Social Work

Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning...

If doing endless google searches or going through out-dated excel spreadsheets of local agencies who can provide services to your...

Here come the navigators!  As the health care insurance exchanges prepare for their official rollout October 1 this year, the Department...

Ecological systems theory and practice is part of an ongoing series, and this article will focus on systems and he...

Update Follow Up Interview with Dr. Allen Frances Professor emeritus at Duke University, Dr. Allen Frances, penned an article in Psychology Today...

By: Rachel L. MSW, LMSW Update: Transcript from chat here. The always insightful Melinda Lewis, LMSW will return to Social Work...

"Be the Change You Want to Se in the World" - Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi was a true social worker...

Social Work Helper caught up with acclaimed author, life coach,  and host of CBS radio A Moment of Change, Sherry Gaba...

Our ability to understand human systems was bolstered by the work of many scholars. Bertalanffy introduced what is now known...

Former NFL star, Warrick Dunn, is mostly known for his athletic ability. During 12 seasons in the NFL, Dunn was...

by Deona Hooper, MSW "When a court orders an addict to treatment instead of prison,  we All Rise" ~ Martin Sheen I...

Social Media and other digital technologies are becoming so ubiquitous in our society as people everywhere seem to have smartphones,...

I had the opportunity to catch up with Social Work Professor Barbara Zelter after she escaped the clutches of the...

by Deona Hooper, MSW ***Update*** View Archive Chat: https://storify.com/SWUnited/guest-expert-daniel-jacob-on-burnout-and-selfcare# Join us on May 6, 2013 at 8PM EST on the...

If you have read my prior writings on social work, you have become aware of my insistence that social work...

"Dumping" the homeless - the new craze in America?  The way we treat and view those who are homeless in...

by Deona Hooper, MSW Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a reception that honored the formation of the Congressional...

Rarely, do I read an opinion piece or article not located on a social work site written from a social...

Even Superman needs help The question came my way the other day, Who is Superman? The context came as a...

Everyday, social workers assist the poor, the sick, and the injured in order to assist them with accessing the services,...