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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training Should Serve as Foundation for Meaningful Action

Social Work Blog

Anti-racism as well as other facets of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) must be a focal point for everyone within social work if the profession is to achieve the goal of providing quality, equitable services from equitable workplaces. In fact, the history of social work has many examples of exclusion. “We

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How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare

Relias

Healthcare organizations have a growing responsibility to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts not only for their employees, but also to better serve patients and their families. The Current State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare. Health disparities related to diverse populations.

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Diversity Spotlight: Dr. Nita Tewari

Society of Clinical Psychology

Diversity Spotlight The current spotlight is on Dr. Nita Tewari whose work focuses on Indian American, South Asian, and Asian American mental health. Dr. Tewari is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (CA) who provides psychological and consulting services to young adults, parents and diverse populations in her practice.

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Overcoming Barriers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare

Relias

The need for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in healthcare is not new, but DEI is still a new focus for many healthcare organizations. In a 2021 Relias survey of 1,310 healthcare and public safety professionals, only 62% of respondents said that their organization participates in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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Diversity Spotlight: Jessica R. LoPresti, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

BAREMHW’s provides workshops, consultations, and training to empower education, health, and community-based organizations and institutions to meet their goals related to culturally responsive and anti-racist care, recruitment, hiring and retention of a diverse workforce. The post Diversity Spotlight: Jessica R. Robertson, N.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

In our paper published in The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , we found that although therapeutic outcomes (i.e., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90 (10), 837–849. Robison, M., Robertson, L., Daurio, A. M., & Millender, E.

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Fast-track programme to train 320 more social workers in £19m contract extension

Community Care

” The extension of Think Ahead’s contract underlines the significant diversity of training routes into social work in England (see box, below). Routes into social work in England University undergraduate courses : three-year generic programmes, with fees of £9,250 a year, annual bursaries of £4,862.50 (£5,262.50