Teaching & Learning in Social Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

As many of you may already know, simulations are increasingly being incorporated into social work education in various ways (online, in-person, virtual or augmented reality, large-scale, standardized patient, OSCE (Objective structured clinical exams), formative assessment, etc.). In addition, simulations often cover a range of topics such as child welfare home visits, assessment skills, and interprofessional teamwork.

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Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

It can be so confusing when statistically, almost everyone has parents who love them and puts them first and you have a parent whose needs supercede your own. Between the notion that all parents are loving and the child’s need to be accepted and loved, having a parent who does otherwise is befuddling. The child, whether a youngster, teen or adult remains in a struggle seeking to protect themselves from the demands of such a parent whilst still clinging to the need and hope to be appropriat

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The number of social workers leaving children’s posts in English councils or trusts has spiked to its highest point in at least five years, according to Department for Education figures. Almost 5,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) children’s social workers left their roles in the year to September 2021, a 16% increase on the year before and the highest number since comparable data collection began in 2016-17.

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My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

TW: This post discusses suicide and suicide-related topics. When I read about strings of death in the news about people who died by suicide, I am usually pretty shaken. It’s happened a number of times, and I usually always feel the same way, physically and mentally. I am sad yes, but my heart also breaks, and I feel hopeless, both for myself and for the world around me.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Statement on Ukraine by EEsrASSW. Social work as a profession and academic discipline is based on the idea of peace and non-violence (Statement 9 of the Global Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles). The pioneers and founders of professional social work explicitly advocated for peace and against military interventions that continue to inflict suffering on people on all sides of violent attacks.

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Bipolar Bandit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

We, the mentally ill, have amazingly strong shock absorbers. An individual needs to be very resilient when dealing with bipolar disorder. Currently, I am experiencing a mixed episode which means I shift back and forth between mania and depression. This can be charted by hours or days. I stay connected to my psychiatrist and therapist more often when I am experiencing a mood episode.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Posted January 28, 2022, and revised February 10, 2022. Icon of two adults, facing each other and touching hands. One is sitting in a wheelchair. This post updates information provided in a Social Work Blog post of December 17, 2021. The January 28, 2022, post was revised on February 10, 2022, to reflect changes since publication. Following its November 12 release of guidance for nursing home visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS released three versions of frequently asked questions (FAQs

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Nnatasha Tracy

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I have been told that I trigger people with my writing and speaking. And let's make something clear: that is never my intent. I never stand up in front of people or sit behind the keyboard and think about how to trigger someone. In fact, I soften my language quite frequently so people aren't triggered. Nonetheless, people say I trigger them. Well, this is incorrect.

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Mental Health 121

My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The more I learn about depression, the more I come to terms with the fact that there will always be more to learn. In fact, it’s likely that there’s so much more I don’t know about my own depression than what I’ve learned over the past decade. I write that to say when we talk about mental health, knowledge certainly is power.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Online conference “SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN A CHANGING WORLD”. A FREE online conference “SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN A CHANGING WORLD” being organised by the Department of Social Work, Veronica Adeleke School of Social Sciences, Babcock University, Nigeria. Please do consider if you may wish to/can attend, and also maybe submit an abstract. The conference will held on May 10 th and 11 th 2022.

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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.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Geographically, Castle Rock and Aurora are less than 30 miles away. But when it comes to what happens to those investigated for "child neglect" they can be worlds apart. All over the country, there are efforts to pass what should be called “right to childhood laws” – that is, very good laws specifying that, no, it is not “neglect” if you use your common sense to decide when your child is old enough play by himself in a playground, or walk to or from school by herself, or watch younger siblings w

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The New Social Worker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It's time! March is Social Work Month, and The New Social Worker invites you to spend it with us. THANK you for all you do. Follow us all month (March 2022) to celebrate the social work profession. The time is right for social work.

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Bipolar Bandit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Wellness is not limited to physical training but that’s where my journey began. For most of my life I’ve grappled with depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. My journey included multiple suicide attempts, repeated hospitalizations, and many failed attempts to treat my illness with various medications. I consistently self-medicated with drugs and alcohol and secretly lived a miserable existence.

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Nnatasha Tracy

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Lately, I've been wondering why I can't get over fatphobia. I've gotten over so much bad programming in my life, I would have thought I could have gotten over that toxic set of ideas as well, but it seems I just can't. Ideas of fatphobia just seem to own my brain. Skinny is good; fat is bad. Skinny is lovable; fat is unlovable. Skinny is beautiful; fat is ugly.

Mental Health 113

Mental Health 113

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My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I don’t know when I realized this, but I’m awful at compartmentalizing things. For a long time, I didn’t even know what it meant to compartmentalize things and when I did learn, I wasn’t sure how to put it into practice. It can be very frustrating to discover you’re not good at something, and that frustration can grow even more when you realize it’s holding you back from wellness in an area of your life.

