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Lessons from two child welfare court decisions

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a scathing rebuke to Philadelphia’s family police agency, the Department of Human Services, rejecting the idea that its caseworkers are effectively exempt from the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and a similar clause in Pennsylvania’s constitution.

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NASW Press Reads for Policy, Advocacy, and Impact!

Social Work Blog

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. Economic Well-Being: An Introduction , by Deborah M.

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You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – Surprising Difference?

Social Work Haven

You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – What is the Difference? – Social workers and case managers are both integral parts of the healthcare industry. Despite having similar educational backgrounds, their job responsibilities differ depending on the services they provide to their clients.

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NASW Press Reads for Practice, Policy, and Principles

Social Work Blog

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.

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NASW Press Reads for Practice, Policy, and Principles

Social Work Blog

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.

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Reflections and Takeaways from reading Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel’s book, The Genesis Machine

Social Work Futures

All of them stretched my sensibilities about “what is here” and “what is coming” by way of synthetic biology and the potential impact on things social workers care about: well-being, equity, human rights and more. First, this is from the front cover – what is synthetic biology?

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Celebrate Social Work Month with NASW Press: 20% Off Books and eBooks!

Social Work Blog

Social Work Speaks is a reference tool that represents the collective thinking of thousands of social workers across all fields of practice. This user-friendly resource can assist in developing organizational responses to policy issues, conducting policy analysis, and working in advocacy coalitions. Currently, about 5.4

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