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You can help shape NASW policy by actively serving as an expert on a review panel revising upcoming NASW policy statements. NASW policy statements set the parameters for NASW’s positions on a broad range of public policy and professional issues and are featured in Social Work Speaks, a comprehensive collection of policies. If you are interested and have expertise in any of the practice areas below, please send an email with your area(s) of expertise, a short biography (50-100 words), and a resume to NASWpolicy@socialworkers.org by September 22, 2017. You must be a current NASW member to serve on a policy review panel.
- Confidentiality and Information Utilization
- Crime Victim Assistance
- Family Violence
- Mental Health
- Hospice Care
- Rural Social Work
- Parental Kidnapping
- Voter Participation
- Adolescent and Young Adult Health
- Community Development
- School Violence
- Foster Care and Adoption
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Sovereignty, Rights, and the Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples
NASW strongly opposes President Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and will work with allied organizations and Congress to continue protections for young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. President Trump’s order could lead to a mass deportation of some 800,000 young people. DACA has been a successful program during its five years of existence. NASW urges members and the wider social work community to get involved in local and national activities to protect DACA.
Register today for Involving and Supporting Family Caregivers in Care Planning and Delivery, a free webinar on September 14 presented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office in collaboration with the American Geriatrics Society. NASW member and geriatric social worker Tziona Regev will co-present the program with a geriatrician, a geriatric nurse practitioner, and a family caregiver. Earn 1.0 CE contact hours, approved by NASW in most states.
NASW represents gerontological workers in multiple capacities, working on behalf of both the profession and older adults. Access two-year summaries of aging-related sign-on letters and NASW-authored public statements. Learn about aging-related collaborative initiatives in which NASW has been involved and download selected resources developed from those collaborations. Access other resources developed by the NASW Social Work Practice Department to enhance social work practice with, and on behalf of, older adults.
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Go4Life®, an exercise and physical activity campaign from the National Institute on Aging, helps adults 50 and older incorporate exercise and physical activity into their daily lives. As a Go4Life Partner, NASW observes Go4Life Month in September. The theme of this year’s observance is Move More with Go4Life! Access Go4Life resources in English and Spanish.
The CARE documentary, produced by Mind’s Eye Productions, illuminates the close relationships between direct care workers and the older adults and families whom they serve, the challenging working conditions faced by direct care workers, and the barriers older adults and family caregivers experience in accessing home-based direct care. Access the live stream video archive, attend or host a watch party through October 5, or attend or host a local screening event this fall.
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Exposure to war can lead to numerous traumatic experiences affecting the daily lives and personal well-being of the civilian population. However, no research to date has examined the associations between postwar well-being and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, tendency to forgive, and social support during and following war. Authors examined a sample of 160 Israeli civilians who were exposed to rocket and missile fire during the 2014 Gaza War. Time 1 (Tl) started approximately one week after the beginning of the war and ended four weeks later following the first 72-hour ceasefire declaration by the United Nations. Respondents were re-approached by personal e-mail approximately one month after T1. A structural equation model design showed that higher postwar tendency to forgive, and social support, are associated with higher postwar well-being. It is notable that higher social support during the war had a negative effect on postwar well-being. In addition, higher posttraumatic symptoms and well-being during the war had a positive effect on higher postwar well-being. The study findings reinforce the importance of personal variables in postwar well-being. However, increased awareness of both social support and PTSD symptoms as “double-edged sword” resources is advisable, considering the different effects of social support and PTSD symptoms on well-being both during and after the war.
Take a minute to update your NASW member profile. By completing your NASW member profile, and keeping it current with information about your areas of practice, you help us pinpoint the resources and support that social workers need most in their daily work, such as issue briefs and ethics and legal guidance.
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September 14
NASW Virtual Career Fair
Join us for the 2017 NASW Virtual Career Fair on Thursday, September 14, 2017, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET. Introduce yourself to employers in real time via Skype and instant messaging, and set yourself apart from online applications. Job seekers register for free.
Free CMS Webinar: Involving and Supporting Family Caregivers in Care Planning and Delivery
NASW member and geriatric social worker Tziona Regev co-presents the program. Earn 1.0 CE contact hours, approved by NASW in most states.
