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Welcome to Issue #171 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.
March is Social Work Month, and it will be here sooner than you think! How do you plan to celebrate? This year, we are going to feature social workers’ talent on The New Social Worker website! See my special announcement below!
The Winter issue of The New Social Worker is available now! Read articles from this issue now at http://www.socialworker.com! Highlights of this issue include ethics of impairment and self care, doing family therapy as a new social worker, thinking like a social worker to pass the licensure exam, international social work without leaving home, readability and why it matters in social work, acing your social work job interview, four new book reviews, and more. The family therapy article has been especially popular, as has the article on job interviews.
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February marks several observances, including but not limited to:
- Black History Month
- American Heart Month
- Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
- African Heritage and Health Week (February 1-7)
- World Cancer Day (February 4)
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 7)
- National Donor Day (February 14)
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Special Announcement: Share Your Talent!
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Let Us Feature Your Talent!
The New Social Worker invites you to submit your writing, art, photography, music, poetry, dance, or other talent. We are seeking submissions from social work practitioners, educators, and students for Social Work Month 2015. Please consider submitting your work for The New Social Worker magazine's online Social Work Month Series and Talent Show.
What are we looking for? We are looking for writing and other creative work/talent relating to such topics as: Social Work Month, why you became a social worker (or want to), what you love about social work, what social work means to you, what you see as an important issue for all social workers to think about, or otherwise celebrating the profession.
We can’t wait to see and share all your talent! Watch our Facebook page and website for more details. |
 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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The 4 th edition of our nonprofit textbook, An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: A Practical Approach for the 21st Century, has just been published! For more information, contact Gary Grobman.
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Sanctuary for Families, the leading non-profit agency in New York State dedicated exclusively to serving victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking and their children, is seeking a highly experienced, strategic, innovative organizational leader and people manager to become our new Clinical Director. We have engaged Héctor Cariño at People Architects Group to manage this search. Please contact Mr. Cariño at hector@peoplearchitectsgroup.com for a full job description. Due date to submit applications is Friday, Jan. 23rd.
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Physicians, Family Practice
Tri-Area Community Health with locations at Laurel Fork, Ferrum. and Floyd, VA, has immediate full time and part time employment opportunities available for board certified, Primary Care Physicians, Clinical Psychologist, LCSW, Psychiatric NP, and Case Managers for behavioral health, outreach, and enrollment.
Competitive salary and benefits package. Set in the beautiful mountains of Southwest Virginia near the Blue Ridge Parkway with lakes, rivers, and multitudes of outdoor activities.
Please send CV to hr@triarea.org or call (276) 398-2292 (276) 398-2292 for more information. E/O/E
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Social Worker - Dodge City, Kansas
Work with children/families in the DCF Reintegration contract to develop permanency options for the children through reintegration with originating-family or other permanency alternatives.
Requires:
Bachelor’s degree in Social work or Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy or Counseling from an accredited college or University
Licensed or Ability to license in the state of Kansas
Phone: 620-757-3280620-757-3280
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5 Ways To Ace Your Social Work Job Interview
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the Winter 2015 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. Read the full article at:
by Valerie Arendt, MSW, MPP
Congratulations! Your amazing résumé and cover letter worked. You got the interview!
Now the pressure is on for you to stand out from your fellow candidates and show the employer you are the right fit for the job. The interview is not just about letting the employer know you are qualified for the job, but also about the importance of making a connection, so the interviewer feels comfortable with you and wants to hire you.
Organizational culture is important, and the individuals interviewing you want to work with someone they get along with, trust professionally, and plan on spending many hours a week with. Most people are at their jobs eight hours a day or more. Don’t you want to work with people you respect and can get along with?
First impressions are critical. I am usually nervous in an interview (who isn’t?!), but I found when I did my research, prepared, and practiced my responses, I felt more at ease and could concentrate more on connecting with the interviewer, which is essential. Here are some tips that will help you ace your social work interview.
1. Research.
Everyone knows they should research the company and position they are getting ready to interview for. Don’t wait until the night before your interview to start preparing. Every organization has a different culture. Try to find out all you can before you walk in the door. Learn everything there is to know about the organization and the position. Try to talk to people who work there. Study the organization’s website, annual report, staff list/structure, and most importantly, the job description. Follow the organization on social media and familiarize yourself with other aspects of the company, so you can mention in the interview that you know they just had their annual fundraiser and hope it went well!
Research questions to answer:
- What does the organization do?
- What clients does it serve?
- Who works there?
- Who might be interviewing you?
- What skills are needed for the
position?
2. Prepare.
I can’t stress enough how important it is to prepare for each and every interview. To excel in your interview, do your internal research and homework before you walk in the door:
a. Know Yourself. Inventory your skills, experience, strengths and weaknesses. Review the job description, your résumé, and cover letter. Remind yourself of your professional history and how it relates to the job you are seeking. This will help you if the interviewer throws you a curve-ball question about your past work history.
b. 60-Second Presentation Statement. Similar to your networking elevator speech and résumé professional summary, the presentation statement will be the basis for answering the standard opening request: “Tell me a little about yourself.” This is your chance to tell the interviewer about your background and experience. Think of this presentation as a 60-second “sound bite”—a brief description of your career objectives and the strengths you can offer a potential employer. It is a verbal version of your well-thought out résumé. I can’t stress enough how important it is to practice this and keep it to 60 seconds or so. I once interviewed an individual who talked for 20 minutes after being asked this question. I know the applicant was nervous, but we didn’t get to any of the interview questions.
c. PAR Stories. Stories are more memorable than generalities. Most of the questions you will be asked, especially behavioral questions, can be answered using the PAR stories formula. In a PAR story, you will describe:
- Problem that existed
- Actions you took to address the
problem
- Results you achieved solving the
problem
Have a variety of PAR stories ready. I promise you this will make it easier to answer a number of questions.
Read the rest of this article at:
Articles from the Winter 2015 issue of The New Social Worker include:
...and much more!
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Call for Proposals Deadline: February 15, 2015
XXXVII Annual Symposium of the International Association for Social Work with Groups
The IASWG Annual Symposium brings together group workers from around the globe. With roots in the Settlement House movement, group work has proudly embraced the tradition of creating a space for all voices. With a focus on mutual aid, empowerment, respect for diversity, equal participation, inclusion, and non-judgmental acceptance, group workers deter oppression by widening the circle to create a space for all voices. Join IASWG June 4-7 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina! For more information, visit: www.iaswg.org
If you have not submitted your proposal yet, please do so using the online application. The deadline for paper and workshop proposal submissions is February 15, 2015. The deadline for poster presentation proposal submissions is March 15, 2015.
Submit your proposal here:
Any questions, please contact:
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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 issues 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 and practice skills
- 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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Adoption at the Movies Awards
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Family Engagement Inventory Online
Child Welfare Information Gateway has launched the Family Engagement Inventory (FEI). The FEI is an interactive web-based tool designed to familiarize professionals in child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health, early childhood education, and education with family engagement as defined and implemented across these fields of practice. It also aggregates knowledge in a way that assists professionals in multidisciplinary exploration of family engagement. The FEI will help practitioners, managers, and system leaders understand the commonalities and differences in family engagement across the disciplines in order to support collaboration among the multiple systems often working with the same families.
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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
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.
HOW TO ORDER
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This Month
Special Announcement: Share Your Talent
Words from Our Sponsors
Job Corner/Current Job Openings
Featured Excerpt
News & Resources
On Our Web Site
In Print
Reminders
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