Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and University of Michigan have released a paper, The White House as a Field Placement Reflections on the Past and a Future for Policy and Political Practice , that features a speech by social worker and White House Fellow Harold Richman.

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International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 9, 2021

RHEINFELDEN, Switzerland (December 10, 2021) — The International Federation of Social Workers announces the establishment of the IFSW Social Work at the United Nations Initiative at Monmouth University in the School of Social Work.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

. – Anthony Estreet, a professor and former chair of the Master of Social Work Program at Morgan State University and chief executive officer of a behavioral health company in Baltimore, will be the new chief executive officer of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) beginning February 6.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Editor’s Note: Jacqueline Jones is the MSW Field Coordinator at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and one of my colleagues in the UAB Department of Social Work. She has over six years of experience supervising students during field placements and eight years of social work practice experience. And I think I have found it.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MAY 3, 2024

The Education Commission of the International Federation of Social Workers, expresses its steadfast support for the social work students and staff who have courageously participated in the pro-peace encampments at […]

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International Federation of Social Workers

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Hana Al-Barqawi, from the Social Work Department at Damascus University, spoke to IFSW Secretary-General, Rory Truell about the social work response following the earthquakes. She said nearly all the […]

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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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International Federation of Social Workers

DECEMBER 8, 2023

You’re cordially invited to join us at CoNGO’s Sixth Seminar, a culmination of the year-long 75th-anniversary celebrations, focusing on human rights and social justice. This significant event, co-sponsored by IFSW, […]

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The New Social Worker

JANUARY 8, 2024

The University of Iowa 2024 National Poetry Contest for Social Workers is accepting submissions. Submit your poem by February 17, 2024.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Social workers across practice settings provide services to individuals, including pregnant people, who are consuming alcohol at risky levels. This Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Month, social workers can deepen their understanding of FASDs and how to prevent them.

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The event was sponsored by The Silver School of Social Work at New York University and the University of Buffalo School of Social Work, in addition to the Crown School. Dr. Guterman is also a former dean of the Crown School. Much is at stake in the coming years.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

We woke up this morning to heartbreaking news of yet another mass shooting, this time at our very own Morgan State University (MSU). The National Association of Social Workers Maryland Chapter (NASW Maryland) offers its condolences to the families and friends of the victims, as well as the entire community.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 17, 2022

If we’re being completely honest, social workers are in the business of “doing,” whether that’s providing concrete services, administering programs, writing policy, or ameliorating a host of micro-level to macro-level problems on the local and global level. Or making it more interesting for your social work students?

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The New Social Worker

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The University of Iowa School of Social Work conducts an annual, nationwide poetry contest for social workers. Submissions for the 2025 contest will be accepted between Nov. 1, 2024, and Jan. 31, 2025.

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The New Social Worker

JANUARY 3, 2023

Anthony Estreet, a professor and former chair of the Master of Social Work program at Morgan State University and CEO of a behavioral health company in Baltimore, will be the new chief executive officer of the National Association of Social Workers.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Social workers can use the printed word, books, and poetry to empower clients, promote social justice, and offer hope By Heather Rose Artushin, LISW-CP The printed word can be used to empower clients and offer hope in troubled times. People have long understood the healing power of words. Nicholas Mazza Ph.D.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 3, 2022

By Diana Ling, MA, Program Manager and Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW, Senior Research Project and Training Coordinator; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. .

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

January is Birth Defects Awareness Month, a call to action for social workers to share a key message: for a healthy pregnancy, it is safest to avoid alcohol, smoking, and other recreational drugs. Substance use during pregnancy can lead to poor outcomes. The safest pathway is to avoid any type of substance use during pregnancy.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

APRIL 19, 2023

Editor’s Note: Christa McCrorie (she/her), LICSW-PIP, is an adjunct instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a social worker with a private practice, Creative Therapeutic Solutions, LLC, where she specializes in queer needs and trauma processing.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JANUARY 2, 2023

TITLE: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WORK IN REALISING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. Date: 18th January, 2023, Hybrid Mode, (Hybrid event/ in person Nelson Mandela University). CO-HOSTED BY IASSW/ ASSWA/ NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY/JOHANNESBURG UNIVERSITY/ASASWEI. Please register to get meeting link : [link].

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

The pandemic has also significantly impacted social workers who face hidden mental health consequences. A recent article in the journal Social Work , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press, highlights this issue. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. managing self-care.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Advanced fostering practitioner Vivian Okeze-Tirado was working at home when she was crowned overall winner at this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards. She already had an undergraduate and master’s degree in business administration but spoke to local universities about entry requirements for social work courses.

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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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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

President Biden has announced his intent to appoint social worker Mia Ives-Rublee, MSW, to his Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. She earned her master’s in social work at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

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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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The New Social Worker

JULY 20, 2022

BSW students at University of Alabama Birmingham were asked: What does being a professional social worker mean to you? How do you define research? A poetic analysis of their answers resulted in two poems.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 5, 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. This webinar is intended for experienced and new school social workers, principals, and building administrators.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Social worker Eddie Bocanegra, MSW, a longtime violence prevention advocate in Chicago, has been named senior adviser for community violence intervention in the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Bocanegra served time in prison and earned his master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

Heather Rose Artushin, LISW-CP By Heather Rose Artushin, LISW-CP As social workers, we often embark upon this professional journey with a heart for helping people to live well. National Healthcare Decisions Day, which is April 16th, is a good reminder for social workers on the importance of discussing advance care planning.

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In my current capacity as President of IFSW Europe, I was honored to accept an invitation from the Department of Social Work at the University of Mostar and the Association […]

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Beyond Advocacy

MAY 30, 2023

Congratulations to the thousands of social workers graduating from Master of Social Work programs nationwide. Statistics are being compiled for 2022; however, according to the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) , more than 25,000 social work students graduated from accredited Master of Social Work programs in 2021.

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Community Care

JUNE 19, 2024

A clutch of social workers have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list, announced this week. The recipients included a past and present principal social worker (PSW), the co-founder of the secure base model of therapeutic caregiving and a retired practitioner who used to support Holocaust survivors.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Fast-track programme Think Ahead will train 320 more mental health social workers after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) extended its contract up to 2027. A quarter of NHS mental health social workers were men, as of 2022. And that applies equally to people working with social workers.

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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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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

APRIL 11, 2021

Hannah and Geoffery are aiming to reach out to as many social work students as possible as part of our contribut i on to connecting the profession; our efforts to support the development of strong and purposive professional relationships across the globe. She is a master’s student at the University at Buffalo’s School of Social Work.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 3, 2024

They are living, breathing community centers, filled with people who have psychosocial needs – people who could benefit from the support of a social worker. MSW, a consultant who runs Social Work Consulting Services for Libraries. Then, in 2020, the libraries shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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