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Racism and Mistreatment in the Mental Health Field: A Practitioner’s Voice

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The social work profession places a high value on diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Even while the NASW Code of Ethics places emphasis on racial and social justice, a number of people and scholars have mentioned an “empathy gap” when it comes to social work practice involving White social worker interactions with Black clients.

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Social Work Advocates Feb–Mar 2023: Ethical Challenges Amid Changing Political Landscape

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Top stories include: Ethical Challenges: Profession Prepares to Protect Social Workers Amid Changing Political Landscape Social workers across the nation are facing ethical dilemmas as state legislatures enact laws that conflict with NASW’s Code of Ethics, particularly laws related to abortion access and gender identity.

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NASW News Hits May 2022

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Jeffrey Feldman, NASW New Jersey Chapter’s director of advocacy and communications, was quoted in a Politico New Jersey Playbook PM item on the state advancing regulations to mandate cultural diversity and implicit bias training to in the police basic training curriculum. Feldman testified that implicit bias is not limited to race.

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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?

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Did you Know that July 24 is International Self-Care Day?

Social Work Blog

It involves dedicating time to activities that promote overall well-being, to better your physical and mental health. NASW honors the importance of self-care in the practice of social work and encourages the practice of self-care in the purpose section of the most current NASW Code of Ethics.

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Did you Know that July 24 is International Self-Care Day?

Social Work Blog

It involves dedicating time to activities that promote overall well-being, to better your physical and mental health. NASW honors the importance of self-care in the practice of social work and encourages the practice of self-care in the purpose section of the most current NASW Code of Ethics.

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Members in the Media – June 1, 2023

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Kara Carter and Mercedes Bern-Klug are members of NASW-IA: A new mindset on mental health University of Iowa When Kara Carter started out as a practitioner of social work in southern Colorado , she quickly found that her expertise in mental health was badly needed—not just by the hospice agency that hired her, but by the community she lived in. “If