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Welcome to Issue #166 of the Social Work E-News! Thank you for subscribing to receive this e-mail newsletter, which is brought to you by the publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine, SocialWorker.com, SocialWorkJobBank.com, and other social work publications.
September marks several observances, including but not limited to: Healthy Aging Month, National Recovery Month, National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month, Newborn Screening Awareness Month, World Alzheimer’s Month, National Suicide Prevention Week, World Suicide Prevention Day, and many others.
Coming in October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bullying Prevention Month, SIDS Awareness Month, Substance Abuse Prevention Month, National Spina Bifida Awareness Month, Mental Illness Awareness Week, National Coming Out Day, and others.
Today marks one month since the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, MO. The death of the unarmed African American male sparked outrage and protests, not only in Ferguson, but around the U.S. and the world. It was 59 years ago this month that Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi. We just commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer of the Civil Rights Movement. Yet, we still have so much more to do to achieve racial equity. This is an issue that is at the core of our Code of Ethics as social workers. I am happy to announce that beginning with the Fall 2014 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER, we will feature a new column on achieving racial equity through social work. Stay tuned for more info in our Fall issue.
The Miss America pageant, airing September 14, has a social work connection this year. A social work student, Cierra Kaler-Jones, is competing as Miss New Jersey. Cierra is a multi-faceted student, majoring in social work with THREE minors, and maintaining a 3.9+ GPA at Rutgers University. She aspires to one day be the U.S. Secretary of Education. Read more about Cierra and her multiple accomplishments.
As I mentioned in the last Social Work E-News, Rosita Mazzi, a social worker from Italy, visited THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER’s office recently. We had the opportunity to exchange ideas about social work in our respective countries. My interview with Rosita is online now!
I’m looking for a few people to write short articles about social work graduate school. These might focus on the application process, getting accepted, or surviving the grad school experience. If you are a student, practitioner, or educator and would like to write about social work grad school, please contact me with your ideas or just send me your submission for review.
The Fall issue is almost here! The Summer 2014 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is available now. Read articles from the Summer issue at http://www.socialworker.com! Highlights of the Summer issue include teaching cultural competence, tips for new social work interns, tips for young social work supervisors, writing your social work resume and cover letters, a hostility reduction group, “impersonating” a social worker, social work connections through social media, review of the film Belle, 6 new book reviews, and more.
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LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT SOCIAL WORK GIFT?
LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT SOCIAL WORK GIFT? What does a life in social work look like? You might look at it as a series of “sideways” stories! “If life were black and white, we’d have no need for social work.” Read Ogden Rogers’ collection, Beginnings, Middles, & Ends: Sideways Stories on the Art & Soul of Social Work. Listen to a recent episode of the Social Work Podcast that includes author Ogden Rogers reading from 6 of the 99 stories in the book. Now available on Amazon.com (print and Kindle), Google Play (e-book), directly from the publisher, and other bookstores. Do you know a social worker or social work student who loves to read? This book is a welcome retreat from academic textbooks. For info, see http://www.beginningsmiddlesandends.com.
Check out all of our social work and nonprofit books, social work greeting cards, social work buttons, and more. All of our books and products are available through our secure online store at: http://shop.whitehatcommunications.com.
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If you or your agency are hiring social workers, don’t forget to post your jobs on SocialWorkJobBank.com. Please check the SocialWorkJobBank “products/pricing” page at http://jobs.socialworkjobbank.com/r/jobs/post/index.cfm?site_id=122 for job posting options and SPECIAL offers. Our audience of professional social workers is active and engaged in the job search, receiving more than 511,000 e-mail job alerts last year and actively applying to open positions. Your jobs will gain additional exposure to our social networks on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Also, please note that SocialWorkJobBank.com is part of the Nonprofit Job Board Network. You can post your job to SocialWorkJobBank and get exposure on other network sites for a reasonable additional fee.
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There are 1,164 jobs currently posted on SocialWorkJobBank.com. Check it out today.
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10 Essential Tips for Your Amazing Social Work Résumé
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the Summer 2014 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. Read the full article at:
by Valerie Arendt, MSW, MPP
Is your résumé ready to send out to employers? You have Googled example résumé templates, perfected your formatting, and added appropriate action words. Everything is in the correct tense, in reverse chronological order, and kept to two pages or less. What else should you think about for an amazing social work résumé? Whether you are a clinical or macro social worker, student, new professional, or have been in the field for 30 years, these essential tips will keep your résumé ready to send out to your future employer.
