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5 Ways to Make More Money As a Social Worker

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Social work is generally seen as a clinical field, so if you do choose to pursue roles outside of “traditional” social work, it might take some time to learn how you can sell yourself in the application and interview phase and prove that your skills are transferable.

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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

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By Marisa Markowtiz, LMSW, CASAC-T The National Institute of Mental Health defines specific phobia as an intense, irrational fear that poses little or no actual danger. Exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy are evidence based practices that mental health counselors use to treat phobias.

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NASW Member Voices: Considering a career in addiction social work? Here is what you should know

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Students must decide what type of social worker they want to become, and where they would like to work. There are clinical, military, hospital, school social work, and other options. So why should students enter the realm of clinical social work in addiction? It is not an unfair question.

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Members in the News – July 28, 2023

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alongside other influential social workers, including NAACP co-founder W.E.B. Ryan Estes is a member of NASW-NC: Tillis, local leaders discuss federal funding needs for school mental health and safety Port City Daily Estes added students and teachers were “traumatized” and that would take a while to subside, even with adequate resources.

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

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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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News Items – August 18, 2022

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Audio] Some 2,000 mental health care clinicians in California are on strike. Clinicians say their employer, Kaiser Permanente, is breaking state law by taking too long to connect patients with therapists. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Almost 2,000 mental health care workers have walked off the job in California.

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News Items – February 2, 2023

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The purpose of this bill is to repeal and do away with licensure for social workers and many other professions in South Carolina. However, it would harm thousands of South Carolina residents who use the services of social workers each day. It’s a public health issue just like coronavirus,” said Uzuri Holder, program manager.