Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Preparing for interview questions you may be asked during a social work interview is vital. “By This holds true for interviews as well, where you are likely to outshine others tomorrow by preparing today. TIP #2 –The role of the social worker requires a unique set of skills. Tell us a bit about yourself.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This example personal statement will inspire you to write your own unique social work, personal statement to support your application to the University of your choice. Social Worker Personal Statement My inspiration to study to become a social worker stemmed from my desire to make a positive impact in people’s lives.

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The New Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The social work job interview is your time to shine. Here’s what to ask and what not to ask. Asking thoughtful questions will make you stand out from other applicants.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

You asked, what are the 10 roles of social workers ? While I can provide a list of 10 common roles of social workers, it’s important to note that our roles often go beyond these. Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.

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Community Care

JANUARY 15, 2025

Most social workers believe a disconnect exists between senior management and frontline practitioners, a Community Care poll has found. In his 2021-22 Independent Review of Childrens Social Care , Josh MacAlister recommended that all registered social workers, at whatever level, complete 100 hours of direct practice annually.

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The New Social Worker

APRIL 11, 2022

Your Social Work Career Coach Jennifer Luna interviews Dr. Octavious Bishop on social work in sports, inclusion, entrepreneurship, and more! He shares his experience and views on working with student athletes and working at “eye level.”

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 29, 2024

Editor’s note: In this blog post, four social worker educators share a sample from their new and free resource about using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in social work education. Alexander Rubin , LCSW, is a clinical assistant professor based in field education at the University at Buffalo School of School of Social Work.

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Social Work Haven

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This personal statement will suit social work students who will soon qualify as social workers, and may want to look into applying for a Newly Qualified Social Worker role within children services. I recognise that there may be a power imbalance between social workers and service users.

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Community Care

JANUARY 22, 2025

Before our meeting, Id spent most of the previous year conducting interviews that reflected on social work over the past five decades – including the progress the profession had made – for Community Cares 50 th anniversary. You can spot it in every interview, talk or documentary.

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The New Social Worker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Although many people embellish their résumés and withhold relevant information, there are many good reasons for being honest with prospective employers. Being true to our values, virtues, and ethical principles means being honest with others.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 2, 2023

I put together this simple guide on how to ace your social work interview and social work interview questions with aspiring and Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) in mind, however; I believe experienced social workers will also find it useful. How Do You Ace Your Job Interview?

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Preparing for a social work interview within children’s services can be nerve-wracking, especially if it is your first ever social work job interview. However, with the right set of practice interview questions, you are most likely to outshine other candidates. How do you prepare for a social work interview?

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 7, 2025

Turn Professional Aspirations into the Job of Your Dreams with NASW’s Social Work Career Guidebook Have you wondered how to channel your passion for change into not only your professional success but also a lasting legacy?

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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.

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Community Care

JANUARY 15, 2025

The findings were reported in the latest phase of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ (ADCS) Safeguarding Pressures research series , through which it has analysed demand for, and provision of, children’s social care since 2010. from 2020-24. on the year before.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This framework is woven into chapters devoted to self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-efficacy, applying social work skills to the practitioners themselves. Further, the authors posit that it is the responsibility of supervisors and organizations to ensure social workers’ well-being and emotional safety.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

When clients have concerns about licensed social workers, they may file complaints with their state licensing boards. Although prior research has explored the types of complaints made against social workers, there has been little research on the experiences of social workers who are being investigated.

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Community Care

JULY 3, 2024

A council found by an employment tribunal to have racially discriminated against a social worker has lodged a second challenge to the decision after losing its initial appeal. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – What is the Difference? – Social workers and case managers are both integral parts of the healthcare industry. Who is a social worker? Knowing the distinctions between these roles can aid in determining the ideal career path in human services.

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Community Care

MARCH 21, 2024

Social workers are significantly less likely to have high morale or to recommend the profession to friends or family than in 2020, research released this week has found. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. This was strongly linked to retention risk.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. This included initiatives such as the use of social work academies to develop staff, with training days backfilled and caseloads capped. of the workforce.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A council criticised by inspectors for high caseloads has improved to a good Ofsted rating after hiring more social workers to reduce workloads. The council’s full-time equivalent of social workers rose from 345 to 368 between 2017 and 2020, during which time average caseloads fell from 19.5 Direct work praised.

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KVC

MARCH 24, 2021

March is National Social Work Month and KVC is honoring the incredible ways that social workers, clinicians, and other professionals improve the lives of children, adults and families. We celebrate that impact and want to share a peek into a day in the life of a social worker. The work isn’t always pretty.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

Why do you need a sample letter of recommendation for a social worker? Well, writing a letter of recommendatio n can be a powerful tool in helping social workers advance in their careers, prepare for their interviews, secure job opportunities, or pursue educational endeavors.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Agile working practices such as hotdesking are failing to meet social workers’ needs in Scotland and employers should review them, a study has concluded. Our findings (consistent over the last five years) indicate that agile working models in Scotland are failing to meet the needs of social workers.”

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Pace Social worker Jennifer Kljajic lost her brother to suicide when he was tapered off from opioids too quickly after taking them as prescribed for years due to a chronic pain condition in 2018. It is available online at the Social Work Online CE Institute. It was not until a year later that the U.S.

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Community Care

JULY 16, 2023

Action must be taken to reduce the increasing demands on council social workers from age assessments of unaccompanied asylum seekers, a leading director has said. “There’s a huge social work capacity required around those age assessments,” he said.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 18, 2022

There has been a fivefold increase in the number of children’s social workers hired by councils as part of project teams supplied by employment agencies, directors have reported. Post pandemic, I haven’t got enough social workers and now I can’t get any from an agency.

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The New Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In this episode of Conversations on Social Work Careers, Jennifer Luna, MSSW, interviews Donna Shanor, LCSW-S, LCDC, a trailblazer in the field of health social work.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2023

By Sarah Meisinger MSW, LICSW It has been a long time coming and I have finally decided to pause and dedicate some time to reflect on the importance mentorship has played throughout my social work career. S: Why do you think mentorship is important in the social work profession? First, a bit about Nick.

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 10, 2022

Have you wanted to incorporate animals into your social work practice? In this Conversations on Social Work Careers video, Jennifer Luna interviews Janet Finch and her therapy dog Allie on animal assisted therapy, Pet Partners, and therapy dogs.

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Community Care

JULY 11, 2023

The Department for Education has proposed far-reaching changes to social workers’ roles under Working Together to Safeguard Children, its guidance on services for children in need of help and protection in England. By contrast, the proposed update to the guidance mentions ‘social worker’ just 23 times.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Moving from expecting compliance from social workers to enabling them to exercise professional curiosity is a key factor in improving children’s services. This had led to “unparalleled dependency”, whose numbers had grown by 13% over the same period, accounting for 17.6% of the workforce.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 10, 2023

It is time for that interview you have been waiting for and you must prepare. In social work interviews, there are some common social work interview questions asked. Think through the likely questions and answers before you arrive for your interview. What are 5 good interview questions?

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2025

However, the approach poses resource challenges for Cafcass and Cafcass Cymru because for the need for social workers to invest significantly more time working with families at the start of cases compared with the existing child arrangements programme (CAP) system, the report added.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

However, Estreet said Black fathers can experience mental health stressors that other groups do not and it is important they seek out therapy, including from clinical social workers. “You know, find yourself a therapist, preferably a social worker. .” I am a little biased.”

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Researchers also carried out in-depth interviews with 11 of the social care professionals, six of whom were social workers with one to six years’ experience. And just for my own wellbeing, I feel that Im on top of my caseload, which you dont hear social workers say that a lot.

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