Child Welfare Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Maybe a parent needs mental health care or substance use disorder treatment, or parenting training and support, or maybe the family needs to do family therapy. … So under Family First, we created new federal funding for those services. Child welfare social workers are above all case managers.

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Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

From counseling individuals with mental health disorders to helping vulnerable children and families access critical resources, your organization and the behavioral health professionals you employ perform a wide range of important work. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder by Gregory L. Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder, is a misunderstood and often underdiagnosed condition. 43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals by Gerald O’Brien.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estimate of expected charges. Services related to mental health substance use disorders are specifically included. December 2021.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estimate of expected charges. Services related to mental health substance use disorders are specifically included.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

Recognized by social work educators, researchers, practitioners, students, and policymakers as an essential guide to clear and precise communication in the profession, this indispensable reference work should be on the bookshelves of all social workers and human services professionals in the United States and abroad.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Using the sociological framework of moral panic—periods of exaggerated public fear triggered by high-profile incidents linked to feared social groups—Michael H. Today, social work and human services professionals must be prepared to deliver knowledgeable and unbiased services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MARCH 27, 2022

While information and communication technologies (ICTs) permeated social work practice long before the onset of COVID-19, the abrupt need to close non-essential workplaces resulted in unparalleled incorporation of digital technology and a radical change in social work practice across the globe. Facing the pandemic, Prof.

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Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

From counseling individuals with mental health disorders to helping vulnerable children and families access critical resources, your organization and the behavioral health professionals you employ perform a wide range of important work. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S.

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Relias

JANUARY 24, 2024

The National Center for Mental Health and Justice reports that approximately 60-70%, of youth in the care of the juvenile justice system have a diagnosable mental health disorder, and 60% meet criteria for a substance use disorder. Additionally, 30% of these disorders are so severe that they lead to functional impairments.

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Relias

DECEMBER 19, 2022

From counseling individuals with mental health disorders to helping vulnerable children and families access critical resources, behavioral health professionals perform a wide range of important work. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S. 48,540 social workers.

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Relias

AUGUST 30, 2023

Social workers and case managers : Social workers and case managers are more likely to see clients living in their everyday environment. As such, they are positioned to understand the social determinants of health facing their clients and help them navigate these challenges. Payers : Many in the U.S.

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Relias

JUNE 28, 2023

The main purpose is to effectively address and treat co-occurring and chronic mental health, substance use, and medical disorders. For example, when a patient is not responding to first- or second-line treatments for bi-polar disorder. This model of care takes place in a variety of settings and locations.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

January is Birth Defects Awareness Month, a call to action for social workers to share a key message: for a healthy pregnancy, it is safest to avoid alcohol, smoking, and other recreational drugs. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) can occur when a developing baby is exposed to alcohol before birth.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

For women, alcohol use poses the additional risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). This Alcohol Awareness Month, social workers can dispel common myths about drinking, including the belief that there is a safe time, amount, or amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

We are also advocating on behalf of clinical social workers with key federal regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. Items and services”: All encounters, procedures, medical tests provided or assessed in connection with the provision of health care. Background on Federal Rule. Compliance Steps.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Social workers can help women prioritize their health by making conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice. As providers of mental and behavioral health services in a broad range of settings, social workers play a pivotal role in preventing risky drinking among women, including any alcohol use during pregnancy.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Research indicates that children have better outcomes, including placement stability and reduced occurrence of mental health disorders, when placed with kinship providers. [3] What does This Mean for Child Welfare Social Workers? The results of the pilot program are available for monitoring and review here. About the Law.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As a care professional in the human services industry, you’re most likely familiar with the common risk factors and warning signs for suicide, but there are other important factors to consider, like social determinants of health (SDOH) which play a large role in substance use disorders (SUDs) and depression.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Yet questions linger about the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on individuals, families, society, and social workers. Social workers, like most helping professionals, were called upon during the pandemic to help individuals and families to make informed decisions about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

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Relias

MAY 20, 2024

Even in typical circumstances, professionals in helping roles are susceptible to secondary trauma, sometimes referred to as an inherent risk in their field by social workers. Shockingly, studies reveal that one-third of child protective services workers exhibit symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A social worker who doesnt want to report kids in dirty clothes to CPS. More than 600 social workers, nonprofit executives and staff, legal experts and advocates for parents rights have joined the hours-long convenings that began in March. Department of Health and Human Services confirms it.

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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.

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