<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6b817892-4167-4057-9e78-2380d0c4e722/D8B6363C-9015-452D-AF7C-9015F4C4E9E6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/2009/01/safety-report.asp" href="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/2009/01/safety-report.asp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.naswdc.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/2009/01/safety-report.asp"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD height="80" align="center"><TABLE width="340" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><TBODY><TR><TD align="center"><IMG width="340" height="45" src="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/imageSupport/mastheadSM.gif" /></TD></TR><TR><TD align="center"><P class="copyright"><STRONG>Vol. 54, </STRONG> <STRONG>No. 1, January 2009</STRONG> </p> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/2009/01/safety-report.asp"><H3 class="GraphicDIRX">New Report Explores Safety Issues</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/2009/01/safety-report.asp"><H5>"A growing concern for social workers while on the job is the issue of their safety," the report states.</H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/2009/01/safety-report.asp"><P class="MsoPlainText">When asked to specify their primary practice area, 35 percent identified mental health, while 14 percent identified health care and 11 percent identified child welfare/family. Thirteen percent work in a mental health outpatient setting, 12 percent work in independent private practice and 10 percent work for a social services agency.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/2009/01/safety-report.asp"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.naswdc.org/img/C97F3060-5765-4250-8138-A167A8881362" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/2009/01/safety-report.asp"><P class="MsoPlainText">The majority of social workers - 68 percent - described the focus of their practice as "micro" since they provide direct intervention with individuals or practice in a clinical setting. A large number of respondents said they spend 51 percent of their time providing direct services to clients.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="https://www.naswdc.org/pubs/news/2009/01/safety-report.asp"><P class="WebTagline">For more information: <A href="http://workforce.socialworkers.org">http://workforce.socialworkers.org</A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D8B6363C-9015-452D-AF7C-9015F4C4E9E6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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