Pain is subjective multidimensional experience that embodies the complex relationship of body, mind, emotions and spirit. Assessment and interventions emanate from a diagnostic understanding that includes the persons report, diagnostic studies, tools and observed behavioral, physical and emotional responses. Pain is a clinical, ethical, policy and advocacy issue that summons the attention of the social work profession.

Join NASW’s Specialty Practice Sections (SPS) on November 15, 2007 at 1:00 pm EST, for a live practice teleconference* designed to introduce the topic of pain encouraging and inviting social work involvement. 1 CEU offered. *Exclusively for SPS Members Click here to register now

SF: ST. ANTHONY’S WILL PROVIDE VETERANS WITH SURVIVAL KITS
CBS 5 - San Francisco, CA
… their physical and mental well being to serve their country,” said St. Anthony Social Work Center Manager Susan Shensa in a prepared statement. …

Dealing with haunting memories of war
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago, IL
Adams is a licensed clinical social worker at the Wheaton-based shelter. Half the veterans the shelter helps have had issues with post-traumatic stress. …

Veterans look for answers for questions on benefits
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville, AR
… added Lana Brown, a clinical social worker at the VA in Fayetteville who screens and works with veterans with such maladies as post-traumatic stress …

A day in the life of a social worker
USU The Utah Statesman (subscription) - Logan, UT
Christensen is a mobile crisis team case worker and works as a social worker for Community Abuse Prevention Services Agency. She said working with domestic …

Each year, social workers come together in the month of March to honor each other and the profession of social work.

The 2008 Social Work Month theme is

Since 2006 NASW has highlighted a particular area of practice and couples it with the branding tagline from the National Social Work Public Education Campaign. The 2006 Social Work Month theme, “Life’s Journey: Help Starts Here,” focused on the important services social worker provide to older people. The 2007 Social Work Month theme, “Hope and Health: Help Starts Here,” emphasized the importance of the physical and emotional well-being.

Our focus on the family in this year’s campaign led us to a central tenant of social work strength. The foundation for growth and change in an individual, a family and a community are their strengths. Social workers are educated from the “strengths perspective” to help clients and communities understand the strengths and resources they have that will enable them to achieve their goals.

Social Work Month 2008 merchandise and the Social Work Month 2008 toolkit

If you have questions about Social Work Month 2008, please email media@naswdc.org.

NASW has signed on to support the platform of Divided We Fail, a new coalition promoting access to health care and long-term financial stability for all Americans.

AARP, Business Roundtable, and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) formed the coalition in January 2007 “to amplify the message that obtaining health and long-term financial security is vital for all Americans,” the group’s materials state. The campaign seeks to engage voters across the nation in discussion of these crucial issues and to bring them to the forefront of candidates and elected officials in the 2008 elections and beyond. Joined by other organizations and grassroots advocates, Divided We Fail will promote bipartisan solutions to the problems of unaffordable health care and financial insecurity.

To read the Divided We Fail platform and learn more about the campaign, please visit www.aarp.org/issues/dividedwefail/about_issues/our_platform.html

Seasonal Affective Disorder
WJFW-TV - Rhinelander, WI
Clinical Social Worker, Jim Sherwood, says, “As you move up North, there’s a much bigger difference between summer and winter and the amount of light from …

Serving a purpose: Navy ‘grease monkey’ now serves through social work
West Salem Coulee News - West Salem, WI
But the decorated Navy veteran is now ready to start a different kind of service in social work as she prepares to graduate from Viterbo University. …

‘Inside Brown’ a new tool for School of Social Work
Washington University Record - St. Louis,MO,USA
By Jessica Martin The George Warren Brown School of Social Work’s desire to build community extends even into the virtual world. Using their new intranet, …

BYU social work students not allowed to protest
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
Brigham Young University students upset that the university is cutting the bachelor’s degree in social work have been told they cannot demonstrate on campus …

Providing support for students with global perspectives
Daily Trojan Online - Los Angeles, CA
… business executives or journalists,” said Maria Pozo-Humphreys, co-founder of the group and clinical social worker at the Counseling Center. …

America’s Leading Marriage and Family Therapist Announces a New …
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA
Real is a graduate and former faculty member of Smith College School for Social Work, a licensed independent clinical social worker, and a member of NASW. …

NYU School of Social Work to be Named the Silver School of Social Work at NYU.

In the largest private donation to a school of social work in the United States, Constance and Martin Silver have pledged $50 million to the New York University School of Social Work.

The gift will be used to support the Constance McCatherin-Silver Fellowship, which provides financial aid to M.S.W. students in need who are dedicated to helping minority populations; to establish an endowed professorship for a junior faculty member researching poverty; and to promote other new initiatives dedicated to the study of poverty and to better allocate funding, administration, and services.
The funds also will help lay the groundwork for a planned McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Practice. (“McSilver” is a combination of Silver’s name and her maiden name, McCatherin.) In recognition of this historic gift, the NYU Board of Trustees has renamed the School as the Silver School of Social Work.

Both Silvers are alumni of NYU. Constance Silver earned a B.S. in social work in 1978 and an M.S.W. in 1979; she also received a Ph.D. from the Union Institute and University in 1983. Martin Silver is a 1958 graduate of NYU’s School of Commerce (now the Stern School of Business).

Source:  http://www.huliq.com/40526/nyu-alumni-constance-martin-silver-donate-50-million-to-university

‘Go buckets’ give supplies, area for relief during a lockdown
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
… of staff and students in a way that would be private,” said Bruce Harvey, clinical social worker and coordinator of emergency services for the district. …

‘Aging in place’ an increasing option for seniors
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
“Most people want to stay at home, and we can help them do that,” said Denise Nelesen, a licensed social worker and specialist for the Department of Aging …

YWCA thanks School of Social Work for diversity
UW Badger Herald, WI
by Logan Jaffe The University of Wisconsin announced Wednesday the School of Social Work is being awarded for creatively diversifying its student population …

‘A Call to Service’ to promote jobs in government, public policy
Washington University Record, MO
The series, sponsored by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, the Career Center, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the Department of …