As professionals who carry both influence and responsibility, we must be mindful of how we show up online. Social media can be a powerful tool for advocacy, education, and connection, but it can also carry risks if we’re not careful.
NASW, state governments hold the line against unregulated chatbot therapy
Here are additional resources provided by panelists from the August 28 Facebook/YouTube Live Chats with Chase - Climate Change: How Should Social Work Respond: Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health Endangerment Finding Toolkit (The Medical Consortium on...
Professional wills and continuity of care planning can help ease the burden for therapists and clients alike
The platform takes viewers on episodic adventures in the field of social work
Check out these spots during the 2025 NASW National Conference
NASW Press invites you to decide before you buy! Faculty affiliated with a US university or college can place an order for books that they are considering adopting for the classroom. You will have 90 days to make a decision. Visit the NASW Press website to learn more...
The NASW Code of Ethics is a set of standards that guide the professional conduct of social workers. The 2021 update includes language that addresses the importance of professional self-care. Moreover, revisions to the Cultural Competence standard provide more...
By Maren Dale In the U.S., only 18% of social workers are men. The representation is even lower in allied fields like child and school psychology. But in 1968, men made up 38% of the social work workforce. What happened? And why have other historically female-led...
“There is a growing recognition that a hospital death may be over-medicalized, impersonal, noisy, and isolating,” Myra Glajchen of the MJHS Institute
By Sue Coyle, MSW When NM*, a lecturer at a school of social work in the Midwest, was a graduate student, she says there was not a place for her and other students to go with their concerns, to feel seen and heard. “With the issues that I experienced belonging to a...
For those looking for something additional or different from talk therapy, there are other modalities
Recent headlines signal that the federal government is willfully ignoring the potential dangers of climate change. In April, Reuters published an article titled, “State Department Nixes Climate Office.” A New York Times headline read, “Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report.” And Bloomberg featured an exposé, “Lights Out: How Trump’s War on Climate Science Is Weakening the U.S.”
Social workers help clients navigate attacks on the undocumented
We are holding victims, families, and community in our hearts
Public safety is not improved by the military, but a well-funded social safety net
Highest court considering case to uphold gender-affirming care ban in Tennessee
Community-based housing, mental health services are better ways to address homelessness
NASW part of amicus brief that supports rights of parents in same-sex marriages
Despite legal victory, Louisiana has appealed ruling by Fifth Court of Appeals