A round-up of recent news items of interest:

Social Work Group Offers a Different View of Career Salaries
Huffington Post (blog)
Social work was recently listed in this article on Huffington Post as one of the worst paying college degrees. That generated a healthy response from social workers who left dozens of comments on the Huffington Web site as well as National Association of Social Workers’ Facebook page.

Dr. Allison Blake To Lead New Jersey Department Of Children And Families
Gov Monitor
Dr. Blake is also a faculty member at the Rutgers School of Social Work where she teaches in the nonprofit and public agency management concentration.

Social workers help others to solve their unique problems
Cumberland Times-News
Social work values, both from an educational and personal standpoint, show a commitment to fairness. Professional social workers have a bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate degree in social work and are guided by the NASW Code of Ethics.

First group of Wounded Warrior students to graduate from KU
Basehor Sentinel
Timothy Edward Hornik, Lawrence, will earn a master’s in social work. Hornik is an active duty air defense artillery officer originally from the south suburbs of Chicago.

Firms put limits on mental therapy
Boston Globe
Schlein’s dismay has been echoed by others, prompting the National Association of Social Workers, Massachusetts chapter, to request a meeting with executives from United Behavioral Health. “We want to make sure the reviewers that are calling are well trained and thoughtful about the suggestions they are making,” said Carol Trust, the association’s executive director.