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Items of General Interest:
Social Workers Prepared to Help Victims of Devastating Earthquake
and Tsunami in Japan In the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Japan and the tragic tsunami it triggered, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is issuing an alert to its 145,000 members to help support recovery efforts for victims and their families. On World Social Work Day, March 15, 2011, we are especially mindful of our international colleagues. If you would like to join in the social work response to this disaster, you can donate through the NASW Foundation’s Social Work Disaster Assistance Fund to assist social workers and/or social welfare organizations who can provide help. In this complex and developing disaster, our colleagues in the Japanese professional social work association are uniquely suited to assess the disaster environment in a culturally competent manner and to provide leadership in promoting effective disaster relief and recovery efforts. 100% of donations through the NASW Foundation for the earthquake and tsunami in Japan will be forwarded to our professional colleagues in Japan to enable social workers to assist in the ongoing relief efforts there. NASW recognizes that some of our members and friends in the international community have lost loved ones through this tragedy. Our thoughts are with those affected by this terrible disaster. Are you or do you know a Vermont State Employee? Recently the Vermont Employee Benefits office issued a letter to all employees enrolled in the state group health plan. Click here for a copy (PDF) of the letter. The letter was sent to fulfill a requirement in federal law to give notice that, as a self-funded employer, the state was opting not to participate in the mental health benefits requirements of recent federal legislation. This does not mean that Vermont state employees enrolled in the group health plan will not have mental health benefits. There are no changes being made to Vermont employee mental health benefits. The reason for the notice is that Vermont opted out of federal requirements because our own Vermont state requirements for mental health parity exceed those in the federal law. If you have questions or concerns about the letter you received or the status of your own mental health and substance abuse benefits under the state plan, please contact the Employee Benefits Unit at 802-828-0648 or 802-828-3455 or write a letter to them at State of Vermont, Dept. of Human Resources, Employee Benefits Unite, 144 State Street,. Montpelier, VT 056209-1701. Hospice Foundation of America Needs Site Coordinators
Register Now for HFA's
18th Annual Living With Grief® program, Spirituality and End-of-Life
Care, at
www.hospicefoundation.org. Available only on DVD, the program
can be shown beginning April 13, 2011.
Quality Measures Workgroup Request for Comment The Quality Measures Workgroup, formed by the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (a federal advisory committee that advises the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), is developing recommendations on clinical quality measures enabled for use within electronic health record systems. As part of this work, the Workgroup identified important measure concepts within the domain areas of Patient and Family Engagement, Clinical Appropriateness/Efficiency, Care Coordination, Patient Safety, and Population and Public Health. The Workgroup currently requests public comment on its list of prioritized measure concepts, specifically seeking detailed examples of measures relevant to each measure concept that are HIT-sensitive, parsimonious, capable of demonstrating preventable burden, capable of assessing health risk status and outcomes, and longitudinal. Please see the Quality Measures Workgroup Request for Comment, posted on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's FACA blog, for more detail on the Workgroup's request for comment and for the list of the prioritized measure concepts. All comments should be submitted via this online tool: https://www.altarum.net/survey/qmrfc.aspx. Your comments are greatly appreciated as they will contribute to the HIT Policy Committee's work in identifying electronically-specified clinical quality measures. Thank you,David Lansky, Chair Quality Measure Workgroup
SAMHSA Announces a
New Resource for Clients New Brochure for People Thinking About Behavioral Health Treatment Should You Talk to Someone About a Drug, Alcohol, or Mental Health Problem? is based on TIP 42: Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders. Determining whether you have a substance use problem or a mental health issue is the first step to seeking and receiving treatment. This brochure lists 12 questions people can ask themselves to help identify the existence of a behavioral health problem and provides guidance on what to do next and where to find additional information. Download or order your free copy today! The brochure is available for download at http://www.kap.samhsa.gov or through the link below:
Should You Talk to Someone About a Drug, Alcohol, or Mental Health
Problem?