1. Objective or Professional Summary?
Let’s start at the beginning. I am not a fan of the objective, and neither are many hiring managers. If they are reading your résumé, they already know you are seeking a position with them. Generally, an objective is used by someone who has recently graduated or has very little experience. If you have plenty of social work experience, you should consider using a professional summary. This is one to three sentences at the beginning of your résumé that help describe the value you bring as a social worker through your skills and experience. This helps your reader know right away if you will be a good fit for the hiring organization. It is much easier for a hiring manager to find that value in a short paragraph than trying to piece it together from a lengthy history of professional experience and education.
DON’T: Objective: Seeking a social work position within a facility where I can utilize my experience to the benefit of my employer as well as gain knowledge and professional growth.
DO: Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 6+ years experience in medical and mental health settings, working with diverse populations in private practice, health care, outpatient, and inpatient treatment settings. Recently relocated to Georgia.
2. Don’t assume your reader already knows what you do.
This is one of the biggest mistakes I see when reviewing résumés. Write your résumé as if the person reading it has no idea what you do. Really? Yes! This will help you to be descriptive about your experience. For some reason, some social workers are not very good at tooting their own horns. Your résumé is exactly the place you need to brag about what an amazing professional you are. Don’t assume that because your title was “Outpatient Therapist,” the reader of your résumé will know exactly what you did. Be descriptive. Give a little information about the organization or program, the clients, and the type of therapy or work you performed. This can easily be done in three to five bullets if you craft thoughtful, complete sentences.
DON’T: Provide psychotherapy to clients.
DO: Provide group and individual outpatient therapy to adult clients at a substance abuse treatment center utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), psychoeducation, and motivational interviewing.
3. List your accomplishments.
If you worked in a position for five years but don’t list one relevant accomplishment, that is a red flag for a hiring manager. Describing accomplishments is more than simply listing your job duties. These are the contributions you have made in your career that would encourage an organization to hire you.
Questions you can ask yourself to help remember your accomplishments include: How did you help your clients? Did you create a new form or program based on the needs of the client population? Did your therapy skills reduce the relapse rate in your agency? Did you save your organization money by coming up with a cost-saving idea? Were you selected for special projects, committees, or task forces? Even if the only social work experience you have on your résumé is your field placement, you should be able to list an accomplishment that will entice the reader to want to know more.
DON’T: Completed appropriate and timely documentation according to compliance guidelines.
DO: Recognized need for updated agency forms. Developed 10 clinical and administrative forms, including no-harm contract, behavior contract, and therapist’s behavior inventory, which increased staff efficiency and productivity by 15%.
Read the rest of this article at:
Articles from the Summer 2014 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER include:
...and much more!
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World Suicide Prevention Day—September 10, 2014
Tomorrow is World Suicide Prevention Day. The 2014 World Suicide Prevention Day theme is "Suicide Prevention: One World Connected."
Here are some resources on suicide:
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World Alzheimer’s Month
September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Read my review of Alive Inside and see a video about the film. This film follows social worker Dan Cohen as he uses music to “awaken” memories in people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.
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Social Work and Distance Education Call for Papers and Proposals
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and the Indiana University School of Social Work are convening a conference on Social Work and Distance Education (SWDE). The dates are April 15-17, 2015, in Indianapolis at the Crowne Plaza Downtown. The conference organizers invite you to submit proposals or papers.
The conference has five tracks:
- Developing your own online or hybrid/blended program
- Teaching and learning social work online
- Field issues and distance placements
- Administrative strategies and issues
- Online practice issues
Seven different format choices are available:
- Curriculum, Administrative, or Practice Seminars
- Panel Discussions
- Paper Presentations
- Roundtable Discussions
- Skills Workshops
- Think Tanks
- Electronic Posters
The conference co-chairs are Bob Vernon of Indiana University and Paul Freddolino of Michigan State University.
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Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics Term Paper Contest
The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics (JSWVE) is sponsoring a term paper contest. The term papers will be collected by the JSWVE editorial board and judged by a board of professionals not associated with JSWVE. Winning papers will be published in the Fall 2015 issue of the Journal.
Details for the contest are listed below.
- Must have a central theme of social work values or social work ethics
- Must be written as an MSW or BSW student (student may have graduated)
- Must be nominated by a faculty member (the nominating professor’s name will be published)
- Must follow the general manuscript submission guidelines found at http://www.jswve.org/images/PDFs/jswvemanuscriptformat1207.pdf
- Must be in APA citation style (except NO headers, NO footers, and NO page numbers)
- Deadline for submission: May 15, 2015
- Paper must be submitted by e-mail to smarson@nc.rr.com with a copy sent to donnadanddennisv@gmail.com
- Winning term papers will be published in The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics in the fall issue of 2015.
