Social Work With Adults

JANUARY 31, 2024

I am so very grateful for all the support I have received from so many people in the sector, especially those who draw on care and support and those who care for them. Their leadership and coordination in multi-agency settings, making sure voices and wishes of those we support are heard and respected, has been inspirational.

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

You’re not alone; it’s one of the most frequently asked questions we get. Answering this question gives us a chance to tell you about our history and our future… both where we’ve been and where we’re going. In 2023, we welcomed 800 employees from St. Learn more about KVC’s history.

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Child Welfare Healthcare Welfare Foster Care 98

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Sometimes therapists do get overwhelmed by the stories told to us by the folks we serve. It doesn’t help the people we serve if they feel they have to protect us. Probably the most important thing we talked about in terms of helpful strategies was her mastering her big feelings when triggered.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Undercover reporter Alan Haslam, who spent three months at the centre, also found staff falsely recording that they had carried out required observations of patients. Olivia, a patient who agreed to be featured on the programme, saying that her treatment at the hospital had made her serious mental health condition worse. .

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Hospitals Mental Health Patient Safety Clinic 340

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

These were kids who due to their behavior could not be served in the community. Then there was a push towards deinstitutionalization, to serve these same kids in community settings. Indeed, this government vilifies and demeans these valiant, caring, dedicated and talented workers who are mostly women. That was the 1980s.

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Schools Private Practice Mental Health Government 147

My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 31, 2023

As someone who isn’t very skilled at writing about music, Sleeping At Last’s sound is hard to describe. It’s almost as if this songs serves a reminder, something to listen to when we get caught up in the doldrums of life. We’re enough – in fact, we always have been, and we always will be.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Boyce is well known to Sefton having served as chair of its improvement board, and has long worked in the wider region, having been DCS at both Wirral and Knowsley councils. He will continue as chair alongside this new position and we look forward to working with him to give Sefton children and young people the services they deserve.”.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve clients who may be at risk for substance-related problems, including substance use disorders and substance-exposed pregnancies. We appreciate your feedback and support for the NASW community.

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Social Worker Disorder Clinic University 138

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 26, 2023

Persons who separate from someone they consider a narcissist often worry that their kids could be similarly influenced. Rather, let your kids see you engage in volunteer activity that serves others. As we teach kids about others who have needs unable to be met themselves, we teach about empathy.

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Empathy Private Practice Mental Health Counseling 147

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JUNE 30, 2023

To help alleviate some of the agony, this blog serves to provide introductory guidance to identify your accreditation team and the initial tasks necessary to develop the most appropriate plan of action for your program(s). In doing this, I encourage you to consider who else may have the skills and/or experience to effectively provide support.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

and currently serves as a senior IT consultant and change management specialist for a major health care provider. She stepped into the corporate sector in 2008, taking on a role as a career development program manager for a major technology company, after serving as a hospital-based individual and group therapist. “AI

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

From supporting our brilliant foster carers, kinship carers and social workers to getting early help to families and improving children’s homes, we want every child to get the support and protection they need.” ” The latter charge has been rejected by agency leaders.

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Social Worker Consultation Government Foster Care 325

My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 20, 2023

” That might not sound like a large group, but that’s tens of millions of people who experience added mental health challenges for a large portion of the calendar year. Instead, I hope this post serves as a reminder to be kind to ourselves this time of year. Now I want to hear from you!

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Community Care

MARCH 5, 2024

The rights watchdog said the findings reflected a lack of guidance and robust data in relation to children on CIN plans, compared with those on child protection (CP) plans or who were looked after. “It is vital that we get things right for children on child in need plans,” said de Souza. ” Who are children in need?

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Interventional Disability Social Worker Government 244

Community Care

AUGUST 2, 2023

Kate Shoesmith, deputy chief executive, the REC By Kate Shoesmith We welcome the fact that the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) is no longer calling for curbs on agency social work in England to be implemented earlier than the government’s April 2024 target date.

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Social Worker Engagement 179

Relias

AUGUST 22, 2022

Compassion fatigue/burnout/emotionally draining work – We see these issues arising more and more , especially when working in child welfare, with a high cost/complex population of individuals with multiple chronic conditions. Technology – We have seen an increasing use of technology in everyday tasks. A shift in roles.

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Human Services Healthcare Child Welfare Interventional 105

University of Connecticut

JANUARY 31, 2024

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system, but also for those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity." -- Dorothy Height Whitney M.

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Code of Ethics Schools University Social Worker 65

Social Work With Adults

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Lyn Romeo takes you through the highlights [Image created by freepik.com ] Unified in helping others As the year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the journey we have undertaken together over the last year. We have continued to relentlessly seek improvement in the health and wellbeing of individuals, families, friends and carers.

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Hospital Discharges Mental Health Therapist Social Worker 126

Relias

MARCH 3, 2024

While this can be somewhat annoying or amusing at best, it really points to a larger issue: why don’t more people know who we are, what we do, and how we fit into the fabric of society? Who are social workers? We often care so deeply for those we serve, it puts our own wellbeing in jeopardy.

