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NASW Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

Social Work Blog

Acknowledgement: We acknowledge that the term “Hispanic” is inherently problematic due to is colonial origins, its potential exclusionary nature, and its tendency to overgeneralize diverse cultures. We support greater awareness and sensitivity in our language and appreciate the understanding of all community members in acknowledging intersectionality and communicating with cultural humility.

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Conversations on Social Work Careers: Social Work and AI

The New Social Worker

In this episode of Conversations on Social Work Careers, Your Social Work Career Coach Jennifer Luna talks with our columnists Dr. Allan Barsky and Dr. Gina Griffin on the timely topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and social work.

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NASW Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

Social Work Blog

Acknowledgement: We acknowledge that the term “Hispanic” is inherently problematic due to is colonial origins, its potential exclusionary nature, and its tendency to overgeneralize diverse cultures. We support greater awareness and sensitivity in our language and appreciate the understanding of all community members in acknowledging intersectionality and communicating with cultural humility.

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Young people leave care, then are hung out to dry. Why don’t we help them get to university instead? | Floella Benjamin

The Guardian

Getting looked-after children into university will save money, break intergenerational cycles and improve lives This month, about half a million 18-year-olds around the UK will be packing their bags ready to start university. The latest figures show that 47% of young people from state-funded schools will progress into higher education by age 19; but the same figure for children who grew up in care is just 14%.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Request for submissions for a GenX Anthology Book

Karen Zgoda

My next book! Please read this post by my coauthor, share, and consider submitting today! Invite/Explanation About a month ago I made a post about dealing with the death of my mother and how she was a terrible mother in the stereotypical boomer fashion (neglect, indifference, adandonment) but a woman who was generous to a fault with others. It generated a lot of conversation and another redditor suggested compiling stories like mine into a book.

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Campaigners back Kate Garraway over Derek Draper’s essential care needs

The Guardian

TV presenter says she is ‘battling the system’ to get support for her husband, who has been severely ill since getting Covid in 2020 Social care campaigners have backed TV presenter Kate Garraway after she revealed she was “battling the system” to secure essential care for her severely ill husband, Derek Draper. The Good Morning Britain presenter said at the weekend that she feared her husband could lose the support he needed, and that she was getting just four hours sleep a night.

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Sukhmani Singh Receives Bureau of Justice Grant

University of Connecticut

Assistant Professor Sukhmani Singh has been awarded a Bureau of Justice Category 2 Award to examine best practices and challenges associated with developing and implementing restorative justice diversion (RJD) programs from RJD trainers, a national cohort of providers, and their juvenile legal system counterparts. “Restorative Justice Diversion programming — deep engagement in practices that offer healing and repair to the very human experience of committing and receiving harm — has resurged in

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Earn CE Credits for Reading Select NASW Press Books!

Social Work Blog

The first edition of Burnout and Self-Care in Social Work was a breakout hit, providing a guiding light for those who were struggling. In the second edition, author SaraKay Smullens has updated the text to reflect our evolving understanding of burnout. Once again, Smullens defines creative strategies for self-care and personal growth. In this edition, impacted by difficult, challenging times, Smullens introduces a fifth dimension, societal burnout, to her examination of personal, professional, r