Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Thanks in large part to a bill signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker, the number of licensed non-independent social workers has increased by 100 percent since Dec 1, 2021 in Illinois, exceeding the 10,000 mark for the first time.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Implications for Clinical Social Workers. The 2400+-page rule includes updates to policies and payments that are pertinent to clinical social workers (CSWs) and other Medicare providers. Telehealth. Before the public health emergency (PHE), Medicare telehealth coverage was limited. December 2021.

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Famcare

JANUARY 31, 2023

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demographics and logistics of the Social Work profession have shifted dramatically. Social workers are on the move, and telehealth has become ubiquitous. Social workers, however, are finding it more problematic than they had imagined moving from state to state.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) spearheaded some initiatives, such as the creation and promotion of the Social Work Registry and Model Social Work Practice Act, with the hope that these efforts would enhance the ability of social workers to be licensed in multiple states.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Collaborating on these newsletters has also allowed our organizations to work more closely together to better serve and advance social work through the pandemic. Collaborating on these newsletters has also allowed our organizations to work more closely together to better serve and advance social work through the pandemic.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The proposed changes may impact social workers and other Medicare providers in various settings. The following provides key takeaways for clinical social workers: Telehealth. CMS is proposing several policy changes to Medicare telehealth services. Behavioral Health.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

NASW will be providing comments to CMS on the proposed physician fee schedule and encourages social workers to submit individual comments especially in the areas of telehealth, behavioral health, chronic pain management services, and the Quality Payment Program. When commenting, please refer to file code CMS-1770-P.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 9, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) reached a potential news audience of more than 860 million people in May, due to extensive coverage of the NASW Ohio Chapter’s successful legal push to get the town of Lebanon to not enforce an abortion ban and a Spanish language article on the states with the highest social work pay.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

Social work and NASW have a long history of social and political activism, and all social workers have an ethical responsibility to advocate for clients, per our Code of Ethics. Our second feature article examines social work as it relates to advocating for those with developmental disabilities.

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Social Workers Speak

MAY 25, 2023

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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Social Workers Speak

MAY 25, 2023

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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Social Work Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Connect to End COVID-19 Campaign In 2021, NASW and the NASW Foundation partnered with the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT) at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work on a national $3.3 MI-SBIRT are evidence-based models for supporting clients in making informed decisions about their health.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

JANUARY 24, 2022

As clinicians, we pivoted from in-person to telehealth multiple times as the numbers grew or diminished. As social workers, we have been challenged with personal health and financial concerns, feelings of loss, guilt, and have at times felt ill equipped by our training to navigate the unprecedented changes which have been required.

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Social Workers Speak

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The event organized by Dr.Angelo McClain, CEO National Association of Social Workers (NASW), supported by the US Department of VA and attended by top government officials and other dignitaries who showed solidarity in the fight to end gender-based violence and discrimination towards women. The Texas Tribune. TAPinto Cranford.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 25, 2022

1 Although PTSD has commonly been associated with the military and veteran populations, it affects people of all ages, communities, gender, and social economic background. Social workers are the largest group of mental health providers in the United States and treatment of PTSD is one of their specialty areas.

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Social Workers Speak

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Chicago police sergeant faces termination over raid of social worker Anjanette Young’s home. A Chicago police supervisor now faces firing for his role in the wrongful raid of social worker Anjanette Young’s home a few years ago. Cassie Peck is a member: Telehealth: Improving access to behavioral health care for Idahoans.

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Social Workers Speak

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In this episode, we talk with Unified School District of De Pere School Social Worker (and UW-Green Bay Psychology alum) Melanie Brick about the many ways she and her fellow school social workers bring hope to students so they can thrive at school. That’s why some are hiring social workers.

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We use the phrase: one foot in the present, and one foot in the past,” said Marianne Silva, a clinical social worker and E.M.D.R. Justin Perry is a licensed clinical social worker who helped Amos during this dark period. The families are often physically and socially isolated. With E.M.D.R., Spectrum Local News.

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Relias

JANUARY 23, 2024

Referral Healthcare professionals should refer women with a positive screening for a mental health disorder to appropriate services, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, counselor, social worker, or support group. In locations where resources are not available, we have a bigger problem to solve.

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Relias

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Telehealth technology is one great example. Telehealth has enabled providers to offer care to clients no matter where they live, without the need to break social distancing best practices. For many years, telehealth has been leading the charge for digital transformation in healthcare. Other examples of?digital

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 22, 2023

Fortune What’s more, there’s a role for technology in providing access to treatment—particularly the use of telehealth services via Zoom or other video platforms, Mirean Coleman, clinical director at the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) , tells Fortune. She worked for 16 years in child welfare in Washington, DC.

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 12, 2021

City Funding Inadequate For Human Service Workers To Meet Basic Needs, Report Says. New York City’s nonprofit human services workforce – a sector of 200,000 social workers, case managers, and counselors serving the city’s most vulnerable residents – is, itself, in need. Gotham Gazette. Public News Service.

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Social Workers Speak

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Martha Avery Cook is a member: Telehealth program helps UNC-Chapel Hill meet demand for mental health services. Reynolds and a social worker, Lisa Hyatt, have tracked down Caldwell’s birth certificate and some of his siblings. “It Logan is a professor at Eastern and a licensed clinical social worker.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 6, 2022

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) wishes to bring attention to the importance of mental health as it affects millions of people in the United States. Social workers remain dedicated to ensuring the populations they serve have access to much needed resources and support.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

This is a follow-up to her post – A Love Letter to Social Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19. Many social workers resonated with the stories I shared and many people who work with social workers also expressed their gratitude for the steady dedication of social workers.

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Heather Meyer is a member: Social worker, former candidate to fill open Overland Park seat in Kansas House. A Kansas City area social worker and former candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives will join Kansas Legislature, filling the house seat vacated by former Rep. The Kansas City Star. Brett Parker.

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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

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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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 8, 2022

The interaction — in which officers de-escalated a situation and then deferred to trained outreach workers — offers a model for the future that New York officials say they envision as they try to address the large numbers of unsheltered people in the subway system in part by boosting the role of social workers and health professionals.

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 19, 2021

“When the teens are gone…there’s better sleep, there’s more time with each other, there’s more opportunities for sex, there’s more opportunities for intimacy,” says Jonah Green, a licensed clinical social worker in Kensington. Without full reimbursements, advocates warn future of telehealth in Maine at risk. Maine Beacon.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 2, 2023

Chris McLaughlin is executive director of NASW-ME: Social Work Breaks Barriers Telehealth Certification Institute Every year, the month of March is recognized as Social Work Month. The 2023 theme for Social Work Month is “Social Work Breaks Barriers”.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 2, 2023

Chris McLaughlin is executive director of NASW-ME: Social Work Breaks Barriers Telehealth Certification Institute Every year, the month of March is recognized as Social Work Month. The 2023 theme for Social Work Month is “Social Work Breaks Barriers”.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Social Work leaders gather for photo in front of the U.S. Kastner, MSS, MLSP, Senior Field Organizer Nearly 100 social workers from 44 states and two U.S. House and Senate on June 28, 2023, to build bipartisan support for key federal legislation that will assist the social work workforce, our clients, and communities.

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