Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 25, 2022

In my role as the Director of our undergraduate social work program this summer, I have been onboarding several new adjunct instructors to our Department. It is a fun process as new adjuncts bring new ideas and energy to the role, and I have been reminded of my early days in social work education as an adjunct instructor. I taught statistics to social work students for four years while working on my Ph.D.

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Social Care

AUGUST 3, 2022

Around a fifth of the adult social care workforce are from a black or minority ethnic background. This increases to 40% of nurses. Sadly, this diversity is not reflected at senior management and leadership level. A new leadership programme aims to change that. [Image copyright Lauren Hurley/DHSC]. Quality, diversity, status. As Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, one of my unwavering priorities is to improve the quality, diversity and status of adult social care (ASC) nursing.

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 30, 2022

Here on My Brain’s Not Broken I have a tendency to write blog posts that serve as reminders. Sometimes they’re reminders that would be beneficial for whoever’s reading the post. Other times, the reminders are things I’ve forgotten long ago, and what I need to hear in the moment. Either way, reminder posts serve a purpose; they can help ground us and help us remember where we are on our journey.

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International Federation of Social Workers

AUGUST 9, 2022

Photo by the UN The IFSW Message on World Indigenous Peoples Day Today on World Indigenous Peoples Day, IFSW acknowledges the indigenous social workers that have for decades worked patiently to steer the profession towards understanding, respecting and celebrating diverse cultures. IFSW acknowledges that in many places around the world social work as a profession […].

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 29, 2022

Download your Self-Care Awareness Month calendar for 2022 and join The New Social Worker as we invite you to deepen awareness and activation of self-care.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 24, 2022

Roundtable: Asian Perspective for Social Work Education. . Date: 9 September 2022 (Friday). Time : 3:00-6:00 pm (HKT, GMT+8). Organizer: China and Global Development Network, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Location: Online via Zoom. Registration: [link] (Meeting ID and passcode will be sent to successful registrants).

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

? We begin with a photo: Check out the ads on New York City buses, from JMac For Families: ? J. Khadijah Abdurahman, who is both a parent with lived experience dealing with New York City’s family policing agency, the Administration for Children’s Services – and a Tech Research Fellow at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. I have a blog post about her powerful story in Logic Magazine.

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 11, 2022

There are many ways to combat mental health challenges, and one of them that I’ve been reflecting on recently is motivation. Using motivational techniques has been very helpful when it comes to my mental health. I’ll watch videos, listen to speeches, or find quotes that give me a boost. I want to find things that will give me the energy I need to get through this moment and on to the next.

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Relias

AUGUST 22, 2022

It’s hard being a human services worker. The role today comes with many of the same challenges our predecessors faced, with a few newer additions. Let’s take a few minutes to understand these challenges and how human services professionals can work to overcome them. Challenges a human services worker will face. While the following may not be comprehensive, it provides an overview of the challenges and struggles human services workers face in today’s market (some are not new but worth reviewing a

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 2, 2022

An interstate compact license for social workers would facilitate practice mobility, allowing social workers to practice across state lines. A social work interstate licensing compact is under development, and you can submit your feedback now.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 16, 2022

Global Dimensions in Social Work Education – Call for Proposal for SW Education Conference. Call for Proposals closes October 1, 2022. Now more than ever, the social work profession is called to action as our world is impacted by social, economic, environmental, and cultural justice issues on a global platform. During. this time of an increasingly interdependent and interconnected world, the social work profession is challenged to incorporate a global perspective in education, practice, an

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

How Social Workers Can Make a Difference. September 2022. Binge drinking and heavy alcohol use during pregnancy have increased over the past decade, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. In fact, from 2011 to 2020, binge drinking among pregnant women increased nearly 9 percent a year, while heavy drinking increased by more than 11 percent a year , study authors found.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Once touted as a model institution, the Glen Mills School was closed after the Philadelphia Inquirer exposed widespread abuse. The Philadelphia Inquirer zeros in on real solutions Here’s something I never thought I’d see in a story about children trapped in night-to-night placements because family policing agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) had no place else to put them: Advocates say what’s needed now is to address the short-term glitches while pursuing the long-term

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 25, 2022

Recently, I noticed a lot of my posts this summer have focused on resting and recharging. This got me thinking about how this happened. I know people tend to focus on relaxing in the summer, which makes perfect sense. But all year, I’ve had a fixated interest in the concept of rest. At first, I wanted to unlearn the concept of rest that I’d practiced my entire life in favor of something new.

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National Casa Gal

AUGUST 29, 2022

Read More. The post Akerman and the National CASA/GAL Association for Children announce 2022 recipients of Academic Excellence Scholarship for foster youth appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 15, 2022

When self-care is routine, you don’t have to add it during crises. It’s there for you.