September 20
Private Practice Q & A Call-in Session – Opting Out of Medicare and Other Insurance Companies
An Hour With Private Practice: Questions & Answers is a free Q&A session for NASW members that focuses on a specific private practice subject. There is no registration and members can join in the discussion, ask questions, and make comments. These sessions provide members with important clinical social work updates impacting the delivery of mental health services. Session starts at 12 p.m. ET. NASW members only. FREE
October 5
Last Day to Access On-Demand Courses from the 2017 NASW Virtual Conference
Register today to select your virtual conference package to start earning up to 11 self-study CE credits and view the latest products and services for social workers in the Virtual Exhibit Hall. Register today and access sessions through October 5, 2017. NASW members receive the best price.
October 18
Private Practice Q & A Call-in Session – Preparing for Medicare’s Newest Quality Program for Reporting Measures: MACRA
Call-in session is free, available to NASW members only, and starts at 12 p.m. ET. No registration is required.
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Following the 2016 Presidential election, NASW delivered to the new administration and the 115th Congress a comprehensive transition document, Advancing the American Agenda: How the Social Work Profession Will Help. The document outlines priority areas where social workers play a significant role in addressing social challenges and advancing the broader American Agenda. Selected statements are featured here.
Ensure an adequate supply of social workers. The services provided by
social workers have become more necessary, but there is evidence that the
current and projected supply of professional social workers will not keep pace
with demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (2015) has stated that employment
of social workers is expected to increase much faster than average for all
occupations through 2024 (12 percent growth rate compared with an average
growth rate of 6 percent). In particular, the areas of aging, child welfare,
mental and behavioral health, military and veterans’ issues, health, education,
and corrections will see a rapid increase in the need for professional social
work services in the near future. Recruitment and retention of social workers
must be a focus of the state and federal governments, schools of social
work, and employers of social workers, if the profession is to remain able to
care for the millions of Americans who will require services.
Support federal funding that helps develop the social work workforce.
NASW calls on Congress and the Trump administration to support federal
funding that provides resources for social work and social work education to
foster a workforce that meets the holistic needs of the United States. Health
Resources and Service Administration’s Title VII Health Professions programs
are crucial to support interprofessional education of social workers interested
in careers in health social work. The Behavioral Health Workforce Education
and Training for Professionals Program has been vital to social work by
supporting efforts to expand the behavioral health workforce to serve children,
adolescents, and transitional-age youths in integrated settings. Social workers
must be included in future competitions to ensure the pipeline of qualified
professionals serving this important population remains available.
NASW members save 10% on NASW Press paperback books. The NASW Press is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences field. Call NASW Press at 1.800.227.3590 when placing your order to get the discount. View the latest titles.
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Access legal briefs filed by NASW in significant cases across the country and in the Supreme Court. Friend of the court briefs are accepted by courts to help understand aspects of issues that may not be fully addressed by the parties to the litigation, or where specialized knowledge may be helpful in reaching a conclusion in high-profile cases. Search this members-only database by state or topic.
“Legal Issue of the Month” articles present an overview of a particular legal topic relevant to social work practice focusing on a recent court decision or emerging legal issue. Log in to the Legal Issue of the Month database for questions about confidentiality, requests for records, HIPAA, Skype, mental health parity, LGBT rights, equal protection, the death penalty, or another hot-button topic.
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The increasing use of technology in our society means that we'll soon have a host of new potential solutions for some of our most persistent social problems. But we also must face the reality that technology might actually exacerbate some of these issues as well.
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Google is getting involved with people’s mental health, rolling out a tool to help steer people who may have depression toward treatment. They’ve partnered up with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to reach out to people who may be depressed, by asking a simple question: Are you depressed? The hope is that getting people to begin to assess their own mental health will act as a catalyst to seeking treatment.
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Predictive risk modeling offers new and exciting chances to solve big, entrenched problems.
In child welfare, one of those problems is accurately identifying children at risk of maltreatment, work that requires a gauge of not only immediate risk, but also the future likelihood of harm.
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