Social Workers Speak

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Michigan agencies seek strategies to address child welfare worker shortage. However, the state is currently facing what one industry leader described as a “critical shortage” of child welfare workers. Therapy is especially important if you’re experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, or any other mental illness.

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 19, 2023

” The NASW has publicly acknowledged the role the social-worker profession plays in perpetuating racism, citing examples like discrimination in the child welfare system and disparities in health care. Although coloring isn’t the ultimate cure for stress and anxiety, sitting down for a long coloring session holds great value.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 13, 2023

For Black social workers, anxiety and depression are on the rise The Conversation Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities. Job satisfaction is also a concern, particularly in high-stress specialties like child welfare investigations, she added.

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 6, 2022

McDaniel described stress and anxiety symptoms like a pounding heart, muscle tension, chest pains, sweating, difficulty taking a deep breath, and headaches — all things most parents have felt at one time or another. Matt Anderson is a member: Families Are Seen and Heard in New Child Welfare Podcast. rd, LCSW , “?

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 13, 2023

For Black social workers, anxiety and depression are on the rise The Conversation Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities. Job satisfaction is also a concern, particularly in high-stress specialties like child welfare investigations, she added.

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Social Work Synergy

APRIL 15, 2020

by Melanie Sage, LCSW, PhD. They work in child welfare agencies where the work is so sensitive that they avoid talking about it. Before I became a social work professor, I did casework in hospitals, child welfare agencies, crisis hotlines, and in the Veteran’s Administration.

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