The Savvy Social Worker’s Guide to Social Media and the Internet
Social media is ever-present and will only continue to grow. As such, social workers need to know how to ethically ...
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Oncology Social Workers: Patient and Family Advocates
When the profession began in the 1960s, oncology social work focused on providing palliative care. Defined as “interdisciplinary, person- and ...
Building a Political Agenda for Social Work
The foundational values of human rights and social justice have always been compounded with socialism and social democracy as core ...
The Migrant Crisis: Rediscovering the Politics of Hope
More than a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe in 2015 alone. This has been the largest movement of ...
Walking The Walk is The New Activism
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein In times of ...
Trauma Informed Care: What Is It and Why Should We Care?
Over the last 20 years, there has been increasing recognition of the role that psychological trauma plays in a wide ...
Self Care is a Requirement
Ensuring the self care of social work staff is an organisational requirement. No matter which way you look at it, ...
Self-Connection Through Journaling
I think I may be hearing some groans. I know, journaling is not for everyone and that might include you. ...
Social Movements Rise From Need
After the election, I felt a sense of dread. This isn’t so much of a political statement as it is ...
Windows into a Life in Poverty and Lessons for Social Workers
Living in poverty is more than not having enough money to meet an arbitrary threshold. For many, a life in ...
National Association of Social Workers Offering Third Virtual Career Fair
WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is hosting a 2017 Virtual Career Fair on February 9 from ...
What Can Be Done To Solve The Foster Care Crisis?
In March 2016, there were 70,440 children in care throughout the UK. This is an increase on the previous year ...
Social Work Essential in Preventing Mental Health Crises in England
An inquiry into mental health services in England has found that social workers play a vital role in preventing mental ...
Career Path and Purpose: Answering The Call
I can count them on one hand. In more than 3 decades in the helping professions, it has been rare ...
It’s Grief To Me – Death, Divorce, Incarceration, Deployment and Foster Care
Every year, educators in the public education system spend roughly 180 days and approximately around 1,000 hours with our children. ...
What Can We Do About Stress and Associated Health Risks?
By: Oliver Beer and Sheena Asthana In 2009, CNN Money rated social work as the number one most stressful job ...
Military-Civilian Drift: Leaders Work to Bridge the Gap at S2C Summit
I spent last week at the University of Alabama's second Service Member to Civilian Summit. S2C was full of amazing ...
Sanctuary for Families Appoints New Deputy Clinical Director
Teens, staff, and survivors from Sanctuary for Families joined together to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge for the Teen Domestic ...
Social Workers Discover How Entrepreneurship Increases Their Impact
Social Workers who add entrepreneurial skills to their helping skills, experience a significant increase in impact. Anneke Krakers, founder of ...
Social Innovation for America’s Renewal: Ideas, Evidence, Action
George Warren Brown School of Social Work National experts, advocates, and leading academics will gather at Washington University in St. ...
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