Social Work Advocates Magazine

Resilience and Community in Rural Social Work

Resilience and Community in Rural Social Work

By Jesse Berney “I was frustrated,” says Jan Dunn, LCSW. Working with members of the Osage nation and others in her rural Oklahoma community, Dunn saw “people who were motivated to change, to break their generational trauma.” They wanted to improve their lives but had...

Resilience and Community in Rural Social Work

By Jesse Berney “I was frustrated,” says Jan Dunn, LCSW. Working with members of the Osage nation and others in her rural Oklahoma community, Dunn saw “people who were motivated to change, to break their generational trauma.” They wanted to improve their lives but had...

Artificial intelligence offers new and expanding tools, but also risks

Artificial intelligence offers new and expanding tools, but also risks

By Sue Coyle, MSW Clinical social workers have access to many types of artificial intelligence, with programs and systems that run the gamut from virtual assistants to documentation tools and more. It is up to the social worker to determine what tool best suits them...

Loneliness and Isolation: Physical and Mental Health Could be at Risk

Loneliness and Isolation: Physical and Mental Health Could be at Risk

By Jaimie Seaton In May 2023, social isolation and loneliness were declared an epidemic. The declaration, made in a report from the U.S. surgeon general at the time, Dr. Vivek M It would be logical to attribute the findings in the report to the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Cutting the Social Safety Net

Cutting the Social Safety Net

With Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Social workers Must Know Impact on Communities and Families