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Members in the Media – June 1, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Kara Carter and Mercedes Bern-Klug are members of NASW-IA: A new mindset on mental health University of Iowa When Kara Carter started out as a practitioner of social work in southern Colorado , she quickly found that her expertise in mental health was badly needed—not just by the hospice agency that hired her, but by the community she lived in.

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Social Work History Month 2021: Social Workers are Essential

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Social work is the only helping profession which requires social justice advocacy as part of its professional code of ethics, and is therefore a large workforce mandated to advance the rights of the most vulnerable in society.

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Members in the Media – June 1, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Kara Carter and Mercedes Bern-Klug are members of NASW-IA: A new mindset on mental health University of Iowa When Kara Carter started out as a practitioner of social work in southern Colorado , she quickly found that her expertise in mental health was badly needed—not just by the hospice agency that hired her, but by the community she lived in.

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News Items – February 2, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Licensed social workers, like other mental health and health care providers, are regulated professionals who require a vigorous education, ongoing professional training and adherence to a strict code of ethics. Homelessness rates in all these cities are high or growing. who also served as a community advocate.

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News Items – February 2, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Licensed social workers, like other mental health and health care providers, are regulated professionals who require a vigorous education, ongoing professional training and adherence to a strict code of ethics. Homelessness rates in all these cities are high or growing. who also served as a community advocate.

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News Items – March 3, 2022

Social Workers Speak

While social workers and police officers responding together to calls has become popular in the past few years , the practice has been going on since the 1920s, said Barry Goetz, a sociology professor at Western Michigan University. “I I think it’s a good idea that there’s an attempt to kind of formalize it once again,” Goetz said.