Tag: Social Work

Social work has traditionally been a profession that has embraced the principles of social justice, social action, and equality with ...

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

By: Rachel L. MSW, LMSW Fair Elections for New York is an organization whose goal is to take big money ...

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 ...

Approximately a week ago, I wrote an article asking Will Clinical Social Workers Embrace the New DSM 5 in light of ...

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 ...

by Deona Hooper, MSW The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the book psychiatrist, clinical social workers, and other mental ...

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 ...

by Vida Douglas Ageing is a global issue which impacts all societies and consistently presents us with many challenges and ...

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, ...