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Gateway Foundation

AUGUST 31, 2022

Alcohol has significant short-term and long-term effects on the body’s organs, including the liver. The liver serves critical purposes, and one of its main roles is to help break down substances and eliminate toxins from the body. Excessive and long-term alcohol consumption can overwhelm the liver and hinder its ability to filter alcohol, damaging liver cells beyond repair.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 18, 2022

By Marisa Markowitz and Daniel Pollack. Early in their careers, social workers learn the concepts of burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious traumatization. But how does self-care play out in real-life scenarios, when new social workers might not get the best supervision or insight into how to handle the stressors that come with the job of being a social worker?

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Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 28, 2022

In the Times, even social problems can be gentrified. In a front-page story in The New York Times today (Aug. 28) about the misuse and overuse of psychiatric medication on children, these are what journalists call the “nut grafs” – the paragraphs that summarize what the whole story is about and why it’s important: Psychiatrists and other clinicians emphasize that psychiatric drugs, properly prescribed, can be vital in stabilizing adolescents and saving the lives of suicidal teens.

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 23, 2022

A couple of weeks ago, I started doing some weight training exercises for the first time in at least a few years. Lifting weights is something I’ve done on and off for years, but I’d fallen away from it for some time. But one day, kind of randomly, I went into the gym and headed for the weights. After the first session, my body was sore in places I’d forgotten I could be sore in, and these new exercises taught me a valuable lesson in how we can help ourselves adjust to things,

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International Federation of Social Workers

AUGUST 11, 2022

The partnership between the Kamianets-Podilskyi district in Ukraine and IFSW is moving forward. In the last week, a coordinator and support staff have been appointed, and two social workers have been contracted for the centre. With the assistance of community members, the family and children’s counselling rooms are also being prepared. The aim of the […].

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 8, 2022

Fancy socks can sustain a social worker whose day is filled with stories of violence and trauma. A poetic reflection.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

AUGUST 4, 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS: SOCIAL DIALOGUE (ISSUE 27). TITLE OF THIS EDITION: Armed conflicts and disasters: Voices from the ‘unheard’. . We live in a world where the many atrocities and disasters impact the everyday lives of millions across the globe. The failure of the current global system is evident even in the natural disasters that cause widespread destruction.

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National Casa Gal

AUGUST 5, 2022

Q5id Guardian will begin to immediately focus on providing financial and other support toward increasing the awareness of National CASA/GAL and expanding efforts to advocate for children who have experienced abuse or neglect. Read More. The post Q5id Guardian to support the National CASA/GAL Association for Children appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

J. Khadijah Abdurahman speaking at a virtual panel on predictive analytics in “child welfare” in New York City. Organizers had to be pressured to include her. t In this powerful story from Logic Magazine , J. Khadijah Abdurahman, who is both a parent with lived experience dealing with New York City’s family policing agency, the Administration for Children’s Services – and a Tech Research Fellow at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, ties it all together: her own experience of retaliat

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 18, 2022

I was reflecting on my most recent therapy session when I realized that there was a recurring phrase I was using over and over again. No matter what the topic was or how I felt about it, everything came back to me saying “I’m tired.” Listen – at some point or another, we all get tired. Physically, mentally, emotionally, we are tired and need rest to prepare for what’s next.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Recent flooding in Mississippi caused an already struggling water treatment plant in the state capital of Jackson to collapse. Residents in the city of 150,000 are having difficulty getting water to drink or to flush toilets, prompting the city to close schools and business and residents to wait in long lines for water. The NASW Mississippi Chapter has mobilized volunteers to help and is seeking donations.

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 1, 2022

Reading life-stories deepens compassion, widens worldview, and encourages spirit—all aspects of expansive self-care. Here are four “big picture” aspects from Viola Davis’s compelling life-story that we can emulate in our own self-care journeys.

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International Federation of Social Workers

AUGUST 23, 2022

IFSW is delighted to publish the findings of the international research project, ‘Beyond the Pandemic: Exploring Social Work Ethics and Values as a Contribution to a New Eco-social World’. This project, undertaken between March and July 2022, is a follow-on from an earlier online survey on ethical challenges for social workers during Covid-19 conducted in […].

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Nnatasha Tracy

AUGUST 11, 2022

Recently I was asked what to do when you don't want to take your bipolar medication. What do you do when you're battling medication noncompliance (also known as nonadherence ) within yourself? I thought this was a good question as it's something that many of us battle with. We know we need to take the medication, but some part of us doesn't want to take the medication.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

They even acknowledged their own role in “contributing to racism in the legal field” in general and “within the child welfare legal field in particular…” Offhand, I can’t think of an organization that says “establishment” more than the American Bar Association. Oh, a committee or a task force may say something radical from time to time – but the entire House of Delegates?

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 16, 2022

This post comes on a heels of a similar post I wrote recently called “I Am Not My Depression” ( you can check it out here! ). A big part of my mental health journey is the way I’ve noticed that language has built up the stigma surrounding mental health, which means I’m constantly trying to find ways to break down that stigma.

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