Social Work Blog

JULY 14, 2023

In recent years, social workers have paid increased attention to ethical issues. The profession’s literature has burgeoned on topics such as ethical dilemmas in social work practice, ethical decision making, boundary issues and dual relationships, ethics-related risk management, and moral injury.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

With millions of people in the United States living with depression, clinical social workers and other behavioral healthcare providers continuously work to support the individuals and families they serve. Screenings are completed by licensed clinical social workers and include questions about symptoms, their severity, and duration.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As providers of mental and behavioral health services, social workers play a critical role in preventing FASDs by sharing these key messages with clients who are pregnant or may become pregnant: There is no known safe amount of alcohol use or safe time to drink during pregnancy.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 26, 2023

Photo by Arisa Chattasa on Unsplash As social work educators, we create assignments to give our students opportunities to learn about the profession and develop competencies needed for social practice. Assignments also offer a way to assess if students are growing in their understanding of how to be professional social workers.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

They argue that organizations that prioritize self-care for social work and human services staff are more likely to improve client care and productivity. Experts also say social workers most likely to enter the field with financial stress are Black and Latinx women.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

I see the devastating effects of this crisis in our community, emergency departments, and substance-use treatment centers through my roles as an emergency psychiatric and addiction Clinical Social Worker. I have a master’s degree in Social Work and am a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW).

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

NASW will be providing comments to CMS on the proposed physician fee schedule and encourages social workers to submit individual comments especially in the areas of telehealth, behavioral health, chronic pain management services, and the Quality Payment Program. When commenting, please refer to file code CMS-1770-P.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

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. How can social workers help clients feel comfortable discussing their drinking?

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Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S. To learn more, read our post, “ Creating a Learning Culture in Human Services: An Expert’s Advice.”

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2023

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. During these challenging economic times, social workers have an opportunity to empower those at risk.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2023

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. During these challenging economic times, social workers have an opportunity to empower those at risk.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 3, 2022

The independent researchers, who received data from the county, also found that social workers disagreed with the risk scores the algorithm produced about one-third of the time. So, of course, leave it to the governor and his human services leadership team to propose doubling down on their failed approach.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2024

Do you have eight minutes to help your fellow social workers? Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers to have informed conversations with clients about COVID-19 vaccination. We are grateful for your participation and support for fellow social workers.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2023

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. During these challenging economic times, social workers have an opportunity to empower those at risk.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 25, 2022

1 Although PTSD has commonly been associated with the military and veteran populations, it affects people of all ages, communities, gender, and social economic background. Social workers are the largest group of mental health providers in the United States and treatment of PTSD is one of their specialty areas. Prepared by.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Gupta Kagan, a lawyer, joins with a social worker, Andrea Asnes, and a doctor who authored the definitive history of the modern child welfare surveillance state, Dr. Mical Raz, to offer guidelines for clinicians to answer this question “Should I Call Child Protection.” For The Imprint , Prof.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a scathing rebuke to Philadelphia’s family police agency, the Department of Human Services, rejecting the idea that its caseworkers are effectively exempt from the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and a similar clause in Pennsylvania’s constitution.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estimate of expected charges. not enrolled in any health plan or coverage) or who are self-pay (e.g., Federal Rule Background and Definitions.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The American Academy of Social Work and Welfare’s grand challenge to “create social responses to a changing environment” is a call to action for social workers to advocate for environmental justice. Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Under a new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills, clinical social workers and other health care provider types must, effective January 1, 2022, provide a good faith estimate of expected charges. December 2021. not enrolled in any health plan or coverage) or who are self-pay (e.g.,

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The NASW Code of Ethics is a set of standards that guide the professional conduct of social workers. Moreover, revisions to the Cultural Competence standard provide more explicit guidance to social workers. All social workers should review the new text and affirm their commitment to abide by the Code of Ethics.

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Child Welfare Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Even if they preferred to change Title IV-E, they could have extended funding to case management, which the core service provided by child welfare and the backbone for all the other services that child welfare provides–case management. Child welfare social workers are above all case managers.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

Whether you are a new social worker or an experienced frontline staffer who is new to DID, Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder is the resource that can help. 43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals by Gerald O’Brien.

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This bill would authorize the Department of Health & Human Services to establish a pilot program to develop foster care programs designed specifically for sibling groups with large numbers, wide age ranges and complex needs. Sibling bonds are truly one of a kind. "I I took my trials and trauma and turned it into testimony.".

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

African American Leadership: An Empowerment Tradition in Social Welfare History by Iris B. Sixteen painstakingly researched chapters, written by social workers, highlight the distinct roles of African American social work pioneers from the 1890s through the 1940s. Carlton-LaNey, Editor. Romney, Editors.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 14, 2023

In recent years, social workers have paid increased attention to ethical issues. The profession’s literature has burgeoned on topics such as ethical dilemmas in social work practice, ethical decision making, boundary issues and dual relationships, ethics-related risk management, and moral injury.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this case, she wrote, From the point of court involvement to the final hearing, the respondent-mother made immense progress toward the goals laid out by [the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services] in her agency treatment plan. Raising a child is difficult, even when there is no crisis. In 1977, then [U.S.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The American Academy of Social Work and Welfare’s grand challenge to “create social responses to a changing environment” is a call to action for social workers to advocate for environmental justice. Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice.

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Code of Ethics Private Practice Social Worker Engagement 52

Relias

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed the way behavioral health and other human services organizations conduct their operations. For behavioral health and other human services, this often means using technology to find new and better ways to help?persons?served. human services?professionals

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Social Work Blog

JULY 7, 2023

For non-technicians — likely including the majority of social workers — getting a handle on what AI is and what it might possibly mean to their lives and social work practice is like trying to imagine a color they’ve never seen before or a sound they’ve never heard. Social workers need to engage with it with a critical lens.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 7, 2023

For non-technicians — likely including the majority of social workers — getting a handle on what AI is and what it might possibly mean to their lives and social work practice is like trying to imagine a color they’ve never seen before or a sound they’ve never heard. Social workers need to engage with it with a critical lens.

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 10, 2024

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a beacon of social work in Congress, was voted this year’s Outstanding Congressional Social Worker. Special guest Dr. LaCinda Jones, a health system specialist (mental health policy), will receive the Outstanding Social Worker in Government award.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 27, 2022

She initiated a national effort to modernize the social work profession, helping to establish a new vision of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) emphasizing the role of social work in policy and politics. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Today, social work and human services professionals must be prepared to deliver knowledgeable and unbiased services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. Social justice is the fuel that drives social workers and what sets social work apart from other professions.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

Recognized by social work educators, researchers, practitioners, students, and policymakers as an essential guide to clear and precise communication in the profession, this indispensable reference work should be on the bookshelves of all social workers and human services professionals in the United States and abroad.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As a social worker, you can mitigate the challenges of open enrollment and help reduce Medicare-related disparities in multiple ways: helping clients to reassess their health needs—such as changes in their medications, health care providers, health condition, and necessary care—each year. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]).

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Social worker and best-selling author, Brené Brown, says that resilience is tolerating discomfort and painful emotions. The effects of the mental health crisis can be seen in the following statistics: Master’s level licensed social workers are twice as likely to have PTSD as the general population.

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