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School Social Work: Perception and Reality

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A career as a school social worker no doubt presents some nice benefits, and it’s a noble pursuit that allows social workers to apply varied skill sets and work with an interdisciplinary team. Our guests are Alyssa Ernst, MSW ’10, LMSW, and Stephanie Stodolka, LMSW, two school social workers who have been around the block.

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KVC Health Systems and Emporia State University Launch Data Analytics Research to Benefit Children in Foster Care

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KVC Health Systems’ largest subsidiary, KVC Kansas , has been a foster care case management provider on behalf of the Kansas Department for Children and Families since 1996. In this case, the data has been de-identified and will only be analyzed for children who are no longer in foster care.

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20 Success Stories: Mental Health, Family Reunification, Foster Care and Adoption Support Transform Lives

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These stories came from youth and families we’ve served, foster or adoptive families who support our mission, and KVC team members who provide in-home family therapy and support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment or other life-changing services.

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A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

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See below or click here to see a helpful graphic that shows what our continuum of care is. Many people associate KVC Kansas with foster care. Additionally, of course, safely preventing the need for foster care means less trauma and separation for families. Learn more here.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

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Mezzo Social Workers have the following jobs: Executive Director of Nonprofit Board Member of Organization Program Director School Social Worker Hospital Administrator Community Center Grant Writer Deputy Director Group Work Facilitator. Mezzo Social Work.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending December 20, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

One of those ways is using visits between children in foster care and their parents as a weapon. An expert found that she could just as well have stayed home with her family and gotten treatment like intensive case management. It certainly had a negative effect on the children.” Added Prof.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

Mezzo Social Workers have the following jobs: Executive Director of Nonprofit Board Member of Organization Program Director School Social Worker Hospital Administrator Community Center Grant Writer Deputy Director Group Work Facilitator Macro Social Work Finally, Macro Social Work is a broad field of social work.