Social Work Meetup on Working With Older Adults

This social worker meetup will discuss how we advocate for older adults intersecting with the criminal legal system. Whether it is through case management, mitigation, or other advocacy, this population requires a different approach and cognizance of neurocognitive disease and […]

Social Work Meetup: Tuesday Meetup on Where Have the Forensic Experts Gone

In this special Tuesday edition of our Social Work Meetup we are going to discuss where have all the forensic experts gone (and now what does your team do)! Have you found a more limited access to/supply of forensic experts […]

Social Worker Supervisor Discussion

Last month we continued talking about training and then moved into caseload standards and the topic became a jumping off point to talk about social work roles in the office, how to manage time and bandwidth when caseloads are crushing, […]

Investigator Meetup: Open Chat

Hey Investigators, We understand how things can get stressful, and we’re here to make it better. Our meetup? It’s more of an open conversation—no strict agenda. It’s Friday, a perfect day to let off steam! Bring your complaints, quirks, and […]

Social Work Meetup: Addressing Scarcity as a Mitigation Theme

This week’s meetup will focus on scarcity (poverty) as a mitigation theme. This topic can include so many approaches from how scarcity relates to social determinants of health, to lack of access and opportunity, to intergenerational lack of assets (and […]

Social Worker Meetup: What And How Are We Learning?

We talk about training for our jobs, but what are we learning in, on, and for the job? This meetup focuses on the topic of what and how we are learning in our job. Are you attending conferences? Reviewing materials […]

Social Work Supervisors Discussion on Training Continued

The Social Work Supervisors Discussion will continue to talk about training this month, and possibly move into the realm of discussing caseloads and caseload standards, so be sure to join and contribute what’s happening in your space! Facilitated by: Kevin […]

Streamlining Justice with AI (Sponsored by NICE)

This is a sponsored webinar brought to you by NICE – nicepublicsafety.com

Forensic Civil Commitment Contract Social Worker

Position Overview  The Washington State Office of Public Defense (OPD) Forensic Civil Commitment Program currently provides state funded attorney representation to indigent clients with the right to counsel at State expense against whom sexually violent predator petitions have been filed […]

Social Worker Meetup: The Components of Competency

Black’s Law Dictionary defines competency as “Duly qualified; answering all requirements; adequate; suitable; sufficient; capable; legally fit.” But competency when related to our work as social workers, mitigation specialists, and sentencing advocates is not so cut and dry. Some jurisdictions […]