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My most recent article for socialworkhelper.com on NYS Governors bid to make social work licensure exemptions permanent.

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Social Work Chats: Suicide Prevention

Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW
The Political Social Worker

Join Social Work Chats on Twitter Monday November 19th at 8pm EST.  The topic will be suicide prevention.  To participate in the discussion use #swunited.  Responses and questions for the moderator can…

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Social Work Chat Happening Now

Social Work Chat is starting now on Twitter. The Topic is serving our active military and veterans. Use #swunited if you want to join in.

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Social Work Chats Mondays at 8PM

Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW
The Political Social Worker

Are you looking to engage in meaningful, solution focused discussions with other Social Workers?  If so, join Social Work Chats every Monday at 8PM (EST) on Twitter.  To participate use #swunited and…

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Macro/Community Practice CEUs

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of CEUs for community practice social workers.  I wanted to ask what, specific, types of courses would you like to see offered in the area of community practice?  Let me know in the comments section.

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#swunited Social Work Chats 10/29

Durham Crisis Response Center On Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The next Social Work Chats Twitter discussion is on Monday 10/29 at 8pm.

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A Few More Words on Social Work Title Protection

Most states that have enacted title protection have decided that you can only legally call yourself a social worker if you hold a social work license.  My problem with this is that in NY state the LMSW and LCSW only covers clinical work; who can do…

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There is No Easy Definition of Social Work ‹ Social Justice Solutions – Social Work and Social Justice News and Blogs

Thank you. This has become a bit of a passion of mine. I think we would be remiss to narrowly define social work. That is my concern with title protect. The tendency has been to enact title protection laws that define social work based on Licensing. This…

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Social Work Reform Think Tank

Social Work Reform is a think tank with the mission of identifying and taking action to implement reforms that will improve and protect the rights of professional Social Workers.  If you are interested feel free to contact me here, in the comment section,…

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