The New Social Worker
MAY 12, 2025
Late-career social workers often wish theyd wised up sooner about taking care of themselves. From our interchanges, Ive distilled six practice-wisdom pointers. What might you add?
American Board of Clinical Social Work
MAY 29, 2025
As a clinical social worker and supervisor in a hospital setting, I once assumed that professional advancement naturally reduced the need for oversight. After years of providing clinical care, coordinating interdisciplinary responses, and supervising social workers who support wounded, ill, and injured service members, I believed that experience would protect me from professional blind spots.
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Community Care
MAY 7, 2025
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Social workers are continuing to struggle with workload, administrative burdens and increasing need, according to an annual survey of professionals in England. The Local Government Association’s (LGA) 2025 health check , answered by almost 7,000 social workers, mostly from English councils, showed no improvement in practitioners’ experiences of, and wellbeing in, the workplace c
Center for Child Protection
MAY 9, 2025
Last month, the Center launched its Awareness Ambassador program, which empowers companies with tools to amplify child safety efforts across Austin starting with Child Abuse Prevention Month. This new program gives local businesses the opportunity to make a difference in our community while boosting brand recognition and demonstrating to customers, clients, and employees that they care deeply about protecting children.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement
There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how
Child Welfare Monitor
MAY 8, 2025
by Marie Cohen Source: [link] Proposed federal budget cuts to child welfare services might hurt New Jersey’s recent progress in child welfare, the Commissioner of New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families told state legislators l ast month. The anticipated reduction of more than $100 million would force the department to revert to its most basic role that of child protection not prevention, not support or empowerment, just surveillance and foster care , DCF Commissioner Chri
Social Work Blog
MAY 16, 2025
Here is a press release from U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) on newly introduced legislation that expand the number of mental health care providers, including clinical social workers, who can provide services to older adults through Medicare. Bill will expand access to mental health services provided by Social Workers to our nations seniors.
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The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MAY 1, 2025
On Friday, April 4, 2025, social workers, students, educators, and international delegates gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York City to celebrate the Annual Social Work Day at the UN. Under the theme Looking Back to Move Forward, this years program reflected on the professions global legacy while exploring pathways to a just and sustainable future.
Community Care
MAY 16, 2025
by Anonymous, with additional reporting by Anastasia Koutsounia I was recently involved in a fitness to practise (FTP) hearing as the representative of a social worker who was under investigation. While practitioners should ideally have a legal representative, this is beyond most peoples means. In light of that, any familiar face can take up that role, subject to permission obtained in advance from the regulator.
Child Care Aware
MAY 16, 2025
Across the early care and education (ECE) landscape, there is growing momentum to support the adults who care for childrennot only in moments of crisis, but as a core strategy for building resilient systems. When we invest in workforce well-being, we reinforce the very conditions that allow children to thrive.
The New Social Worker
MAY 19, 2025
The legacy of childhood trauma is complex, but it is not immutable. As social workers, we have the opportunity to confront and heal our own wounds, breaking the cycles of trauma that have shaped us.
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Social Work Blog
MAY 9, 2025
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is gravely concerned with a newly released U.S. Department of Health and Human Services document that reviews scientific literature about treatments for gender dysphoria because it contains massive inconsistences. The 409-page document, Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria, was commissioned under President Trumps Executive Order 14187.
Children’s Defense Fund
MAY 16, 2025
By Marian Wright Edelman Some years ago, the award-winning agency Fallon Worldwide created a series of ads for a pro bono Childrens Defense Fund campaign called Be Careful What You Cut that warned sharply against budget choices threatening programs on which children and families rely. Striking images accompanied data making the irrefutable economic case that cutting investments in young peoples needs today costs all of us more in the long run.
CCRC
MAY 27, 2025
Just as important as our physical health is our mental health, yet many children and adults in the U.S. dont address their mental health concerns. May is Mental Health Awareness Month; its a time to bring attention to mental health conditions and ways to support our psychological well-being for overall health. In the U.S., more than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness.
Community Care
MAY 14, 2025
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The government’s decision to stop adult social care providers from recruiting staff from overseas – at some point later this year – has sent shockwaves through the sector. According to provider bodies, it risks creating “extreme workforce shortages” and consequent harm to older and disabled people (the Homecare Association), and was a “short-sighted”
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The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MAY 23, 2025
The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) warmly congratulates Professor Eric Chui on his election as the President of the Hong Kong Schools of Social Work. Professor Chui, who currently serves as the Head of the Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , has long been recognized for his academic leadership, dedication to social work education, and contributions to the profession both in Hong Kong and internationally.
Relias
MAY 27, 2025
Substance use among adolescents continues to be a critical concern for healthcare providers, educators, and behavioral health professionals. Early identification is key to prevention and intervention but traditional screening tools designed for adults often fail to capture the unique risks and behaviors of younger populations. Thats where the CRAFFT screening tool comes in.
