Save the Social Worker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

When I look back, I realised that was an exercise to teach us how to write good case notes in social work. Case notes are a part of every social workers’ life. The case notes help you to pass on information to the next social worker involved.But it’s not just about the information you pass on. But you can.

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Save the Social Worker

APRIL 4, 2023

If you were starting out as a frontline social worker today, you would find yourself slowly moving up the ranks, from social worker, to assistant senior social worker, and eventually to leading the social work team. I’m not saying that there aren’t, but there aren’t many.

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Save the Social Worker

MARCH 13, 2023

After 2 years being a social worker in a Family Service Centre (FSC) in Singapore, earning all of $3600 per month, before having a pay bump to $3690 in my second year (which I asked for), I realised that we were so sheepish about talking about money, that social workers were actually struggling. Well, well.

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Famcare

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Recent estimates place the number of social workers in the US at around 700,000. Social workers in the US have a lot on their plates working for a variety of social services, such as child welfare, senior services, veteran services, and juvenile justice.

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Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

Social workers have roles in many levels of society – micro, mezzo, and macro. Today, we’ll describe what each of these levels encompass and specific jobs a social worker does. Keep in mind, one social worker can perform in various levels, and they each can be integrated together for holistic, positive change.

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Domestic Violence Community Outreach Rehabilitation Case Management 59

The Frontline

JULY 11, 2022

Mary Jackson, CEO of Frontline, said : “ This national investment in the development of over 1,000 social work leaders is both crucial and positive; w e know that excellent leadership empowers people at all levels to navigate their roles and contribute to creating a culture which prioritises children and families above all else.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 8, 2023

Javier Alvarado is a member of NASW-PA: Intercultural Family Services plans to scale up services and increase visibility under newly appointed CEO The Philadelphia Inquirer He has only been in the top spot for two weeks, but one of the things Javier Alvarado plans to do is raise the profile of Intercultural Family Services, Inc.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 8, 2023

Javier Alvarado is a member of NASW-PA: Intercultural Family Services plans to scale up services and increase visibility under newly appointed CEO The Philadelphia Inquirer He has only been in the top spot for two weeks, but one of the things Javier Alvarado plans to do is raise the profile of Intercultural Family Services, Inc.

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Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) reached a potential news audience of more than 550 million readers in January 2022, thanks partly to coverage of an Ohio feeding program that won an NASW Ohio State Chapter Award and coverage of a mental health crisis in New Jersey. The potential reach: 484,000 readers.

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Melissa Deasy, licensed clinical social worker at the Institute of Living , spoke with Ken Houston on News 8 at Noon to discuss the importance of everyone taking the time to understand the signs and helping others in crisis. Marylanders said the opportunity means everything. “When you want more, you think about having more.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 25, 2023

But then … Three weeks later, her social worker surprised Lacie when she announced DCFS would be taking her children, after all. Why, she asked, if DCFS believed the children were unsafe, did social workers not remove them immediately? Lacie asked for an explanation.

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Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

Social workers have roles in many levels of society – micro, mezzo, and macro. Today, we’ll describe what each of these levels encompass and specific jobs a social worker does. Keep in mind, one social worker can perform in various levels, and they each can be integrated together for holistic, positive change.

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Domestic Violence Community Outreach Rehabilitation Case Management 40

Social Workers Speak

JUNE 3, 2022

This month, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, called students’ mental health “America’s silent epidemic,” and called for more school counselors, social workers, psychologists and nurses. Diane Barth is a member: What Can You Do When You’re Having Trouble Moving On? Psychology Today. Shaw Local (IL).

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Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

MSW students must complete 16 hours of field work a week in their first semester and 28 hours a week in the following semesters, according to criteria set by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Will worker shortage disrupt California homeless strategy? Cal Matters. Women’s Health. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 1, 2022

The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association and the National Association of Social Workers pledge to work with Congress and state policymakers in an effort to protect access and availability of abortion services,” the three organizations said in a joint statement. Neurology Live. “No

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 10, 2022

The time is right for social work, now more than ever before. Around 720,000 social workers across the nation entered the profession to serve vulnerable and marginalized populations to improve the world in which they live.?Social Social Work Month in March highlights the important role of social workers.

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Social Workers Speak

DECEMBER 16, 2021

UCHealth, for one, is in the midst of a $150 million push that includes expanding “tele-psych” and “tele-social work,” and embedding psychologists and social workers inside its network of primary care clinics. Idaho families of color experience greater financial burden for juvenile cases. Spectrum Local News. Idaho Press.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 3, 2022

Social workers are the unsung heroes of the pandemic. Should social workers work with police? Across the state, law enforcement departments take varying approaches to integrating social workers into policing, but Goetz and other experts express concerns that it’s being done too hastily. The Washington Post.

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 13, 2022

Nneka Njideka, a licensed clinical social worker in Brooklyn, N.Y. , Some say harsher sentences over DCFS worker assaults won’t prevent them. “If we’re serious about protecting social workers, then we have to start spending the resources and the money to actually do that,” said Kyle Hillman with NASW-IL.

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Famcare

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The focus of social work has shifted from providing immediate support as a safety net to the vulnerable to striving for a better long-term outcome for each client.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Unfortunately, when it comes to the most important recommendations, the Maine Office of Children and Family Services, while not opposing them outright, showed no enthusiasm. The only problem is that the recommendations are too timid, often suggesting pilot programs for ideas that have already been proven all over the country.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Yet Therolf and Hamilton present it not just as a solution to the problems plaguing the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services but the only viable solution. It was tried first in criminal justice – and proven to be racially biased. Watch out for those bad apples Notice the “few bad apples”-type framing here.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Instead, a social worker told Janell that the adults had lied about the dentist. Oh honey, that’s not how it works,” the social worker told Janell. Tearing apart families because of foster-care panic is common; admitting that’s why you’re doing it is not. But she did not see her mother. Why had this happened?

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