Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

NOTE on NASW journals: NASW journals are co-published by NASW Press and Oxford University Press. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. Children & Schools , Health & Social Work Social Work Research are available by subscription at a discounted rate for NASW members, either online or in print.

Depression 92

Depression Social Worker Mental Health University 92

Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need to know about famous social workers? Famous social workers play an important role in our society, providing much-needed support to individuals and families who are facing difficult life situations. This list in this article comprises the 41+ most influential social workers currently alive.

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Social Worker Mental Health University Welfare 52

Social Work Blog

MAY 11, 2023

It’s National Women’s Health Week (May 14-20), an opportunity for social workers to encourage women to make their health a priority, including avoiding drinking too much alcohol. Alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) is effective and relatively simple to do. Visit NASW’s Behavioral Health page for resources.

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Social Worker Disorder Interventional Mental Health 59

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

You asked, can you be a social worker with a psychology degree? You also asked other burning questions … Whether you’re contemplating a career in these fields or simply curious about the intricate facets of human behaviour and social work, this is the place to start. What degree do you need to be a social worker?

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Psychology Social Worker Mental Health Clinic 52

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This tradition became the remit of community social workers following the advent of individual casework as social workers’ mode of working with communities, families and individuals experiencing structural inequalities. Erin Kennedy, social work educator, teaching students about climate change in China.

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Interventional University Engagement Social Worker 98

Community Care

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Government intervention in children’s services must be sensitive to the ‘bruising’ impact on staff of working in an ‘inadequate’ authority, in order to succeed. Inadequate’ councils bore brunt of sharp rise in social workers quitting posts last year, analysis shows. Related articles.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

And last year, she was named the social justice advocate of the year at the Social Worker of the Year Awards for her work championing the rights of people with learning disabilities to vote. I felt strongly that our role as social workers was to look at what’s the biggest decision that somebody can be involved with.

Disability 64

Disability Social Worker Mental Health Communication 64

Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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. Drinking during pregnancy is more common than you might think.

Disorder 105

Disorder Criminal Justice Interventional University 105

Community Care

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

High levels of social worker turnover undermined engagement with six young people with histories of social care involvement who were later convicted of violent offences, a review has found. Find out more from the contextual safeguarding team based at Durham University, headed by Firmin.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) April is Alcohol Awareness Month—a call for social workers to learn about risky drinking, including any alcohol use during pregnancy. Alcohol screening and brief intervention is an evidence-based practice that is recommended by the U.S.

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Interventional Healthcare University Disability 105

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 4, 2022

Professor Lena Dominelli , one of the most inspiring personalities from amongst social work fraternity, has kindly agreed to deliver a keynote speech, followed by a panel discussion by Professor Manish K Jha, TISS and Professor Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö, JYU, The session will be moderated by Professor Anish K.R., She is a prolific author.

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Interventional University Social Worker Schools 98

Social Work Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

How Social Workers Can Make a Difference. Social workers can make a difference by sharing this key message with clients—and by screening all adults for risky alcohol use. September 2022. Preventive Services Task Force recommends the use of alcohol SBI for all adults in primary healthcare settings.

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Disorder LCSW Healthcare University 111

Community Care

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Social workers have said more resources and lower caseloads are the top priority for improving child protection following the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. Chief social workers and Zahawi condemn abuse of practitioners in wake of Arthur murder. More on Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case.

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Social Worker Government Interventional University 69

Social Work Blog

JANUARY 7, 2022

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and rise in racial injustices signaled the need to engage students in macro-level interventions to maximize their contributions to their schools, communities, and society. Owens, LCSW , lecturer of social work, Jane Adams College of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago.

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Schools LCSW Advocacy Interventional 94

Community Care

AUGUST 27, 2024

It was carried out by a team of academics from Ulster University and Queen’s University Belfast led by Paula McFadden, professor in social work at Ulster University. Analysis of social work workloads The team collected staffing data from 249 teams across the five HSC trusts, dated to February or March 2023.

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Social Worker Communication Interviewing Consultation 44

Social Work Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

April Ferguson LCSW-C Senior Practice Associate Children and Adolescents April 2024 The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) acknowledges April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Tertiary prevention efforts are interventions for families that have experienced ACES.

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Child Welfare Advocacy Welfare LCSW 72

Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

During the pandemic, social workers, like most helping professionals, were called to action. million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded initiative to help social workers and their clients to make informed decisions about life-saving vaccines. Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, more than 1.2

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Communication Social Worker Interviewing Engagement 52

Social Work Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an opportunity for social workers to make alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) part of routine care. Additional clinical resources are available through our Collaborative partners: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Efforts.

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LCSW Disorder Confidentiality Interventional 105

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

APRIL 29, 2022

Editor’s Note: This blog post was written by Amber Sutton, LICSW, ABD, a social work instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in collaboration with students from her undergraduate social work research course during the Spring 2022 semester. What does being a professional social worker mean to you?

