Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Social workers dedicate their lives to helping others, including some of the most vulnerable people in our society. However, research shows members of the social work profession are more likely to experience work-related stress, burnout, and a lower quality of life compared to other professions and the general population.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Joanne* recently completed the consolidation programme , a mandatory learning and development qualification for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) in Wales. “It All social workers who qualified in Wales on or after 1 April 2016 must complete the programme during their first three-year registration period.

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Beyond Advocacy

JULY 30, 2024

The Compton Foundation Centennial Professor of Social Work for the Prevention of Children and Youth Problems, she served on the faculty of the Columbia University School of Social Work —where she received her Ph.D.—from She was inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) in 2010.

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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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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 9, 2024

Social workers work in a variety of fields, including mental health, aging, child welfare, and social services. Many of these social workers develop a wealth of expertise in this area and are ready to be resources to the media and other organizations. Here is information to help the public and news media.

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Community Care

JULY 5, 2023

Community Care’s Choose Social Work campaign aims to counteract the negative media coverage of the profession, and show the brilliant work social workers do every day. If anyone knows the impact that negative media coverage has on social workers, that person is Sharon Shoesmith. Why are social workers blamed?

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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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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JUNE 6, 2023

It aims to bring together academics and practitioners in social work and related disciplines to share their experiences in assessing and responding to emergencies, disasters, epidemics, and advancing social services for social development, particularly in the ASEAN region.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Dr. Mary McKay sees libraries as an opportunity to place social workers with a full range of skills in proximity to communities in need of social services. “A Libraries and social workers are “just a wonderful fit,” said Will Francis, LMSW, executive director of the NASW’s Texas and Louisiana chapters.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Dr. Mary McKay sees libraries as an opportunity to place social workers with a full range of skills in proximity to communities in need of social services. “A Libraries and social workers are “just a wonderful fit,” said Will Francis, LMSW, executive director of the NASW’s Texas and Louisiana chapters.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance invites you join us for our Annual Symposium—to be held virtually during Social Service Workforce Week.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Few can boast a long career in social work these days. Ray Jones, emeritus professor of social work at Kingston University, is one of the rare ones with more than 50 years of experience. That is three to four different workers, assuming the workers within the teams don’t also change,” says Jones.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Drakeford was hailed for maintaining his social work values and commitment to social justice, after announcing he would be stepping down from the role in March 2024. This was followed by stints in several ministerial roles, including as health and social services minister from 2013-16, before he became first minister in 2018.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 29, 2024

By Raju Chebium Kelly Bremken is a new kind of veterinary social worker. Back then, the handful of veterinary social workers sprinkled throughout the country pretty much focused on one thing: helping people cope with the loss of their companion animals. Read the full story in the NASW Social Work Advocates magazine.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 6, 2023

Concept Note for This Year’s Social Work Day at the UN Working towards eliminating social barriers and promoting the empowerment of persons with disabilities figures prominently on social workers’ agendas worldwide. Disability is a human rights and development issue.

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Community Care

AUGUST 27, 2024

The research was commissioned by the Office of Social Services (OSS) within Northern Ireland’s Department of Health (DoH) and is designed to inform the development of safe and effective staffing legislation for the region’s health and social care services. of posts in family intervention teams being unfilled at the time.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In this sense, in his articles he presents unpublished reflections both from researchers who are in training, and from the best and most established researchers that the editors can attract to publish in the magazine, as well as from university professors in the field of ethics and related topics who are available. Current Issue Vol.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

That is also true of social workers of color. Lester Blackwell Granger is one such historical figure, a social worker few people know about who should enjoy wider acclaim. As Black History Month closes, it is appropriate we take a closer look at this NASW Social Work Pioneer. National Archives.

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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. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Emily Henderson is Master level social worker who currently works for The Department of Corrections as a License Drug and Alcohol Therapist. Emily has been working in the field of Social work for a total of 13 years. She is now on track to become clinically licensed in the social work field by 2023.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Emily Henderson is Master level social worker who currently works for The Department of Corrections as a License Drug and Alcohol Therapist. Emily has been working in the field of Social work for a total of 13 years. She is now on track to become clinically licensed in the social work field by 2023.

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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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Community Care

MARCH 15, 2024

Non-statutory placements make up over half of practice learning provision for social work students in Scotland, leaving some graduates underprepared for practice, research has revealed. Also, some social workers were promoted to team managers after completing the PLQ, leaving them with no time for practice educator work.

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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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Community Care

MAY 12, 2023

There is “momentum for change” among sector leaders and practitioners to tackle the social work’s mounting workforce “crisis”, according to a Social Work England lead. of FTE children’s services posts were held by agency workers, up from 15.5% At the same time, 17.6% as of September 2021.

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Community Care

MAY 31, 2024

Increased support for social workers on their assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE). Refreshed and updated skills for social workers from workforce training. Increased numbers of better trained and supported practice educators. Curricula with a stronger focus on the skills and knowledge needed in practice.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 9, 2024

In the short time I have been here, we’ve successfully launched our CT Health Horizons Scholarship programs that support MSW students studying to become school social workers as well as our CT Adelante program that trains bilingual social workers to meet the mental health needs of the Latine community.

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Community Care

MARCH 15, 2023

This government’s proposals include: Introducing a programme, known as universal support, to match people who want to work to existing vacancies, and resourcing the necessary training and workplace support to enable them to stay in work – backed by funding of £90m in 2023-24 and £250m in 2024-25. for social workers.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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Community Care

JUNE 27, 2024

Ruth Allen has spent the past eight years as chief executive of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), providing leadership and representation to members from all parts of the profession. But before that, her focus was squarely on mental health social work. How integrated is mental health social work across settings?

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

of FTE children’s services posts were held by agency workers, up from 15.5% The number of frontline “case holding” social workers working in children’s services fell by 8% , from September 2020 to September 2022. At the same time, 17.6% as of September 2021. a year earlier.

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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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Community Care

MARCH 12, 2024

The last of those checks is carried out by a best interests assessor, who is typically a social worker and generally co-ordinates the assessment process. ‘Shortage of trained professionals and funding’ The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services echoed several of the report’s findings. “We

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The Guardian

JULY 22, 2022

My friend John Small, who has died aged 74, was a social worker who rose to be deputy director of social services at the London borough of Hackney before returning to his native Jamaica to work as a lecturer at the University of the West Indies.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 8, 2022

If there were ever a time to truly appreciate the essential contributions to society made by social workers – it would be now. These escalating effects accentuate and accelerate community needs while often hindering social workers’ capacity to respond. Social workers are dedicated to serving their communities.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I met Mike in London in the early 1980s, when we both worked for Camden social services department. Mike was passionate about social justice and worked hard to represent the interests of staff in need of help. In the 1990s he served as a trustee to the British Association of Social Workers. Continue reading.

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