Social Work Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

Social Work Speaks is a reference tool that represents the collective thinking of thousands of social workers across all fields of practice. This user-friendly resource can assist in developing organizational responses to policy issues, conducting policy analysis, and working in advocacy coalitions.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This included frequent changes of placement and social workers, with the lack of consistent relationships being to the detriment of their mental health. Children deprived of their liberty should have access to advocacy, including non-instructed advocacy as needed.

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Community Care

APRIL 20, 2023

Councils should have a bigger role monitoring local residential settings in their areas to better protect disabled children, an inquiry into the abuse of children in three services has concluded. “These recommendations set out a roadmap to more humane treatment of these children.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

These profiles represent families that are unemployed, disabled, elderly, are single parent households, and recipients of some form of assistance such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or Social Security Disability. Article authors: Anna Maria T.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

These vague, punitive, and intensely subjective laws have been vehicles for channeling students—disproportionately Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) students and students with disabilities – into the criminal system. They encourage social workers to share these on their social media networks.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

It fulfills the basic need of all social workers to understand the historical roots of oppression, to advocate for their clients’ access to services, and to advance social and economic justice. Economic Well-Being: An Introduction , by Deborah M.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The association offers resources to help social workers engage with clients, colleagues, family, and friends about COVID-19 vaccination. Social Work Role in Reducing COVID-19 Transmission. Social workers who visit family or friends in nursing homes can encourage these residents to get vaccinated.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need to know about famous social workers? Famous social workers play an important role in our society, providing much-needed support to individuals and families who are facing difficult life situations. This list in this article comprises the 41+ most influential social workers currently alive.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Medicare is integral to the economic security and health of people with disabilities and older adults. Center for Medicare Advocacy— Medicare Enrollment Issues for 2022 (October 20, 2021). Additionally, CMS provides downloadable outreach and media materials to help social workers and other service providers promote the Medicare OEP.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is encouraging its members to comment on an important proposed rule to strengthen nondiscrimination protections in health programs through Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. NASW will be submitting comments and encourages social workers to do so as well. Disability.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

? Last week, I was asked to list the most important contributions to the field of family advocacy and family defense made by Prof. Joy San Bonaventura also is wise enough to know that would be only a first step: “My concern is that a judge would rubber-stamp whatever a CPS social worker says,” she said. “At Martin Guggenheim.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – What is the Difference? – Social workers and case managers are both integral parts of the healthcare industry. Who is a social worker? Their aim is to enhance the well-being and quality of life of people by providing support, resources, and advocacy.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said. The panel also highlighted the 13 safeguarding referrals and raised concerns about why alerts had not been raised before the IC(E)TR was carried out.

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

The department has accepted her recommendations for the council to retain the support of a commissioner and a separate DfE-appointed improvement adviser and attempt to make progress on areas including reducing its high use of agency staff and the number of changes of social worker children face.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

The association offers resources to help social workers engage with clients, colleagues, family, and friends about COVID-19 vaccination. Social Work Role in Reducing COVID-19 Transmission. Social workers who visit family or friends in nursing homes can encourage these residents to get vaccinated.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

On July 20, 2023, the National Association of Socials Workers, including our Missouri Chapter, requested Missouri Governor Parson grant clemency to Johnny Johnson, who is scheduled to be executed by the State of Missouri on Tuesday August 1, 2023.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2022

Disability, Intimacy, and Sexual Health: A Social Work Perspective by Kristen Faye Linton, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lela Rankin Williams. In this book the authors compile comprehensive research and candid interviews with social workers to explore the complicated intersection of disability and sexuality.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Y The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) in August 2021, along with 26 other organizations committed to civil rights, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court in support of Victoria Crisitello.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and American Psychological Association (APA) on April 18 filed an amicus brief in support of a challenge to the death penalty case of Melissa Lucio, who is scheduled to be executed in Texas on April 27 as a result of a false confession. Lucio’s interrogation. Background.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

Social work and NASW have a long history of social and political activism, and all social workers have an ethical responsibility to advocate for clients, per our Code of Ethics. Read more about NASW’s work on several key policy issues at socialworkers.org/advocacy/policy-issues ).