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Mental Health Anxiety Depression 244

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Social Dialogue #26 – call for articles. Black Lives Matter: developments in de-colonising social work. Editors: Kish Bhatti-Sinclair and Brian Littlechild. The proposal for this special edition of Social Dialogue is from members of SWEARN (Social Work Education Anti-Racist Network), an established network of academics and leaders from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland committed to the development of global understandings of anti-racist and anti-oppressive pra

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Engagement 119

International Federation of Social Workers

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Social work has responded over many decades to the human tragedies that follow the war. The military aggression in Ukraine will result in death, destruction, more human rights abuses, large-scale refugee movements, and the traumatization of people. Historically we have seen that land disputes on this international scale, apparently fueled by the need for power […].

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Military 112

The New Social Worker

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

How do I even get started? What are the pros and cons? If you have had these and other questions about international social work, tune in to this conversation with Dean Tanya Voss, MSSW, on the world of international social work.

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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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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We want to know what you know— and wish you knew— about client alcohol use. Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve women, families, and others who may be at risk for alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorders and alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Your responses will be completely anonymous.

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Disorder Clinic University Schools 104

Relias

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The only constant is change. To keep up, human services providers must constantly be looking to improve the way they provide services. One of the best ways to achieve this goal is by creating a culture of learning. But what does this mean exactly? According to Peter Senge, a pioneer in this topic: “Learning organizations are organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collec

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Human Services Mental Health Engagement 105

My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Sometimes, anxiety is like an itch you can’t scratch. You know it’s there – you can sense it, feel it, even acknowledge it if you’re able – but you feel helpless to do anything about it. I’ve experienced this feeling a few times here and there during the past week, which is what I want to talk about today. There are times when I can accurately describe how anxious I’m feeling to someone, and there are times when I can’t even get close.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Project Funding ? Call For Proposals. IASSW Grants For Projects In Social Work Education. International Schools of Social Work (IASSW) invites proposals for projects, designed to advance social work education internationally. Grants of up to US $5.000 are available for proposals submitted by IASSW members that can be expected to contribute to the implementation of the IASSW Mission Statement, and to the enhancement of cooperation among schools of social work world-wide.

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Schools 119

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

This excerpt from a report by the New Hampshire "Office of Child Advocate" describes, and illustrates, the "quiet room" at the Nashua Children's Home. On the surface, this story from New Hampshire may seem like just another example of children institutionalized in a place that has been the subject of multiple allegations of abuse. In fact, it’s much more. ?

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Foster Care Child Welfare Welfare Engagement 104

Social Work.Career

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Dear Social Workers and Colleagues, March is #SocialWorkMonth and I just wanted to thank all of you for all the hard work that you do throughout the year! #TheTimeIsRightForSocialWork! Don’t forget to check out 25 Social Workers Share Why They Love Social Work! This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers […].

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

A message from National Association of Social Workers (NASW) President Mildred “Mit” Joyner. NASW President Mildred “Mit” Joyner, DPS, MSW, LCSW. “NASW condemns Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s direction of the Department of Family and Protective Services to implement Attorney General Ken Paxton’s opinion and to actually treat age-appropriate medically necessary gender affirming treatment as child abuse.

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Nicole Clark Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. If there’s anything I’ve hated about a consulting project, it most likely stems from the organization I worked with, and less about the actual project. In some ways, the process of securing a new consultant or consulting team mirrors the process of recruiting and [.]. The post Ask Nicole: Be Honest About Your Organizational Culture appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Language is one of the most important aspects of mental wellness, and how we talk about mental health can go a long way toward shrinking the mental health stigma. This recurring feature on the blog will tackle different words and phrases that I use when talking about my mental health. I know that other people use this language as well, and defining some of the more relatable terms can help others understand what it means, instead of having to explain it constantly.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Food Insecurity: Youth from the grassroots speak out in the context of COVID 19 crisis. Wednesday, February 16, 2022. 10:00 am 11:30 am (EST). Panellists. • Augustine Kaheeru Bahemuka Human Rights Specialist, UNAMI. • Alexandra Mustafá Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. International. Associatio n of Schools of Social Work IASSW). • Miroslav Budimir , University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. • Videos from youth in Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya. • Concluding remarks Dr.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

I may not be posting later this week, so here are some quick additions to the news round-up: ? A couple of weeks ago, I linked to a review of Jessamine Chan’s novel The School for Good Mothers The reviewer noted the novel’s “closeness to reality.” In fact, current reality isn’t always as bad as what is depicted in the novel – sometimes it’s worse. If you doubt it, please read this story from Mother Jones. ?

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International Federation of Social Workers

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Photo: HAN BISW students arriving for fieldwork placement in Nepal at the Maya Foundation This week, the Bachelor of International Social Work offered by HAN University in the Netherlands was endorsed by IFSW in the first-ever pilot peer review. The peer assessment conducted by the IFSW Education Commission, included the Dutch National Association of Social […].

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

[Note: Below is an excerpt from the lead editorial in the most recent issue of the journal Health & Social Work , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press. The editorial was written by Christine M. Rine, PhD, associate professor, Department of Social Work, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership.

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National Casa Gal

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

National CASA/GAL’s Change a Child's Story™ campaign calls out our commitment to diversifying our volunteer corps, specifically through recruitment of African American male volunteers. Read More. The post During Black History Month, National CASA/GAL reflects on its commitment to recruit more African American CASA or GAL volunteers appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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