Mark Lamar is Associate Professor of Professional Practice & Executive Director of the Office of Practicum Learning at Rutgers School of Social Work. They explain the significance of International Volunteer Day and ways social workers and allied professionals can observe it today and beyond.
On November 22 and 23, Rutgers School of Social Work co-hosted the 2024 International Symposium on Children and Youth Health and Well-Being with the Faculty of Health Sciences of University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Macao Observatory for Social Development at USJ, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, and the Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, with supported from the Hong Kong Shue Yan University Social Work Department and sponsored by the Macao Foundation.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is December 3. We had the opportunity to speak with Ph.D. student Rebecca Martin about the significance of this day and what social workers can do to recognize it.
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Marla Blunt-Carter, an associate professor of professional practice at Rutgers School of Social Work, received the Torchbearer Award, which honors leaders in promoting diversity, inclusion, equity, and access at Rutgers through their academic research, teaching, community engagement, and/or workplace engagement, program development, and leadership.
The Social Work Policy Network remains committed to sharing key news updates, policy changes, action opportunities, events & more - with content particularly focused on social justice, equity, and systemic change.
Eileen Kelly O’Brien is a trainer at the New Jersey Child Support Institute at School of Social Work's Institute for Families. She explains the significance of World Adoption Day, which is observed on November 9, and shares ways social workers and allied professionals can recognize this day.
The Social Work Policy Network remains committed to sharing key news updates, policy changes, action opportunities, events & more - with content particularly focused on social justice, equity, and systemic change.
The Social Work Policy Network remains committed to sharing key news updates, policy changes, action opportunities, events & more - with content particularly focused on social justice, equity, and systemic change.
Making the medication, used to reverse an opioid overdose, freely available may help reduce the stigma associated with treatment
The Social Work Policy Network remains committed to sharing key news updates, policy changes, action opportunities, events & more - with content particularly focused on social justice, equity, and systemic change.
A survey of all employees in fall 2022 on workplace behaviors at Rutgers has prompted a series of recommendations and actions to make the university a better, more responsive, and more respectful place to work and learn. Led by Rutgers Professor Sarah McMahon and her research team at the Center for Research on Ending Violence at the School of Social Work, and sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Academic and Workplace Behaviors and Environment Survey (AWBES) has resulted in three key goals: to strengthen coordination of university prevention and response to harassment and incivility, increase and enhance resources and services, and promote a culture of respect.