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IN THIS ISSUE
Social Work News
Feature Article
Calendar of Events
In Print
Sites We've Seen
Job Corner
Newsletter Necessities
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SOCIAL WORK NEWS
"Making America Home: Rebuilding Lives, Families, and Communities"
National Alliance for Multicultural Mental Health (NAMMH) 2002 Conference
June 8-11, 2002, Atlanta, Georgia
The National Alliance for Multicultural Mental Health (NAMMH) will hold its 2002 Annual Mental Health conference, co-hosted by the Bridging the Gap Project, in Atlanta, Georgia, June 8-11, 2002. NAMMH was established by the Immigration and Refugee Services of America (IRSA) in 1996 to provide practical, effective assistance and training in the area of refugee and immigrant mental health. This national event is the eighth of a series of conferences presenting best practices in mental health care for refugees.
A "Call for Papers" is being issued and submissions are welcomed. For further details and to be placed on the mailing list for further information, contact Ellen Mercer at 202-797-2105 or
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BSW Chat Room
Social Work p.r.n., a professional social work company that arranges job placements for social workers, has a BSW Chat Room. Go to http://www.socialworkprn.com on the first Wednesday of each month from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time) to join in the chat discussion of BSW issues. You can also find out more about the company's services at the site.
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Annual Influencing State Policy Contest-2002
Influencing State Policy is now accepting entries for its annual Influencing State Policy Contest. The contest is open to enrolled full-time or part-time social work students and full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, and field instructors in accredited or in-candidacy social work education programs in the U.S. Award categories are: students only (BSW, MSW, & Ph.D.), student and field instructor (BSW & MSW), and faculty only (BSW, MSW, & Ph.D.). If you are involved in a project to change state policy and are interested in entering the contest, see http://www.statepolicy.org for more information. The deadline for entries is April 22, 2002.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Vacations Are Good for Your Career
by Linda May Grobman, ACSW, LSW
The year 2001 is almost over, and maybe you still have some vacation time left. If you are a student or work in a school setting, you have Winter break coming up soon. If not, think ahead to your next vacation. Put it to good use and you can enhance your career at the same time. Here are a few ideas:
1) Take a volunteer vacation. Maybe you've always wanted to visit another country. If you know the language, you may be able to find volunteer opportunities to teach the English language to children there. If you've always wanted to work with hammers and nails, there are opportunities to build houses with organizations like Habitat for Humanity. Or maybe you'd like to do something for the environment. Many people are using their vacation time each year to help at summer camps, care for endangered animals, or provide health care services in impoverished areas. If you are a social worker looking for a "helping" experience different from the one you experience every day on the job, a volunteer vacation could help you broaden your horizons. Charityguide.org (http://www.charityguide.org) has articles and ideas for you, if you're interested in such an experience. Another resource is the book VOLUNTEER VACATIONS: SHORT-TERM ADVENTURES THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND OTHERS, by Bill McMillon.
2) Visit a museum. A couple of years ago, I happened to be in Memphis, TN during the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Weekend and visited the National Civil Rights Museum (http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org) at the Lorraine Hotel in downtown Memphis, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. This museum is a must for any social worker who is visiting (or lives in) Memphis. Located at 450 Mulberry Street and open year-round, the museum presents a timeline of the civil rights struggle relating to African Americans in the 50s and 60s. There are experiential exhibits, such as a bus that, when you enter it, has a driver's voice telling you to move to the back of the bus. This museum provides a powerful and emotional experience for anyone who is interested in civil rights and racial issues. Other museums provide a different kind of education for social workers. For example, if you're visiting Chicago, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum (http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html) might be of interest. And if you're planning a trip to Glasgow, check out the Heatherbank Museum of Social Work (http://www.lib.gcal.ac.uk/heatherbank/hbhome.htm), the only museum totally dedicated to social work and welfare in Europe.
3) Just relax. I have always been a proponent of using vacation time to "get away from it all." Even if you don't have a trip planned, use your accrued vacation time to get into a different mindset. There's an important reason you are accruing that annual leave-employers recognize that time off helps employees (especially those in stressful jobs like social work) to regroup and prevent burnout. So, take the time off, even if it means staying home and doing all the things you don't have time to do when you're working, or just "chilling out"!
