What is Social Work: Shining a Spotlight on the Profession
In my first week of social work classes, my foundations professor asked the class what is social work? Classmates tossed ...
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Austerity Cuts Force UK Child Protection Authorities to Raise Thresholds for Abuse
The latest report findings from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) will come as no surprise ...
The Practitioner’s Lament: I Don’t Have Time for Research
Practising social work teaches good bladder control. Social workers run from one bushfire to another, juggle complex, urgent demands and ...
Motivational Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Approach to Working with Families
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a form of strengths-based counseling originally developed by Miller and Rollnick with the aim of helping ...
Forensic Social Work and Its Importance in the 21st Century
In reflecting on how my career has formulated, particularly in the fields of criminal justice, human services and social work, ...
Harm Reduction Defined
Harm reduction seeks to maintain people’s safety and minimize death, disease and injury from high-risk behaviour. The reduction of harmful ...
Protecting Vulnerable People: Let’s Get It Right
In the field of social work and particularly with the protection of vulnerable people , we are presented almost daily ...
Heads up PA: Allyson Schwartz (MSW) for Governor!
As the democratic primary for governor of Pennsylvania quickly approaches, on May 20, 2014, social workers must band together to support democratic ...
Interested in Medical Social Work: Interview with Sally Dagerhardt
Are you curious about what medical social workers do? Read this interview with Sally Howell Dagerhardt, MSW, LCSW, a clinical ...
Happy World Social Work Day 2014: A Profession To Be Proud Of
Celebrating Social Work may seem like a pointless exercise, or even more cynically, a desperate attempt to save Social Work’s ...
Sexual Exploitation in the UK and the Need to be Loved
The National Crime Agency released figures last month which stated that over the past year, 56 UK-born children were trafficked ...
Everything I Know About Vicarious Trauma in Five Minutes
I was the poster child for Vicarious Trauma at least that’s what I liked to tell myself. In the great oppression ...
Dear Social Workers: Please Provide Reliable Sources to Back Up Your Arguments
A couple of weeks ago Social Work Helper’s founding editor, Deona Hooper, published a response to an article that appeared ...
CSWE: 2015 EPAS Now Available for Public Comment and Feedback
Draft 2: 2015 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) Opens on March 14, 2014 Feedback Closes on May 16, 2014 ...
Hiplogiq Successfully Brands #SocialWorker for Social Marketers
From March 7th to March 11th, South by Southwest held its 21st annual SXSW Interactive Festival which featured presentations by ...
Healing Our Most Dangerous Communities: Putting the ‘Social’ back in to Social Work
Last week, a British Court heard how Police Officer Keith Blakelock died in an estate in North London which was ...
Things I Wish I Was told in Graduate School
I wish I was told in Graduate school and even in undergrad to some extent the real meaning of getting ...
Evidence Based #SWHelper Live Twitter Chats: Open Forum Wrap Up
Yesterday, Social Work Helper held its first inaugural live twitter chat after a long hiatus, and the first chat was ...
Careers in the Various Types of Human Service Organizations
The human services field is a broad one, and it encompasses various organizations that meet the needs of individuals and ...
Why I Became A Social Worker: Story of a Sex Trafficking Victim
It is a question that is often asked of me nearly every single day, and one that I am not ...
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Ending the Therapeutic Relationship: Creative Termination Activities
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What Feelings Are In Your Heart: An Art Therapy Exercise for Kids
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The Biopsychosocial Perspective to Mental Health and Illness
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My Journey as a Teacher and the Future of Education
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Fast and Furious Star Paul Walker Died During Charity Event for Philippines Typhoon Victims
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