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?NASW Member Voices: Social Work and Self-Care — A Review Through an Updated Lens

Social Work Blog

By Violeta Donawa, LMSW, MA Dr. Kathleen Cox and Dr. Sue Steiner bring the concept of ‘self-care’ out of the shadows and demystifies its significance in the lives of social work practitioners and leaders. Throughout the Self-Care in Social Work, Cox and Steiner draw upon their extensive clinical and academic experience as social work faculty.

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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

It is one thing to share your own experience living with mental illness, but to suggest that mental illness is not real or should be dealt with without the guidance of a trained professional can be harmful. A good place to start is the US Department of Health and Human Services administration, which operates a suicide and crisis Lifeline.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending May 21, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

They wonder if an artificial intelligence tool that the Allegheny County Department of Human Services uses to predict which children could be at risk of harm singled them out because of their disabilities. She’s even part of a group that rushed to defend a self-proclaimed “race realist” law professor beloved by Tucker Carlson.

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Building Organizational Resilience for Behavioral Health Providers

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Just as individual practices like self-care can ground you through hardship, building organizational resilience can help your clinicians and staff weather hard times. When clinicians experience burnout, they may have weaker boundaries, harming clients through effects like counter-transference.

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Implement Trauma-Informed Care at Your Organization

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For those working in human services, compassion fatigue and the associated symptoms of burnout occur all too often. Trauma often leads the person to find a way of coping that works in the short term but causes serious harm in the long run. Offer other training regarding self-care.

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Integrating the 4 Rs of Trauma-Informed Care Into Your Practice

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A traumatic event can affect a person’s sense of safety, self, and ability to regulate emotions. By understanding trauma’s impact, identifying its signs, tailoring responses, and avoiding further harm, caregivers can foster healing and empowerment in a compassionate, informed manner.

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You Asked, We Answered; 12 Questions about Trauma-Informed-Care

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Such invalidation is harmful to the traumatized individual. To begin offering trauma-informed care to clients coping with the effects of racial trauma, use the following strategies: Address self-blame and rumination. This is why trauma-informed care is so important to helping clients heal from the effects of racial trauma.