Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Olivia Knox is policy assistant for NASW-NYS: Report: Low salary contributes to NY social workers leaving field WAER A new report shows social workers are not being paid equal to similar professions. Many feel this is one piece of a larger puzzle contributing to social workers leaving the field.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 15, 2022

The issue is so widespread among mental health providers, the National Association of Social Workers in Maine hosted a virtual listening session with Anthem in mid-March. We needed at least 55 new social workers back in 2017,” Stone wrote in an email. Social workers are quitting over Texas’ anti-trans child care order.

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Foundation and the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT) at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work have been awarded a $3.3 Historically‚ social workers, like teachers and nurses, tended to be women and were undervalued.”

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 3, 2022

Social workers are the unsung heroes of the pandemic. Should social workers work with police? Across the state, law enforcement departments take varying approaches to integrating social workers into policing, but Goetz and other experts express concerns that it’s being done too hastily. The Washington Post.

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Social Work Tech

MAY 16, 2017

As a clinical social worker, I often worry about my clients. When a client has self-harming or suicidal behavior (thoughts, plan, gesture, or attempt), no matter how meticulously I dot my i’s and cross my t’s to keep them safe, I worry. It’s a hell I’m familiar with. So I made a new one.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

My journal was my first therapist, where I recorded frustration, anxiety and depression. I returned to my room, since I was not up to socializing. I was self-employed and wondered if this hiatus would have an effect on my income and reputation. I’ve been at Thompson for over six years as a therapist,” Kathy started.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 1, 2022

Danyale Sturdivant is a member: Social worker creates nonprofit that advocates for autistic people of color. This is a student campaign demanding that the University begin compensating Master of Social Work (MSW) students for their internship work; around 80 members of the campus community attended the walkout. Marin Voice.

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Social Workers Speak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Social Workers from Mississippi and Alabama come together. The Riley Center hosted over 150 social workers and students this afternoon for a two-day conference on different ways social work affects the community around them. How The National Association Of Social Workers Are Supporting Domestic Abuse Survivors.

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