BrightStar Care of Richmond Celebrates Social Work Month 2021
Social Work Month in March is a time to celebrate this vital professionWhat is a Social Worker?
There are two main types of social workers: direct-service social workers, who help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives, and clinical social workers, who diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues. A social worker can work in various settings, including mental health clinics, schools, hospitals, and private practices.
Social workers are essential to Richmond's community well-being. As a home health care provider, BrightStar Care works with social workers and case managers to assist with continuing care for patients discharged home from hospitals, skilled nursing rehabilitation facilities, and assisted living communities.
During Social Work Month, we take time to share more about the profession's many positive contributions and celebrate all the social workers we know.
BrightStar Care of Richmond helps celebrate this year's Social Work Month by highlighting the invaluable contributions social workers are making, especially as we address the Coronavirus pandemic.
Watch this video by the National Association of Social Workers to learn more about the role they play in our community:
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The purpose of Social Work Month is to inform the public, policymakers, and legislators about the way Richmond Social Workers "each day meet people where they are and help them live to their fullest potential."
Social work has been around for more than a century and has made significant contributions to our nation. Social workers include reformer Jane Addams, former Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, and civil rights leaders Dorothy Height, Whitney Young, and Ida B. Wells.
They have helped Americans secure voting rights, equal rights, Social Security, unemployment insurance, and other programs. We also see social workers throughout our community protecting children from abuse and neglect, providing mental health and substance use disorder treatment, assisting active-duty military, veterans and their families, and in schools helping at-risk youth.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts Richmond Social Workers! You are community heroes.
Find out more about Social Workers and Social Worker Month Here
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