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Giving Back is Part of the Code of Ethics, Board Member Says

Social Work Blog

That encouraged me to go into social work.” Bautista-Thomas, PhD, LCSW, is a doctoral lecturer at Lehman College, Department of Social Work, at City University of New York. And sometimes, people need someone else to help guide them in identifying those things. Service is one of the values, she says.

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Celebrating Black Change Agents

University of Connecticut

Went on to graduate from New York University and completed postgraduate work at Columbia University. We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system, but also for those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity." -- Dorothy Height Whitney M.

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Cassandra Kelly Named 2023 NASW Student of the Year

Michigan Social Work

MSW student Cassandra Kelly has been selected as the 2023 University of Michigan National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Student of the Year. Online Award Ceremony Friday, April 14, 2023, 6-8 PM RSVP

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Texas Chapter Outlines Ethical Practices During Times of Challenging New Laws

Social Work Blog

Leatherbury, director of the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic and adjunct clinical law professor, to gather information about case laws and case law histories. “My The Code of Ethics is bigger than NASW, it’s the foundation of social work. You know how HIPAA works.

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Irish Socail Worker - Untitled Article

Irish Socail Worker

Removal of Human Rights from the CORU Code of Ethics for Social Workers (2019) By Helen Kelly, Social Worker, and Graduate of the MA in Social Work, University of Galway 2020 “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Globally, we are faced with a universal landscape of increasing inequality and conflict.

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

inSocialWork

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. Danielle specializes in trauma and EMDR. Show Notes. HamnerD_Transcript Download.

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From the Journals: Self-Care Insights from COVID-19

Social Work Blog

[Note: Below is an excerpt from an article in the most recent issue of the journal Health & Social Work , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press. Rine, PhD, associate professor, Department of Social Work, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. This article is free to be read on the Oxford University Press website.].