North Carolina forensic social worker named NASW-NC 2013 Social Worker of the Year

Feb. 7, 2013 - PRLog -- Raleigh, N.C. - Deborah Grey has been named 2013 Social Worker of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers North Carolina Chapter (NASW-NC).

The NASW-NC Social Worker of the Year Award is an annual award given to a social work professional who has demonstrated commendable social work practice and involvement with NASW and other professional, civic, and community organizations.

Deborah Grey, LCSW has made substantial contributions to the social work profession through her work as a forensic clinical social worker and mitigation specialist in capital murder cases.

Grey has worked on over 150 death penalty cases and testified in approximately thirty capital sentencing cases either as a mitigation specialist or expert in clinical social work. Ms. Grey has the clinical skills to identify the intergenerational patterns of abuse, neglect, mental and physical illnesses that have impacted her client’s life trajectory.

In the course of her work, she has introduced countless attorneys across the country to the importance of understanding the biopsychosocial histories of their clients. “Deborah’s work has contributed to building a bridge between social work and the law that simply did not exist in this state prior to her work,” according to Jack Register, MSW, LCSW, LCAS.

Ms. Grey will be honored at the NASW-NC Annual Ethics Conference and Awards Luncheon on March 1, 2013 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh.