Archive for July 2024

Michigan State University’s Director of Social Work, Dr. Anne Hughes, to see how the fellowship program will help their mission. She said “we support them through professional development, training around child welfare services and what it means to work in child welfare. We do a monthly educational session with all of our fellows.”

For decades, opinion polls such as the European Values Survey have been sending worrying, yet unheeded, signals for the future of liberal democracy. More and more voters agree that a strong leader who does not have to worry about parliament and elections is a good way to govern a country, and far right voters agree most strongly with this authoritarian drift. The younger generation’s favourable view of “strongman” leaders adds another layer of concern about the future of democracy. Above: Protests against the far right AfD in Germany.

The disorder was sparked on Thursday night after police responded to calls from children’s social workers who reported being met with hostility when dealing with a child protection matter. Children’s social care staff were withdrawn to a place of safety but the incident escalated, with officers being subjected to thrown missiles and bricks. Above: The cordon in Harehills

Kathlina Martin (right), an alumna of the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, is helping to bring Micronesian culture to global audiences through her involvement with TeAda Productions, a traveling theatre company.

Social worker Paula Barthelmess, Crisis Director and founder of Idaho Community Outreach Behavioral Services (COBS) speaks at a fundraiser in Eagle, Idaho.

The vast majority of public restrooms have not yet embraced this aspect of wellbeing. On the contrary, the poor state of them often elicits disgust and repulsion. In severe situations, for some people, these adverse psychological responses can escalate to pathological levels, including incontinence, urinary problems, anxiety, and significant alterations to their normal social life.

The state of Iowa has agreed to reinstate the license of a social worker who had a sexual relationship with a client she bailed out of jail using stolen money.