The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2020. The Delegate Assembly, NASW’s key policymaking body, meets every three years. The policy statements set the...
Social Work Month
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The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2020. The Delegate Assembly, NASW’s key policymaking body, meets every three years. The policy statements set the...
2016 Social Work Month Multimedia Contest: “Live Strong” from Sarah DeMaison
During National Social Work Month in March the National Association of Social Workers asked social workers to use media, including photos, videos, writings and spoken word, to express how they live up to this year's theme "Forging Solutions Out of Challenges." Here is...
Social Work Month 2016 NASW Code of Ethics Essay Contest Entries
To honor 2016 Social Work Month and the 55th Anniversary of the NASW Code of Ethics, we asked social workers to submit essays on how what the code means in their daily work life.
Social Work Month 2016
Social Work Pioneer Frances Perkins in 1911 witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the deadliest industrial disaster in New York City’s history. Most of the 146 people who died were young women who were immigrants or the children of immigrants. “I can’t...
In Philadelphia April is still Social Work Month!
It may be April but it's still National Social Work Month -- at least in the City of Brotherly Love. The Philadelphia/Southeast Division National Association of Social Workers Pennsylvania Chapter held an event at City Hall to honor the 60th Anniversary of NASW...
Social Work Month filled with activities
By Rena Malai, News staff Since its first Social Work Month theme in 1966 — “Support Social Work Education in Your State” — promoting Professional Social Work Month in March has been a priority for NASW. Each year, NASW creates a new theme for the monthlong campaign,...
National Social Work Month 2014
The nation’s largest group of social workers, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), begins its month-long celebration of the profession in March. Social workers in hospitals, clinics, schools, universities, non-profit and government social service...