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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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Congressional candidates square off
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough, ME
Brennan, a licensed clinical social worker and a lifelong educator, said his priorities if elected include immediately ending our country’s military …

UA handles complexities for patients
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson, AZ
… an innovative program at the University of Arizona, where doctors, attorneys and social workers all join forces to give hope to low-income patients. …

Polygamist sect work takes toll on social workers
Austin American-Statesman - Austin, TX
After 10 years in social work, Secrest usually leaves her work at the office. But this case “has touched me a lot more than I ever expected,” said Secrest, …

Aging gracefully
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham, MA
Frances D. Kerchner, MSW, LICSW, of Kerchner Associates says, “long-term care has historically consisted of two options for older adults: move in with a …

Weill Cornell Receives Funding to Study Creation of New Elder …
Cornell Chronicle - Ithaca, NY
This grant will provide the resources to take our work to another level,” says Risa Breckman, LCSW, director of social work education and programs in the …

Stressed “Sandwich Generation” Mothers Must Care for Themselves
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York, NY
In a survey of “Sandwich Generation” mothers conducted by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), …

Methamphetamine use exacerbates problems of child abuse, neglect
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno, NV
Social workers said the effects of meth are behind most of the county’s substantiated reports of physical and sexual abuse of children and child neglect. …

Most Valuable Personnel
Washington Post - United States
When I read that social workers were working nights and weekends to do this, I recalled a recent letter to the editor that had bothered me, and when I dug …

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Opposites attract
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
She is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist with Squirrel Hill Psychological Services, a division of Jewish Family & Children’s Service. …

MSU student wins essay competition on preventing genocide
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
Schmidt, a senior social work major from Camdenton, Mo., submitted an editorial piece, “Waiting on the World to Change.” Contestants were required to …

20th Edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work Published
FOXBusiness - USA
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and Oxford University Press are proud to announce the 20th Edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work. …

Social work conference to focus on men
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) - Tuscaloosa, AL
TUSCALOOSA | “Caring, Sharing and Preparing to Serve: The First Conference on Social Work With and For Men,” will be Monday and Tuesday at the Bryant …

New book looks at nearly 100 years of social work at the …
News from Washington University in St. Louis - Saint Louis, MO
By Jessica Martin April 24, 2008 — To celebrate nearly 100 years of existence and a new era in social work education, the George Warren Brown School of …

Initiative to promote ’sound young minds’
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Sixty-four per cent of elementary schools have a regular psychologist, but only for 14.4 hours per month; 70 per cent have a regular social worker,

Social workers group honors Tucson’s Ryan
Tucson Citizen - Tucson, AZ
Ryan helps physicians and social workers work with patients on issues such as disability, hunger and poor housing. The advocacy program is funded in part by …