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Welcome to Issue #149 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.
I want to thank everyone who voted for THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine and SaraKay Smullens’ article on burnout and self-care in the social work profession in the 2013 NASW Media Awards. We won in the Magazine/Magazine Article category! It is quite an honor to be among the impressive list of media in the TV, film, newspaper, radio, web, and magazine industries who were nominees and/or winners. See the complete list of winners here.
This award is really the result of the hard work of everyone who has been involved with the magazine—writers, readers, editors, advertisers—all have contributed to its success. As we are now in our 20th year, I look forward to continuing to make a contribution to the careers of new social workers!
The Spring 2013 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is available NOW at http://www.socialworker.com! Highlights of the Spring issue include: ethics and texting, what I have learned about learning, navigating cancer survivorship, continuing education attitudes, mandated reporting, managing many groups at once, and more! Also included is a photo montage of social work students involved in their communities. In this issue, we are introducing two series—Ellen Belluomini in the tech arena and Kathryn Krase on mandated reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect.
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April marks several observances, including but not limited to: Alcohol Awareness Month, Autism Awareness Month, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, National Donate Life Month, National Minority Health Month, National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and others.
Coming in May: National Foster Care Month, Arthritis Awareness Month, Healthy Vision Month, Mental Health Month, National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, and more.
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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. 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. Read 44 stories of social work with groups. Available now at: http://shop.whitehatcommunications.com/riding-the-mutual-aid-bus-and-other-adventures-in-group-work/
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ETHICS ALIVE! A Text in the Night
by Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, Ph.D.
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the Spring 2013 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. Read the full article at:
 Jace is a social work student interning at an agency that serves recent retirees. In an effort to reduce costs and maintain services, the agency cuts its use of landline telephones and asks workers and students to use their cell phones. Jace does not think it is appropriate for the agency to ask students to use their personal cell phones for work purposes.
Still, she agrees because everyone at the agency seems to be complying without raising much of a fuss. One night, around 3 a.m., Jace is awakened by her cell phone. She picks it up and sees a text message from a client, Ramon. The message says, “My life is worthless. Nobody cares about me. I’m going to end it all.” Jace feels panic and wonders what to do. If she does not respond, Ramon may commit suicide, and Jace will have foregone any chance to save his life. If she does respond, will she be able to do so in a competent manner, without the benefit of supervision? If she takes time to contact her supervisor for advice, how will her supervisor react to being woken up in the middle of the night? How might the delay in contacting the client affect the risk that Ramon will commit suicide? Jace thinks about calling 911, but wonders if she should call Ramon first to see if she can handle the situation without breaching his confidentiality.
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Although the names and other facts of this case are fictional, it is based on actual situations. As the use of cell phones, e-mail, texting, social networking, and other technology grows, social workers are facing many challenges about the appropriate use and limits on use of such technologies. Unfortunately, many agencies are embracing new forms of communication technology without providing workers with sufficient ethical guidance and training. Workers, including new social workers, may need to raise concerns with their supervisors and administrators in order to pre-empt the type of situation faced by Jace.
When an employer asks social workers to use personal cell phones for work purposes, a number of legal and ethical concerns arise:
- Does an employer have a right to ask social workers to use personal cell phones for work purposes, and if so, does state law require employers pay workers for use of their cell phones?
- Is an employer allowed to require social workers to answer phone calls or texts outside of business hours (including after work, or while the worker is on vacation)?
- If a social worker responds to a client’s call or text outside of regular working hours, is the agency legally and ethically responsible for the worker’s conduct (e.g., responsible to pay the worker for her time, responsible for providing supervision, and legally accountable for any malpractice that may occur)?
- If a social worker does not respond to a client’s call or text outside of work hours, is the social worker liable for malpractice or state licensing sanctions?
- When answering a cell phone, what steps should the social worker take to ensure confidentiality is maintained throughout the call?
Read the rest of this article at:
Articles from the Spring 2013 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER include:
...and much more!