Social Work Blog
MAY 19, 2025
By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor The recent “dramatic realignment” of the Justice Departments (DOJ) Civil Rights Division ordered by President Trump has sparked widespread alarm among legal experts and civil rights advocates. The division – historically tasked with enforcing anti-discrimination laws in areas such as voting rights, housing, and employment – has been repurposed to pursue priorities laid out in Trumps executive orders, such as Keeping Men out of Wom
Child Welfare Monitor
MAY 29, 2025
by Emily Putnam-Hornstein (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Sarah Font (Pennsylvania State University), and Brett Drake (Washington University in St. Louis). I am honored to publish this post by three of the leading academic researchers in child welfare. As often is the case in this blog, they are writing about the flawed use of data to support the user’s claims about a policy or program.
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Children’s Defense Fund
MAY 23, 2025
By Marian Wright Edelman Once again, this is the joyous time of year when families, friends, and teachers are cheering on graduates of all ages who have worked so hard and made them all so proud. I hope many of todays high school and university graduates will wander off the beaten career path and help redefine success in our culture, asking not How much can I get?
Community Care
MAY 21, 2025
By Jo Stephenson and Mithran Samuel Like every other public service or economic sector, social work is getting to grips with the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on how it operates. In particular, the use of generative AI tools that create content based on data they have been trained on, in response to prompts is reshaping the way practitioners work with children, families and adults.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MAY 11, 2025
Professor Annamaria Campanini, Immediate Past President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), participated as a keynote speaker at the international academic conference Training Perspective and Chinese Path: Innovation and Standards in Doctoral Degree Education for Social Work , hosted by Nanjing University. In her keynote address, titled Global Standards of Social Work Education and Its Application into DSW , Professor Campanini explored the relevance and implement
The Guardian
MAY 8, 2025
The way to win an argument with Reform is to bring economic reality and positive stories of migrant contribution back into the picture British political debate around immigration has long been framed around three axiomatic beliefs: too many foreigners are coming, the explanation for that is incompetence by previous governments and the numbers can be brought down without economic cost.
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.
Social Work Blog
MAY 8, 2025
Breast cancer is the leading alcohol-related cancer among women in the U.S. , with alcohol-related cancer representing more than 16% of breast cancer cases nationally. The risk of breast cancer increases with the amount of alcohol consumed. For women, even one drink per day may increase the risk of breast cancer by 10%, with the risk increasing to 32% for women who have more than two drinks per day.
Child Welfare Monitor
MAY 11, 2025
by Marie Cohen In a post dated January 10, 2025, I reported that 40 percent of investigations conducted by the District of Columbia’s Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) in Fiscal Year(FY) 2024, which ended on September 30 2024, were “incomplete.” But by annual rather than quarterly data, that post actually understated the magnitude of the problem, which has worsened in the first half of FY 2025.
American Board of Clinical Social Work
MAY 29, 2025
In the previous post, we looked at the patterns of couples interactions that we most commonly see when the partners are in conflict. Now we turn to how we address their patterns therapeutically. In Neurodynamic Couples Therapy, our treatment is not focused on directlyresolvingtheir conflicts. In fact, tolerating theunresolvedstate of the conflicts providesin real time a perfect opportunity for both partners brains to experience and give voice to unmetabolized emotions from the past.
Community Care
MAY 22, 2025
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Black representation has risen among directors of children’s services (DCSs) in England but lags well behind that in the wider workforce, data has revealed. As of autumn 2024, 5% of directors identified as black, up from 2% the previous year, with 88% white (down from 90% in 2023), revealed the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) annual report on the statutory
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MAY 11, 2025
The Trump Administration launches a ludicrous "investigation" of a bad law. The real harm of this law: Impoverished parents in Washington State now have one less place to turn without risking being turned in to the family police because their poverty was confused with neglect. Laws requiring clergy to report the slightest suspicion of child abuse or neglect are common unfortunately.
Relias
MAY 28, 2025
It came up over and over again in our national survey of direct support professionals ineffective supervision results in frustrations among experienced DSPs and dissatisfaction with their job. Certainly, supervision in intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services is challenging. Providing IDD services is often a personal and intimate experience, and it can be difficult to quantify the characteristics so important to person-centered care respect for the individual, kindness, empathy,
The Guardian
MAY 19, 2025
Exclusive: overpayments because of official failures led to debt and misery for hundreds of thousands of people At least 357m in carers allowance benefit was paid out in error over the past six years because of official failures, resulting in debt and misery being inflicted on tens of thousands of people. The bulk of the figure relates to minor breaches of earnings rules by carers that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was alerted to but did not check, allowing carers to run up huge ove
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
MAY 19, 2025
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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
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