University of Connecticut

AUGUST 25, 2022

School social workers don’t always receive discipline-specific clinical supervision in their school setting. The lack of supervision is inconsistent with known best practices of the social work profession. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 10, 2022

While RJ is becoming increasingly popular among K–12 educators and in schools, emphasis is typically on its social justice applications, including its use as an alternative to zero-tolerance discipline policies and its role in dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership.

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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. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. Aubrey Thornton, LCSW , is therapist, Search, Inc., Chicago, IL.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 17, 2023

The effects of burnout on client service provision, organizational health, and individual well-being are increasingly a focus of social work research, particularly against the societal backdrop of the post-COVID-19 era. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 17, 2023

The effects of burnout on client service provision, organizational health, and individual well-being are increasingly a focus of social work research, particularly against the societal backdrop of the post-COVID-19 era. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The panelists discussed contributing factors to school gun violence, the school social workers role in creating a safe learning environment, and preventative practices to reduce violence in schools. The theme for the October 2024 Virtual Fall Forum was Mental Health Matters: Working with Children, Youth, and Families.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

A school social worker meets with a student. Join us for a Congressional briefing on the School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act (H.R. The legislation recognizes the critical need for more school social workers to help improve student success. Getty Images. WHERE: Registration Link.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

[Note: Below is an excerpt from an article in the most recent issue of the journal Children & Schools , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. This article is free to be read on the Oxford University Press website.].

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Michigan Social Work

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Dean Angell held faculty positions at the University of Chicago Crown School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and Rutgers University School of Social Work and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research.

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Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Written by Marissa Jordaan with contributions from Mollie Kemp, Rochshana Kemp, Marelize Vergottini and Edmarie Pretorius on behalf of South Africa's National Committee on School Social Work Education and Practice (NACOSSWEP)

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Community Care

MARCH 30, 2023

A scheme placing social workers in schools does not reduce children’s need for statutory social care services, one of the largest ever randomised controlled trials carried out in the sector has found. No impact on social care outcomes It found that the rate of section 47s was 5.5%

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

NASW Senior Practice Associate, School Social Work and Child Welfare. You can reach NASW Senior Practice Associate for School Social Work and Child Welfare Dr. Cynthia Henderson, PhD, LICSW, LCSW-C at chenderson.nasw@socialworkers.org. By Cynthia Henderson, PhD, LICSW, LCSW-C.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Policy and Advocacy for Peace building, Environmental and Social Justice: Influencing policies that promote environmental sustainability and social equity.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Annamaria Campanini, President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Prof. During the summer school the book “Human Rights in this Age of Uncertainty – Social Work Approaches and Practices from Southeast Europe” (Springer, 2022), co -edited by prof. Sanela Bašić, Prof.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) in August 2021, along with 26 other organizations committed to civil rights, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court in support of Victoria Crisitello.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

The School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act ( H.R. Gwen Moore (D-WI-04) and Barbara Lee (D-CA-12) PROVISIONS: » Provide grants to elementary and secondary schools to hire and retain the minimum ratio of one school social worker for every 250 students and one school social worker for every 50 students for high need areas.

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Michigan Social Work

APRIL 19, 2022

“The guide offers materials, activities, and assignments that can be woven into almost any course related to work with children and families, especially in the field of mental health, school social work, medical social work, and child welfare.”. . “My

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Community Care

MAY 3, 2023

A scheme to provide school designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) with supervision from social workers has had no impact on measured outcomes, research has revealed. This should include: Referring cases of suspected abuse and neglect to children’s social care as required and supporting other staff who make referrals.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 12, 2022

Social workers can learn how to incorporate safety and connection when working with children and youth who may be experiencing difficulties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. For my high schoolers, we have issues with kids not coming into school,” she says. Kashera Guy Robinson, LCSW, and Uraina L.

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Social Work Haven

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Some examples of social work intervention What are the 3 levels of social work intervention? What are the elements of social work intervention? When should a social worker intervene? How can a social worker promote positive outcomes? School social work intervention strategies.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Pace Social workers and teachers need cultural competencies to help end the school-to-prison pipeline for students of color, says Shawntelle L. Fisher leads the NASW Specialty Practice Sections webinar, Social Emotional Learning: The Impact of Deindividuation on Prosocial Outcomes. Fisher, MSW, MDiv, LCSW.

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Swhelper

JUNE 6, 2023

SWHELPER A multidisciplinary team led by a University at Buffalo social work researcher has developed and tested a new assessment tool that has the potential to help people recover from alcohol and drug addiction.

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Swhelper

JUNE 24, 2022

Social workers aren’t always associated with public education. Their roles in social service delivery, legal arenas, and advocacy are often more readily recognized. Sarah Daren.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles.

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Swhelper

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Whats emerging is a new, somewhat dire need for experienced social workers professionals able to compassionately address a disparate and evolving set of issues. […] View Full Article - In A New World, Social Work Leads the Way The pandemic, if nothing else, exacerbated the unequal distribution of resources in society.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

By any metric, social work is not as diverse as it needs to be. The nation’s schools of social work will confer over 19,000 undergraduate social work degrees this academic year. Almost nine out of 10 social work students who earn a BSW degree are female.

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University of Connecticut

JUNE 18, 2024

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the School of Social Work is able to offer a number of scholarship opportunities to our BSW and MSW students each academic year. Andrea Churchill , Bachelor of Social Work My education here has been amazing and I look forward to continuing my graduate studies here for the 2024-2025 year.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

When students leave the halls of academia and decide to venture on their first social work job, there is trepidation. Do my skills align with the amount of knowledge I gained in school? Students must decide what type of social worker they want to become, and where they would like to work. Will I be able to cut it?

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Social Work Blog

MAY 17, 2024

The decision to desegregate schools helped ignite the modern civil rights movement and served as a beacon of hope and progress for generations. Board of Education today, it’s disheartening to see that many schools across the country still have predominantly single-race student bodies.

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