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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

Social Work Blog

Healing Justice Values Alongside Therapeutic Interventions. This was community care that in the Field, we might call an “intervention” at the meso level. One might wonder, why and how I shifted from community care-based healing work to becoming a Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist. By Violeta A.

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Addressing Burnout Among Clinical Social Workers: A Path to Resilience and Well-Being

American Board of Clinical Social Work

Burnout among Clinical Social Workers has emerged as a critical issue, reflecting their work's intense emotional and psychological demands. A comprehensive systematic review spanning twenty years of research highlights several key aspects of burnout within health social work[i].

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Long COVID and the Implications for Social Work

inSocialWork

These disparities demand the attention of social work change agents, along with the inability or unwillingness of our government leaders to pass long COVID legislation, the lack of long COVID clinics, and the need for advocacy and education related to workplace accommodations, paid sick and family leave and expanded disability benefits.

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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Transitions to 988

Social Work Blog

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has further exacerbated the need to improve access to crisis intervention services. While these statistics are a significant cause for concern, social workers have been instrumental in providing support to people in crisis. Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social Work.

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Celebrate Black History Month with NASW Press—20% Off Select NASW Press Books and eBooks!

Social Work Blog

During these challenging economic times, social workers have an opportunity to empower those at risk. Empowering Clinical Social Work Practice demonstrates that strengths-based interventions can be a powerful antidote to the destructive forces of poverty and adversity, and ultimately lead to resource mobilization and empowerment.

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Reproductive Justice: A call-to-action for Social Work in the Post-Roe World

inSocialWork

She holds a doctorate in clinical social work from the School of Policy and Practices at the University of Pennsylvania and is a licensed clinical social worker. Her scholarship examines young people’s minoritized, racialized, and gendered school experiences, school mental health, and social justice issues.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

Social workers are the largest group of mental health providers in the United States and treatment of PTSD is one of their specialty areas. Time Moves Different in Here: Clinical Implications for Working with Populations of Color, Complex Trauma and Dissociation in the Age of COVID 19 . June 3, 2022. Prepared by.

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