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Please share highlights issues that also impact across Ireland. Child and Family Agency - Tusla “We would also add that government and leaders in the profession need to explicitly acknowledge the trauma social workers experience in the workplace, along with the trauma they witness in the lives of those they work with. This is often due on both counts to under-resourcing across inter-related systems that impact hugely on individuals’ lives, such as housing, benefits, education, employment. Inadequate resourcing of these basic essentials of life are the root cause of much that can make the job of social work untenable.
When combined with under-resourcing in service provision – suitable placements, mental health, substance misuse and domestic abuse services – no one wins. No amount of resilience, mindfulness, tools or standardised processes will resolve these issues.”
Building 'resilience' won't stop traumatised social workers quitting
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A new diagnostic tool and workforce health check risk blaming frontline professionals for their burnout and distressGovt of Ireland the job I'd either resourced or not done. Our most vulnerable need best services and the been counters should not be in charge. SW need to know they are effective and been counting does not help. Bean counters need to understand interventions, therapeutic interventions etc and not try with young people the adult based crisis modalities. These are not at all suitable. Help the helpers.
Good Read “Knowing how and when to ask for help is a critical life skill that many children struggle to master. Their own feelings may get in the way of communicating what they need. They may also have beliefs that lead them to avoid asking for help, to ask too frequently, or to ask at inappropriate times.
Here are five examples of children who are stuck and having a hard time asking for the help they need—plus, some ways they can do so effectively.”
Teach Your Child to Ask for Help—the Right Way
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Asking for help is a complicated but necessary skill for children.For more information and to book click on the link below.
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Bookings open for ‘Reconnecting with the heart of frontline practice’ seminar Three Cork organisations Ag Eisteacht, Caidreamh Family & PractitionerGood read “Every child grows and develops differently. Some will change at a steady pace and amaze us each day with a new skill or word, whereas others appear slow to change before taking a huge developmental leap.
These differences make us all unique – but they also make it a challenge to know when the worry is justified and when to seek help. A new Australian government initiative may ease parents’ concerns by supporting GPs to better understand infant and childhood development and, particularly, the early signs of mental health concerns.
A range of infant and child behaviours cause parents concern including tantrums, bed-wetting and withdrawal. So, what’s normal and when should you see your GP or other health practitioner?”
Having problems with your kid's tantrums, bed-wetting or withdrawal? Here's when to get help
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Every child develops at a different pace so it can be difficult to know what's normal.
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Irish attachment in Action alonside TUSLA and IFCA were intrumental in bringing Resilience Screenings across Ireland and starting great conversations withInteresting Read Just loving Mardou's Comic Strips with a difference Mardou🤗
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Good read “The attachment patterns we experience as children impact us in powerful ways throughout our lives. Understanding our attachments to our parents or other influential caretakers can offer us incredible insight into why we live our lives today the way we do, and particularly, how we operate in our relationships. Our earliest relationships served as models for how we expect the world to work and how we anticipate others will behave. Without realizing it, we’re drawn to recreate these old patterns and dynamics from our past in the present. If we experienced an insecure (avoidant, ambivalent, or disorganized) attachment pattern, we are more likely to re-experience insecurity in our closest relationships, especially with romantic partners and with our own children.”
Healing from Attachment Issues
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As adults, it’s possible to develop earned secure attachment.Lee Verner Charmaine McNally
Good read “ A lot of researchers, however, believe that this is not the only explanation. For them, the deeper reason why no single psychotherapy seems to provide unique advantages over any other is that they all work because of shared elements. Chief among these is the therapeutic relationship, connected to positive outcomes by a wealth of evidence.
The emotional bond and the collaboration between client and therapist – called the alliance – have emerged as a strong predictor of improvement, even in therapies that don’t emphasise relational factors. Until recently, most studies of this alliance could show only that it correlates with better mental health in clients, but advances in research methods now find evidence for a causal link, suggesting that the therapy relationship might indeed be healing. Similarly, research into the traits of effective therapists has revealed that their greater experience with or a stricter adherence to a specific approach do not lead to improved outcomes whereas empathy, warmth, hopefulness and emotional expressiveness.”
How you attach to people may explain a lot about your inner life
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Attachment theory suggests that early interactions with caregivers can dramatically affect your beliefs about yourself, your expectations of others, and how you cope with stress and regulate your emot...
