Radio Show on Selecting an MSW Program, Monday, February 23
The New Social Worker publisher/editor Linda Grobman will join CSWE President Darla Coffey and others to discuss choosing an MSW program. Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, at 9 p.m. EST.
View ArticleListen to CSWE Presents Selecting an MSW Program
If you missed our live radio show on choosing an MSW program, you can listen to it here. This program took place Feb. 23, 2015, on BlogTalkRadio. The panel was led by CSWE president/CEO Dr. Darla...
View ArticleSocial Workers as Mandated Reporters: What If I Don't Report? Part VIII
If the law requires you as a social worker to make reports of suspected child maltreatment and you fail to do so, there are legal, professional, and societal consequences.
View ArticleWelcome to Social Work Month 2015!
We celebrated the social work profession throughout Social Work Month, March 2015. I am very excited about THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER's Social Work Month Series and Talent Show this year. Read, watch, &...
View ArticleThe Privilege of Medical Social Work
It inevitably stops social conversations. “I’m a medical social worker. I’m a counselor for individuals and families facing life-limiting and life-threatening illness.” The sad looks arrive. Eyebrows...
View Article"Survivor" - A Song of Resilience
The song "Survivor" was recorded on the Family of Friends CD that was released at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1991. Survivor, an uplifting tune about resilience, was co-written by social work...
View ArticleSupporting Social Workers in Our Life-Changing Work
There is hope and inspiration in gathering social workers together to talk about our work, the challenges, and most importantly, reconnecting to what brought us to this work in the first place and what...
View ArticleMy Dream Career
A poem by Florida State University social work graduate student Michael Barnes on choosing to become a social worker.
View ArticleMy Journey Into Social Work
Through my life’s journey, I have become aware of the importance of being non-judgmental toward myself and others. I believe that my life experience, combined with a BSW, will lead me to become a...
View ArticleWhy I'm So Busy
Social worker Addison Cooper wonders why it is that he always feels so busy. So busy, that it doesn’t feel right to not be busy. That it’s hard to take time to practice self-care. That it’s a...
View ArticleSocial Work at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics: An Interview with Dr. David...
Dr. David E. Smith founded the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics. The clinics established a foundation for today’s free clinic model. These clinics have employed social workers every step of the way.
View ArticleFrom Engineering to Social Work - My Journey
A social work student, Erum Agha, reflects on the transition from engineering to social work.
View ArticleSocial Workin' - An Original Song
St. Olaf College BSW students Claire DeWind and Kate Panning sing an original song, "Social Workin.'"
View ArticleHow I Became a Social Work Leader
Lakeya Cherry, Executive Director of the Network for Social Work Management, talks about becoming a social work leader. March 9-13, 2015, is Social Work Management Week.
View ArticleComfort the "Disturbed" and "Disturb" the Comfortable: Social Work's Dual...
Darla Spence Coffey, president and CEO of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), addresses issues of "person and environment" and the practice-policy connection in a Social Work Month message to...
View ArticleYou ARE a Social Worker
A poem about social work, by Landon Digh, East Carolina University BSW student.
View ArticleThanks to Social Work, I Am a Better Person
Professor Denice Goodrich Liley reflects on how social work makes her a better person every day. "I can honestly say social work has changed me. I am a better person thanks to social work."
View ArticleSocial Work Day on the Hill, March 17, 2015
Social Work Day on the Hill will take place in Washington, DC, on World Social Work Day, March 17, 2015.
View ArticleOn Social Media
SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE A HAMMER, a tool that is rigidly used, or PUTTY, a tool that is flexible. There are human benefits and casualties. Let's teach our kids how to reduce the casualties and advance the...
View ArticleArt for Reproductive Justice
These works from the Repeal Hyde Art Project are part of a series on reproductive justice.
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