The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) in August 2021, along with 26 other organizations committed to civil rights, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court in support of Victoria Crisitello. Crisitello was an elementary school art teacher who...
This expansion of the ministerial exception risks threatening the civil rights of thousands of New Jersey employees.
The brief explains that a diversity of foster and adoptive families is needed to help ensure that all children find loving and supportive families — and that gay and lesbian parents are essential partners in this effort.
The amicus brief focused on the importance of caseworkers in promoting child safety, well-being and permanency and the difficulties that caseworkers face when they do not have adequate time and resources.
The revised NASW Code of Ethics went into effect January 1, 2018. These revisions reflect the most substantive changes to the Code since 1996.
Colorado found that the First Amendment did not empower the owner to violate Colorado’s state law prohibition on sexual orientation discrimination and the matter is now pending with the U.S. Supreme Court.
After careful and charged deliberation, the Delegate Assembly voted to accept proposed revisions to the Code that focused largely on the use of technology and the implications for ethical practice.
The revolution of digital technology has “changed the way social workers practice with, and on behalf of, older adults and has enhanced the connection between older adults, caregivers, providers, and the community,” explains Dawn Hobdy, MSW, LICSW, Director of the...