Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Q: Why did you decide to become a social worker and work in the child welfare arena? A child welfare social worker meets with her clients. I have colleagues who were former foster youth, had parents that suffered from mental health barriers, or were victims of witnessing domestic violence between adults in the home.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.

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All For Kids

MARCH 10, 2025

Counseling may also be available for individuals, couples, and families, addressing issues like mental health, domestic violence, and substance abuse. Additional services may include parent education, after-school activities, domestic violence counseling, and kids counseling.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Using an intersectionality framework, the authors bring together previously fragmented research into this population and explain through case studies the topics particularly relevant to South Asians, including domestic violence, mental health, parenting, gender and sexual orientation, workplace barriers, and aging.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I am particularly passionate about addressing mental health issues and advocating for the well-being of young people who often find themselves navigating turbulent waters. One of the defining moments in my life came when I volunteered at a local shelter for survivors of domestic violence.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. Social Work Quotes.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Maine's first child welfare ombudsman, Dean Crocker, understood the lessons from the tragic death of Logan Marr, who was taken when her family poverty was confused with "neglect" and killed in foster care. For starters, Maine should join the many states in which child welfare court hearings are open.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Was that the intent of this poll done by Harris for a group calling itself the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) as part of its new child welfare initiative? There is no mention of seeking to recapture the spirit of the Indian Child Welfare Act. I don’t know. But some of the questions sure sound like push polling.

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Relias

JANUARY 23, 2024

On January 23, we recognize Maternal Health Awareness Day , an initiative by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to increase awareness and action related to maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S. It affects not only the mother, but also their children, their families, and their communities.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This morning, I gave a presentation with the above title At the Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Here is the text of that presentation Have you heard? In South Dakota, it's when a child's "environment is injurious to his welfare." Poverty is confused with neglect!

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

She was an American activist in the 19th century and a pioneering force for modern mental health reform. Dix’s work highlighted the need for better care for the mentally ill and led to the establishment of many mental institutions across the country. Another famous social worker is probably Dorothea Lynde Dix.

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Child Welfare Monitor

DECEMBER 9, 2024

But today’s post focuses on one particularly jarring vignette–the story of a mother, her seven children, and a van–and what it means about how child welfare policy is made and discussed today. David Reed, the Deputy Director of Child Welfare Services in Indiana, introduced the story of this family in his testimony.

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Community Care

MAY 30, 2022

This should have prompted consideration of a pre-birth assessment, which would have provided a “baseline” for considering the risk factors that emerged after Star’s birth including lack of settled accommodation, domestic abuse, substance misuse, mental health issues and family tensions within Smith’s family.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

These are measures that aim to protect the overall public health and stem COVID’s spread. But the fallout from the coronavirus also is affecting our welfare in other ways: mental health issues are on the rise, as are homelessness, food insecurity, substance use, social isolation and suicides, to name a few.

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Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 13, 2025

was born) for issues including use of heroin, marijuana and alcohol in the home; lack of supervision of the children; domestic violence; an unsafe caregiver living with the family; an unsafe and unclean living environment unsecured guns in the home out-of-control behaviors by B.B.s During the ten years before B.B.s

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The story begins this way: Growing up Latino in Massachusetts carries a greater risk of entering the foster system than anywhere else in the nation, and for those who end up in foster homes — as well as those who are the subject of child welfare investigations — the consequences can be devastating. Please, Mommy.

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