Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 29, 2024

Editor’s note: In this blog post, four social worker educators share a sample from their new and free resource about using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in social work education. Alexander Rubin , LCSW, is a clinical assistant professor based in field education at the University at Buffalo School of School of Social Work. He specializes in community partnership development, field-specific teaching, and innovation in field education.

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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 2, 2024

Teen Mental Wellness Day is March 2nd. Please read or watch a video to learn more about it, statistics and resources.

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My Brains Not Broken

MARCH 13, 2024

You know, it’s funny. You would think, after ten years of living with depression, of experiencing it on and off, I’d have a better understanding of it by now. Some days I feel like I do. I feel like I understand why I’m experiencing symptoms, or I know exactly what I can do to alleviate these symptoms and feel better. But other days, it’s like I’m dealing with depression for the first time.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

All of the love, compassion and common decency in this case came from people not employed by family police agencies. Massachusetts "Child Advocate" Maria Mossaides was not involved in this case. Had she been asked, she probably would have made the right call. But, though it wasn't her intent, she's fomented a climate of fear that helped prolong this child's agony.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

By Yasoda Sharma, PhD, MSW March is recognized as Women’s History Month, with the 2024 United Nations theme being “Invest in Women, Accelerate Progress.” Women worldwide face numerous challenges, underscoring the urgent need for comprehensive actions to empower them. Investing in women is the pivotal first step to drive change and accelerate the transition towards a just, safe, and more egalitarian society for all.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 25, 2024

All social workers are invited to help create the biggest overview of often-challenging working conditions of social workers around the globe. The survey is open until 31 May 2024.

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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 7, 2024

First, let me say it is not easy living with someone with bipolar disorder. Their severe depressions and highest of manic episodes can ruin relationships. Even people who love the person and have supported them for years, can eventually throw up their hands and be done. It is understandable because they have to watch out for their own mental health.

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 19, 2024

With the support of a $7 million National Institutes on Aging (NIA) Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center grant, Assistant Professor Rupal Parekh is leading a pilot study about the impact of social isolation and loneliness on the health and well-being of Black and African American older adults in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parekh’s research goal is to investigate both the barriers and the facilitators of engagement for Black and African American older adults in activities

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

For the first time in its history, the group uses litigation to take on racism, needless surveillance and wrongful removal. It’s not a full-scale lawsuit, but it’s a good start From Children's Rights' page discussing their civil rights complaint in Minnesota Last week, in a post about the landmark lawsuit against the New York City family police agency for its abuses of children and families during investigations, I noted that Ira Lustbader, litigation director at Children’s Rights said “now is t

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Nnatasha Tracy

MARCH 26, 2024

Don't ask me how I am. Just don't do it. Asking me how I am will only result in one of two things: a dishonest answer or honest tears. I don't particularly care for either outcome. This is because I'm miserable. I'm hellaciously depressed and have recently undergone a couple of unfortunate situations. i do the best I can to ignore all that — after all, nothing can be done — but when I think about how I am, I get really upset.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 27, 2024

By Denise Johnson, LCSW-C Senior Practice Associate March 2024 In February 2024, a major healthcare cybersecurity attack occurred, affecting many patients and providers including clinical social workers (CSWs). The attack targeted UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Change Healthcare, a technology clearinghouse that manages billing and administrative tasks for healthcare organizations.

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 4, 2024

You might wonder what self-care has to do with empowerment. Actually, they’re inextricably related. Like empowerment, self-care is a process of increasing strengths and developing influence toward improving one’s circumstances.

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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 17, 2024

Would you like to be part of a collaborative video that sends a message of peace and how we can all get along and the answer is not division and not being friends with someone because they disagree with you or calling them a racist because their political views are different? If so. please send a pic of you holding sign thar can be read in 2 to 4 seconds to bipolarbandit@gmail.com Subject line *Heal the World * Deadline April 15th The pics will be used while the song by Michael Jackson is sung b

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 14, 2024

Associate Professor Meg Feely co-authored a paper published in Social Service Review that examines the relationship between maternal employment and the risk for child maltreatment. The paper was selected as the editor’s choice article and the only article in the volume available to the public via open access. The editor’s choice are articles that best embody the mission of the journal to publish work that is both empirically and theoretically rigorous, while also being of wide general interest.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 18, 2024

World Social Work Day Statement by Rory Truell, Secretary-General of the International Federation of Social Workers: On this World Social Work Day in 2024, I am honored to address the […]

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

New York City Administration for Children's Services Commissioner Jess Dannhauser Poor Jess Dannhauser. The head of New York City’s family police agency, the Administration for Children’s Services, says he’s really, truly concerned (though apparently not much more) about all those families and children traumatized by needless investigations and strip-searches resulting from all those false allegations, trivial cases or cases in which family poverty is confused with “neglect.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Article by Diana Ling, MA, Program Manager; and Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH, Senior Health Strategist; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. How often do you talk with clients about their alcohol use? Do you know how much drinking is too much, or what counts as a standard drink?

