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IASSW definition on Clinical Social Work

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IASSW definition on Clinical Social Work The IASSW have been asked to express the IASSW definition on Clinical Social Work. The IASSW President formed a task force to work on this important initiative. Please find attached the final document on IASSW definition on Clinical Social Work.

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After Retirement from Clinical Practice, Chapter President Still Eager to Serve

Social Work Blog

“It’s interesting how my whole professional life was in clinical social work, and now I am involved in macro social work because it allows one to actively work for social justice and dignity and work on all the many disparities we have in our country.” She moved to Concord, N.H.,

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Board Member’s Career Trajectory Changed During Internship

Social Work Blog

“When I started an MSW program at Boston College, my plan was to work in HIV/AIDS, with the immigrant population here in Boston or maybe to go back to Ethiopia,” he says. “I Read the full story after logging in at Social Work Advocates magazine. . I was familiar with these populations and issues.”.

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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. She is also an associate professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

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Prof Dr Azlinda Azman appointed new Higher Education DG

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

The National Joint Council Committee on Social Work Education Malaysia chairman and Convenor of the AIDS Action and Research Group (AARG), USM since 2011 was awarded the Social Work Academic Icon by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development in 2021. More details at : [link]

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

Social Work Blog

When students leave the halls of academia and decide to venture on their first social work job, there is trepidation. Do my skills align with the amount of knowledge I gained in school? Students must decide what type of social worker they want to become, and where they would like to work. Will I be able to cut it?

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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

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The concepts of “Yes, and” (improv) and “Meeting the client where they are at” (clinical social work/therapy) are one and the same, with slight differences Teacher with students during an improv class at a performing arts school. There’s a term in clinical social work called “meeting the clients where they’re at.”

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