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Federal Grants Available to Promote Elder Justice

Social Work Blog

Funding source: Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), U.S. Purpose: support a comprehensive approach to addressing abuse in later life, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, and exploitation toward people who are at least 50 years old. Department of Justice.

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NCCPR's new Issue Paper: The Failure of Mandatory Reporting

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

And rather than face clandestine drug testing and suspicion from medical professionals who are mandatory reporters, pregnant people stay away from prenatal care and giving birth in hospitals. Among those who suffer most: Children of domestic violence victims.

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Reducing Workplace Violence in Nursing & Healthcare

Relias

Workplace violence is an all-too-common problem in healthcare, and the recent shooting in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital complex serves as the latest tragic example. Domestic Violence. It is not uncommon for violence that occurs outside of the workplace to creep into healthcare settings.

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Should you take a FSC social worker job?

Save the Social Worker

I’m sat at the hospital with a client, wondering what I should do. This is longer term work One colleague I had didn’t like the work because it was quite long term, compared to other places like the hospital. Its Christmas Eve. It’s nearly 8pm now. Should I go home to take a break, or should I continue staying? But duty calls.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 19, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Back in Massachusetts, consider another group family police love to persecute – survivors of domestic violence. In the wake of a scathing report from a county auditor, The Morning Call reports , she was just relieved of her job running the “child advocacy center" at the local hospital.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending March 14, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

As CBC News reports, that suit calls the modern Canadian family policing system "the next round of cultural genocide and discrimination toward First Nations." ● Two big new studies, one in JAMA Open and one in Academic Pediatrics examine who gets drug tested in hospitals and who doesn’t. It’s who you think. ● That’s where Arabella died.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

Mezzo Social Workers have the following jobs: Executive Director of Nonprofit Board Member of Organization Program Director School Social Worker Hospital Administrator Community Center Grant Writer Deputy Director Group Work Facilitator. Macro Social Work. Finally, Macro Social Work is a broad field of social work.