Don't Let the Internet Be a Career Killer
There is a difference between professional viewpoints and personal opinions. Because of the personal nature of social work, there is an ethical responsibility to manage personal information on the...
View ArticleSocial Workers as Mandated Reporters: You Made the Decision: Now What Do You...
Many mandated reporters agonize over whether or not to make a report, but once you make the decision to report, you should make the tough call with confidence. This article will give you an idea of...
View ArticleField Placement: What Students Need From Their Field Supervisors: A Student's...
Supervisors can facilitate a social work student’s transition from the expectations of what they were culturally taught about being a student (the “teacher knows best” attitude) to the expectations of...
View ArticleBreaking Boundaries With Empathy: How the Therapeutic Alliance Can Defy...
According to The Social Work Dictionary (Barker, 2003), empathy can be defined as “the act of perceiving, understanding, experiencing, and responding to the emotional state and ideas of another...
View ArticleHow I (a Macro Social Worker) Became a Therapist (and Fell in Love With It)
By: Stacy A. Brice, LMSW
View ArticleFederalism and Social Welfare Policy--The Case Study of TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) exemplifies a block grant program, whereby funding for a generalized purpose is provided through the federal government but the specificity and...
View ArticleCongratulations 2013 Social Work Graduates!
Congratulations to 2013 social work graduates! View our slideshow.
View ArticleRiding the Mutual Aid Bus and Other Adventures in Group Work
Groups come in all kinds. Therapy groups. Support groups. Task groups. Psychoeducational groups. Online groups. Play groups. Experiential groups. Art groups. Drumming groups. Co-facilitated groups....
View ArticleAbout THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER Magazine
THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is the careers magazine for social work students, new graduates, and others who wish to learn and grow in their social work careers.
View ArticleBeginnings, Middles, & Ends: Sideways Stories on the Art & Soul of Social Work
A sideways story is some moment in life when you thought you were doing one thing, but you ended up learning another. A sideways story can also be a poem, or prose, that, because of the way it is...
View ArticleIs It Ethical? 101 Scenarios in Everyday Social Work Practice
This book provides students and professional social workers with 101 different everyday scenarios and challenges them to think about what the ethical and unethical choices might be in each situation.
View ArticleField Placement Wisdom
A social work student learns that it is okay not to know, and other pieces of wisdom, during her MSW internship.
View ArticleBuilding Strength and Resilience: Tools for Early-Career Social Workers
Social work is a rewarding and stressful profession. Be strong and resilient through self compassion, peer groups, and principles of appreciative inquiry.
View ArticleAudio Feature: Burning Rooms and Trains
Burning Rooms and Trains--a poem by Mozart Guerrier, inspired by his experience as a housing social worker.
View ArticleThe Great Divide: A Growing Disconnect (Response to the DSM-5)
In your work, you may be encountering an unfortunate reality of the social work profession and of the psychological professions in general: researchers and clinicians have not usually walked hand in...
View ArticleEthics Alive! Ethical Concerns in Social Work Field Supervision
When student interns and other new social workers are making decisions about where to work, one of the most important factors to consider is the quality of field supervision. Ideally, you will have a...
View ArticleConsiderations in Group Supervision
Social work supervision groups can be theme-centered, case-centered, or worker-centered.
View ArticleSocial Workers as Mandated Reporters: Conflicted Over Confidentiality? Part IV
Since your first practice class in a social work program, you’ve been told 1,001 times that you must keep client information confidential. And yet you are a mandated reporter, required by law to report...
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