Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The Ethics of Social Work: An Overview” by Felicia Kornbluh offers an accessible look at ethical issues that social workers face in their day-to-day practice. These readings will help equip any social worker with the knowledge they need to effectively apply their skills in practice.

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Code of Ethics Substance Abuse Justice and Corrections Social Worker 52

Community Care

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Family members were commonly used instead, with implications for confidentiality. Social workers should have ‘broad understanding’ of immigration system, says new guidance. Pictured: co-author Dr Andrew Jolly, social work lecturer at University of Plymouth / Photo credit: Andrew Jolly. Related articles.

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Child Welfare Welfare Confidentiality University 59

Relias

JANUARY 23, 2024

Referral Healthcare professionals should refer women with a positive screening for a mental health disorder to appropriate services, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, counselor, social worker, or support group. By following these steps, healthcare professionals can help mothers overcome mental health challenges.

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Mental Health Healthcare Disorder Domestic Violence 59

Community Care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A social worker has won an appeal against an employment tribunal’s decision to throw out her claims of discrimination against her former employer, meaning they will be reconsidered. Social worker awarded £20,000 by human rights court after judge’s ‘manifestly unfair’ criticisms left her unable to work. Related articles.

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Social Worker Disability Confidentiality Anxiety 71

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Community Care’s survey on the cost of living crisis found that a majority of social workers were struggling, with 94% receiving no additional help from employers. As a result, some social workers admitted feeling isolated, with one respondent now “constantly having to avoid doing anything social as I cannot afford it”.

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Social Worker Confidentiality Anxiety Mental Health 54

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If anyone still doubts the need to replace anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse with confidential reporting, check out this story from ProPublica. Instead, a social worker told Janell that the adults had lied about the dentist. Oh honey, that’s not how it works,” the social worker told Janell. she wondered.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Confidentiality 101

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

This provision of law has never been enforced and is almost universally ignored. Social workers and other professionals who work as part of family defense teams also should be exempted. A 1980 federal law, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, requires states to make “reasonable efforts” to keep families together.

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Child Welfare Domestic Violence Adoption Foster Care 98

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

Editor’s note: This post was written by Melanie Sage from the University at Buffalo’s School of Social Work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a follow-up to her post – A Love Letter to Social Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19. As a university professor , I do not work with clients directly.

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Social Worker Child Welfare Justice and Corrections Confidentiality 130

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

All I ask is that you keep our conversations here confidential, to respect other peoples’ privacy. I worked at a university for about ten years. I fretted a lot about my university job and how it had treated me. In addition to a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, I was also assigned a social worker. No one left.

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Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Instead, a social worker told Janell that the adults had lied about the dentist. Oh honey, that’s not how it works,” the social worker told Janell. But then … Three weeks later, her social worker surprised Lacie when she announced DCFS would be taking her children, after all. But she did not see her mother.

Child Welfare 101

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 101