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Child Protective Services in the District of Columbia: An alarming increase in incomplete investigations in FY2024

Child Welfare Monitor

All three of these groups made more referrals in FY2023 than FY2024, while counselors, therapists, social workers and medical professionals made fewer, suggesting that children may be seeing fewer of these professionals with the disappearance of virtual options spawned by the pandemic.

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How to Talk About Alcohol Use with Clients: Frequently Asked Questions

Social Work Blog

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an invitation to social workers to make conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice—and to make sure they’re armed with the facts. How can social workers help clients feel comfortable discussing their drinking?

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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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Staff Retention in Behavioral Health: Your Questions Answered

Relias

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S. Encourage communication and feedback As the saying goes, people don’t leave bad organizations, they leave bad managers.

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How to Talk About Alcohol Use with Clients: Frequently Asked Questions

Social Work Blog

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an invitation to social workers to make conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice—and to make sure they’re armed with the facts. How can social workers help clients feel comfortable discussing their drinking?

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Building Organizational Resilience for Behavioral Health Providers

Relias

Social worker and best-selling author, Brené Brown, says that resilience is tolerating discomfort and painful emotions. The effects of the mental health crisis can be seen in the following statistics: Master’s level licensed social workers are twice as likely to have PTSD as the general population. Support team building.

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The fundamental misconception at the heart of the Family First Act

Child Welfare Monitor

Case management is the only service that the child welfare system usually provides directly rather than through referrals and for which it actually pays. Child welfare social workers are above all case managers.