Social Work in the News - May 12, 2008

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Competing House bills use databases to check workers’ legal status
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee, WI
The organization has about 60 employees and screens new hires through background checks and other databases to confirm the credentials of its social workers …

HEAR THIS: Susan Dowd Stone Explains Men Also Suffer From …
EmpowHer - Phoenix, AZ
by hernews Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW, President of Postpartum Support International joined us on EmpowHer and to talk about a CBS News story that …

Coventry resident named Social Worker of the Year
Suburbanite - Akron, OH
It promotes, develops and protects the practice of social work and social workers. The association also seeks to enhance the well being of individuals, …

Q&A: Baby boomers face care crunch
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor, MI
Last week The News talked with Paula Allen-Meares, the dean of the University of Michigan School of Social Work, who served on the committee that issued the …

Breathing new life into your job
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
While still in social work back in the early 1990s, Kinjerski was amazed at how certain individuals could be so energized about work and committed to making …

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