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MARCH 3, 2024

Title: “Uniting for Change: Addressing the Grand Challenges for Social Work in the 21st Century” Date: 22 March 2024 Venue: Virtual, Time: 9.00 am – 11.00 am (CT) Call for abstracts: Organizers invite submissions from social work students across the globe on any of the conference themes. Submissions can be fieldwork projects, case studies, innovative practice models, and research papers.

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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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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 28, 2024

Having suffered with symptoms of bipolar 2 disorder for over fifteen years, my hope in making this piece for See Change is to give people some understanding of how it feels in the different phases of this complex mental health illness. From the deep despair of the manic depressive stage to the idealistic highs of the hypomania, I will shine some light on the experience of going through these polar opposite states.

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Nnatasha Tracy

MARCH 7, 2024

I hate platitudes in general, but I especially hate platitudes when they're applied to mental illness. It's so condescending when people offer some simple piece of advice and tell you it will fix everything. It's disgustingly pious when people tell you you're looking at things or handling things the wrong way because they know of a rhyming couplet. Not only are platitudes unlikely to be helpful in general, I would suggest they are even less so for people with a mental illness (especially serious

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 13, 2024

Organized in collaboration by IFSW Europe, in partnership with the Association of Social Workers of Turkey and the Center for Training and Evaluation in Social Work (CFCECAS), the training program […]

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 11, 2024

While our professional focus often lies in empowering others, this year’s NASW Social Work Month theme, “Empowering Social Workers,” serves as a timely reminder of the importance of self-empowerment.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

How often do you talk with clients about their alcohol use? Do you know how much drinking is too much, or what counts as a standard drink? April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an invitation to social workers to make conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice—and to make sure they’re armed with the facts. As the nation’s largest group of mental health services providers, social workers are uniquely positioned to help clients make significant positive changes in their health and well-be

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Social Work.Career

MARCH 1, 2024

Happy #SocialWorkMonth to all my fellow social workers! I’m so grateful for all that you do on behalf of our clients and our profession. #SWMonth2024 #EmpoweringSocialWorkers #SocialWorkMonth #NASW This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 60 free webcasts that we could find for […] The post Free Mental Health Webinars, March 2024 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.

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Community Care

MARCH 15, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Black, Asian and minority ethnic social care staff face disproportionately high levels of workplace bullying, disciplinary action and fitness to practise referrals, while also being less likely than white counterparts to be shortlisted for jobs.

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Nnatasha Tracy

MARCH 13, 2024

I'm extremely excited to announce that I'm releasing my second book. For those of you who don't know, I released a book in 2016, Lost Marbles: Insights into My Life with Depression & Bipolar. It's a combination of memoir and self-help. It was very well received by people with bipolar disorder and their loved ones alike. I've certainly written a lot since 2016, and this new book is a result of that and so much more.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 25, 2024

A special issue of Practice. Social Work in Action dedicated to the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development has just been released.

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 10, 2024

In this episode of Conversations on Social Work Careers, The New Social Worker columnists and editor/publisher/founder Linda Grobman got together to talk about their thoughts on the Social Work Month theme, "Empowering Social Workers.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

By Sue Coyle Self-care is an often-discussed topic among social workers, the organizations that employ them, and the profession as a whole—and for good reason. Social work is a challenging career choice in myriad ways. From the client-based schedules that often extend into the evenings, to the lack of resources available for organizations and individuals, to the emotional toll service work can take on a professional, social workers are likely to feel overwhelmed and stressed—at the very least—at

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Nicole Clark Consulting

MARCH 5, 2024

Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know, March is Social Work Month, and the 2024 theme is “Empowering Social Workers!: Inspiring Action, Leading Change.”If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that my passion area is Reproductive Justice, and over the years I’ve explored how RJ looks through [.] The post Ask Nicole: The Role of Social Workers in Reproductive Justice appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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Community Care

MARCH 15, 2024

Non-statutory placements make up over half of practice learning provision for social work students in Scotland, leaving some graduates underprepared for practice, research has revealed. The lack of placements in local authorities is driven by underfunding and practice educator shortages, said a report commissioned by regulator the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and the Social Work Education Partnership (SWEP), an alliance of sector leaders that oversees the education system.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

At long last the federal government has released state and national foster care statistics for the year ending September 30, 2022. Yes, 2022. Instead of being a year behind, as usual, this time they’re nearly a year-and-a-half behind. But for what it’s worth, it appears that, slowly but surely, the pressure on systems to stop tearing apart families needlessly is starting to make a real difference – with one crucial caveat: We don’t know how much of the decline in the latest figures is real and h

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