MORE DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS, like its popular predecessor DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS, illustrates through first-person narratives that there are no "typical" days in social work, but that professionally trained social workers take on a variety of roles. In this volume, there is more of a focus on macro roles than in the first, although this book also includes "micro"-level stories and illustrates ways in which social workers combine macro, mezzo, and micro level work in their everyday practice. Here are some of the social work practice settings and roles you will read about: * working on a national level * program development and management * advocacy and organizing * policy from the inside * training and consultation * research and funding * higher education * specialized roles in the court system * faith and spirituality * domestic violence * therapy and case management * employment and hunger This is social work! Political advocacy, agency management, sex therapy, play therapy, mediation, conducting domestic violence evaluations, writing grants, doing research, providing food for the hungry, and more--these are all roles that social workers can (and do!) play. This easy-to-read, hard-to-put-down book will make a welcome supplement to the theory found in traditional textbooks. Find out how social work managers and practitioners put theory into practice on a day-to-day basis. Organizations, Web sites, and additional readings are listed to assist readers in further exploring areas of social work that are interest.

More Days in the Lives of Social Workers: 35 "Real-Life" Stories of Advocacy, Outreach, and Other Intriguing Roles in Social Work Practice

Politics & Social Sciences

Grobman, Linda May

Social Sciences

White Hat Communications

Field placement is one of the most exciting and exhilarating parts of a formal social work education. It is also one of the most challenging. It allows you, the student, to put into practice the concepts, theories, and skills learned in the classroom. It puts you in the position of practicing with live clients. It gives you room to explore and grow as a budding professional. More than anything else, it requires you to look inside yourself to examine yourself, your abilities, your reactions, and your suitability as a social worker. It can be invigorating, and it can be extremely difficult. Field placement regardless of the setting or time involves universal issues for all social work students. Those issues are reflected in THE FIELD PLACEMENT SURVIVAL GUIDE. This collection of articles from THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine addresses the multitude of issues that social work students in field placement face, including choosing a placement, getting prepared, using supervision effectively, working with clients, copies with challenges, and moving on to a successful social work career. This collection is a goldmine of practical information that will help social work students take advantage of all the field placement experience has to offer. Each chapter (many written by seasoned experts in field education; others by students) presents a different aspect of the practicum and offers students insight into the importance of both the challenges and the joys of this unique learning experience. This second edition includes 9 new chapters. This book is part of the BEST OF THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® book series.

The Field Placement Survival Guide: What You Need to Know to Get the Most From Your Social Work Practicum (Second Edition) (Best of The New Social Worker)

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. Child groups. Adult groups. Family groups. The list goes on. Regardless of what setting you are in, if you are a social worker, you will work with groups at some time in your career.You may have a picture in your mind of what a social work group looks like. It probably has people sitting in a circle, talking about their feelings. There certainly are many groups described in this book that fit that image of a traditional group. However, we also introduce you to groups that take place on a bus or a train, in a public restroom, or on a zipline 40 feet in the air! Each story takes us into the life of a particular social worker and shares practice wisdom about a time when that social worker worked with a group.By reading each one, you will have a greater perspective on social work with groups. The diversity of the chapters, fields of practice, types of group, and populations will give you a greater idea of the power of group work. It can be quite an adventure!Developed in collaboration with the International Association for Social Work With Groups, this book includes the full text of the Standards for Social Work Practice With Groups.“This book presents a lovely compilation of group work vignettes—slices of practice life—that reflect a range of populations, issues, and settings in which group work takes place. The exercises at the end of each vignette offer many types of opportunities to help students work through some major practice issues, either as individual assignments or in small classroom groups. The informal approach to presentation makes the case examples very user-friendly and, accompanied by theoretical material, offers a creative way of bringing theory to life.”Dominique Moyse Steinberg, DSW, Adjunct Faculty, Smith College SSW, CEO, CustomElderCare®"From children in residential treatment and adolescents in an outdoor adventure program to men charged with domestic violence and individuals living with AIDS, this book is chock full of examples of how groups benefit their members. A variety of practitioners from a range of practice settings write about their group work experiences in an approachable, appealing style. The core principles and benefits of group work practice are clearly illustrated in the multitude of case examples. This book will serve as an excellent accompaniment to a standard text on group work. Students will no doubt find the case material interesting and relatable. The editors’ and authors’ enthusiasm for the modality is infectious and should serve to motivate readers to make group work an integral part of their practice."Dr. Carolyn Knight, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Past Vice-President, Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups"These captivating stories will inspire and inform social workers about the endless possibilities and power of practice with groups. Social workers will find strong connections with stories that are set across a wide range of organizational contexts with highly diverse populations, group models and strategies. The accessible and poignant chapters will resonate with practitioners and students as the authors share their challenges in working with groups – as well as their successes. Ultimately, the stories provide examples of skillful practice and accompanying struggles that promote progress and change through group membership."Dr. Carol S. Cohen, Associate Professor, Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, New York &amp; Co-Chair, Commission on Group Work in Social Work Education, International Association for Social Work with Groups

