Calling
all members of NASW-FL—your input is
needed to determine the future direction of
the Florida Chapter. Voting will take only
a few minutes of your time, but has a big
impact on your professional association.
Online voting
is now open for the positions of Vice President,
Treasurer-Elect, BSW and MSW Student Representatives,
four positions on the Committee on Nominations
and Leadership Identification, and Florida’s
seven delegates to the national NASW Delegate
Assembly. To vote, you will need to input
your last name and your membership identification
number at www.associationvoting.com/naswfl.
Complete biographical details and position
statements for each candidate are available
for your review.
If you need
to know your membership number, e-mail liane@naswfl.org
to have it sent to you. If you would like
to request that a paper ballot be mailed to
you, please call the Chapter office at 1-800-352-6279.
If you have
any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate
to contact the Chapter office at 1-800-352-6279.
Congratulations,
Sherl Morden— 2012 National NASW
Public Citizen of the Year!
Tobacco
Treatment Specialist From
Andrée Aubrey, LCSW, CTTS
Do you know
that cigarette smoking kills more people than
alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs,
murders and suicides combined? And yet we
tend to think about smoking as simply a bad
habit instead of a deadly addiction which
will kill half of long-time tobacco users.
Child
Abuse: Mandated Reporting Taken from a presentation
by the Florida Department of Children and
Families
WHO
IS A MANDATORY REPORTER?
According to Florida statute 39.201, a mandatory
reporter is:
(1)(a) any person who knows, or has reasonable
cause to suspect, that a child is abused,
abandoned, or neglected by a parent, legal
custodian, caregiver, or other person responsible
for the child’s welfare, as defined
in this chapter, or that a child is in need
of supervision and care and has no parent,
legal custodian, or responsible adult relative
immediately known and available to provide
supervision and care shall report such knowledge
or suspicion to the department.
