{"id":835,"date":"2022-07-22T18:38:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecins.wpenginepowered.com\/us\/?p=835"},"modified":"2022-07-22T18:39:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:39:31","slug":"why-data-collaboration-key-social-workers-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecins.com\/us\/why-data-collaboration-key-social-workers-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Data and Collaboration Are Key to Social Workers\u2019 Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is written by Gary Pettengell and appears on NASW’s Social Work Blog. You can read the full article here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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If there were ever a time to truly appreciate the essential contributions to society made by social workers \u2013 it would be now. As we find ways to recognize, inspire, and equip social work professionals tackling a confluence of challenges in schools, families, and communities, the most important thing is to acknowledge the immense challenges they face every day across every sector of the service field.<\/p>\n

They do not have an easy task.<\/p>\n

According to the most\u00a0recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>\u00a0(CDC), more than half of high school students report feeling \u201cpersistently sad or hopeless.\u201d As\u00a0The Atlantic\u2019s Derek Thompson<\/a>\u00a0writes, \u201cAlmost every measure of mental health is getting worse, for every teenage demographic, and it\u2019s happening all across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many\u00a0adults report similar sentiments<\/a>. A 2021 employee survey found that \u201c83 percent of respondents felt emotionally drained from work and 71 percent strongly agreed that the workplace affects their mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, communities are reeling from other, often-interrelated factors, including homelessness, drug addiction, and food insecurity. On any given night,\u00a0more than 580,000 people are homeless in the United States<\/a>, while drug addiction and overdoses impact people of all ages in all communities.<\/p>\n

Each of these challenges is made more difficult by the persistent and ongoing pandemic and global crises impacting already stark economic challenges. These escalating effects accentuate and accelerate community needs while often hindering social workers\u2019 capacity to respond.<\/p>\n

Social workers are dedicated to serving their communities. Still, with exponential demands on all areas of their time \u2013 from schedule and bandwidth to the process of client intake information \u2013 new methods, processes and innovative approaches to the system must be considered if social workers are to successfully meet their clients\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n

Here are three digital-driven innovative best practices enhancing social workers in their careers and impact by harnessing data and facilitating collaboration to build alliances around clients to improve outcomes for people and communities…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This article is written by Gary Pettengell and appears on NASW’s Social Work Blog. You can read the full article here. If there were ever a time to truly appreciate

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