Child Abuse Prevention Month
Social Work Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
Below is an advocacy opportunity, educational resources, and related organizations to help social workers and others engage in Child Abuse Prevention Month.
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Addressing Equity in Schools: Youth Participatory Action Research and Transformative Social and Emotional Learning during COVID-19
Social Work Blog
JANUARY 7, 2022
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and rise in racial injustices signaled the need to engage students in macro-level interventions to maximize their contributions to their schools, communities, and society. Through CSL, students cultivate advocacy skills by identifying, investigating, and taking action to address concerns. Chicago, IL.
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Moral Disengagement in Social Work
Social Work Blog
JULY 14, 2023
Moral disengagement can be addressed by meaningful efforts on social workers’ part to engage in self-care, burnout and impairment prevention, organizational reform, and policy advocacy.” Author: Frederic G. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. It is available online or, at a member’s request, in print.
Realm of the Dead - Using Art in Social Work Education and Practice
Michigan Social Work
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Born and raised in Brazil, Pinto , a professor and associate dean for research and innovation at the University of Michigan School of Social Work , found a way through the visual and performing arts to confront a painful past, find peace and forgiveness. For Arthur, the community-based theater is a growing field with few boundaries.
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The $20 million boondoggle that perfectly illustrates the banality of child welfare thinking
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
But it’s hard to imagine anything that more perfectly captures the banality of child welfare thinking than this waste of $20 million: Five organizations will spend this federal grant money to create a “Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency.” And what will these groups do with the $20 million?
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Research: Young Adult Perceptions of Climate Change, Here and Abroad
University of Connecticut
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
By looking at youth and young adults from varying nationalities, we hope to learn about what motivates or hinders them from being actively engaged in addressing climate change.
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Moral Disengagement in Social Work
Social Work Blog
JULY 14, 2023
Moral disengagement can be addressed by meaningful efforts on social workers’ part to engage in self-care, burnout and impairment prevention, organizational reform, and policy advocacy.” Author: Frederic G. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. It is available online or, at a member’s request, in print.
Pinterest Assignment for the Social Work Classroom
Teaching & Learning in Social Work
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
A few years back, my colleague, Dr. Lisa Baker at Samford University’s Department of Social Work , and I collaborated on a study about a technology-meditated assignment that we developed for a Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) course. Our goal was to breathe some new life into a stale assignment.
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Visit with the NASW Press Team at the 2024 NASW National Conference
Social Work Blog
JUNE 10, 2024
Using firsthand accounts from 200 Black adolescents, Black Male Youth Raised in Public Systems: Engagement, Healing, Hope validates the fears, anxieties, and complexities of these youth. Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy answers that call with chapters that include theoretical frameworks and innovative tools.
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Justin Hodge: Political Social Worker on the Rise
Beyond Advocacy
JUNE 29, 2022
One such social worker is Justin Hodge, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work where he co-leads the Policy and Political Social Work Pathway and is the director of the Online Certificate in Political Social Work. We need more social workers engaged in the political arena.
Natasha A. Stapleton, MSW ’16
University of Connecticut
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Stapleton is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, class of 2016. As a social worker, Natasha is responsible for educating staff about various diagnosis and how to engage students from a trauma informed lens. This passion for advocacy is also seen through her volunteer work.
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Social Workers Set Sights on Preventing Gun Violence
Beyond Advocacy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The event was sponsored by The Silver School of Social Work at New York University and the University of Buffalo School of Social Work, in addition to the Crown School. The recent tragic mass shooting in Lewistown, Maine , once again focused the nation’s attention on the growing menace of guns and firearms in the United States.
Back on the Hill for Dinner with Karen Bass
Beyond Advocacy
APRIL 13, 2022
We cancelled Student Advocacy Day scheduled for the next day as the House and Senate would go into hiatus until the Covid-19 pandemic abated. Davis from Illinois who I met when I joined the faculty at Howard University School of Social Work in 2002. I was back on Capitol Hill Tuesday, April 5, for the first time in two years.
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Macro Social Workers Gather at the Brown School
Beyond Advocacy
MAY 29, 2023
Scores of macro practice social workers and students will gather at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Saturday morning discussion titled Whither Political Social Work , on the future engagement of social workers in legislative and political settings.
