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Unprecedented Experiment: Pandemic Initiatives Provide Roadmap to Ending U.S. Child Poverty

Social Work Blog

The unprecedented global crisis created the political will to implement long-called-for expansions of government benefits. For the poorest families in the U.S., however, there was a silver lining. Read the full story at the NASW Social Work Advocates magazine

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Call for Submissions: 101 Things to Do with a Social Work Degree

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Child Welfare Social Worker vs. Social Services Specialist III) Organization Type: (Government, Non-profit, For-profit, Outside social services) Setting: (School, Clinic, Hospital, etc.) Job Information: Descriptive Job Title: (e.g., My days are diverse and fast-paced.

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Sharon Shoesmith: how social workers can get their professional pride back

Community Care

After leaving Haringey, Shoesmith completed a PhD in 2015 in psychosocial studies and a year later her book, Learning from Baby P: The politics of blame, fear and denial, was published. We just have to keep challenging the government and media [when they are wrong] and get out there and hit back.” Luckily, I went the court route.”

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Disastrous Plan to Eliminate the Department of Education

Social Work Blog

This decision undermines the federal government’s role in ensuring equal access to quality education for all students, regardless of their socioeconomic background. Justice Involved Adults and Youth Eliminating the Department of Education (DOE) would have significant repercussions for justice-involved youth and adults.