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Disability Justice and Other Concerns: The January Issue of Social Work Is Online

Social Work Blog

Here are some of the articles in this issue: Beyond Ramps, Curb Cuts, and Captions: A Call for Disability Justice in Social Work. Despite decades of advocacy, Disabled people continue to experience ableism—such as inaccessibility, stigma, and exclusion—in all realms of social work.

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All You Need To Know About Social Work Articles

Social Work Haven

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. What are the 7 codes of ethics? Social Work Quotes.

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Social worker talks about importance of self-care in self-published book

Social Work Blog

Self-care is important to social workers and in fact the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics included the importance of self-care when it was updated this year. Q: Why did you decide to become a social worker and work in the child welfare arena? A child welfare social worker meets with her clients.

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The 9 Social Work Competencies You Need to Know

Social Work Haven

V alues & Ethics.     Values and ethics form a solid foundation that helps to guide social workers in all aspects of their role within the community. By adhering to these values and ethics, a social worker can be confident that they are acting in a responsible and ethically right way.

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You Asked, Case manager vs Social Worker – Surprising Difference?

Social Work Haven

They work with various populations, including children, adolescents, adults, older adults, individuals with disabilities, those experiencing mental health issues, and those facing social and economic hardships. Finally, social workers must adhere to a code of ethics and maintain client confidentiality while working with them.

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All You Need to Know About the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Social Work Haven

In March 1973, the panel also advised the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) (now known as the Department of Health and Human Services) to instruct the USPHS to provide all necessary medical care for the survivors of the study. What was the main ethical violation in the Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis?

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The Code of Ethics - Social and Political Action

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker Exam

The majority of ethics questions on the LCSW exam are likely to be drawn from the first sections of the NASW Code of Ethics. The bread and butter of ethics question writing. But as you're preparing, take care to read to the end of the code. The code reaches beyond clients and colleagues into the macro realm.