Normally, I do not get much of a chance to read anything more enlightening apart from social work books or even social work documents. Recently, I...
The politics of being queer is a radical social movement that deals with sexual identity and gender performativity. It has become a movement of individuals who feel...
Social work has always used tools of the time period to help those in need. We are the helping hand, the caring voice, and the ready...
Now Open: CSWE 2014 Call for Volunteers Response Deadline: 11:59 pm on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Dear Colleagues, The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) invites you...
As I finish up my first year in graduate school, I am reflecting on the reasons I chose to enroll in a social work program. First,...
In my first week of social work classes, my foundations professor asked the class what is social work? Classmates tossed out a few ideas. The professor...
Practising social work teaches good bladder control. Social workers run from one bushfire to another, juggle complex, urgent demands and multitask. Lunch is often a sumptuous...
Are you curious about what medical social workers do? Read this interview with Sally Howell Dagerhardt, MSW, LCSW, a clinical social worker for a primary care...
Celebrating Social Work may seem like a pointless exercise, or even more cynically, a desperate attempt to save Social Work’s failing reputation. However, what celebrations like...
I was the poster child for Vicarious Trauma at least that’s what I liked to tell myself. In the great oppression Olympics that belongs to folks who...
Draft 2: 2015 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) Opens on March 14, 2014 Feedback Closes on May 16, 2014 On behalf of CSWE’s Commission on Educational...
I wish I was told in Graduate school and even in undergrad to some extent the real meaning of getting a college degree. I was told...
Are you unsure about your State’s licensing laws or possibly considering a move to another state? Finding this information out on your own can be a...
The social work profession is a diverse and vast profession whose mission is to improve outcomes and the quality of life for vulnerable populations. To put it...
Over the course of my career, I have experienced at least 15 leadership changes, and the atmosphere before the new leader arrives is always the same....
With the continued growth of the social work field comes increased opportunities for social workers and human service professionals to improve the lives of challenged individuals....
In the latest Iron Man, Tony Stark played by Robert Downey Jr., always has the best and newest technology gadgets out there. Even though Iron Man...
Social work in its various forms addresses the multiple, complex transactions between people and their environments. Its mission is to enable all people to develop their...
If you like to stay in the know about all things social work, I have the several resources that will help keep you in the know....
As social workers, your use of ‘self’ is the most fundamental tool in your kit bag. This is why particularly when our profession faces huge challenges,...
A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers provides evidence that CD4+ T lymphocytes — immune system cells also known...
Although extreme poverty in the United States is low by global standards, the U.S. has the worst index of health...
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met...
Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation....