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NASW Helps Joint Commission Develop New Consumer Brochure on Palliative Care
NASW Helps Joint Commission Develop New Consumer Brochure on Palliative Care The Joint Commission recently published a consumer education brochure on palliative care. The brochure, developed in collaboration with NASW, is part of the Joint Commission’s Speak Up™ initiative, which encourages consumers to play an active role in their health care. Visit www.jointcommission.org/speak_up_palliative to download or print... 
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NASW’s youngest chapter leader working to increase membership
By Rena Malai, News staff As a high school student, Ohio resident Danielle Smith already had a clear picture of what she wanted to do with her life. Danielle Smith “As a freshman (in high school), I had an interest in social justice and I saw the power of macro level work,” Smith said. “My mom worked in a school that helped students with developmental disabilities and I would volunteer there.” Smith said she... 
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NASW’s Workforce Center offers new online career guide
By Rena Malai, News staff NASW’s Center for Workforce Studies & Social Work Practice is introducing a series of guides for social workers called Tools and Techniques, which offers members an online resource on what to expect throughout the course of their careers in terms of compensation, job duties and education requirements. “Tools and Techniques is a more hands-on approach, giving social workers a new way... 
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NASW building media education campaign
By Paul R. Pace, News staff NASW and its chapters are building an education campaign this fall that promotes clarification of social work title protection in news stories and headlines so that social workers are not misrepresented in the media. When headlines incorrectly state that a social worker is to blame for misbehavior, the social work profession suffers from the mistake, said Kathy Boyd, executive director... 
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