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7 Ways To Improve Your Human Services Organization

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Human services organizations constantly have to navigate change. To help health and human service organizations get ahead, we’re sharing action items based on current trends in human services. Some temporary regulatory measures that made telehealth adoption easier during the pandemic have now faded away.

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Why a Learning Culture Is Important for Human Services

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As a human services leader, you’re always looking for ways to improve the level of care your organization provides. Let’s dive into why a learning culture is important and how you can apply it to a human services setting. Staff retention has long been an issue for human services organizations.

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The Opioid Epidemic and Foster Care: The Opioid Epidemic’s Forgotten Victims

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Department of Health and Human Services found that a 10% increase in opioid-related overdose deaths directly corresponded with a 4.4% Adoption, foster home recruitment, and reunification services The act provides 8 million dollars in competitive grants to support the recruitment and retention of highly qualified foster families.

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Celebrate Your Graduate—Save 20% on Select NASW Press Books!

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For instructors, building a cohesive and engaging policy curriculum can be daunting. The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2020. The Delegate Assembly, NASW’s key policymaking body, meets every three years.

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NASW Press Reads for Practice, Policy, and Principles

Social Work Blog

Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice. However, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, traditional, in-person service delivery was dramatically interrupted. O’Brien encourages the reader to educate, engage, and make the connection between individual work and policy.

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NASW Press Reads for Practice, Policy, and Principles

Social Work Blog

Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice. However, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, traditional, in-person service delivery was dramatically interrupted. O’Brien encourages the reader to educate, engage, and make the connection between individual work and policy.

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

Social Work Blog

They argue that organizations that prioritize self-care for social work and human services staff are more likely to improve client care and productivity. Policies that adopted surrounding these tenets can increase morale, greater leadership within staff, and deepen an agency’s ability to improve client care.

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