Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 20, 2024

This book aims to showcase social workers’ diverse and impactful roles across various settings. We seek contributions in English from social workers actively practicing or utilizing their social work degrees in traditional or unique settings at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.

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Healthcare Psychosocial Hospitals Diversity 130

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

You asked, what is a social worker home visit checklist? A social worker home visit checklist serves as a comprehensive guide for social workers conducting home visits to assess the holistic health and well-being of their clients. Over the years of practice, I have also found this tool useful.

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Social Worker Mental Health Interventional Communication 52

Social Work Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Disabled social work professionals and accomplices call on nondisabled colleagues to develop their Disability cultural competence and to make inclusion and anti-ableism priorities in our field. On the Frontlines: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Workers’ Well-Being. Quiet Quitting. What is Quiet Quitting?

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Disability Code of Ethics Social Worker Advocacy 113

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Discover 9 thought-provoking Netflix documentaries for social workers. Delve into the world of social work and take a sneak peek at the reality of this industry. Listed below are our top 8 picks for movies and documentaries that focus on social work and everything that comes with it.

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Social Worker Communication Welfare Addiction 52

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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Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

Social workers are under increased pressure because of Omicron-related staff absences elsewhere in social care and rising assessment workloads, sector bodies have warned. Vacancies across adult social care rose from 9.2% in May, while the number of posts filled in services fell to 3.7% Mounting staff shortages.

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Social Worker Hospital Discharges Hospitals Welfare 49

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. Despite having similar educational backgrounds, their job responsibilities differ depending on the services they provide to their clients.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In December 2021, it made its national transfer scheme (NTS) mandatory , requiring social services authorities with relatively few asylum-seeking children as a share of population to take in young people from areas with a higher share. However, councils are permitted to use them.

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Government Social Worker Welfare Social Services 55

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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University Diversity Welfare Social Worker 98

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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Foster Care Child Welfare Advocacy Welfare 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

But it still fell into some of the traps that characterize much of the journalism of child welfare – including a crucial misunderstanding of poverty and neglect and one inflammatory claim that, as originally published, was flat wrong. ? Tomorrow: The New York Times published a front-page story about the study that was, mostly, very good.

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Child Welfare Administration Foster Care Welfare 98

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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University Welfare Schools Child Welfare 52

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Since he qualified in 1972, he has seen the sector through many changes while wearing different hats: social worker, academic, director of social services, independent reviewer and, notably, the unofficial social work spokesperson on the Peter Connelly (Baby P) case. We lose that journey.

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Social Worker Social Services Social Services University 68

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.

Code of Ethics 52

Code of Ethics University Public Welfare Welfare 52

University of Connecticut

JUNE 1, 2022

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services has been a core journal in social work research for over 100 years. As a Latina social worker, I value social justice and am committed to advancing equity,” noted Dr. Mogro-Wilson. “I Launched in 1920 by Mary E.

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Diversity Disability University Schools 19

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Whenever anyone in state government was asked about the problems in the state’s “child welfare” system they’d give the same stock answer: As soon as the new Department of Social Services was up and running, and took over jobs then done by the Department of Public Welfare, everything would be fine!

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Foster Care Domestic Violence Child Welfare Welfare 98

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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Hospitals Social Worker Welfare Schools 52

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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Social Services Social Services University Welfare 52

Social Work Haven

MAY 3, 2023

Whether you’re a professional social worker, parent, guardian, teacher, or simply someone who interacts with children on a regular basis, having a basic understanding of safeguarding children and child protection is vital. Promote the welfare and safety of children and young people 2.

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Social Worker Welfare Interventional Schools 52

University of Connecticut

JANUARY 9, 2024

I’ve become increasingly familiar with the work and impact of our outstanding faculty and their research as well as our students who are engaged with some of our most pressing social welfare issues, child and adolescent behavioral health, substance use disorder, juvenile justice reform, LGBTQ+ health, and supporting immigrants and refugees.

