Creating YOUR Social Work Career: Clarify Your Purpose
This article focuses on clarifying your purpose in your social work career. It is part of a 4-part series on creating YOUR social work career.
View ArticleShould I? Shouldn't I? When Is It Okay to Say No During Field Practicum
Out of nowhere it comes so subtly. You are blindsided when your field instructor says, “An opportunity just came up, and you are the perfect person for it!” You are shell-shocked! What? NOT NOW! Why...
View ArticleWhite Privilege and the Mental Health Profession
We enjoy what is called white privilege. As a group, we often tend to think that we are smarter, better, and more capable than other people. Part of the arrogance of white privilege is that we think...
View ArticleAddressing NASW Standard 1.07m Privacy and Confidentiality
By: Stephen M. Marson, Ph.D., ACSW, and Ollie Bishop, MBA
View ArticleHow to Transmit a Password Protected Attachment
By: Stephen M. Marson, Ph.D., ACSW, and Ollie Bishop, MBA
View ArticleSweet Prisoners of the Positive Transference: Meditations on Peer Supervision
By: Simon Y. Feuerman, PsyD, LCSW
View ArticleCreating YOUR Social Work Career: Understanding the Purpose of Social Work
This article focuses on understanding the purpose of social work. It is part of a 4-part series on creating your social work career.
View ArticleInterested in Leadership? Tips for Positioning Yourself for Leadership Roles
Leadership is defined in various ways, but common among them are that leaders are responsible for the performance of others and good leaders want those with whom they collaborate to perform their best...
View ArticleShake the Gate
Compassion fatigue and burn-out are rampant in the social services, and is it any wonder? If we feel in danger frequently and are given no way to assure our own safety, few will stay long without...
View ArticleAnalysis of an Ethical Dilemma
Paula is a social worker in a fostercare agency. She has been working with 9-year-old Rita, her foster mother, Flo, and biological mother, Stella, for three years. Rita was removed from her mother’s...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Use of Self in Field Placement
To integrate the authentic self into the skills required for your social work field placement, it may be helpful to view the use of self from five different perspectives: Use of Personality, Use of...
View ArticleCreating YOUR Social Work Career: Creating Your Purpose
This article focuses on creating your purpose in your social work career, It is part of a 4-part series on creating your social work career.
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