News: Social Work
Social Work Faculty and Alumni Share Research at National Conferences
Teams of School of Social Work faculty and alumni presented their research at two national conferences in November, sharing presentations that addressed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, suicide risk...
The passion of a social worker; changing lives one case at a time
UCF Social Work alumni, Carina Espinal ’21 is a Family Case Manager at One Hope United, a private human service organization that works side-by-side with Embrace Families, the lead nonprofit...
UCF Survivor Link Training Program Inaugural Meeting
The UCF Survivor Link Training Program, which aims to train students in cases of domestic violence, held its first-ever meeting with its social work master’s students Wednesday night.
Reshawna Chapple Co-PI on a $5 Million Interdisciplinary Grant at UM
The Center for Disability Health and Wellness (CDHW) at the University of Michigan (U-M), has been awarded a five-year, $5 million grant dedicated to enhancing the health and functioning of...
UCF Podcast: Championing Against Violence
Season three of Knights Do That, UCF’s official podcast, returns with its sixth guest, Bethany Backes, an assistant professor in the Violence Against Women faculty cluster and holds a joint appointment...
Advance Care Planning a Bridge to Hospice Among Latino Communities
Early access to advance care planning can be a vehicle for greater health equity among underserved Latino communities, recent research has shown. Providers have a ways to go when it...
UCF Social Work Panel Event Explores Puerto Rican Intersectionality to Better Serve Clients
UCF School of Social Work faculty Iradly Roche organized an event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on September 23 by scheduling a panel of four speakers who explored social work...
Social Work Faculty Olga Molina Honored for Her Efforts to Support Hispanic Clients
The UCF Office of Civil Discourse and Engagement‘s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Reception honored Olga Molina, associate professor at the School of Social Work, for her contributions to research and clinical experience...
In Memoriam: Emerita Mary Van Hook’s Rural to Global Social Work Legacy
Mary Van Hook, an Emerita faculty from the UCF School of Social Work, believed in demonstrating goodwill through her actions. While at UCF, she published many journal articles and books...
Florida’s child welfare agency struggles with high turnover, heavy caseloads
Nearly half of all the state’s child protective investigators left their jobs between 2020 and 2021, according to an annual status report published by the Department of Children and Families (DCF)....
