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Social Work Leaders Attend NASW Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill

Social Work Leaders Attend NASW Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill

By Dina L. Kastner, MSS, MLSP, Senior Field Organizer Nearly 100 social workers from 44 states and two U.S. territories attended 143 meetings with Congressional offices in the U.S. House and Senate on June 28, 2023, to build bipartisan support for key federal...

National Healthcare Decisions Day in a Time of Pandemic

National Healthcare Decisions Day in a Time of Pandemic

On April 16th each year, NASW celebrates National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) to empower individuals to engage in advance care planning. As our communities face the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of these conversations comes into new focus. Social workers can...

Reinforcing the Essential Nature of Social Work

April 10, 2020 About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the...

Taking Care of Yourself and Your Family during the Coronavirus Outbreak

By Donzell Lampkins, MSW, LISW Social workers are addressing the Coronavirus pandemic on multiple fronts—as they should since helping during a crisis of this magnitude is part of the social worker’s code of ethics. The NASW Code of Ethics states, “Social workers...

New York City Social Workers: Silenced on the Front Lines of Crisis

New York City Social Workers: Silenced on the Front Lines of Crisis

By Dr. Claire Green-Forde, LCSWExecutive Director, National Association of Social Workers-NYC ChapterNew York currently holds a title no city or state in America wants - the epicenter of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) crisis. As social workers we are watching...

What’s it Like Being on the Front Lines of a Pandemic?

What’s it Like Being on the Front Lines of a Pandemic?

Social workers tell us how they’re helping others By Aliah D. Wright Across the nation and around the world, social workers are continuing to help clients—despite great risk the pandemic poses to themselves and their families. The National Association of Social...

How to Make Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Routine

How to Make Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Routine

By Takia Richardson, LICSW, LCSW, NASW Senior Practice Associate, Behavioral Health, and Diana Ling, Outreach Program Coordinator, Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin Alcohol screening and...