By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW This fall, I have returned to the classroom as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University and, as I have done so, I’m faced with students eager to become social workers. In part, I believe, it is because social...
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What does it really mean to help? | NASW Member Voices
This fall, I have returned to the classroom as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University and, as I have done so, I’m faced with students eager to become social workers.
Can Social Workers Ethically and Legally Keep Clients When They Leave Their Agencies? | NASW Member Voices
When you leave your job, you might wonder: “Can I bring my clients with me?” The answer is complicated.
Social Work and Self-Care: A Review Through an Updated Lens | NASW Member Voices
A major strength of Self-Care in Social Work (NASW Press, 2013) is how it underscores the role of administrators and supervisors in promoting healthier work environments.
Social Workers Have Ethical Responsibility to Fight Bans on Gender-Affirming Care | NASW Member Voices
What sex are you? The answer to that question was assigned to you at birth. You did not choose it, and the answer shapes much of the course of your life.
Make a Small Difference Daily and Change Will Follow | NASW Member Voices
As labor leader Delores Huerta once said, “Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.”
Worsening Systemic Intolerance is an Existential Threat to our Nation | NASW Member Voices
By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA America, seemingly suddenly, finds itself in the middle of the most existentially threatening crisis of racism and intolerance since the events leading up to and including the Civil War. As was the case over 160 years ago, the present-day...
Breaking Barriers from Within
When it comes to snap decisions, we can all benefit by pausing to reflect first.