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?NASW Member Voices: Social Work and Self-Care — A Review Through an Updated Lens

Social Work Blog

By Violeta Donawa, LMSW, MA Dr. Kathleen Cox and Dr. Sue Steiner bring the concept of ‘self-care’ out of the shadows and demystifies its significance in the lives of social work practitioners and leaders. Throughout the Self-Care in Social Work, Cox and Steiner draw upon their extensive clinical and academic experience as social work faculty.

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

Social Work Blog

It is one thing to share your own experience living with mental illness, but to suggest that mental illness is not real or should be dealt with without the guidance of a trained professional can be harmful. A good place to start is the US Department of Health and Human Services administration, which operates a suicide and crisis Lifeline.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, weeks ending Nov. 28, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Department of Health and Human Services. When that happens, social services officials come under fire. One of those two things has now prompted the Biden Administration to propose regulations to curb this practice. At least 45 kids died of abuse or neglect in North Carolina in 2021, according to the U.S.

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How Can You Support Your Staff During and After a Crisis?

Relias

Share how you are managing uncertainty to encourage employees to talk about their own self-care and mental health. Support : Support and mutual self-help can create a sense of safety and hope for staff. This includes executives, administrators, and supervisors. There is a saying that shared pain is pain lessened.

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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

Relias

The inequitable nature of PTSD, coupled with other intense feelings (such as survivors’ guilt), can lead to increased levels of post-traumatic stress and lower levels of self-esteem among those experiencing PTSD. While the services that the VHA provide are essential, unfortunately, the current system can be confusing. deployments).

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Most of all she is wrong to ignore the enormous harm of needless removal. ? The errors go in all directions, and all of these errors harm children. ? Another criterion: “The degree of harm alleged to the child.” Landry runs the Office of Child and Family Services within Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. The Bronx Defenders is suing New York City’s family police agency, the Administration for Children’s Services, over such a case.