Social Work Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

Social workers provide counseling services and mental health treatment to individuals who may also have an alcohol use disorder and help them address barriers to treatment. They also provide education around potential harm due to misuse and use treatment modalities that are flexible and work for both harm reduction and abstinence.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Recent social movements such as Black Lives Matter and protests over the murder of George Floyd have brought anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion to the forefront of American consciousness. For children, research would indicate that racial and ethnic socialization is an effective tool to help them cope with racial trauma.

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? About six months later, after the disorder had progressed, he revised his diagnosis to rapid cycling bipolar I. A: It was 2008; I was 51 and menopausal.

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Reimagining Social Work

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In the US context demands to dismantle Child Protection Services (CPS) can be linked to a groundswell of concern about systemic racism as reflected in the Black Lives Matter movement. Although the differences in scale in the US are vast, the work done by Len Cook (2020) clearly connects the institutionalisation of tamariki M?ori

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The Vintage Social Worker

AUGUST 10, 2020

The first was a visit to Gressenhall Workhouse museum here in Norfolk to discuss a piece of work about the children boarded out from the workhouse. I suppose I could have worked it out as our welfare structures today owe much to the Poor Law. Who knew the origins of fostering were in the workhouse system, not me.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Are the failures of social work really just a matter of degree? Image from Depositphotos ) Call it The Perennial Whine of the Licensed Social Worker. It crops up over and over when there’s any story about what family police agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) do to families.

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Reimagining Social Work

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As social workers it is out of our hands and therefore it is invisible; class exploitation and racially configured oppression are one thing, and child protection is another: oh dear, how sad, never mind. History has legs. My book about the political history of child protection in Aotearoa is due for publication in late January 2022.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Theories in social work help with explaining situations and social relationships. A theory helps to explain a situation and perhaps how it came about. We may group theories under macro-social work theories or micro-social work theories. Trending Content on Social Work Haven.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 9, 2023

Untreated PTSD has been linked to indicators of functional impairment and economic burden, such as social problems (e.g., Banducci, & Andrea Fentem Trauma is a common experience, with ~90% of individuals in the United States and ~70% of individuals across 24 countries reporting a traumatic experience in their lifetime (Benjet et al.,

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 4, 2022

The revised manual, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) is used by clinical social workers and other health care professionals in the United States as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders. A brief overview of the changes is provided below.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

The revised manual, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR ) is used by clinical social workers and other health care professionals in the United States as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders. A brief overview of the changes is provided below.

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Save the Social Worker

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

When you graduated from university, threw your mortarboard, and entered the world of work, did you ever expect this? Why do you dislike your work after working so hard to get to a job? You need to be serious about your work! Work ceases to be something fun. What lies do you accept about work?

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Psychological Health Care

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Factor in biological influences (genes or brain chemistry), life experiences (such as trauma and abuse) and any family history of mental health problems and you will understand why there may be times throughout your life when you may need extra support or information to cope. Navigating Life Changes. Childhood Years, Birth to Preschool.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Below is an extract from Equitable Education: What everyone working in education should know about closing the attainment gap for all pupils by Sameena Chaudry CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence, it takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity.

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Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The power of storytelling in social work is the theme of our 2024 Social Work Day on the Hill and Student Advocacy Day events on March 13, 14, and 15. The very nature of social work requires lifting the voices of poor and vulnerable people so their stories are heard. I was not a good storyteller.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The post talked about Therolf’s profound discomfort with any suggestion that there is systemic racial bias in child welfare. And I noted how he stacked the deck in a story about racial bias in child welfare. There’s also another cheap shot at family preservation and something that sure sounds like a dog-whistle. Second of two parts.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

OVERVIEWS OF FAMILY POLICING FAILURE ● To begin, take a step back, see – and hear – how the family policing system really works in this report from NPR, featuring perspectives from JMAC for Families and NCCPR: ● The most important book of 2023 on these issues is Investigating Families by Prof. Will they waver in the face of pressure?

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