NASW Issues
NASW’s public policies guide its advocacy work on more than 60 issues with numerous national partners. If you are a member of the media (print, broadcast or digital) and would like to include an NASW position in your story, or need a social work expert’s comment on an issue, please contact NASW Communications by email at media@naswdc.org.
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Work Speaks, Ninth Edition - The ninth edition of Social Work Speaks presents, in one comprehensive and unabridged collection, the policy statements adopted by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2011. The Delegate Assembly, NASW's key policymaking body, meets every three years. Social Work Speaks is the result of the Delegate Assembly's systematic approach to policy development and guides NASW's advocacy efforts in social policy. |
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Some of those issues include:
- Adolescent and Young Adult Health
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting
- Aging and Wellness
- Affirmative Action
- Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
- Capital Punishment and the Death Penalty
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Civil Liberties and Justice
- Community Development
- Confidentiality and Information Utilization
- Crime Victim Assistance
- Cultural and LinguisticCompetence in the Social Work Profession
- De-Professionalization and Reclassification
- Disasters
- Drug Testing in the Workplace
- Early Childhood Care and Services
- Education of Children and Youths
- Electoral Politics
- Employee Assistance
- End-of-Life Care
- Environmental Policy
- Family Planning and Reproductive Choice
- Family Policy
- Family Violence
- Foster Care and Adoption
- Gender, Ethnic, and Race Based Workplace Discrimination
- Genetics
- Health Care Policy
- HIV and AIDS
- Homelessness
- Hospice Care
- Housing
- Immigrants and Refugees
- International Policy on Human Rights
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Language and Cultural Diversity in the United States
- Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues
- Long-Term Care
- Mental Health
- Parental Kidnapping
- Peace and Social Justice
- People with Disabilities
- Physical Punishment of Children
- Poverty and Economic Justice
- Professional Impairment
- Professional Self-Care and Social Work
- Prostituted People, Commercial Sex Workers, and Social Work Practice
- Public Child Welfare
- Racism
- Role of Government, Social Policy, and Social Work
- Rural Social Work
- School Truancy and Dropout Prevention
- School Violence
- Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Social Services
- Social Work in the Criminal Justice System
- Sovereignty, Rights and the Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples
- Technology and Social Work
- Transgender and Gender Identity Issues
- Voter Participation
- Welfare Reform
- Women in the Social Work Profession
- Women's Issues
- Youth Suicide
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Social Work Matters
The Power of Linking Policy and Practice -
Social justice is the fuel that drives social workers and what sets social work apart from other professions. Social workers form the front line of defense for their clients and make up the threads of society's social safety net. The strength of that net, however, depends not just on the strengths of social workers, but also on the social policies that undergird their practice, defining the horizons of possibility—for themselves and their clients—in specific situations. |
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| For Media Questions and Interviews: |
NASW Communications
750 First St., NE Ste 700
Washington, DC 20002
media@naswdc.org
Senior Public Relations & News Media Specialist
Theresa Spinner
202-408-8600 Ext. 468
tspinner@naswdc.org
Sr. Public Relations Associate
Greg Wright
202-336-8324
gwright@naswdc.org
Sr. Communications Administrator
Kyle Northam
202-336-8212
knortham@naswdc.org
Evenings and weekends:
Gail Woods-Waller
202-365-3704
gwaller@naswdc.org |
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Read tips on understanding the media, getting your message heard, and on how to become a better spokesperson for the social work profession. |
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