UK riots: how social workers will repair the emotional damage
The Guardian (blog)
With individuals, one of social work’s key jobs is to challenge destructive behaviour. We will undoubtedly be called upon to play a role in youth justice and other criminal proceedings arising from the riots. Social work also has a unique set of values which promotes building and mirroring empathy.

Talking to children about cancer
Knoxville News Sentinel
Licensed clinical social worker Kathleen Williams offers suggestions for parents talking to children when a loved one has cancer.

Trail: Working with homeless community changes social worker’s life
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Amy M. Trail Two days a week, I commute from Denton to Fort Worth to satisfy an educational requirement for my graduate program at the University of North Texas. One of the counselors at Recovery Resource Council told me about a local outreach program that addresses the basic needs of homeless individuals. Wanting to gain as much real-life experience as possible, I decided to go a little deeper into the world of homelessness.

Social Worker Website Launched To Guide Aspiring Social Workers To A …
Online PR News (press release)
Becoming A Social Worker 101, a service to a caring profession, was recently launched to educated visitors on how to become a social worker with all the facts needed to find education opportunities in social work.

Knowledge is the key to a healthy pregnancy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Yang hadn’t been to a dentist in several years. Untreated gum disease can lead to premature birth, so social worker Annie Janisch, who is helping Yang navigate pregnancy, encouraged her to set up a dental appointment.

San Francisco schools work with kids to cut suspensions, expulsions
San Francisco Examiner
When a student at Civic Center Secondary School swore at a teacher, made threats and punched walls last year, faculty members wanted him gone. The boy was suspended, but came back to school just as angry, recalled Ben Kauffman, then the school’s social worker. After the boy’s second suspension, school officials decided to try something different.

Getting help when needed
Press Herald
My father lives in congregate senior housing at the Pines in Ocean Park, where there are services right on the premises such as a social worker, administrator, maintenance people, group meals if desired, a cord located in the bathroom to pull in case of an emergency and other amenities.

West Memphis Three now must learn how to live as free men
The Christian Science Monitor
“It’s disconcerting when an inmate leaves the system so abruptly,” says Dr. Frederic G. Reamer, a professor at the School of Social Work at Rhode Island College in Providence “And it’s extraordinarily unusual. To go from zero to 75 within a matter of hours is likely to be overwhelming for anybody. There hasn’t been enough time to construct the scaffolding that an ex-offender absolutely needs after entering society.”