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News - The conference was implemented through the project, Center for Support of Children and Families - Day Center, which is funded by the IPA II funds of the European Union and the Montenegro Program for Employment, Education and Social Protection, and implemented through the…
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News - While social workers care about others, they tend to forget their own needs. The term "setting boundaries" is an important one but most of us do not get acquainted with the meaning of the term. Consequently, the social workers get overwhelmed. Here are some tips by…
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News - The Mayor of Podgorica, Ivan Vukovic, PhD, and his associates opened the "House of Health" today, a new free social service for citizens who need psychosocial support. The idea to launch this service came from a belief that for a healthy and productive life, it is very…
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News - Challenges for health and social care practitioners have increased during the second wave according to a UK-wide survey. The survey was carried out between November 2020 and January 2021 on the well-being of health and social care professionals during the pandemic.…
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News - A study, carried out by Nuffield Family Justice Observatory and King’s College London, shows that many parents are concerned about the safety of online remote child protection meetings and feel that it has made it harder for them to participate.…
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News - On Friday, 11 December 2020, NGO Center for Children's Rights of Montenegro organized a panel discussion on the topic of the impact of a crisis caused by the COVID19 on children and socially vulnerable families.
The panel discussion was organized within the project…
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News - Community Care reports on local authorities’ failure to provide support for parents with learning disabilities in court cases in time. This tendency is confirmed by the Working Together with Parents Network (WTPN).
Parents with learning disabilities are entitled to an…
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News - The report describes the difficulties of refugees especially families with children in a pandemic situation, using the example of a struggling mother with two children in Bulgaria.
The closure of COVID -19 and the increase of gender-based violence (GBV) have…
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News - County Council’s Network published their review on the consequences of Coronavirus on the operation of children’s social services. The Network saw a 15% rise in referrals made in July, August and September — the first three months following the first lockdown. Family…
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News - In early November of 2020, meetings of the Steering Committees (Association of FBiH and Association of RS) were held, along with an extended meeting of the Board of the Association of Social Workers and Other Social Workers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with representatives of…
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News - The Family safeguarding model pioneered in Hertfordshire (later included Bracknell Forest, Luton, Peterborough and West Berkshire) combines specialist adult professionals with a background in domestic abuse, mental health or substance abuse with integrated…
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News - The organisation TASZ was faced on several occasions with the fact that parents are informed in the guardianship office, that if they stand up for their rights, they will not get their children back. Until now, cases, when the child welfare office discouraged the parents…
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News - Roma-related policies are primarily a national competence and the role of the EU in this area is to provide policy guidance, monitor implementation, and progress, provide support from EU funds and encourage the exchange of good practice between the Member States. As part of…
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News - Luton has announced the official launch of their social work academy for children’s services. They understand the importance and the need for newly qualified social workers and to provide them a mentored learning environment, where they can develop.
The aims of the academy…
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News - The importance of integrating data between social and health care is unquestionable. Liquidlogic works closely with System C, Graphnet, EMIS Health, Healthcare Gateway, Orion, Cerner and others to provide interfaces to health systems and deliver their benefits.
There are…
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Multimedia - With the start of the pandemic in 2020, meetings and community halls quickly moved in the online space. YouthLink Scotland created a new mental health and wellbeing resource and engaged with six youth work organisations who have adapted their service and support to be…
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News - The article reflects on the findings regarding the effects of new mobile- and internet-based psychological methods for self-harm in adolescents and adults. The topic covers a recent issue provided that the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing…
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News - In England, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that painful restraint will be removed from the core syllabus for officers escorting children, but the technique will now appear in a new section on personal safety.
A number of organizations have called for the…
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News - 3 years ago, according to statistics from the SACP and the State Agency for Refugees at the Council of Ministers, Bulgaria reported:
22 Homes for children deprived of parental care, where 603 children between the ages of 7 and 18 grow up;
17 Transit housing, where 146…
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News - On July 3, 2020, the parliament approved the establishment of the school guard institution, and it is already known that school guards will start their work at 491 locations. The Bagázs Association shares some thoughts about this subject in its blog post. Volunteers from the…
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Multimedia - PhD researchers and joint directors of Listen Up Reseach have contributed to an understanding of intersectionality within social work with young people. Their guide, 'Initial meetings with young people: an intersectional and systemic approach', released…
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Online library - The Coalition of NGOs for the Protection of Children in Kosovo - KOMF has published the Monitoring Report "My Municipality, My Social Right" on the process of decentralization of social services in Kosovo.
This report elaborates on the factors that have hindered…
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News - Examining correlations between austerity measures taken by EU states in times of the Great Recession of 2008 and child health, a new research article reviews relevant literature in the last 5 years on countries that applied…
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Online library - Followed by a heartbreaking case the domestic homicide review of ‘Sarah’, in which a mother was killed by her son, while there had been years of services involved including the police and social care, a report by Northumbria Polivce, CEL&T and Northumbria…
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News - A report, Childhood Challenging Violent and Aggressive Behaviour (CCVAB), by Northumbria Police, CEL&T and Northumbria University has been commissioned following a heartbreaking case of domestic homicide in which a mother was killed by her son after…
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Online library - The MPI Europe-International Organization for Migration (IOM) has published a report on good practices in supporting access for migrants to housing, local labor markets, health care, and education and child care in Southern, Central and Eastern Europe.…
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Online library - 'What Works for Children’s Social Care' collaborated with Cardiff University to explore how ‘devolved budgets’ might be used by social workers to provide resources to families and reduce the need for care. Frontline social workers were given various degrees of…
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News - Bright Spots is a partnership research programme between Coram Voice and the Rees Centre at the University of Oxford, which works with local authorities across the county to understand the experience of children in care and care leavers.
They want to explore…
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News - A study, which investigates the feasibility of a Child Guarantee for children at risk of poverty, was discussed at a conference by the EU Commission on 17 February. The idea of a Child Guarantee comes from a previous proposal by the EU…
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News - A lecturer in social work, Sue Cook, considers the uncomfortable questions about 'decolonizing' education and practice for an increasingly diverse world.
According to the International Federation of Social Workers, the definition of social work emphasizes not only…
