In a quiet nook in the small city of La Verne, small cottages topped with Spanish tile are spread across a sprawling green campus.
Long ago, it was an orphanage; now it’s a group home for foster kids. Recently, it also became one of several shelters in the Los Angeles area that quietly ..Read More…
Save the Children: Families Belong Together
By Janlee Wong
As the nation continues to witness the chaos resulting from the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of separating children from their parents when they enter the U.S., many organizations, ..Read More…
The NASW-CA Chapter Online CE Program offers continuing education courses in a variety of formats to suit different learning preferences, including course PDFs and other portable formats for learning on the go.
The Online CE program includes courses in five different learning formats, depending on the material covered:
Book-based and text-based courses offer ..Read More…
Governor Brown Signs Dementia Training Bill into Law!
Governor Brown heard from more than 1200 Alzheimer’s Association advocates who sent strong, personal letters urging him to sign Senate Bill 449 (Monning) into law. Thank you to all who responded to the call to action!
The bill increases dementia training ..Read More…
By Bruce Friedman
NASW-CA membership committee is launching a pilot mentor program that will help build the future of the profession. The mentoring program will match seasoned social workers (those who have been in the field for at least 10 years) with social workers who graduated within the past six years, or who ..Read More…
By Laura Abrams, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Social Welfare, UCLA
When I was in graduate school in 1996, my first semester of my PhD program at UC Berkeley, I recall writing a policy paper on “What the Odwalla Juice Scare Can Teach Us About Gun Violence.”
At that time, ..Read More…
This article reflects on the use of the word “poor” and an introduction of the term “soul” as a missing factor for consideration in social work practice. The examination of “soul” allows for a more complete understanding of the wholeness of the humanity we seek to serve. This article is a reminder that words continue to be powerful and that they impact significantly social work practice at the micro, mezzo and macro levels. With all of our calls for social justice and fairness social workers are reminded that we must constantly be on guard not to stereotype or dehumanize low-income populations that we have pledged to assist by using words such as “poor” against them. This is something we all profess to know, but often in the haste of our work, we forget.
Registration is open and it’s not too early to register for this year’s NASW-CA Annual Conference!
This year’s conference will be held October 26-27 at the LAX Marriott Hotel.
Registration deadline is September 26. Early bird deadline is September 7.
On your way to licensure? We are offering courses that fulfill the pre-licensure ..Read More…
(This article has been reprinted by permission from The Advocate, a publication of CANHR–California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform)
American adults generally have the right to decide: 1) where they are going to live and; 2) what people are or aren’t going to be allowed to do to them.
There are exceptions ..Read More…
NASW’s Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has been promoting social justice for more than 45 years. Established in 1972 to provide financial legal assistance and to support cases and issues of concern to NASW members and the social work profession, LDF also offers educational programs to improve the legal status and knowledge of ..Read More…
Molly Zive staffs the NASW-CA exhibit table at the recent NSWM Annual Conference in San Diego.
By Molly Zive, LCSW
On June 14, more than 400 human service professionals gathered on San Diego State University’s campus to attend the Network for Social Work Management (NSWM) 29th Annual Management Conference. This year’s theme ..Read More…
