Tag: Social Workers

Credit|Shutterstock I received a letter from Tom Silverstein responding to my article on solitary confinement read by his wife who ...

Politicians in the United Kingdom have just announced plans to improve mental health services for children and young people. Leader Ed ...

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned as a social worker is that, in order to excel, you must ...

As a group of students, staff, and faculty at the University of Utah College of Social Work, we join our ...

In the final article in the series reviewing the Standards of Self-Care established by The Green Cross Academy of Traumatology, ...

Upon matriculating in medical school, students recite the Hippocratic Oath, declaring their commitment to promoting the health and well-being of ...

UC Berkeley Social Welfare graduate students stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and we are speaking out against nationwide ...

The year 2014 was filled with significant momentum towards a more equal nation for individuals identifying as LGBT. After dozens ...

As a social worker on the Hill, I have had a front row seat during battles over the welfare state. ...

In the field of social work, practitioners often encounter situations that require difficult judgment calls. Making the best decisions in ...

Cyberbullying is one of the major threats to the mental health of young people according to a group of young ...

British Education Secretary Nicky Morgan's proposed reform of UK social work training in the light of the Rotherham and Manchester ...

For many years as a frontline practitioner and later as a respite foster carer, I have often driven children and ...

Should Republicans take control of the United States Senate there will be many political pundits faulting Democrats for their inability ...

As I wrote in a article several weeks ago, there are about 25,000 people held in solitary confinement in supermax prison ...

Recently, I wrote an article entitled, The Top 5 Reasons Social Work is Failing, which has become one of the ...

The argument for greater investment in social work has intensified as public sector budgets are squeezed and as health and ...

Recently, the United States Department of Justice announced the launch of the Elder Justice website which was created to help ...

Forever ago, I wrote an article extolling the virtues of  fun in social work. What I didn’t touch on was what ...