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Community Care

APRIL 4, 2024

Biggest social work employer As of March 2023, Cafcass employed 1,721 social workers (source: Cafcass annual report, 2022-23). in local authority children’s services, the organisation’s annual turnover rate – 15.5% Though its vacancy rate, at 8% as of last year, was below the 18.9%

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Welfare Social Worker Empathy Interviewing 59

Community Care

APRIL 3, 2023

Social workers and other children’s services staff and volunteers will be mandated to report child sexual abuse (CSA), Suella Braverman pledged yesterday.

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Consultation Healthcare Government Schools 54

Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It further said that staff working in chidren’s homes in England should be subject to professional regulation, in the same way as social workers, a recommendation previously rejected by the Department for Education. It said 88.6% of its victims and survivors’ forum supported mandatory reporting. ” More follows.

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Government Healthcare Schools Social Worker 67

Community Care

MARCH 1, 2023

The scheme, which was made mandatory in December 2021, requires all authorities with social services responsibility across the UK to take in unaccompanied children to relieve the pressure on port authorities, such as Kent, amid rising numbers crossing the English Channel.

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Welfare Government Social Worker Social Services 51

Social Work Haven

APRIL 16, 2023

One of the key purposes of understanding what a systemic social work theory entails is to help practitioners focus on relationships. Another key purpose is to guide social workers in understanding how individuals are embedded within their social context.

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Interventional Social Worker Child Welfare Communication 52

Community Care

AUGUST 31, 2022

It will be difficult, especially with the cost-of-living crisis, but with a larger representation we will be in an even stronger position to influence policy makers and represent social workers with employers.”. Ross praises the work of the Social Workers Union, which is a member of BASW. Diversifying membership.

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Social Worker Diversity Government Communication 49

Social Work Haven

APRIL 3, 2023

To become a Best Interests Assessor, social workers have to be registered with Social Work England for at least 2 years and enrol on a postgraduate BIA-DOLS qualification. Available at [link] (Accessed: 13th October 2019) College of Social Work Best Interests Assessors capabilities document of 2013.

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Self-harm Mental Health Social Worker Consultation 52

All For Kids

MARCH 10, 2025

Case management services help families navigate complex systems like healthcare, housing, and social services, while referral services connect them with community resources like legal aid, employment services, and childcare. Reduced involvement with the child welfare system. Who Runs Family Resource Centers?

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Domestic Violence Substance Abuse Counseling Case Management 52

Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

As a Newly Qualified Social Worker a few years ago, I understood that to become effective at what I do as a social worker , there was a need for me to write good Care Act 2014 needs assessments. A needs assessment is carried out by social services to decide your care and support needs.

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Interventional Mental Health Social Worker Therapist 52

Social Work With Adults

JULY 5, 2023

[Image created by freepik.com ] Parallel evolution As we mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the NHS, it is worth remembering how Clement Attlee's 1945 government embarked on implementing William Beveridge's report recommendations which set the framework for the welfare state.

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Disability Welfare Social Worker Clinic 29

All For Kids

AUGUST 12, 2024

As the Human Rights Campaign explains, “Public child welfare agencies are government entities that provide a safety net for families. As a prospective parent, you will be expected to pass a home study inspection from either a social worker or an employee from the agency.

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Adoption Foster Care Interviewing Child Welfare 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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This side of the child welfare story - what happens to mothers like Alexis after their children enter the system - is seldom seen. Department of Health and Human Services. When that happens, social services officials come under fire. But there are few consequences for wrongly removing children from their homes.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Confidentiality 111

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. Few additional cases resulted

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Child Welfare Advocacy Interviewing Communication 52

University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

Mary Borecki Buck is an UConn School of Social Work alumna committed to supporting the education of future generations of social workers. This scholarship, created by Mary and her late husband, Raymond, will provide financial support to a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work program.

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Criminal Justice Schools Mental Health Social Worker 98

Child Welfare Monitor

DECEMBER 9, 2024

But today’s post focuses on one particularly jarring vignette–the story of a mother, her seven children, and a van–and what it means about how child welfare policy is made and discussed today. David Reed, the Deputy Director of Child Welfare Services in Indiana, introduced the story of this family in his testimony.

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Child Welfare Welfare Domestic Violence Foster Care 278

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Social theory in social work refers to hypotheses, ideas, arguments, how and why elements or structures in the society are formed, changed or developed, and how social workers use this understanding to address inequality, promote social justice and inclusion.

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