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Social Worker Healthcare Human Services Mental Health 52

National Casa Gal

MARCH 27, 2023

During Women's History Month, we recognize the contributions of women who have dedicated their lives to serving their communities and advocating for those in need.

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Relias

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This could be a loss of familiar routine, a sense of personal safety, time with loved ones, and of course, a family member who became sick or died. As COVID-19 continues to wane, it’s important that we reflect on the lessons learned during the pandemic. We can’t control the world around us.

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National Casa Gal

MARCH 27, 2023

During Women's History Month, we recognize the contributions of women who have dedicated their lives to serving their communities and advocating for those in need.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

However, it ill-serves our profession if I left the conversation at that point. Almost nine out of 10 social work students who earn a BSW degree are female. How then does the concept of help differ for the 5 percent of social work graduates who are 45 years or older or the 11.5 percent who are male? Who deserves our help?

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Diversity Social Worker University Adoption 120

Gary Direnfeld

MAY 15, 2022

Periodically I am asked about a toddler/preschooler who prefers to wear clothes aligned with the gender other than physically presented at birth. Even if there are cross gender preferences for the child, we prefer the parent to be neutral yet supportive as the child discovers themselves.

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Private Practice Mental Health Therapist Counseling 182

Community Care

DECEMBER 6, 2023

SASW’s campaign is focused on the majority of social workers who work in Scotland’s 32 councils, of whom there were 6,271 in 2022 compared with a current registered population of 10,997 (source: Scottish Social Services Council).

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Administration Social Worker Government Social Services 260

Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

“It’s interesting how my whole professional life was in clinical social work, and now I am involved in macro social work because it allows one to actively work for social justice and dignity and work on all the many disparities we have in our country.” Sobelson also has served her chapter in the past as recording secretary and treasurer.

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Clinic Private Practice Clinical Social Work Advocacy 98

Social Work Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

It serves as a reminder of the ongoing fight for gender equality and encourages individuals and organizations to take action to address gender inequities or discrimination and promote inclusivity in all areas of society.

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Diversity University Social Worker Depression 127

inSocialWork

APRIL 18, 2023

Ten community residents were murdered and many others injured and traumatized in the supermarket that also serves as a community hub for the overwhelmingly Black community there. As we approach one year later, we have invited two women who live and work within the East Side community and have personal and professional histories there.

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Social Work With Adults

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Our purpose and determination is to do exactly the opposite and, most of the time, we succeed, always with the person’s best interests at heart. During the darkest days of lockdown, we adapted our practice to help keep individuals, families and communities connected, supported and safe. Image created by freepik.com ]. Risks remain.

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Disability Social Worker Clinic 102

National Casa Gal

DECEMBER 16, 2022

"We are grateful for all our partners and supporters who have helped us serve the children, youth and families involved in the court system." --Tara Lisa Perry, CEO. The post Happiest of holidays – a message from our CEO appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Blurt It Out

APRIL 15, 2024

So why do we feel so guilty even when we know we must stop and take time off? We know what it’s like to have that voice in our heads that tells us we’re wasting our time and that we should be doing something more productive. Why D o We Experience So Much Guilt ?

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Anxiety Mental Health 82

Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This Holiday Season the NASW Foundation extends warm wishes and deep appreciation to professional social workers who work tirelessly to address some of society’s most challenging issues. You make the world a better place and we salute you for your skills, knowledge, energy, devotion, and compassion.

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Diversity Social Worker University 98

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We want to know what you know— and wish you knew— about client alcohol use. Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve women, families, and others who may be at risk for alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorders and alcohol-exposed pregnancies.

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Disorder Clinic University Social Worker 104

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Lester Blackwell Granger is one such historical figure, a social worker few people know about who should enjoy wider acclaim. As Black History Month closes, it is appropriate we take a closer look at this NASW Social Work Pioneer. Born in 1896, Granger lived during and time of tremendous upheaval and change in our nation.

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Military Code of Ethics Social Worker Advocacy 98

Save the Social Worker

JULY 18, 2022

Here are some principles to hold, before we go into the details of micro skills. When I used to work with other social work colleagues, I saw that the most effective ones were those who made clients feel like customers. Sometimes, when clients aren’t paying, we may tend to treat them brusquely. Much more than we would expect.

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Psychology Empathy Social Worker Schools 246

Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It is hard to believe that we are closing in on the end of our second year living with COVID-19. Collaborating on these newsletters has also allowed our organizations to work more closely together to better serve and advance social work through the pandemic. June 19 – This Is Who We Are. October 29, 2021.

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Telehealth Social Worker Mental Health Schools 98

Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 10, 2022

To address potential geriatric mental health workforce gaps, the field needs a two-fold approach: 1) to support those who specialize in (or plan to specialize in) geropsychology, and 2) to support psychologists who encounter older adults in their clinical practice but who have not received advanced training in working with older adult clients.

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Clinic Psychology Mental Health Interventional 105