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Social Work Quotes. In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Children Act defines children in need as those who are disabled or whose health or development will be significantly impaired, or not be maintained to a reasonable standard, without the provision of services. “Children are being presented with care under section 20 or section 17 as a choice,” the report said.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 26, 2023

The Assessor (anyone) can carry out a capacity assessment for example, a friend, family members, a care worker, an occupational therapist, a nurse, a doctor or a social worker What are the key elements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 The key element is the fact that the MCA is a decision support tool. Who can assess capacity?

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 8, 2023

SOCIAL WORK QUOTES TO UPLIFT YOU Manage expectations -Cyndie Spiegel As a social worker, be careful of expectations that you set for others, but more importantly, be careful of the ones you set for yourself. Social workers value interpersonal relationships, teamwork, and trust. – Helen Keller, U.S.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I met Mike in London in the early 1980s, when we both worked for Camden social services department. Mike was passionate about social justice and worked hard to represent the interests of staff in need of help. In the 1990s he served as a trustee to the British Association of Social Workers. Continue reading.

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Social Work With Adults

JUNE 14, 2023

By demonstrating the core skills of social work practice, genuine empathy, actively listening, and using inclusive language, social workers and social care staff can help build trust and foster open communication. Another crucial aspect of good social work practice is promoting self-determination and autonomy.

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Irish Social Worker

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Mick Finnegan a survivor of abuse perpetrated by a member of St Johns Ambulance, has through his advocacy and through speaking out, raised awareness of the abuse which has led others to come forward. Today we live through it in terms of St John Ambulance.

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The Frontline

JULY 13, 2023

The research showed the high levels of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic abuse the young people faced by their social workers and foster carers; being made to feel ignored, invalidated and unwanted. A lack of gender affirmative care and LGBTQ+ focused support around safe housing and mental health advocacy was also reported.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

It prohibited discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, (and later) disabilities and family status. I also wonder should social workers become more involved in fair housing issues or even more broadly in urban planning.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 6, 2022

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) wishes to bring attention to the importance of mental health as it affects millions of people in the United States. Social workers remain dedicated to ensuring the populations they serve have access to much needed resources and support.

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Michigan Social Work

APRIL 6, 2022

The award recognizes those individuals whose life and work embody the foundation’s mission and values, and who have made landmark contributions to the sexual freedom movement through education, advocacy, research and activism. Kattari will receive the award in August 2022 at the Sexual Freedom Summit. “As

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University of Connecticut

JUNE 18, 2024

Raymond and Mary Borecki Buck Endowed Scholarship Fund Mary Borecki Buck is an UConn School of Social Work alumna committed to supporting the education of future generations of social workers. Jessica Banning , Bachelor of Social Work I enrolled at the UConn School of Social Work at the age of 41. Thomas Long.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

And the head of a trade association for childrens advocacy centers, where many such exams are performed, says the real problem is agencies arent doing enough of them. A social worker who doesnt want to report kids in dirty clothes to CPS. Theyre using these kids, basically, as pieces of evidence, and you cant do that.

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Irish Social Worker

DECEMBER 15, 2020

My current research interest focuses on caring masculinities amongst Irish fathers of children with a disability. Parents challenges to professional’s knowledge, certainties about disability and outcomes are often framed as negative in pathological language; seen as not able to cope with burdened of their caring responsibility.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSW Senior Practice Associate June 2023 Increasingly, social workers are recognizing the impact of environmental health and climate change on the individuals and communities they serve.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

This is a follow-up to her post – A Love Letter to Social Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19. Many social workers resonated with the stories I shared and many people who work with social workers also expressed their gratitude for the steady dedication of social workers.

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