Redefining Social Worker Appreciation: How to create a system of capacity rather than a position of sacrifice
The definition of appreciation, according to Merriam-Webster, is the feeling of being grateful with an awareness or understanding of worth or value. As a social worker in the child welfare system for over a decade, the definition of appreciation materialized as a...
When Virtual Became the Reality: Three pandemic lessons to shape the future of child welfare
Child welfare practice as we knew it is gone. COVID-19 forced the system into an almost unrecognizable version of itself, keeping children safe and cases moving with very limited face to face interaction. For more than a year we shifted work to a virtual platform out...
