy and impact of life story from a parent’s perspective

  06-12-2024 10:00
  
   
  In this thought-provoking and emotive episode of The Social Work Community, recorded at this year’s Community Care Live, you will hear about the importance of a parent’s journey while considering their own child’s life story.
  You will hear first-hand the experiences some parents have had and how practitioners can gain a better understanding of the impact positive life stories can have on both parents and children.
  Social worker Rachel Thomas and Pause practitioner Julia
  
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• Invest in mental health social work to meet key NHS objectives, government told

  06-12-2024 09:38
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The government should invest in mental health social work to meet its key objectives for the NHS, Think Ahead has said.
  Recruiting more social workers will help mental health services move from “hospital to the community” and “from sickness to prevention”, two of three overarching goals set by Labour for the NHS, the training provider claimed.
  However, the profession
  
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