Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JUNE 30, 2023

Editor’s note: Melissa Freedman, MSW, is a social work educator and consultant specializing in leadership, supervision, administration, and quality management and assurance. In this blog post, she shares guidance for social work educators about how to start planning for the important task of reaffirmation and the initial process of accreditation with the Council on Social Work Education.

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My Brains Not Broken

JUNE 30, 2023

Today’s post is an interview with Tiffany Whitlow, who is the co-founder of biotechnology research company Acclinate, and its associated community brand NOWINCLUDED – the online health community focused on empowering the Black community to make better-informed health decisions. In this interview, we talked about NOWINCLUDED, shrinking the stigma, and the importance of taking charge of your mental health.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on June 29 made a ruling on affirmative action that will have profound and long-term implications for the country. With a 6-3 majority decision, SCOTUS declared in Students for Fair Admissions inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection.

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International Federation of Social Workers

JUNE 30, 2023

Time: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 1:15 PM- 2:30 PM (EST) Venue: Virtual Speakers will highlight the importance of a robust universal social protection system to help mitigate risks for child […]

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The Guardian

JUNE 30, 2023

The government has finally accepted responsibility for staff. But years of neglect have harmed patients as well These are the worst of times for the NHS in England. Public satisfaction is at its lowest level since it started to be measured 40 years ago. Staff morale is shattered, with retention a growing problem. Currently there are more than 112,000 vacancies in a workforce of 1.26 million full-time equivalents.

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Lawson Psychology

JUNE 30, 2023

What is assertiveness and why is it important? Many of us have been in situations where we have not received what we wanted or needed. This might have been at work, with friends, family, or in our intimate relationships. It can be easy to think “I am just not an assertive person”. However, assertiveness is actually a set of skills that can be learned.

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Lawson Psychology

JUNE 30, 2023

Many of us have been in situations where we have not received what we wanted or needed. This might have been at work, with friends, family, or in our intimate relationships. It can be easy to think “I am just not an assertive person”. However, assertiveness is actually a set of skills that can be learned. For some people, building these skills will be harder.

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Beyond Advocacy

JUNE 30, 2023

As President Biden and Democratic leaders express their discontent and abhorrence about the Supreme Court’s decision to ban race-based consideration for college admissions, it would be disingenuous for them to suggest they did not see this coming and failed to prevent it from happening. There is no way Donald Trump should have appointed three justices to the Supreme Court.

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