Social Work Futures

MARCH 15, 2023

This is part of a monthly series of posts to share a few things I run across regarding the future of social work (and beyond). This blog is a place where I’m doing that “out loud” and in public to both share what I’m finding, and encouraging readers to do the same.

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Social Work Futures

APRIL 13, 2023

Thankfully – social work has taken up space related to this topic – in the form of the Social Work Grand Challenges and beyond. But there is so much more to do. If you’d like to see previous months’ posts, you can do so here! Climate change is among our most urgent shared concerns.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Just over 5% of social workers have met continuing professional development registration requirements as the three-month renewal period opens. Social Work England said 5,478 practitioners had submitted two pieces of CPD, detailing learning from reflecting on one of the pieces with a peer, equivalent to 5.5% CPD guidance.

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Social Work Futures

MARCH 3, 2021

In social work, we generally don’t “cover” topics of artificial intelligence very centrally in our educational or practice literature, though a few brave social work researchers. I’ve covered this topic a few times on this blog – no meaningful exploration of the future could leave it out.

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Community Care

MAY 26, 2023

The quality of social workers’ continuing professional development submissions was “much higher” in the last registration renewal round compared with the previous year. That was the message from Social Work England after the annual assessment of CPD submitted by a randomly selected sample of 2.5%

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

APRIL 19, 2023

Editor’s Note: Christa McCrorie (she/her), LICSW-PIP, is an adjunct instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a social worker with a private practice, Creative Therapeutic Solutions, LLC, where she specializes in queer needs and trauma processing.

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Social Work Futures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

All of them stretched my sensibilities about “what is here” and “what is coming” by way of synthetic biology and the potential impact on things social workers care about: well-being, equity, human rights and more. First, this is from the front cover – what is synthetic biology?

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Social Work Futures

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This is part of a monthly series of posts to share a few things each month that I run across regarding the future of social work (and beyond). This blog is a place where I’m doing that “out loud” and in public to both share what I’m finding, and encouraging readers to do the same.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

By Sue Coyle Self-care is an often-discussed topic among social workers, the organizations that employ them, and the profession as a whole—and for good reason. Social work is a challenging career choice in myriad ways. Evidence of this exists in the rates of both turnover and burnout throughout social work.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 17, 2022

Editor’s Note: Dr. Amy Werman, DSW, LCSW , is a lecturer at the Columbia School of Social Work , with over 20 years of teaching experience in social work education. How do I know this? Students struggle to comprehend how studying research relates to their endgame of “doing.” It’s understandable.

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Social Worker LCSW Engagement Interviewing 334

Community Care

MAY 25, 2022

Among a number of recommendations designed to tackle these issues, the review called for the creation of dedicated multi-agency child protection teams in every area, based within local authorities, but made up of secondees from the police and health as well as social workers. Backing for expert practitioner role.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The government is not expecting a significant rise in social care referrals from introducing a duty on professionals to report child sexual abuse. Professionally regulated staff, such as social workers, would also be subject to sanctions from their regulator body.

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Social Care

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Celebrating the best of the care sector As the much-anticipated Professional Care Workers’ Week in 2023 gets underway, I am thrilled to share why The Care Workers Charity promotes this vital week of awareness and appreciation. Why “Professional” Care Workers’ Week? It means safety, accountability, and transparency.

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Save the Social Worker

JULY 18, 2022

I’m no expert on social work. But those experiences in social work, however much of a ‘failure’ it was, taught me what not to do, and how the small, micro skills in social work could really make a difference between a happy client, and a not so happy one. But what’s in these skills? So what are micro skills?

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Psychology Empathy Social Worker Schools 246

Community Care

MAY 14, 2023

So, hundreds of families will find out a parent or carer has viewed and shared child sexual abuse material each month and social workers need to feel able to support them through this discovery. I know from working with many social workers and social work managers that this is an area which, understandably, can feel challenging.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW Chad Lassiter, MSW This fall, I have returned to the classroom as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University and, as I have done so, I’m faced with students eager to become social workers. By any metric, social work is not as diverse as it needs to be. How do we help?

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Managing student debt; concerns about risk and liability; how to begin a job search; what is a social work license, and why is or isn’t it important?; and landing your dream social work job are topics many social work students and recent graduates are eager to find out more about. We need social workers so badly.”.

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Engagement Social Worker Schools 98

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Social Work England has left a Stonewall scheme designed to increase inclusion for LGBTQ+ staff in favour of an alternative training programme. Social Work England announced it had joined the scheme in February 2021, as an example of action it had taken to further equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

About Social Work Responds. The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the people and communities we serve. February 2, 2022.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Editor’s note: This post is cross-published on the Social Work Virtual Pal website. Social Work Virtual Pal is a global and virtual community of practice for the social work profession, that digitizes the practice of having a pen pal for professional learning and networking. Learn about Social Work Virtual Pal here.