To order your free copy of Should You Talk to
Someone About a Drug, Alcohol, or Mental Health Problem?,
contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAM Related Materials Related Resources:
Recently Published TIPs:
Rilla Murray is available to meet with groups of social workers around the state to hear your ideas and concerns. She will meet in Springfield in the new year. NASW-VT members as well as non-members are welcome. If you would like to pull a group together in your area, please contact Rilla at rmurray@naswvt.org or give the office a call at 888-260-7398. National Healthcare Decisions Day
NASW is pleased to
continue its support for National Healthcare Decisions Day (April
16, 2011). National Healthcare Decisions Day is a collaborative
effort of national, state, and community organizations committed to
ensuring that all adults with decision-making capacity in the United
States have the information and opportunity to communicate and
document their health care decisions. The
event organizers are seeking volunteers to serve as state
liaisons. Please
click here to sign up for this role or
visit the event website for outreach materials and other
information. Contact Chris Herman with questions at
cherman@naswdc.org . Legal Defense Fund Articles Available on the Extranet Several Legal Defense Fund articles have been posted on the NASW Extranet are available for your use in Chapter publications for members. We do ask that if your publications are accessible online that the material be password protected for members only. Contact Sherri Morgan at smorgan@naswdc.org with questions.
NASW-VT Members SAVE on NASW Publications
NASW membership saves you 10% on Press publications. Build your knowledge base today with NASW Press’ scholarly journals, books, and reference works. (Use promotional code: MBEN10 to access this member benefit).
A few of NASW’s new Press publications include: · A Guide to Essential Human Services · Interactional Supervision · Empowering Social Workers for Practice with Vulnerable Older Adults · Child Custody Evaluations by Social Workers
For more information on member discounts, go to http://www.naswpress.org/ NEW! Interactional Supervision (3rd Edition)
We are pleased to announce that NASW Press has published an updated 3rd edition of the top-selling title Interactional Supervision. Dr. Lawrence Shulman, professor emeritus, prolific writer, and renowned expert in the field of clinical social work supervision, is the author of this latest edition of Interactional Supervision. Among his many other publications, he authored the Supervision section in the last three editions of the Encyclopedia of Social Work and contributed to The Social Work Dictionary.
Interactional Supervision (3rd ed.) appends, revises, and updates the last edition, addressing the practical, day-to-day problems encountered by clinical social work supervisors. The information in this book is particularly useful for practitioners in areas where frontline workers may be less likely to have formal social work education. On the Chapter Extranet under “NASW Press” and “Recent Releases”, you will find the book’s advertising art in a variety of formats for different publications that you might find useful as you spread the word about this new NASW Press title among your members. Contact Deborah Patterson with questions at dpatterson@naswdc.org . Member Discount on All NASW Publications
As of October 1, 2010, the NASW Press is now offering members a 10% discount on all NASW’s publications. We are asking if chapters can help us promote this discount benefit to members at the local level. Please feel free to use the following promotional language in your member communications. Thank you for helping get the word out about this member benefit.
Receive Member Discounts on Publications NASW membership saves you 10% on Press publications. Build your knowledge base today with NASW Press’ scholarly journals, books, and reference works. (Use promotional code: MBEN10 to access this member benefit).
A few of NASW’s new Press publications include: · A Guide to Essential Human Services · Interactional Supervision · Empowering Social Workers for Practice with Vulnerable Older Adults · Child Custody Evaluations by Social Workers
For more information on member discounts, click here.
For our Members in Rural Area Are you interested in staying current with rural social work issues and events? Visit the website of the National Rural Social Work Caucus (an association by rumor), www.RuralSocialWork.org. Among other valuable resources, the website hosts a continually updated bibliography on rural social work. To join the listserv, send a one-line message to LISTSERVE@LISTSERV.WVU.EDU. The one line message should read: SUB RURAL_SOCIAL_WORK (your first name) (your last name) Example: SUB RURAL_SOCIAL_WORK Jane Doe Call for Proposals: 2011 Continuing Education Conference for Social Workers, NASW-WV in Charleston, WV, April 13-15. For more information, go to www.NASWWV.org.
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Hospice
Foundation of America is recruiting for local site coordinators for
their spring national teleconference - Spirituality and
End-of-Life Care. Interested chapters should contact HFA
directly – the information about the program is below. Execs may
contact Stacy Collins with questions at
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