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Celebrating support workers

Social Care

I looked online and found a health care support worker vacancy at Aspen Clinic in Mexborough. I attended the interview and was shown around the unit. Interestingly, one of the service users was also on the interview panel, asking me questions and giving me advice. It must have gone well as I was offered the role later that day.

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NASW Member Voices: ?Social Work Mentorship Honors the Wisdom Within Our Profession

Social Work Blog

N: In my first job at the State Hospital in Illinois, the agency director and my supervisor took me under their wing and taught me many things, including how to conduct a social history, interviews with patients, and how to lead group therapy. They helped me understand the system and my role in it.

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How To Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Birth Trauma

Relias

Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Also labeled as postpartum PTSD or postnatal PTSD, birth trauma can occur for several reasons. What is birth trauma?

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News Items – April 1, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Lynn Zakeri, a Chicago based licensed clinical social worker said this pediatric mental health crisis is due to children trying to find control in their own ways. With some of the clients I see the eating disordered behaviors, the self harming, the obsessive compulsive type of behaviors. has increased dramatically. Rebellious.

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Diabetes and Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder. As World Diabetes Day approaches (14 th November 2023), we take a look at what diabetes is and how MQ are supporting researchers working to improve care. What is diabetes? Simply put, diabetes affects the body’s sugar levels meaning they are higher than usual for longer periods of time.

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Diversity Spotlight: Jessica R. LoPresti, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

LoPresti , licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a great honor and pleasure to interview her. LoPresti, PhD first appeared on Society of Clinical Psychology. Dr. LoPresti received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Dr. Beate Neumeier.

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Stress in the Workplace: most stressful industries

MQ Mental Health

In an interview with The Guardian in 2019, she discussed the toll that the job can take on her mental health and the importance of taking care of herself. And Studies have found that, depending on the journalists’ work demands or work locations, 4% to 59% have symptoms of PTSD.