BrightStar Care of North Bucks Celebrates Social Work Month 2021
Social Work Month in March is a time to celebrate the great profession of social work.
Social workers are essential to North Bucks' community well-being. As a home health care provider, BrightStar Care works with Social Workers and Case Managers to assist in the continuation of care for patients discharged home from hospitals or skilled nursing rehab facilities and in assisted living communities.
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) explains, "As practitioners, social workers are trained to help people address personal and systemic barriers to optimal living. They are employed to effect positive change with individuals, families, groups, and entire communities."
During Social Work Month, we take time to share more about the many positive contributions of the profession and celebrate all the social workers we know.
NASW leads this year’s Social Work Month celebration with the theme “Social Workers are Essential” to highlight the invaluable contributions social workers make in our society, especially as this nation addresses the Coronavirus pandemic.
BrightStar Care of North Bucks is helping celebrate this year’s Social Work Month to highlight the invaluable contributions social workers make in PA, especially during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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The purpose of Social Work Month is to inform the public, policymakers, and legislators about the way North Bucks' social workers "each day meet people where they are and help them live to their fullest potential."
History:
Social work is one of the fastest-growing professions in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). There are currently about 700,000 professional social workers in our nation, but that number is expected to rise to more than 800,000 by 2029, BLS said. Social work has been around for more than a century and has made significant contributions to our nation. For example, social workers such as social reformer Jane Addams, former Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, and civil rights leaders Dorothy Height, Whitney Young, and Ida B. Wells have helped Americans secure voting rights, equal rights, Social Security, unemployment insurance, and other programs.
You can also find social workers throughout society – protecting children from abuse and neglect, providing mental health and substance use disorder treatment, assisting active-duty military, veterans and their families, in schools, helping corporations better serve their communities, and in community organizations as well as in local, state and government.
Thank you North Bucks' Social Workers! You are our community heroes and essential!
Find out more about Social Workers Here: https://www.socialworkers.org/News/Social-Work-Month
BrightStar Care of North Bucks provides 24/7 Hourly Private Duty Home Health Care and Skilled Home Nursing.
We offer support around the clock to parents, providing a full continuum of medical and non-medical services, including special needs care. We proudly serve Doylestown, Newtown, Milford Square, Dublin, Quakertown, Chalfont, Warminster, and Coopersburg.
For more information on how BrightStar Care supports North Bucks families and businesses and to learn about our local team of nurses, caregivers, nannies, sitters, and skilled healthcare professionals – please Click Here.
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