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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

Monteiro, LCSW The past two years were filled with fear and uncertainty, exacerbating a mental health crisis with an increase in anxiety, depression, suicide rates, and substance abuse. I have a master’s degree in Social Work and am a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW).

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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

News Items – May 25, 2023 Carmen Reese Foster is a member of NASW-TN: Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers Milwaukee Independent Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities.

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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

News Items – May 25, 2023 Carmen Reese Foster is a member of NASW-TN: Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers Milwaukee Independent Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities.

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News Items – February 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Mildred “Mit” Joyner, DPS, MSW, LCSW, President of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), a Social Work Pioneer! Joyner currently oversees 55 chapters of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) throughout the United States. NBC Connecticut. Mental health is a person-powered field.

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News Items – August 5, 2021

Social Workers Speak

billion it received in COVID-19 relief funding to pay for more staff like counselors, nurses and social workers. Even though we’re supposed to have a social worker in all of the (school) buildings, that’s not happening ,” said Tara Stamps, CTU’s administrator of new teacher development. Monteiro running for at-large seat.

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BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients 2022-2023

University of Connecticut

BSW Award Raymond and Mary Borecki Buck Endowed Scholarship Fund Mary Borecki Buck is an UConn School of Social Work alumna committed to supporting the education of future generations of social workers. Kinlock Endowment Fund in Social Work Established by Charlotte M. Charlotte M.

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News Items – March 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

The time is right for social work, now more than ever before. Around 720,000 social workers across the nation entered the profession to serve vulnerable and marginalized populations to improve the world in which they live.?Social Social Work Month in March highlights the important role of social workers.