- Judges will be professionals who are NOT associated with the JSWVE editorial board
Judging criteria will include:
- Demonstration of Critical Thinking
- Relevance to Theme of Social Work Values and Ethics
- Relevance and Interest of Essay to Social Work Students, Practitioners, and/or Academics
- Coverage of the Topic
- Use of Relevant, Scholarly Citations
- Coherence (flow of ideas)
- Quality of Writing (literary competence, spelling, grammar, organization)
- Originality (of topic, ideas, and/or arguments)
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Write for THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER
I am seeking articles for upcoming issues of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine and/or our website. I am especially interested in articles in the following categories:
- field placement
- practice specialties
- what every new social worker needs to know about…
- social work job search/career development
- social work news items
- other topics of interest to social work students, new graduates, and seasoned professionals. Some popular topic examples include those related to getting into graduate school, becoming licensed in social work, private practice issues, advocacy, and social worker burnout.
Our style is conversational and educational, and articles typically run 1,500-2,000 words for feature articles (considerably shorter for news items). We want positive articles that social workers can use to help them advance in their careers.
I also welcome submissions of poetry, photographs, illustrations, artwork, videos, audio, and other creative work depicting social work and related topics.
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Contribute Your Social Work Graduate School Tips!
I am looking for short tips for social work graduate school applicants. What helped you get into the school of your choice? How did you know which school was right for you? What is the one thing you wish you had known about the application process?
Please send your best tip to Linda Grobman. Include in the e-mail subject line: "Submission--Grad School Tip." Attach your tip as a Word file, and include your name, social work credentials (degree or student status), e-mail address/contact information, and a brief bio, in addition to your tip, within the content of the attachment. Tips should be no more than 300 words in length.
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Contribute Your Social Work Graduate School Question!
I am looking for questions applicants have about getting into social work graduate school. If you are currently applying to social work graduate school, or have recently applied, let us know your top question(s).
Please send your question(s) to Linda Grobman. Include in the e-mail subject line: "Submission--Grad School Question." Attach your question as a Word file, and include your name, social work credentials (degree, student status, or applicant status), e-mail address/contact information, and a brief bio, in addition to your question, within the content of the attachment. Submissions should be no more than 300 words in length.
If we are interested in publishing or using your tip or question, we will contact you with further information. Thank you!
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SUMMER 2014 ISSUE OF THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER IS NOW AVAILABLE!
The Summer 2014 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is available now! It is available to download in PDF format at:
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White Hat Communications, publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine and the Social Work E-News, has published several books about social work. These books make great gifts (for graduation, holidays, or other occasions) for yourself, or for your friends, students, and colleagues in social work!
Briefly, those currently in print are:
BEGINNINGS, MIDDLES, & ENDS: Sideways Stories on the Art & Soul of Social Work, by Ogden W. Rogers
DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS: 58 Professionals Tell Real-Life Stories From Social Work Practice (4th Edition), edited by Linda May Grobman
MORE DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS:35 Real-Life Stories of Advocacy, Outreach, and Other Intriguing Roles in Social Work Practice, edited by Linda May Grobman
DAYS IN THE LIVES OF GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORKERS: 44 Professionals Tell Stories From Real-Life Social Work Practice With Older Adults, edited by Linda May Grobman and Dara Bergel Bourassa.
RIDING THE MUTUAL AID BUS AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN GROUP WORK: A “DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS” COLLECTION, edited by Linda May Grobman and Jennifer Clements
IS IT ETHICAL? 101 SCENARIOS IN EVERYDAY SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: A DISCUSSION WORKBOOK, by Thomas Horn
THE FIELD PLACEMENT SURVIVAL GUIDE: What You Need to Know to Get the Most From Your Social Work Practicum, 2nd Edition, edited by Linda May Grobman
THE SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICANT’S HANDBOOK: The Complete Guide to Selecting and Applying to MSW Programs, by Jesus Reyes
We also publish books on nonprofit management. Want to start your own agency? Check out the following:
THE NONPROFIT HANDBOOK: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Run Your Nonprofit Organization (6th Edition), by Gary M. Grobman
IMPROVING QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IN YOUR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, by Gary M. Grobman.
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