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What About Social Justice? Engaging in Environmental Justice Work

The New Social Worker

It is important for us, as social workers, to enhance our knowledge about the impact of the environment on the health, welfare, and life span of diverse groups. What is the role of social work in relation to environmental justice?

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Given that our clinic is a doctoral training clinic, the finding that racial match may impact outcomes emphasizes a need to recruit and support diverse cohorts of graduate students in clinical psychology PhD programs. As mental health providers within an institution, we must continue engaging in community outreach to erase treatment gaps.

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Nairobi, Kenya to Host 2026 World Conference on Social Work and Social Development

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

The tripartite committee comprising the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), are delighted to announce Nairobi, Kenya, as the host city for the upcoming World Conference on Social Work and Social Development.

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What Does KVC Stand For?

KVC

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. We work locally, one child, family and community at a time, while also influencing the fields of child welfare and mental health nationally.

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KVC Health Systems Ranks in Top 1% of Employers Nationwide with 77 Work Wellbeing Score

KVC

This began a shift to reclaim the values-driven culture of KVC’s early days, creating a highly engaged, exceptional place to work. Learn more about work wellbeing and engagement, how KVC has created a positive, supportive culture, and how that culture benefits employees, clients, and supporters alike.

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Greetings from Dean Laura Curran

University of Connecticut

I’ve become increasingly familiar with the work and impact of our outstanding faculty and their research as well as our students who are engaged with some of our most pressing social welfare issues, child and adolescent behavioral health, substance use disorder, juvenile justice reform, LGBTQ+ health, and supporting immigrants and refugees.

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Leaders must foster professional curiosity and challenge to improve child protection, finds review

Community Care

The panel also reiterated messages from its 2021 report on safeguarding babies from male carers , including practitioners not challenging fathers or adult partners about their engagement and accepting at face value mothers’ account of separation from partners.

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