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Beyond Advocacy
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued an emergency call for social workers and other volunteers to assist at the border in meeting the needs of hundreds of migrant children. There are jobs available for qualified social workers. Social workers in Houston, Texas are already engaged.
Social Work Blog
AUGUST 1, 2022
43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals , by Gerald V. O’Brien, boils down key policies to their most essential elements: historical overview and nature of the social problem, policy overview, and effectiveness.
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Social Work Blog
JULY 14, 2023
In recent years, social workers have paid increased attention to ethical issues. The profession’s literature has burgeoned on topics such as ethical dilemmas in social work practice, ethical decision making, boundary issues and dual relationships, ethics-related risk management, and moral injury.
Social Work Blog
AUGUST 1, 2023
The American Academy of Social Work and Welfare’s grand challenge to “create social responses to a changing environment” is a call to action for social workers to advocate for environmental justice. Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice.
Social Work Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Department of Health and Human Services first declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and advocacy organizations are providing guidance on ways to prepare individuals with Medicaid for the upcoming redetermination process. Social Work Advocacy.
Social Work Blog
APRIL 5, 2023
The NASW Code of Ethics is a set of standards that guide the professional conduct of social workers. Moreover, revisions to the Cultural Competence standard provide more explicit guidance to social workers. All social workers should review the new text and affirm their commitment to abide by the Code of Ethics.
Teaching & Learning in Social Work
JANUARY 26, 2023
Photo by Arisa Chattasa on Unsplash As social work educators, we create assignments to give our students opportunities to learn about the profession and develop competencies needed for social practice. Assignments also offer a way to assess if students are growing in their understanding of how to be professional social workers.
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