We’re listening! Tell us what you know, think—and wish you knew—about client alcohol and other substance use. Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve clients who may be at risk for substance-related problems,...
Kim Simpson
Help Your Fellow Social Workers in Just Eight Minutes
In just eight minutes, you can help us better train and educate social workers who serve clients who may be at risk for substance-related problems, including substance use disorders and substance-exposed pregnancies. Your responses will be completely anonymous.
NASW Press June Reads for Rejuvenation and Restoration
Burnout and Self-Care in Social Work: A Guidebook for Students and Those in Mental Health and Related Professions by SaraKay Smullens Are you exhausted, stressed, overwhelmed? Or do you feel that these reactions are very close, waiting in the wings? If so, Burnout and...
Celebrating National Women’s Health Week with Prevention Practice
More than a year into the pandemic, the research is in: COVID-19 has taken a toll on women’s health, including increased levels of risky drinking. According to a study in JAMA Network Open, the number of days when women drank heavily – having four or more drinks in a...
NASW Press Spring Reads for Renewal and Rebirth
Faith-Based and Secular Meditation: Everyday and Posttraumatic Applications by Raymond Monsour Scurfield Drawing on his 40+ years of meditation practice, experience as a Vietnam veteran, and decades of psychotherapy work with his clients, Ray Scurfield demonstrates...
Show Pride in the Profession with a Professional Social Worker Pin from the NASW Foundation
The NASW Social Work Pin Program enables social workers to show pride and commitment to the profession at the same time they support our National Social Work Public Education Campaign. The Social Work Pin Program is available to individuals who make a donation to...
April Is Alcohol Awareness Month: Three Ways Social Workers Can Help Reduce Risky Drinking By Women
High-risk drinking among women has increased significantly over the past decade, and the coronavirus pandemic seems to have made the problem worse.
Celebrate World Social Work Day & Social Work Day at the United Nations March 16
Happy Social Work Month! You might be interested to know, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, marks two big annual social work celebrations: World Social Work Day and Social Work Day at the United Nations. World Social Work Day is the key day in the year that social workers...