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RAISING AWARENESS
Below you will find some representative links about various issues that are being highlighted this month. There are many other great resources that can be found via Google, Twitter, Facebook, and other online sources.
Autism Awareness Month
Autism Speaks
Autism Fact Sheet
KidsHealth—Autism
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Child Welfare Information Gateway—Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
Prevent Child Abuse America
ChildHelp—Child Abuse Prevention
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
National Sexual Violence Resource Center—Sexual Assault Awareness Month Campaign
Presidential Proclamation—National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
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Recent Social Work-Related Headlines
Demand growing for child and family social workers (Clarksburg, WV)
Your best competitive advantage? A solid social work department
Ventura county social workers will get overtime, but cost questioned
High school students to paint mural in honor of social workers
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Foster Care Information Sought
I am writing an article on “What Social Workers Want Foster Children To Know.” I need your help! If you are a social worker who works in foster care, please send me your ONE or TWO top ideas of what you want foster children to know (in general, or about social workers). Please send to linda.grobman@paonline.com. Thank you!
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Write for THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER
I am seeking articles for upcoming issues of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine. I am especially interested in articles in the following categories:
· field placement
· practice specialties
· news of innovative social work practice
· what every new social worker needs to know about…
· other topics of interest to social work students, new graduates, and seasoned professionals
Our style is conversational and educational, and articles typically run 1,500-2,000 words for feature articles (considerably shorter for news items).
I also welcome submissions of poetry, photographs, illustrations, artwork, and other creative work depicting social work and related topics.
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Social Justice Solutions
Social Justice Solutions is “a social worker conceived and operated organization born out of the Stony Brook School of Social Welfare’s commitment to active participation in creating a socially just world.” Its Web site features articles on social work, education, the economy, politics, humanity, technology, and more. Its vision statement is: “We envision a world where political offices are held by social workers who are committed to empowering and bettering the lives of their constituents, no matter the platform or political affiliation. We see a time when the culture of our society focuses more on unity and commonalities rather than our differences.”
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National Rural Social Work Caucus
Did you know there is a group specifically for rural social work? The National Rural Social Work Caucus has a journal, an annual conference, and an online mailing list. Visit http://www.ruralsocialwork.org for more information about the caucus.
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Early Years Conference 2014—Call for Abstracts
Thursday, January 30 - Saturday, February 1, 2014
Hyatt Regency Vancouver
This conference will explore the complex nature of the social, physical, and biological environments that shape children’s development. Multiple elements interact to create dynamic contexts that contribute significantly to early and lifelong well being. Similarly, children influence their environments to shape their developmental paths. All of these factors matter.
Presentation Submission Guidelines
Please submit an abstract you would like to contribute for a concurrent session. Please allow a minimum of 25% of the presentation time for discussion and interaction between presenter(s) and their audience.
To submit an abstract, please submit the document online or e-mail the submission to Yolande at yolande.ipce@ubc.ca. For information on submission guidelines and topics, please click here.
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SPRING 2013 ISSUE OF THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER IS NOW AVAILABLE!
The Spring 2013 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is available now! It is available to download in PDF format at:
THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER’s Web site at http://www.socialworker.com includes the full text of hundreds of articles from past issues of the magazine. The current issue is featured on the site’s main page. Past issues can be found under “Magazine Issues” in the right column of the page. For selected full-text articles from issues prior to Spring 2006, click on “Feature Articles Archive” on the left side of the page. The magazine is also available for FREE download in PDF format.
You can also purchase bound volumes for 2011 and 2012 at Amazon.com. Search for “The New Social Worker” (in quotes).
Our online discussion forum/message board is a place for open discussion of a variety of social work-related issues. Join in our discussion at http://www.socialworker.com (click on the “Forum” link).
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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES AND ETHICS
The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics is a free, online, peer-reviewed journal published twice a year, in full text, online.
Beginning January 1, 2013, the Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics is published by the Association of Social Work Boards. See http://www.jswve.org. |
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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 or other occasions) for yourself, or for your friends, students, and colleagues in social work!
Briefly, those currently in print are:
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
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