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Behind the Poor Pay and High Turnover Rates of Direct Support Professionals
Relias
OCTOBER 6, 2021
The State of Medicaid Programs and the Need for Grassroots Advocacy. These issues bring the importance of grassroot advocacy to the forefront for DSPs and IDD organizations. Though the term ‘grassroots advocacy’ is used frequently, it can be hard for DSPs to know how to advocate for themselves. Secondly, engage in the system.
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Making the World a Better Place
Beyond Advocacy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
We are trying through our work at CRISP to influence as many social workers as possible to become more engaged in the political arena where our skills, knowledge, and values are in short supply. There are a few of us engaged in this work and I would like to believe we are making progress. It is our reason for being. We need more.
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Towns Celebrates 90 Years of Life
Beyond Advocacy
JULY 11, 2024
in sociology at North Carolina A&T State University, where he played varsity basketball. An ordained minister, Towns served in the United States Army and later earned his MSW at Adelphi University School of Social Work. We reconnected when I joined the faculty at Howard University in 2002 and supervised MSW interns in his office.
Save on All NASW Press eBooks: 15% Off!
Social Work Blog
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Covering a wide range of environments in which social workers work with IPV, contributors offer a variety of innovative methods for working with victims, including constructed agency, antioppressive frameworks, community engagement, and work with abusive persons.
Update: Nursing Home Visitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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. Center for Medicare Advocacy. November 12 Guidance. Six days later, CMS issued a set of frequently asked questions to clarify the November 12 guidance. Endnotes. [1] Endnotes. [1]
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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 27, 2024
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Martin Guggenheim calls “ACS’s widespread practice of engaging in lawless home invasions that terrorize parents and children.” In The Grio, Shereen White, director of advocacy and policy at Children’s Rights, and Prof. The lawsuit challenges what NCCPR President Prof.
Update: CMS Guidance for Nursing Home Visitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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. Information and free training: Connect to End COVID-19 (CDC-funded partnership of NASW, NASW Foundation, and University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work). November 12 Guidance.
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Protecting America’s Vulnerable Children
Beyond Advocacy
AUGUST 7, 2024
While at Howard University, at the request of his former Chief of Staff Richard Boykin, I served on the planning committee for the congressman’s 2003 State of the Black Male conference in exchange for his office hosting Howard University School of Social Work students. CRISP has a long relationship with Rep. Davis’s office.
41+ Famous Social Workers You Need to Know About
Social Work Haven
MAY 13, 2023
She is a professor emerita at the University of Chicago, where she was a longtime faculty member in the Department of Education and Social Policy. Evelyn Kallen is a pioneer in the field of social work who developed theories on community organisation and advocacy. Tamara Grigsby is a prominent social worker and state representative.
Third of recent infant care cases involved parents with learning disabilities or difficulties – research
Community Care
JUNE 13, 2024
The research, by academics from Oxford Brookes University, found that as a result, reasonable adjustments were not made for parents at the pre-proceedings stage and, more generally, parenting support from councils was insufficiently adjusted to their needs. .”
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Trying to Make the World a Better Place
Beyond Advocacy
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
We are trying through our work at CRISP to influence as many social workers as possible to become more engaged in the political arena where our skills, knowledge, and values are in short supply. There are a few of us engaged in this work and I would like to believe we are making progress. It is our reason for being. We need more.
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Ultimate Social Work Intervention Strategies
Social Work Haven
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Typically, assessments are perspectives constructed at a particular time and place, and include the following elements (Parker, 2013): Preparation , planning , and engagement involve working with the individual requiring support to introduce the need to perform an assessment and agree on how the social worker will carry it out.
All You Need To Know About Social Work Articles
Social Work Haven
DECEMBER 4, 2022
“Rethinking Social Work’s Role in a Rapidly Changing World : by Antoinette Lombard and Andre Viviers offer an overview of the need for social work in teh 21st century to adopt a more transformative social-policy approach, including policy advocacy. Social Work in Mental Health Settings” by Kevin J. Recommended Books.
Strong Social Work Personal Statement Examples
Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
During this phase, I had the opportunity to engage in fieldwork, where I witnessed firsthand the impact of social workers working tirelessly to address the needs of marginalised communities. I am excited about the prospect of joining [mention the university/program] and its esteemed MSW program.
Care review urges national social work pay scales to reward expertise and boost retention
Community Care
MAY 22, 2022
Action to raise quality of initial social work education, including through Social Work England oversight of practice educators and a government evaluation of university-based social work courses. The review also called for new universal care standards, which would ensure that all looked-after children received care up to the age of 18.
