Using Digital Self-Advocacy to Empower Social Work Populations
Advocacy is at the foundation of social work practice. One of the differentiating premises between social work and other fields of human services is the underlying need to work toward equality and...
View ArticleAudio Feature: Merely a Man
A poem about Martin Luther King, Jr., by social worker Mozart Guerrier.
View ArticlePoetry: Labels and Dreams
A poem and video by social worker Laura McBride, on test anxiety, labels, and dreams of a social worker.
View ArticleSocial Work's Watershed Moment: The Social Work Reinvestment Act (SWRA)
Social work is facing its watershed moment—the crucial turning point that will define our future. Six years ago, the Social Work Reinvestment Act (SWRA) was brought before Capitol Hill in an attempt to...
View ArticleSocial Workers as Mandated Reporters: Do I Have To Be Sure? Part V
As a mandated reporter, the law requires that you make a report as soon as you have REASONABLE SUSPICION (or reasonable cause to suspect/believe) that child abuse or neglect is occurring or is about to...
View ArticleMedia Multi-Tasking and the Learning/Developing Child
In today’s digital age, multiple streams of competing information are exchanged rapidly through communication technology that has become more affordable, accessible, and available than ever before....
View ArticleWhy Develop a Culturally Sensitive Approach to Social Work With African...
Growing up in a household with Afro-Caribbean parents, I was brought up to neither share confidences nor admit emotional pain to outsiders. The personal disclosure and behavioral changes that...
View ArticleWeb Exclusive: Physician Assisted Suicide, Death, & Dying in Social Work
Physician assisted suicide, euthanasia, and dying with dignity are three related phrases. The terminology used is different depending on where one lives.
View ArticleWhos, Whats, and Hows of Being a Successful Social Work Field Supervisor
The first day of field can bring anxiety and excitement. You may ask yourself a lot of questions. Am I cut out for this? How do I make a good first impression? How can I define my role? Do I have...
View ArticleEthics in Private Practice
The NASW Code of Ethics does not mention private practice, per se...it does not specifically condone or support private practice, and it does not reject or warn against private practice. It does,...
View ArticleSocial Workers in Action January 2014 Slide Show
The New Social Worker magazine features social workers and social work students in action in a slideshow.
View ArticleWhat Every New Social Worker Needs To Know About DSM-5
There are a lot of changes in the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) that have social workers talking. Some of the revisions are seen as positive....
View Article2013 Social Work Graduate Slide Show
This slideshow features social workers who graduated in 2013. Congratulations, grads!
View ArticleSocial Workers as Mandated Reporters: What Happens If I’m Wrong? The Immunity...
When deciding whether to make a report, or not, mandated reporters often wonder, “What if I’m wrong?” “Can I be sued?” “Can I lose my license?”
View ArticlePublisher's Thoughts - Winter 2014
Thoughts from publisher/editor Linda May Grobman for the Winter 2014 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine.
View ArticleDancing Butter Cows, Milkshakes, and Social Work: PA NASW Goes to the Farm Show
One might not expect to find social work represented amidst butter sculptures and displays of leather boots, but when it comes to the Pennsylvania Farm Show, this is exactly where you will find the PA...
View ArticleShippensburg University Social Work Students Target Community for Macro Change
Practice with Organizations and Communities, a macro practice class referred to as “POC,” is generally regarded as the climax of the social work student’s college career and requires students to...
View ArticleDecathexis - Audio Excerpt on End of Life from Beginnings, Middles, & Ends
Decathexis is a short story about a moment between a social worker and a client at the end of life. Audio excerpt from Beginnings, Middles, & Ends, read by author Ogden Rogers.
View ArticleJanuary is National Blood Donor Month
Blood donation saves lives. January is National Blood Donor Month.
View ArticleThe Staggering Talents of Bayard Rustin: Lessons From Backstage
Bayard Rustin's skills as an organizer, planner, and leader were highly valued by prominent leaders in the Civil Rights Movement; yet, Rustin was relegated to the background during the Movement. He was...
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