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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

News Items – May 25, 2023 Carmen Reese Foster is a member of NASW-TN: Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers Milwaukee Independent Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities.

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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

News Items – May 25, 2023 Carmen Reese Foster is a member of NASW-TN: Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers Milwaukee Independent Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities.

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6 Signs of a Great Social Work Supervisor

Social Work Bubble

As a novice social worker, it was essential for my practice and skills growth, but also for my licensure requirements, that I maintain weekly supervision. They lead with empathy. Empathy is the blanket that covers each of these signs. As it is in social work, one of our biggest foundational pieces is empathetic care.

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News Items – May 11, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Someone with sociopathic tendencies might, for instance, lack empathy for others, but still be a law-abiding, job-holding individual, she says. Louis Post-Dispatch Meanwhile Becky Beck, a licensed clinical social worker who works with the Columbia nonprofit DeafLEAD , has some reservations about using technology for mental health.

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Members in the Media – June 8, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Tracy Fooks is a member of NASW-NJ: Fooks Named Administrator At Angelic Health Hospice Care SNJ Today Tracy Fooks, MSW, LCSW , has been named the administrator for the West Atlantic City office of Angelic Health Hospice Care. I don’t know about you but some moments my heart just can’t bare another gruesome story … another horrendous reality.

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Members in the Media – June 8, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Tracy Fooks is a member of NASW-NJ: Fooks Named Administrator At Angelic Health Hospice Care SNJ Today Tracy Fooks, MSW, LCSW , has been named the administrator for the West Atlantic City office of Angelic Health Hospice Care. I don’t know about you but some moments my heart just can’t bare another gruesome story … another horrendous reality.

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News Items – May 4, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Richard Brouillette is a member of NASW-CA: 2 Ways Empathy Determines the Type of Partner We Choose Psychology Today When we think of empathy , we usually think it’s about how we relate to other people’s feelings. In fact, empathy begins with how well we first learn to relate to our own feelings and emotional needs in childhood.