Social Workers Speak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Addictions Specialist , I agree with a holistic approach to addressing not only the opioid epidemic, but crime of all types. Michigan agencies seek strategies to address child welfare worker shortage. “When they make home visits, they are putting themselves in harm’s way.”

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. Educator : Social workers educate clients about resources, coping strategies, and life skills to enhance their well-being and self-sufficiency.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 3, 2022

Social workers have been finding shelter for homeless covid patients, providing treatment for people with addiction disorders made more challenging by pandemic-related social isolation, and comforting bereaved family members who have lost loved ones to the twin epidemics of covid and opioids. This is known as toxic positivity. St Louis Today.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

September is observed as recovering from illness concept, background SAMHSA defines recovery as a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives and strive to reach their full potential. Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

The study in question, from 1998, says that if a child experiences enough of them, it can cause serious health problems. The study makes no reference to high scores meaning the subject’s parents are “Addicts, Alcoholics, Mentally Ill, Violent, Criminal, Deadbeats.” Or they might just call the child abuse hotline.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

SAMHSA defines recovery as a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives and strive to reach their full potential. FAVOR has developed a language that social workers and others can use to talk with the public and policymakers about recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

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KVC

APRIL 10, 2023

Here are the most common types of child abuse: Emotional abuse: Mental or emotional abuse typically aims to impact a child’s well-being, self-esteem and self-worth. This can include name-calling, rejection, withholding affection, shaming, diminishing, emotional manipulation or threatening a child.

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