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School Safety: How Social Workers Can be Helpful and Stay Mentally Strong

Social Work Blog

Early in their careers, social workers learn the concepts of burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious traumatization. But how does self-care play out in real-life scenarios, when new social workers might not get the best supervision or insight into how to handle the stressors that come with the job of being a social worker?

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NASW Member Voices: ?Can Social Workers Ethically and Legally Keep Clients when they Leave Their Agencies?

Social Work Blog

By Daniel Pollack & Kathryn Krase Social workers cannot assume they will stay in their jobs for a long time. Most social workers stay in a job for fewer than five years. Social workers serve a variety of clients, in many capacities, for many different types of employers. Or illegal?

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Developing a Personalized Social Media Policy for Social Work Practice

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Editor’s Note : This blog post is adapted from the Second Edition of the Social Media Toolkit for Social Work Field Educators. There are many reasons for social workers to have a personalized social media policy – to maintain boundaries, protect privacy and confidentiality, and model professional behavior.

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NASW Member Voices: ?Can Social Workers Ethically and Legally Keep Clients when they Leave Their Agencies?

Social Work Blog

By Daniel Pollack & Kathryn Krase Social workers cannot assume they will stay in their jobs for a long time. Most social workers stay in a job for fewer than five years. Social workers serve a variety of clients, in many capacities, for many different types of employers. Or illegal?

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Mobilizing Social Work’s Vision and Voice through Voting

Social Work Blog

Social workers have a long tradition of social justice and political advocacy – to include working to expand and protect voting rights and promote voter registration. As social workers, we must rise to the urgency of the moment. Protecting the right to vote is synonymous with social work. Getty Images.

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Key Components for Effective Social Work Assignments

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Photo by Arisa Chattasa on Unsplash As social work educators, we create assignments to give our students opportunities to learn about the profession and develop competencies needed for social practice. Assignments also offer a way to assess if students are growing in their understanding of how to be professional social workers.

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Celebrate Your Graduate—Save 20% on Select NASW Press Books!

Social Work Blog

The NASW Code of Ethics is a set of standards that guide the professional conduct of social workers. Moreover, revisions to the Cultural Competence standard provide more explicit guidance to social workers. Touching every aspect of life and community, social policy is broad, deep, and constantly changing.