Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW Chad Lassiter, MSW This fall, I have returned to the classroom as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University and, as I have done so, I’m faced with students eager to become social workers. In part, I believe, it is because social work is one of the country’s fastest growing careers. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that “the employment of social workers is projected to grow 7 percent from 2022 to 2032—faster than the average

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Nicole Clark Consulting

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. During a recent partnership experience, a consulting organization contacted me to gauge my interest in developing a proposal for a multi-year project for a funder. I’d had a conversation with one of the funder’s senior program officers several months prior, and they’d referred the [.] The post Ask Nicole: Partnering with Other Consultants appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.

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Social Care

OCTOBER 3, 2023

"Data gives you information. Wisdom is the ability to understand that information and translate it into actions and insights." [Image created by freepik.com ]. at least not on its own! What if we told you that, in our opinion, data and digital approaches are not the solution to solving the challenges of the social care sector? You’d definitely be wondering why there’s so much fuss being made about digital transformation of adult social care.

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Blurt It Out

OCTOBER 3, 2023

An emotional support animal (ESA) is any animal that provides comfort to a person with a disability through companionship. Most ESAs are commonly kept domestic animals such as dogs and cats, however, they can also be any species as long as they support a disability-related need. Federal and state laws safeguard the rights of individuals to have emotional support animals.

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 3, 2023

PhD student Nico Juarez was named to the 2023 cohort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars. The national leadership program is for full-time doctoral students who are entering their second year of study and are from populations underrepresented in specific doctoral disciplines and/or historically marginalized backgrounds.

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Blurt It Out

OCTOBER 3, 2023

An emotional support animal (ESA) is any animal that provides comfort to a person with a disability through companionship. Most ESAs are commonly kept domestic animals such as dogs and cats, however, they can also be any species as long as they support a disability-related need. Federal and state laws safeguard the rights of individuals to have emotional support animals.

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Blurt It Out

OCTOBER 3, 2023

An emotional support animal (ESA) is any animal that provides comfort to a person with a disability through companionship. Most ESAs are commonly kept domestic animals such as dogs and cats, however, they can also be any species as long as they support a disability-related need. Federal and state laws safeguard the rights of individuals to have emotional support animals.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 3, 2023

On Thursday, September 28, 2023, Assistant Professor Sukhmani Singh presented her work with Beyond Bars at the Connecticut Sentencing Commission Meeting at the Connecticut State Capitol Legislative Office Building. Singh’s research, Beyond Bars: Examining the Experiences of Formerly Incarcerated People Released Under Public Act 15-84 in Connecticut, is a primarily qualitative study that examines the parole and reentry experiences of formerly incarcerated people who were beneficiaries of Public A

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Professor Luke Shaefer spoke with “Detroit Today” on WDET about how rising income inequality affects our economy and our society. “Workers today want to feel like people are looking out for them,” said Shaefer, “and they don’t feel that when they see CEOs making so much, and they don’t feel that when they don’t see government playing a role.

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Social Work Haven

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Social workers, start your Sunday with a dose of inspiration! Explore the best Good Morning Sunday Inspirational Quotes in this article and kick start your day on a positive note. As we step into this blessed Sunday morning, let’s take a deep breath and savor the promise of a perfect day ahead. It’s a day to unwind, perhaps with a good book in hand, and embrace the new day as a great Sunday.

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Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

● It was a day I didn’t expect to see in my lifetime: Families who had been silenced for decades told their stories at a seven-hour hearing of a New York State Assembly committee. And, it appears, the politicians listened. The moment I’ll never forget: Testimony from the mother of a young child needlessly taken, then abused in foster care. Now that they’re reunited, she said, “My daughter hears a knock on the door and she hides under the table because she thinks it’s ACS.

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