Social Work Haven

APRIL 10, 2023

It is time for that interview you have been waiting for and you must prepare. In social work interviews, there are some common social work interview questions asked. It is important that you start preparing for likely answers to questions you anticipate and not wait until the interview to decide what your answers would be. Be confident and prepare. Think through the likely questions and answers before you arrive for your interview.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

(And she doesn’t seem very interested in your lived experience, either.) What Prof. Sarah Font is telling foster youth boils down to this: You can have a free college education – as long as you forego any chance that there will be a family cheering you on at graduation. After following issues involving foster care for decades, I’ve gotten used to the extent to which people in the system hate birth parents.

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CAPC

APRIL 10, 2023

Part two of a two-part blog post, which covers how to manage delirium in patients with serious illness, including behavioral strategies and more.

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The New Social Worker

APRIL 10, 2023

Social workers can advance mental health practice beyond the 988 crisis line, but we don’t have to do it alone. Peer specialists can help increase safety plan completion for veterans.

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CAPC

APRIL 10, 2023

Part one of a two-part blog post that explores the ins-and-outs of delirium, including risk factors, screening, and more.

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Living Sober

APRIL 10, 2023

Getting sober and living sober are two very different things. One is a short(ish) term project that is hard work and requires a big concerted effort. The other is a long term lifestyle choice that requires the implementation and nurturing of a variety of nourishing tools and techniques. Getting sober requires grit, determination and bravery. It involves you identifying triggers, beating cravings, shifting […] Getting Sober vs Living Sober was first posted on April 11, 2023 at 2:39 pm. 

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Clinical Philosophy

APRIL 10, 2023

I was introduced to Schopenhauer's fable of the porcupines by Deborah Luepnitz in her lovely work on the psychotherapy of intimacy and its dilemmas. In her book she follows the poet Molly Peacock who wrote of how 'there must be room in love for hate'. Their point isn't that love itself somehow involves hate, but that a relationship which is deeply loving is one that will inevitably sometimes anger or otherwise trouble us (unless we stifle the anger and become depressed).

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Save the Social Worker

APRIL 10, 2023

Breathe. Your 3 year old is not beside you, yelling. Nor is he refusing to eat his food, flipping his bowl onto the table, and shouting, No! You’re here, reading this article now. We’ve all been there. Where despite our best efforts to entertain, and educate our child, they have come to this point where they just don’t seem that cute anymore. Maybe your child doesn’t seem that cute anymore.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

Photo by Stephen Walker on Unsplash By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW This month marks 55 years since 39-year-old Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel as he worked for justice for striking sanitation workers in Memphis, TN. This means several generations have only the memory of King and never experienced the flesh and blood civil rights icon grapple with the brutal problems caused by our nation’s racial and economic injustices.

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KVC

APRIL 10, 2023

National Child Abuse Prevention Month brings a heightened awareness of child abuse during April, but children need our advocacy year-round. KVC Health Systems focuses on preventing child abuse and neglect through our dedicated work to strengthen families. Together, we can multiply our impact to promote the physical, social, mental and emotional well-being of our children.

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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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