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Forensic Social Work

Famcare

As counselors they may provide psychosocial counseling, group counseling or mediation services. They may be employed across a wide variety of settings such as court systems, mental health agencies, rehabilitation centers, correctional facilities, hospitals, child and family agencies, prisons, and faith-based institutions.

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A Love Letter to Social Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19

Social Work Synergy

I hear from another social worker- a student in a rehabilitation care agency- the kind that we see on the news where outbreaks spread like wildfires and cause a string of deaths. Social workers are not afraid of grief. They’ve closed down visits, even though visits are exactly the things that sustain hope for residents in her facility.