Tag: Social Workers

Can knitting help keep you sane? Homesteading seems to be a part of hipster culture nowadays. It's not uncommon to ...

Hong Kong Each time I have a conversation with a social worker or social work educator, the narrative tends to ...

Over the course of my career, I have experienced at least 15 leadership changes, and the atmosphere before the new ...

Paralysis, confusion, shame are all feelings I experienced upon hearing my diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I know I am ...

By assisting the most disadvantaged members of their communities, the role of social workers are to act as change agents, ...

  Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the ...

By Rachel West, MSW, LMSW Director of Community Development When working in advocacy or staying astute of current issues in ...

Among the 500,000 mental health professionals in the US who will use the DSM 5, the 250,000 social workers (Center ...

Community organizers are considered to be the entry-level political position and for years a law degree has been viewed as ...

by Justin Usher On April 11, 2013 GE Ventures held the Insight Series: Digital Health. The discussion was led by ...

Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning ...

If doing endless google searches or going through out-dated excel spreadsheets of local agencies who can provide services to your ...

Update Follow Up Interview with Dr. Allen Frances Professor emeritus at Duke University, Dr. Allen Frances, penned an article in Psychology Today ...

Dear Social Workers, My name is Niki Schomas, and I am a special education teacher and parent of a child ...

Recently, I posted about The University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Poverty Simulation that was held on March 27th as ...

by Deona Hooper, MSW Education Technology Consultant, Margaret Powers, spared some time to do an interview for SWH on the ...

What is macro community practice, and what does it have to do with politics? Anyone who follows me on twitter ...

It seems social workers fulfilling their thirst for politics, community organizing, and activism on social issues are back on the ...

by Deona Hooper, MSW On October 25, 2012, Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund spoke ...

"Message in a Bottle" was not only a romantic Kevin Costner movie, but once upon a time was a hopeful ...