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University Social Worker Communication Interventional 195

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

There, she attended Columbia University School of General Studies to earn her bachelor’s degree in Sociology while working part time in the Dean of Study’s Office. Diana’s first job as a social worker at Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital earned her recognition by Glamour Magazine (September 1965) as being a “Girl with Go Jobs.”

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Hospice Schools 112

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Are the failures of social work really just a matter of degree? Image from Depositphotos ) Call it The Perennial Whine of the Licensed Social Worker. Multiple commenters offered some version of: Well, they couldn’t have been social workers! Social workers would never do something like that!

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Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care University 98

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Mariko Kimura (IASSW school member – Japan Women’s University). The book brings an evidential reading to the social work practice professionally in the backdrop of six social work methods. Sheeja Karalam (IASSW individual member – India ). Norvy Paul (IASSW individual member – Kenya).

Schools 98

Schools Social Worker Interventional University 98

Social Work Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

Social workers spend a tremendous amount of time and resources developing interventions to help serve disadvantaged families and individuals. Additionally, it is unclear if enrolling in programs like Head Start that seek to connect families to additional resources increases social services utilization.

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Social Services Social Services University Foster Care 96

Community Care

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Social workers have been urged to help tackle the impact on Gypsy and Traveller families of increased police powers to evict them from unauthorised camps, brought in this year. This isn’t about parenting; this is about state intervention into private and family life,” she says. You’re constantly living in anxiety’.

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Social Worker Welfare Criminal Justice Anxiety 47

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Dr Ty Lostutter, a clinical psychologist at the University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance reports that while everyone experiences anxiety, people experience differing degrees of severity. That is why a social work to-do list may help us manage better. So, what is anxiety? PIN IT FOR LATER!

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Anxiety Mental Health Social Worker Interventional 98

Social Work Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

“You can see basically boomerang trends and measures of hunger, which unfortunately had dipped really low and then went right back up,” says Megan Curran, policy director at the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. Read the full story at the NASW Social Work Advocates magazine

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Psychosocial Interventional Mental Health University 52

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It is a declaration that puts on the table the strengthening of humanitarian aid, the improvement of the competencies and skills of social workers, the design of new training programs, and the need to bet on participation and co-design as strategies to improve social inclusion.

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University Interventional Schools Government 52

Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Yet questions linger about the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on individuals, families, society, and social workers. Social workers, like most helping professionals, were called upon during the pandemic to help individuals and families to make informed decisions about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

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Interventional Communication Social Worker Mental Health 52

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 28, 2022

Social Transformation Community Engagement and SDGs. Innovations in Community interventions. Contribution of Social Work towards fulfilment of SDGs. Digitalization and ICTs in Social Development and social work education. Digitalisation of Social Work and importance of Human Relationships. . –

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Welfare Disability Interventional University 145

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MARCH 10, 2023

Advancing Social Work Practice, Policy and Research – Series Editor: Professor PK Shajahan Professor P.K. Advancing Social Work Practice, Policy and Research – Series Editor: Professor PK Shajahan Professor P.K. tannt@suss.edu.sg tannt@suss.edu.sg India, shajahan@tiss.edu Editorial Team: Professor Darja Zaversik, Chair of the Dept.

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Criminal Justice University Welfare Diversity 52

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Stapleton is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, class of 2016. Since graduating, Natasha began her employment with CREC – Capitol Region Education Council, where she started her career as a School Social Worker.

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Diversity Schools Advocacy Interventional 52

Beyond Advocacy

AUGUST 7, 2024

The legislation mandates early intervention to keep families intact when possible and reduce the need for foster care. Davis was an original member of the Social Work Caucus. “In This is another example of why it is so important for social workers to be engaged in legislative settings at all levels of government,” Dr. Day concluded.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare University 52

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Early Inspirations: High School and Beyond From the earliest days of high school, I found myself drawn to social issues and the incredible work done by social workers in our communities. It was during this time that I began to understand the profound influence of the social work profession.

Domestic Violence 52

Domestic Violence Social Worker Mental Health Empathy 52

Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

Reflecting upon past experience is a vital capability for all social work professionals to develop improved communication skills, commend ourselves for what went well, enhance future performance, and continuing professional development. Reflection also allows social workers to link theory to practice.

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Social Worker Disability Interventional Empathy 52

Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The Ethics of Social Work: An Overview” by Felicia Kornbluh offers an accessible look at ethical issues that social workers face in their day-to-day practice. He examines how new technologies can be used to improve interventions, explore data, and manage cases in innovative ways. What topics are covered in social work?

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Code of Ethics Substance Abuse Justice and Corrections Social Worker 52

Community Care

MARCH 15, 2024

Decline in provision of statutory placements The SSSC/SWEP-commissioned report – based on written evidence from stakeholders, data analysis and research with councils, universities third sector bodies, practice educators and students – found the relative provision of statutory placements had declined in recent years.

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Administration Mental Health University Social Worker 64

Community Care

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This was based on research carried out in collaboration with the Centre for Child and Family Justice Research at Lancaster University. In these cases, safeguarding action wasn’t deemed necessary at the end of proceedings – so could there potentially have been a level of overcautiousness or over-intervention from the local authority?

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