Pandemic Principles: Responding to Anomie During Unprecedented Times
Our current situation as we seek to gain homeostasis and balance during the COVID-19 pandemic is an in vivo experience of anomie. We can do this by redefining how we measure excellence.
View ArticleClients as the Evidence in Social Work
As social workers, we are programmed to learn from evidence-based perspectives. Are we remembering that our clients are the source of this evidence?
View ArticleYour Social Work Career Coach - Minimizing the Stress of a Job Search During...
Be organized, use your coping mechanisms, practice self-care, and build a support network to minimize stress during your job search in this challenging time.
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Social Work Students in the Time of COVID-19
The world needs your brightness, your ideas, your hope, your anger, your determination, and your vision. The future is calling. Welcome.
View ArticleEarth Day 2020 and Combatting Environmental Injustice
April 22 is Earth Day. Most of us won’t be able to go out and beautify local parks and neighborhoods this year. Perhaps, as social workers, we are best able to combat injustice by helping to beautify...
View ArticleNothing Was The Same: 3 Reasons Post-COVID-19 Social Work Practice Is Never...
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed social work education, research, and practice. Many desire the time when things go back to “normal.” One thing is clear: Things are not going back to the...
View ArticleParkinson’s Disease Awareness Month: How Social Workers Can Help With...
April is Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Awareness Month. Social workers are an important part of the care team.
View ArticleA Front Line Social Worker‘s Perspective on COVID-19
My role as a social worker was already challenging, but the difficulty has reached new heights with COVID-19. Limited resources are more scarce. Comforting families is not the same, either. Social...
View ArticleDr. Anthony Fauci, the COVID-19 Crisis Doctor, Models Six Self-Care “Feet-ures”
One reporter described COVID-19 infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, 79 years old, as “fit and vital.” Erlene Grise-Owens explored how Fauci engages in self-care, gleaning clues from...
View ArticleSocial Work Field in the Time of Corona: Moving Forward Professionally From...
This term’s experiences are invaluable to your future as a social worker, because you are the cohort who uniquely found resiliency in the face of adversity during a pandemic. Here are five tips for...
View ArticleSocial Workers Are Essential Workers
Being essential is not about getting to the front of a line or receiving any other special privileges. It's about being given the opportunity to have a seat at the table and be included in discussions...
View ArticleEveryone Deserves To Feel Loved
While in rush hour traffic, social work student Michelle Ottaviano reflects on her internship. Her mentor told her, "Everyone deserves to feel loved." These words resonate with her as she prepares for...
View ArticleAn Assisted Living Social Worker's New Normal: "With Changes We Will Evolve"
My daily conversations with residents have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. As I write this, I must wear the proper protective equipment. As we learn to adapt to a new normal, I do my best to...
View ArticleCatching Our Breath To Evaluate Telehealth Best Practices
Many social workers quickly transitioned to telehealth to meet the needs of clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is worth stopping to catch a breath and consider how things are going.
View ArticleSelf-Care A-Z: Moving From Self-Less to Self-FULL - The Journey of Self-Care
"Social work is a self-less profession." How do you viscerally respond to that assertion? I submit that this core message is an insidiously detrimental element of the social work profession. We...
View ArticleThings They Didn’t Teach Me in Social Work School: Thoughts in a Pandemic
How do I practice social work in a pandemic? We are incredible in our depth, persistence, and response to people in need. And despite whatever we may have missed in social work school, we are learning...
View ArticleImpostor Syndrome: A Social Work Graduate Student’s Experience
We are learning, as social work students, from some of the most experienced professionals, in the classroom and in field placements. And yet, we still somehow feel inadequate and unsure of how well we...
View ArticleRemembering Elizabeth J. Clark
The New Social Worker and the social work profession mourn the passing of Elizabeth (Betsy) J. Clark, PhD, MSW, MPH, on May 23, 2020. A frequent writer for The New Social Worker, she made many...
View ArticleLooking Past Parking Lots: Socially Just Interventions for Our Homeless...
Allowing people who are homeless to shelter in place in a hotel setting lets them attend to recommended activities to best avoid contracting and spreading COVID-19. So how do we shift the needle of...
View ArticleMichelle Obama’s "Becoming" a Role Model for Self-Care
Michelle Obama models seven areas of self-care.
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