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Social Worker Healthcare 130

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A few years back, my colleague, Dr. Lisa Baker at Samford University’s Department of Social Work , and I collaborated on a study about a technology-meditated assignment that we developed for a Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) course. What did you like/dislike about using Pinterest for this assignment?;

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Advocacy Social Worker University Diversity 130

Social Work With Adults

MARCH 21, 2023

Our mettle has been proven The most important week in the social work calendar has arrived. Whilst some may unfairly assume we are tech-averse, as social workers, we actually use technology every day." Whilst some may unfairly assume we are tech-averse, as social workers, we actually use technology every day.

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Community Outreach Diversity Social Worker Hospitals 98

Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Reading is an important part of social work education and professional development. Social Work Quotes. This Article contains: How do you write a social work article? This Article contains: How do you write a social work article? What topics are covered in social work articles?

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Social Work Futures

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Over the last couple of years and through my own foresight journey (as a social worker and a human)…I’ve found emerging language regarding the future to be really interesting, illuminating, sometimes troubling, and valuable. Here’s another that explores what this means for the future of work.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 6, 2021

The two most popular blog posts of 2020 were: A Love Letter to Social Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19 (4/10/20) by Melanie Sage with over 24,000 visits. Professional Collaboration Networks: Twitter for your Professional Collaboration Network (PCN) (1/31/20) How do you do relational Twitter?:

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Social Worker Engagement 130

Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Since March 2020, our three organizations have come together to share resources in Social Work Responds. These newsletters have allowed us to address challenges posed by the pandemic like adjusting to tele-social work, testing delays, or teaching social work in a virtual environment. October 16: How do you eat an elephant…?

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Telehealth Social Worker Mental Health Schools 98

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

What is Personal Development or Personal Growth? Here at social work haven, we are all about dreaming, believing and achieving the dream goal. I invested both time and money to help me gain useful skills and knowledge which I can now use to support student social workers on placements.

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Social Worker Interventional Mental Health Empathy 98

Save the Social Worker

DECEMBER 29, 2020

You need good supervision to progress as a social worker. Not supervision that tells you what to do. How do you do that? But more importantly, why should you do that? Let’s start with what good supervision looks like, before we go into how to make your own supervision better. That’s important.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

What do you say? Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) April is Alcohol Awareness Month—a call for social workers to learn about risky drinking, including any alcohol use during pregnancy. A client who is trying to get pregnant tells you she’s been having a glass of wine every night to unwind.

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Interventional Healthcare Disability University 102

Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 26, 2022

South Carolina social worker Macie Smith has devoted her career to helping people older adults and people living with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and developmental disabilities – and their families — live life to the fullest and get the best possible care. It really hurts me when people don’t know what to do or where to turn.”.

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Social Worker Disability Engagement Consultation 98

Social Work Haven

JUNE 13, 2023

There are many great social work blogs. Over the years, I have followed a few and gained some very useful insights into the role of a social worker. The creators of these blogs have shared their experiences and passion on social work which has made a difference to how I practice. What are the Top Social Work Blogs?

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 22, 2024

There is a wealth of knowledge about each disorder, but there is a lack of training on what questions to ask a client in order to properly develop a thorough and accurate diagnosis. Clinical diagnosis may seem safe from cultural, political, and social influence, but in fact, it is often guided by these forces.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

They actually branded what they had done “health terrorism” – but refused to apologize for it. So I’ve reprinted below our 2010 blog post on the topic – with some updates and links to newer data – since, unfortunately, aside from those data, little has changed. All of this can do enormous harm to children.

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Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Adoption 81

Social Work Haven

MAY 9, 2023

You Asked, Can Social Workers Prescribe Medication? This is a very common question a lot of people ask in relation to the role of the social worker in health and social care. Social workers play an important role in promoting the health and wellbeing of people in the community.

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Social Worker Treatment Planning Mental Health Interventional 52

Social Work Haven

APRIL 10, 2023

In social work interviews, there are some common social work interview questions asked. It is important that you start preparing for likely answers to questions you anticipate and not wait until the interview to decide what your answers would be. This Article Covers: What questions are asked in a social worker interview?

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We’re still seeing hospitalizations and deaths from the virus, and are being urged to get vaccinated, practice social distancing and keep our masks on in many public places. Social workers have long been involved in helping those who are homeless, but efforts have been ramped up since the pandemic began last year.

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Domestic Violence Social Worker Mental Health Welfare 52

Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The power of storytelling in social work is the theme of our 2024 Social Work Day on the Hill and Student Advocacy Day events on March 13, 14, and 15. The very nature of social work requires lifting the voices of poor and vulnerable people so their stories are heard. One of the hottest topics these days is data storytelling.

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