Social Work Advocates Magazine

The Rise of Corporate Social Work

The Rise of Corporate Social Work

By Maren Dale Jennifer Pelham, MSW, is a self-defined corporate social worker from Albany, N.Y., and currently serves as a senior IT consultant and change management specialist for a major health care provider. She stepped into the corporate sector in 2008, taking on...

Work to close health gap continues amid doubt

Work to close health gap continues amid doubt

By Alison Laurio, News contributor   A year ago Heidi L. Allen’s sister died. “She lived in Idaho, which did not expand Medicaid under the ACA” (Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare), said Allen, an associate professor of social work at Columbia University...

Iowa Chapter opposes state attempt to deregulate licensing

Iowa Chapter opposes state attempt to deregulate licensing

By Paul R. Pace, News staff NASW chapters remain on alert after focused attempts to eliminate or alter licensing requirements for social workers and other professionals are on the rise. In one of the latest examples, NASW members and social workers turned out in force...

Researchers tackle ‘smart decarceration’

Researchers tackle ‘smart decarceration’

By Alison Laurio, News contributor The huge auditorium was filled with people from all over the country who had come to hear about one of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare’s grand challenges. They came from varied backgrounds — from social workers...

Webinars focus on cultural competence standards

Webinars focus on cultural competence standards

By Paul R. Pace, News staff We live in a time of considerable tensions related to differences of all kinds, says Carol Bonner, chairwoman of the NASW National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, or NCORED. “It is the responsibility, as social workers, to lead at...

Social workers weigh in on marijuana laws, policies

Social workers weigh in on marijuana laws, policies

By Alison Laurio, News contributor “Marijuana has lit up conversations and controversy across the country. It’s a hotly contested and complicated issue for states to weed through, and no doubt will remain high on legislative agendas for the foreseeable future,” the...

Nephrology social workers fill many roles

Nephrology social workers fill many roles

By Alison Laurio, News contributor Dean Wolf has spent his entire working life as a social worker in the field helping others. Now he is asking others to help him, and said it is not an easy thing to do. “As much as I have empathy for people, I need a kidney,” he said...