Turn Professional Aspirations into the Job of Your Dreams with NASW's Social Work Career Guidebook Have you wondered how to channel your passion for change into not only your professional success but also a lasting legacy? Social workers, often referred to...
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Designed to help practitioners build writing skills in a variety of settings, Social Work Documentation, 3rd Edition, by Nancy L. Sidell, is a how-to guide for social work students and practitioners interested in improving their record keeping and documentation...
Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Three)
Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. A COVID-19 summer wave and new 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines this fall—the virus is still a part of our day-to-day lives, but not the dominant force that it once was. Vigilance continues to be a...
Five Facts Social Workers Need to Know About Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs)
Social workers across practice settings provide services to individuals, including pregnant people, who are consuming alcohol at risky levels. Reducing problematic alcohol use is crucial to preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)—neurodevelopmental...
Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Two)
Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. As each day passes, we move farther and farther away from being dominated by the COVID-19 Pandemic that began in 2020. We view the pandemic in the rear-view mirror. COVID-19 strains continue to...
Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part One)
Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. During the COVID-19 pandemic, social workers, like most helping professionals, ramped up quickly under intense circumstances to help individuals and families to make informed decisions about...