Whatever you do during your time off, you can return to your work setting relaxed, refreshed, and ready to look at things from a whole new perspective!
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
February 24-27, 2002, Nashville, TN: Annual conference of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER will have a booth in the exhibit hall. If you are attending this conference, please come by and say "hello." See http://www.cswe.org for information.
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Stop by THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER's chat room on Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. Rich Bott, BSW, is doing a great job of hosting the lively discussion of social work issues. Rich has been a regular on our Web site's message board since his BSW student days, and he is a dedicated volunteer chat host!
To chat, go to our home page at http://www.socialworker.com and click on the "Chat Now" button.
IN PRINT
A few weeks ago, I told you about the forthcoming publication of a new and exciting book, BECOMING A SOCIAL WORKER: REFLECTIONS ON A CLINICIAN'S TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY, by Manfred J. Melcher. Some of you asked me to let you know when the book is available. I am pleased to announce that it arrived from the printer last week. Manfred wrote a series of articles for THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER while he was a master's student at Smith College School for Social Work. Now the series has been expanded to a book-length publication. Manfred believes that "becoming" a social worker is an ongoing process, and that it requires much personal reflection. This belief is "reflected" in the book, which includes "Reflections" pages where you can record your own thoughts about becoming a social worker.
See http://www.socialworker.com/becoming.htm.
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The Fall 2001 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine is now available and features the following:
--How to Practice Ethically (Part 1 of a 2-Part Series) by Frederic Reamer
--How to Read a Journal Article
--The connection between social work and the arts
--Maximizing your field liaison relationship (for field placement students)
....and more!
Find subscription info for the print magazine at our Web site (http://www.socialworker.com) or purchase and download the electronic edition of select issues at http://www.mightywords.com.
SITES WE'VE SEEN
http://www.streetkidsinternational.org
STREET KIDS INTERNATIONAL-This organization works with kids in the U.S. and Canada. Among other things, they help kids start their own businesses, with the Street Business Toolkit.
http://www.therunawaygame.com/index.html
THE RUNAWAY GAME-Kevin Casey, who used to work with runaway youth, has developed an interactive hypertext novel that can be accessed online. The reader makes crucial decisions along the way, and those decisions determine the runaway's path and the outcome of the novel or "game." This novel/game can be used in group or individual discussions with young people.
http://www.cwla.org
CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA-This organization is the leading professional organization in the area of child welfare work. See the Web site for information on CWLA publications and programs.
JOB CORNER
DIRECTOR OF CARE COORDINATION-LCSW
Shriners Hospital for Children is currently seeking a Director of Care Coordination to be responsible for the development, delivery, allocation and maintenance of the Patient and Family Services Dept. by facilitating and coordinating all related and required functions of social work. Requires LCSW and 3-5 yrs. management exp. Prior care coordination exp. preferred. Bilingual Eng/Span a must. We offer competitive salaries & excellent benefits. Send resume and salary history to: Shriners Hospital for Children, Attn: Bob Thunholm, 3160 Geneva St., Los Angeles, CA 90020. Phone (213) 368-3358. FAX (213) 387-7528. E-mail:
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KLAMATH FALLS
Community Health Center in beautiful Southern Oregon has an opening for an LCSW. Busy health center is incorporating a mental health component into their community health program which also features primary care, dental care, diabetes education and an outreach department. Excellent salary and benefits. Bi-lingual in Spanish preferred. The clinic is located in Klamath Falls, just east of the Cascade Mountains. There is an abundance of outdoor activities available year round, including skiing, hiking, fishing, mountain biking and boating. Excellent schools in this family-oriented community. For more information, contact Brian Harris, Executive Director, Klamath Open Door Family Practice Clinic, 3810 South Sixth Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97603. Call 541-851-8110 ex. 7123, or fax resume with cover letter to: Attn: Brian Harris at 541-851-8114. Email
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For additional job listings, see our Jobs page at http://www.socialworker.com/jobs.htm. This page is updated continuously!
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