“Overworked and Stretched Thin”: Burnout and Systemic Failure in School Social Work by Stephanie L. Carnes (Children & Schools, July 2023) The effects of burnout on client service provision, organizational health, and individual well-being are increasingly a focus...
NASW Journals
Overworked and Stretched Thin: Burnout and Systemic Failure in School Social Work
This article in the journal Children & Schools showcases the findings of a study on school social workers’ burnout.
Burden Predictors for Informal Caregivers of Older Adults in Spain
The journal Health & Social Work contains an article titled “Burden Predictors for Informal Caregivers of Older Adults in Spain: The Role of Cohabitation, Coping Strategies, Social Support, and Evaluation of Preexisting Relationships,” which examines the relationship between different variables and the caregiver’s subjective burden.
Reducing Suicide-Related Stigma through Peer-to-Peer School-Based Suicide Prevention Programming
Youth suicide rates have consistently risen over the past decade, and stigma related to mental health may create a barrier to young people seeking help. Schools are a common intercept point for mental health and suicide prevention programming. In the latest Children...
Social Work Licensure Portability: A Necessity in a Post-COVID-19 World
The October 2022 issue of the journal Social Work contains an article titled “Social Work Licensure Portability: A Necessity in a Post-COVID-19 World.”
Advancing Active Allyship for Social Justice: Cross-Group Friendships, Social Empathy, and Political Engagement
Collections of policies in the United States have produced and perpetuated ubiquitous social disadvantage. To overcome this reality, policymaking must be more democratic and participatory with active allyship in support of social justice. By deepening contextual...
The Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Social Services Use among Head Start-Eligible Low-Income Families
Social workers spend a tremendous amount of time and resources developing interventions to help serve disadvantaged families and individuals. It is critical to know what barriers are impacting participants from enrolling in programs since if people are not enrolling,...
Social Work Journal, July 2022
NASW members can access the Social Work journal, published by NASW Press, online as a member benefit. The contents for the July 2022 issue include: Editorial: Social Work’s Role in Rebuilding the Child Welfare Workforce There has been a great deal of discussion in...