How One Social Worker Is Surviving the Pandemic
Social worker/poet Jane Seskin shares unique ways she survives the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleSelf-Care A-Z: Autumn Self-Care - Simply Slowing Down, Gently Letting Go,...
Autumn is in the air! Each season has a unique role in human wellness. Autumn is a good time to slow down, let go, and take stock.
View ArticleSocial Work Agencies: Adopt the Business Model at Your Peril
A new study found that managerialism (a business-oriented model) in human service agencies profoundly affects service delivery and the well-being of workers.
View ArticleFaith in Democracy: Can It Be Restored? A Reflection on Supreme Court Justice...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg believed in democracy. Her ideals for justice do not end just because she is no longer leading the charge. Instead, we step up and lead a new charge that honors her work.
View ArticleGillian Anderson in “The Fall”: A Vicious, Brutal Series With Social Work...
The Fall, available on Netflix and Amazon Prime, shines light on the human condition and the dangers of the inhibition to discuss a whole range of discomforting sexual desires that can seem to control...
View ArticlePodcasts by Social Workers for Social Workers
September 30 is International Podcast Day. Several podcasts by social workers and for social workers are featured in this excerpt from Days in the Lives of Social Workers.
View ArticleSelf-Care A-Z: Political Engagement as Self-Care
In its neutral sense, politics is a system of power through which policies, laws, and societal norms govern and affect our common living. We, the people, determine our political representatives, and...
View Article4 Actions Schools Can Take To Support Our Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students...
Now is a critical time for us to advocate and identify the needs of our most vulnerable students. One such group is Deaf or hard of hearing students. These four tips can help support them during the...
View ArticlePolicy Analysis in Child Welfare: An Interview With Commissioner Bill Waldman
Brad Forenza interviews former commissioner Bill Waldman about policy analysis and changes in implementation of child welfare services in New Jersey. Audio included.
View ArticleClinical Intersections: What About Us? The Mental Health of Social Workers,...
Social workers are afraid they're doing it all wrong in this pandemic. We are trained in nuance and subtlety. We weren’t trained to live in a masked world. Our cats and dogs are in the room. We need...
View ArticleYou Can Lead Us to “Toxic Water,” but Self-Care Is How We Hydrate
The water (or work environment) is toxic. Will you wait for the organization to change? Or take steps to ensure your own hydration? Let's dig into your well-ness with this example of how individual and...
View ArticleUsing the Arts in Social Work Intervention
To the extent that creative arts interventions can facilitate positive change, community growth, and self-improvement, it is wise for our profession to think creatively and reconsider the role that the...
View ArticleVoter Registration Reality: A View From the Social Work Field
September 22, 2020, was National Voter Registration Day. Inspired by voter activism around the country, dozens of social work student volunteers set out to register classmates, clients, and community...
View Article7 Insider Tips for Online Social Work Students
With the COVID-19 pandemic, many programs have transitioned to online courses. Seven graduates of an online MSW program provide inside tips on getting the most from your online program in social work.
View ArticleA Policy and Practice Pandemic: Social Work Is a Blend of Macro and Clinical
Early on in social work graduate school, we choose a track that we presumably stick with, and our courses prepare us for that career. But the reality is, macro and micro tracks blend into each other,...
View ArticleSelf-Care A-Z: Self-Care in Times of Limbo – Thoughts on Election Day
Limbo is one of the hardest life spaces to traverse. It is neither a definitive “no” nor an exuberant “yes.” We can experience it as the in-between of a culmination of things hoped for…or a revelation...
View ArticleInstitutional Approaches via Education: An Interview with NJ State Senator...
Dr. Brad Forenza interviews NJ State Senator Nellie Pou on ways in which educational funding in NJ has historically attempted to level the playing field for school-age children, and how the“process” of...
View ArticleSelf-Care A-Z: A Good Enough Self-Care Formula. It’s…Well, Good and It’s Enough
Frequently, we undermine our self-care by thinking because we aren’t doing it perfectly that we aren’t doing it at all. Give yourself credit and permission to celebrate when your self-care is…well,...
View ArticleTransgender Day of Remembrance 2020: What Social Workers Need To Know
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is observed on November 20 to honor the memory of those who have lost their lives to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. Social workers are encouraged to...
View ArticleReflections on The Queen’s Gambit: Trauma and Loss, Resilience and Recognition
Although The Queen’s Gambit is not a true story, it holds truths that social workers know. Read SaraKay Smullens' commentary on the popular Netflix series.
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