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The Art of Rapport Building
When we meet a client or patient we are working with for the first time, we often subconsciously make judgments or assumptions. Admitting this is an important place to start. Read more
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On the Importance of Not Knowing for a Young Clinician
Utilizing a little radical acceptance of our limitations, a little embrace of our inevitable unknowing, is a fertile place from which to cultivate not only effective practice for clients, but a good and honest life for ourselves as practitioners. Read more
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What Is Veterinary Social Work? Interdisciplinary Opportunities for Social Workers
Most individuals in distress do not first interact with a social worker. Instead, they go to places incorporated into their daily routines. Adding a social work presence to veterinary spaces can provide needed screening, education, and intervention. Read more
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Beyond 988, With Help: The Peer Specialist Role
Social workers can advance mental health practice beyond the 988 crisis line, but we don’t have to do it alone. Peer specialists can help increase safety plan completion for veterans. Read more
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Let’s Make a DEAL: A Model for Social Worker Growth and Development
Fledgling clinical social workers may be apprehensive or embarrassed to reflect and take stock of how they did with their clients, but it is precisely this accounting that leads to growth and development. The DEAL model is introduced. Read more
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What About Social Justice? Engaging in Environmental Justice Work
What is the role of social work in relation to environmental justice? It is important for us, as social workers, to enhance our knowledge about the impact of the environment on the health, welfare, and life span of diverse groups. Read more
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Building a Mental Health Crisis System Beyond 988: Social Workers’ Ethical Obligation
Our nation has criminalized mental illness. To ensure people are served by the mental health system, not public safety or emergency departments, requires social workers to champion the importance of building the full continuum of crisis services. Read more
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2023 National Day of Racial Healing: A Call to Action for Social Workers
The National Day of Racial Healing is January 17, 2023. Let us build on our strengths as professional social workers to help usher in social change for social justice this year. Read more
Adoption in Flux: How Can Social Workers Prepare?
COVID-19 caused a steep decline in all adoptions. However, prior to the pandemic, important demographic changes were already occurring across public and private adoptions. These changes have important implications for social workers. Read more
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Kindness Starts Within
On this World Kindness Day, acknowledge that disenfranchised grief exists in the social work profession. Self-kindness can effectively combat professional challenges and prevent burnout for social workers. Read more