Riding the Mutual Aid Bus and Other Adventures in Group Work: A "Days in the Lives of Social Workers" Collection (Days in the Lives of Social Workers Series)

This volume includes the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall 2012 issues of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® magazine. Color cover, black &amp; white interior. Highlights include: Winter 2012: duty to warn, duty to protect, delivering unwanted news, sexualization of young girls, turning passion into a successful social work career, reproductive justice, Facebook and suicide prevention Spring 2012: what is an ethical dilemma, professional growth, school social work group, passing the licensing exam, child welfare, lessons from Hull House, learning by podcast Summer 2012: FAQs about code of ethics, learning from an intern, social work in an HIV/AIDS clinic, foster child removal experience, @SWSCmedia Fall 2012: thwarting disclosure in court, burnout and self-care, homeless education, workplace safety, social work graduate school application, undergraduate social work research, Red Cross digital disaster volunteers, Disaster Distress Helpline ...and a lot more! Each issue includes student role model, book reviews, social work student news, and more.

The New Social Worker®, Volume 19, Winter-Fall 2012

This volume includes the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall issues of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine, Volume 20 (2013). Each issue includes articles on social work student field placement, social work ethics, technology in social work, book reviews, and more. Highlights include: Winter 2013: practice errors and ethics, field placement in legal settings, a good group runs itself and other myths, social workers and debt Spring 2013: ethics and texting, what I have learned about learning, navigating cancer survivorship, continuing education attitudes, managing many groups at once, mandated reporting Summer 2013: the NASW Code of Ethics, breaking boundaries with empathy, a case study of TANF, mandated reporting Fall 2013: ethics in field supervision, building strength and resiliency, group supervision, response to the DSM-5, mandated reporting

The New Social Worker®, Volume 20, Winter-Fall 2013

This volume includes the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall issues of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine, Volume 21 (2014). Each issue includes articles on social work student field placement, social work ethics, technology in social work, book reviews, and more. Highlights: Winter 2014 - ethics in private practice, becoming a successful field supervisor, what every new social worker needs to know about DSM-5, Social Work Reinvestment Act, culturally sensitive practice with African American clients, media multi-tasking, wraparound services; Spring 2014 - involuntary clients' self-determination, reflections of a first-year graduate social work student, adoption, art expression group, what to do after making the call to CPS, Bayard Rustin, compassionate competence, microaggressions on the Internet, our 20th anniversary issue; Summer 2014 - teaching cultural competence, tips for social work interns, tips for young social work supervisors, essentials for your social work resume and cover letter, hostility reduction group, foster children; Fall 2014 - Ebola and the ethics of using unproven drugs, importance of agency culture, tools for networking success, social workers in public libraries, achieving racial equity through social work, burnout and self care.

The New Social Worker®, Volume 21, Winter-Fall 2014

The New Social Worker®, Volume 22, Winter-Fall 2015, includes the full four issues of the magazine published in 2015. The New Social Worker received the 2015 National Association of Social Workers Media Award for Best Trade Magazine.

The New Social Worker®, Volume 22, Winter-Fall 2015

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