News Items – August 2, 2013
West Virginia DHHR caseload standards work groups complete their work; make recommendations on “reasonable and achievable” caseload standards for five program areas
uelocal170.org
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) caseload standard work groups completed their work last month and issued final reports with caseload standard recommendations for five program areas: Eligibility Workers, Social Workers, Case Aides, Child Support Specialists, and Child Support Techs. UE Local 170 and the West Virginia Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers were instrumental in getting DHHR to finally comply with the caseload standards statute early last year.
USC program will teach social workers how to work with veterans
WIS
A program just launched at the University of South Carolina’s College of Social Work is teaching social workers the ins and outs of working with veterans. Nancy Brown, a professor at the school, helped start the program and did so for personal reasons.
Work, school buffer post-traumatic stress for young cancer patients
U of M News Service
Few studies have examined the prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms in young adults. Lead author Minyoung Kwak and principal investigator Brad Zebrack of the School of Social Work assessed post-traumatic stress symptoms among respondents ages 15 to 39 at six and 12 months following their cancer diagnosis.
Social workers: the forgotten emergency service
The Guardian
I am delighted the College of Social Work is at the table in this initiative to speak out for service users, their families – and the AMHPS and social workers who support them every day and night. Social workers and AMHPs have a key role to play in solutions to better crisis care.
UPDATE: 10 things psychologists won’t tell you
MorningStar Market Watch
But therapists, like anyone on the job, can succumb to drowsiness and distractions. “Patients who have seen other therapists have reported this to me,” says Mirean Coleman, a clinical social worker and senior practice associate with the National Association of Social Workers. “I have also been informed by patients of therapists who texted or played games on their cellphones during therapy sessions.”
After Divorce or Job Loss Comes the Good Identity Crisis
The Wall Street Journal
“People start thinking they are crazy because the things they usually do to right their ship—things like talking to their mother, asking their friends for help, getting some sleep—don’t work anymore,” says Ilene Dillon, a licensed clinical social worker in Kentfield, Calif. “And you have all these emotions that won’t seem to stop.”
Congress is Failing the American People
Social Justice Solutions
The 113th Congress is on course to be the least productive in the history of the nation having passed 22 bills into law to date. When confronted by this fact on Face the Nation, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH8), the 61st Speaker of the House of Representatives, said Congress will be judged not by the number of bills that are passed, but by the number bills it repeals! According to GovTrack, there are 14 members of the House and two members of the Senate who have yet to introduce a single bill in the 113th Congress which convened in January 2013. By contrast, Congressional Social Work Caucus Chair Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA13) has introduced 34 bills in the current Congress.
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