Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

Over the years, I have realised the many facets of my passion for social work, exploring the intersections of personal experience, advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and lifelong learning. From direct client interaction to policy advocacy, social workers can make an impact at various levels.

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KVC

MAY 19, 2023

Her mother struggled with substance use, putting the family on the radar of child welfare professionals. Decades later, in 2017, advocacy by nonprofits including KVC and others led to the passage of the Family First Prevention Services Act. But Robin’s time with her mother and siblings was short-lived.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Their aim is to enhance the well-being and quality of life of people by providing support, resources, and advocacy. In addition, the social work role has been associated with burnout, depression, job related stress, poor work life balance resulting in a high turnover in the field.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This experience exposed me to the critical role social workers play in providing support, advocacy, and a safe haven for individuals and families in crisis. In addition, the social work role has been associated with burnout, depression, job related stress, poor work life balance resulting in a high turnover in the field.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

At the beginner level, you will typically be working with individuals on a one-to-one basis, or providing community-based support, such as advice and advocacy. In addition, the social work role has been associated with burnout, depression, job related stress, poor work life balance resulting in a high turnover in the field.

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Relias

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to the World Health Organization, about 10% of pregnant women and 13% of women who have given birth experience a mental health condition such as depression. A score of 10 or higher indicates possible depression, and a score of 13 or higher indicates probable depression.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As a care professional in the human services industry, you’re most likely familiar with the common risk factors and warning signs for suicide, but there are other important factors to consider, like social determinants of health (SDOH) which play a large role in substance use disorders (SUDs) and depression. Compared with the general U.S.

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Beautiful Voyager

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Women predominate in the rates of common conditions such as anxiety and depression ( twice as much and more persistent than men ). Doctors are more likely to diagnose depression in women compared with men. I was in full panic mode, seven months into a major depression, anxiety disorder and fighting for survival. Unbelievable!

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KVC

APRIL 10, 2023

National Child Abuse Prevention Month brings a heightened awareness of child abuse during April, but children need our advocacy year-round. Learning the signs of a child in a potentially dangerous position can go far in the advocacy and prevention of abuse. Advocacy can take place every day through small gestures.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Evelyn Kallen is a pioneer in the field of social work who developed theories on community organisation and advocacy. She has written extensively on topics related to mental health, including her best-selling book The Depression Workbook. Marlene Zepeda is an American social worker and advocate for immigrant rights.

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All For Kids

MARCH 12, 2025

Other studies show that young women with healthy relationships with their fathers were less likely to become clinically depressed or anxious, develop eating disorders, body dysmorphia, or be dissatisfied with their appearance or body weight. Our results suggest it can really help daughters feel less lonely over time.

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Relias

MARCH 12, 2024

Individuals affected by collective trauma may also exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or other mental health disorders. Building resilience through communal rituals, storytelling, and advocacy can facilitate individual recovery and contribute to the collective healing process.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 11, 2023

So the Texas Tribune story gives us this: “We’re in a period in history right now where things are swinging very much towards having the smallest possible system, really prioritizing parents’ rights,” said Sarah Crockett, the director of public policy at foster kid advocacy group Texas CASA.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The nation was experiencing a period of prosperity at the time of his birth that would soon turn into despair when Wall Street crashed in October and ushered in the Great Depression. Black Americans suffered severely during the Depression, with 25 percent unemployment compared to 15 percent for white Americans.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 20, 2021

What if you start feeling better, less anxious or less depressed? It is scientifically proven that setting and following a daily routine is great for reducing anxiety and symptoms of depression. What if it works? Early on in my recovery journey, I was taught to change or introduce only one thing at the time.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The story also reports on how Safe Horizon, which runs “child advocacy centers” where those stripsearches often take place, is going to become even more vigilant. Of course, the Times’ journalists’ middle-class status makes it extremely unlikely that anything like that could happen to their children.

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Beautiful Voyager

JULY 11, 2021

My first experience was after a burnout, then 10 years later after a severe depression and more recently when starting my own business. In each scenario, I went back to work positively changed but not without many questions, fear, anxiety, new needs and hope.

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Relias

JULY 25, 2023

Amid these ups and downs, the behavioral health landscape shifted: Fear of the unknown, increases in anxiety and depression, and the desire for help coping with loss increased the demand for mental health services. Provision of services shifted to virtual more than in-person visits.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW – NASW Senior Policy Adviser Lewiston, Maine has become the latest city to capture the nation’s attention when 18 people were killed and more than a dozen injured in shootings at multiple locations in this town of less than 40,000 people. This tragedy followed a depressingly familiar pattern.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 6, 2022

Animal-Assisted Therapy for Depression. This article provides an overview of animal-assisted therapy as it relates to treating depression. In addition to acknowledging those impacted by mental illness, NASW provides valuable information and resources to social workers who help them.

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Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 12, 2023

These past few days have been depressing and debilitating for me. All hell has broken loose in Israel with Hamas’s carnage wreaked on Israeli civilians. As President Biden stated, it was evil, and there was no justification for the sickening actions of the perpetrators.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Vivek Sankaran, director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic at the University of Michigan School of Law explains, what children need is relational permanence. All this in what some measures suggest may already be the most racially biased family policing system in America.* But as Prof.

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Children’s Defense Fund

MARCH 11, 2025

Research shows detained children experience developmental delays, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. Senior Administrator of Policy and Advocacy for CDF-TX: Jailing children, including babies, is unconscionable. Trudy Taylor Smith, Esq.,

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Not surprisingly, Wallace challenged her to defend the size of the administration’s spending plans—comparing it to the $864 billion spent on the New Deal that brought the country out of the Great Depression.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 3, 2025

Our transgender youth, who already confront disproportionately high rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidality due to systemic discrimination, face intensified mental health risks because of these measures. How can social workers help?

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 10, 2025

Medical and early childhood trauma professionals have noted that family detention is especially harmful to children – leading to emotional and mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and weight loss, among other physical and behavioral health problems.

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The depressing news hit me like a ton of bricks this morning when I learned the election results. I invite you to join our CRISP PALS (Political Advocacy Leaders) LinkedIn group. I felt sick. I sat on the edge of the bed for several minutes as the reality sunk in. It felt like hope had died while I was sleeping.

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