The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Forensic social work, also known as criminal-legal social work (or juvenile-legal social work for those focusing on work with system-involved youth), is a growing area of practice.

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Children’s Home Society of Washington

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As she stepped into the therapist’s office, 4-year-old Ruth* nervously glanced around the room, fluctuating between curiosity and fear. She and her parents had arrived at one of Children’s Home Society of Washington’s (CHSW) Family Resource Centers (FRC) to get Ruth support with her recent bouts of inexplicable anxiety, particularly around taking baths.

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Abuse Survivor

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Sarah Garlits talks about how she deals with online trolls and stigma In the vast expanse of the internet, we’re all just tiny specks in a vast digital universe. Unfortunately, it’s a universe filled with trolls, those enigmatic creatures whose sole purpose seems to be spreading negativity and vitriol wherever they go. Over the years, I’ve learned that no matter what I do, someone somewhere is going to be upset about it.

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Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 18, 2023

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Councils must be under a statutory duty to support birth parents of children taken into care to tackle, and eventually end, repeat removals, a charity has said. Pause also called for much better recognition of birth parents and improved data on, and monitoring of, recurrent removals, so agencies could understand the scale of the problem, in a report issued today.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

OCTOBER 18, 2023

I have been thinking a lot about self-care in my work with patients experiencing high-stress circumstances. In my practice, with peers and patients, I tend to ask, “what are you doing to take better care of yourself?” The frequent response is so common it could be considered universal …blank stare, awkward silence, and a sheepish, “I don’t know,” usually accompanied with a shrug.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. Councils that had progressed highlighted the importance of giving practitioners the freedom to innovate, found the study on enablers of improvement in children’s services commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA).

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