Supporting LGBTQ+ care leavers
The Frontline
JULY 13, 2023
I presented social work webinars, created resources, and enjoyed guest speaking at several events as well as engaging in research projects such as Inclusive Care. The research team consisted of Teesside University, the LGBTQ+ Youth in Care Network and three LGBTQ+ care experienced people as co-researchers including myself.
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Can You Be a Social Worker with a Psychology Degree Easily?
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. Although some universities may require certain qualifications as entry requirements, many offer pathways to study social work without the need for traditional academic qualifications.
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Media Toolkit
Social Work Blog
AUGUST 9, 2024
To arrange interviews or speaking engagements: Communications Director Greg Wright at gwright.nasw@socialworkers.org or 202.336.8324 or email media@socialworkers.org Resources: NASW 1,000 Media Experts News Releases Social Work Facts What is NASW? Here is information to help the public and news media. Few additional cases resulted
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: Doing what we’ve always done?
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.
BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients 2022-2023
University of Connecticut
MAY 8, 2023
retired professor, Dean of Students, and founder of the Puerto Rican and Latin@ Studies Project, the Fellowship provides financial support to an MSW student who demonstrates a commitment to engaging in outreach programs in the Latino community and has, or will have, completed their field education practicum in the Latino community.
NCCPR at the Kempe Center conference: The case against CASA
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Judge Farris ruled that the program engaged in “the blatant withholding and destruction of evidence … rampant, continuing lying …” and “pervasive and egregious” misconduct. Robert Latham, associate director of the University of Miami School of Law Children and Youth Law Clinic. But it didn’t stop there. He is not a CASA-basher.
2024 BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients
University of Connecticut
JUNE 18, 2024
The cohort model of learning pushed me to engage with my peers and become comfortable asking questions. Without these classes, I feel I would not have found my path in political advocacy and becoming a Political Social Worker. Jessica Banning , Bachelor of Social Work I enrolled at the UConn School of Social Work at the age of 41.
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2nd International Summer School: “Innovative Social Work Research in Southeast Europe: Integrating Justice, Human Rights, and Civic Engagement”
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Shank took place 3-7 September 2023 at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo (see [link] ). Sanela Bašić, Prof. Vjollca Krasniqi, and Prof. Its relevance for international social work education – according to prof. emerita Julia Watkins and prof. The implementation of the summer school has been founded by the Dennis A.
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Planning for Medicaid Unwinding in 2023
Social Work Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and advocacy organizations are providing guidance on ways to prepare individuals with Medicaid for the upcoming redetermination process. The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families has developed a 50-State Unwinding Tracker for information on each state plan.
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Role of a Social Worker in Facilitating Change
Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The role of a social worker in facilitating change involves the gathering of individual groups for the purpose of achieving a common goal which may include community development and advocacy. In addition, Social Workers may help service users engage or re-engage with the labour market. London: University Press.
Children with Parents Behind Bars
Beyond Advocacy
JANUARY 5, 2024
Dr. Day shared a similar interest in her work with Partners for Our Children, an affiliate with the University of Washington School of Social Work in Seattle. I will be privileged to engage these three dynamic individuals in a discussion as moderator. Also on the panel is Andrian Burnim, my former student at Howard University.
Texas’ SB 4: Misguided and Potentially Harmful Immigration Legislation
Social Work Blog
MARCH 11, 2024
However, the bill would allow arrests on college or university campuses. To many, designating this important and politically sensitive role to law enforcement is problematic, especially because SB 4 allows untrained police officers to engage in immigration enforcement.
Politics and Money: Social Workers Need Our Support
Beyond Advocacy
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
As social workers step up our engagement in the political arena, it is important that we exert our greatest influence. But voting is just one step in effectively engaging federal, state and local government. For many social workers, the focus has been on voting and rightly so. As politics go, voting is fundamental.
NASW remembers George Floyd Jr. on 4th anniversary of his death
Social Work Blog
MAY 25, 2024
By Ja’Bree Harris, MSW, NASW Public Policy and Advocacy Manager “I can’t breathe” are the chilling words that spurred a summer of racial reckoning. Floyd’s murder, followed by widespread protests, reminded social workers of the importance of their role in advocacy. in June 2020.
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