Top 10 Principles of Organization 

Early in my career - in the ancient days of paperwork, I was working for a large mortgage company. To say that the office was a mess of paper piled high in "in and out" boxes and on every available surface, would be a polite understatement. Early one Monday morning we were introduced to a new CFO. He walked around our massive office peering over mountains of paper to greet each loan processor warmly. Then he went to the front of the room, asked for attention, and announced a new efficiency plan he called..."No Carry-Overs". 

There's always one in the crowd; the caseworker who shows up smiling every morning.

In 1995 Daniel Goleman, a New York Times writer, published Emotional Intelligence - Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, and the entire business world, including non-profit, was introduced to the concept of emotional intelligence.

In B.C. 1750 King Hammurabi issued his code of justice, which included a requirement that the people help one another during times of hardship. That proclamation established Social Work as the world's oldest profession.

PROMOTION

Most child protective services (CPS) supervisors are promoted from within the agency. This is natural and proper professional development, but it often leads to a unique set of challenges. Unfortunately, there is little preparation, training, guidance, or support provided to new supervisors, and they quickly begin to feel inadequate, confused, and overwhelmed.

Global Vision Technologies (GVT) will be conducting an update to your FAMCare and/or ClinicalPURSUIT system on Tuesday, October 22, 2014 - between the hours of 6pm and 3am EDT.  The upgrade will be performed regionally - west coast facilities upgrade after 10pm EDT.

In 2013, there were 274, 641 babies born to females ages 15-19. Nearly 81% of these births occurred outside of marriage. Although the teen birth rate has been declining over recent years, the U.S. rate is higher than that of many other developed countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom.

Violence against social workers has become an inherent risk of the profession and undeniably one that needs to be addressed on a national scope.

In its well-meaning attempt to protect the rights of both juveniles and the victims of their crimes, the juvenile justice system has evolved into a maze of procedure and paperwork that even the most experienced caseworkers find daunting.

The British Association of Social Workers conducted a nationwide survey asking only the question, "What single thing would most improve your work life?" Here is a sample of the responses from rank and file caseworkers who remained anonymous to avoid recrimination.