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School Social Work: Perception and Reality

inSocialWork

Our guests are Alyssa Ernst, MSW ’10, LMSW, and Stephanie Stodolka, LMSW, two school social workers who have been around the block. You’ll hear straight talk about what school social workers actually do and what they have to navigate in this setting.

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School Social Work and Leadership: Putting Racial Equity into Practice

The New Social Worker

As a schooo social worker, have you ever perceived yourself as a leader in promoting racial equity? Consider current interventions your school system may be using. In what ways can you build upon those efforts?

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Ultimate Social Work Intervention Strategies

Social Work Haven

Knowledge of social work intervention strategies is central to the social work role. The role of the social worker becomes increasingly important as communities become more diverse. Ultimate Social Work Intervention Strategies. How do social workers intervene with clients?

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No evidence scheme placing social workers in schools reduces need for social care, says What Works

Community Care

A scheme placing social workers in schools does not reduce children’s need for statutory social care services, one of the largest ever randomised controlled trials carried out in the sector has found.

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Social work intervention in South African schools

Social Service Workforce

Written by Marissa Jordaan with contributions from Mollie Kemp, Rochshana Kemp, Marelize Vergottini and Edmarie Pretorius on behalf of South Africa's National Committee on School Social Work Education and Practice (NACOSSWEP)

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Social work supervision of school safeguarding leads has no impact on appropriate referral levels – study

Community Care

The programme did not lead to more appropriate referrals from schools to children’s social care, nor did it enhance DSLs’ wellbeing, said What Works for Early Intervention and Children’s Social Care (WWEICSC), which managed the Department for Education (DfE) funded project.

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Addressing Equity in Schools: Youth Participatory Action Research and Transformative Social and Emotional Learning during COVID-19

Social Work Blog

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and rise in racial injustices signaled the need to engage students in macro-level interventions to maximize their contributions to their schools, communities, and society. Owens, LCSW , lecturer of social work, Jane Adams College of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago.

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