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I would have LOVED to have this book as a graduation gift when I got my MSW! 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.

 

 

 

THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER Magazine’s Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students, edited by Linda May Grobman and Karen Zgoda, is available now! Get this e-book at:  http://www.amazon.com/WORKER%C2%AE-Magazines--School-Students-ebook/dp/B00EZAXVJ8 (Kindle format) or http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/355823 (ePub and other formats).

 

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The 4^th edition of our nonprofit textbook, An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: A Practical Approach for the 21^st Century, is available! For more information, contact Gary Grobman.

 

 

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Job Corner

 

Tillamook Home Care—MSW/LCSW Licensed in Oregon  

 

MSW/LCSW Medical Social Worker: Part-time position for MSW licensed as a Social Worker in OR. Duties include both Home Health/Hospice assessment, POCs, direct patient care in the home. SW is an integral part of our interdisciplinary team. We are a department of Adventist Health.  

 

MSW, LCSW, licensed in Oregon.  

 

Contact: Dorene Redfern, dorene.redfern@ah.org

Phone: 503-815-2278503-815-2278 

Fax: 503-815-2428

 

Featured Excerpt

 

Genograms are a practical tool in social work practice, both in terms of assessment and intervention. Historically, the genogram is most commonly thought of in relation to practice with children, adolescents, and families to explore the quality of relationships and behavioral patterns across generations. In child welfare practice, for example, the genogram is useful to incorporate changes over time, which is particularly helpful in charting shifts in custodial care for instances such as adoption or foster placements (Altshuler, 1999). However, genograms can also be helpful when working with adults and serve as a tool to examine issues of interest beyond family dynamics.

 

This article will discuss the use of genograms in social work and describe how to create a genogram using Microsoft Word. It is noteworthy that the genogram can be useful for an individual client or a client system (i.e., a family). Throughout this article, “client” will be used, but it could be interchangeable with client system when appropriate.

 

 

The genogram may be defined as a visual tool for exploring a client’s social relationships across time. Typically, these are familial relationships. In general, the genogram is useful in gathering information, understanding relationship dynamics and behavioral patterns, promoting the client’s self-understanding, conducting assessments, and guiding the practitioner to interventions.

 

The use of the genogram in social work practice is supported by the profession’s knowledge base as well as its values and ethical standards. A central benefit is that this instrument introduces a client to the principles of systems theory, which are fundamental to social work practice (McGoldrick, Gerson, & Petry, 2008). Such a framework can help practitioners determine the sources of presenting issue(s) and the foci of interventions.

 

Additionally, social work emphasizes the “not knowing” stance, acknowledging the client’s socially constructed understanding of his or her world and fit within that world. The genogram offers insight into that very understanding. For example, the genogram offers the opportunity to define and explore the family by acknowledging the client as the “expert.” This practice accounts for the evolving conceptualization of the family continually influenced by shifting cultural norms (Connolly, 2005). Similarly, the genogram invites the client to share personal identification in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, and cultural affiliation, which aligns with the discipline’s emphasis on understanding the various aspects of identity.

 

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Articles from the Spring 2015 issue of The New Social Worker include:

 

...and much more!

 

March was Social Work Month! This year, we featured social workers’ talent on The New Social Worker website! We published essays, articles, poetry, art, music, and more. The full series is at http://www.socialworker.com/topics/social-work-month-2015/ and new items were posted each day throughout the month. Thank you to everyone who submitted to our Social Work Month Series and Talent Show! Here is a sampling of the series:

 

News & Resources

 

CareConnect USA has released a free mobile app to help employees find help in many categories of financial assistance. Simply titled “Trusted Helplines,” the app connects users with government agencies, legal centers, and nonprofit outreach groups, according to geographic region. Calls are free, advice is free, and the app is free.

 

App users have free access to reputable experts in these categories:

 

 

The app was developed by CareConnect USA. Helpline service providers are pre-screened to a standard of performance and reputation before they are allowed into the network.

 

“We’re excited about the app for the vast span of good it can provide,” says CareConnect USA director David Moakler. “Employees have instant access to scores of helplines, right from their mobile devices. They can discreetly seek solutions to their financial problems, free from any embarrassment. Employers are sharing the app with their entire workforce.”

 

For more information, visit www.CareConnectUSA.org.

 

 

 

Free copies are available of 2015 Prevention Resource Guide: Making Meaningful Connections. Developed for service providers, the guide highlights strategies to strengthen families by promoting key protective factors that prevent child abuse and neglect. It also includes tip sheets in both English and Spanish that you can share with parents.

 

The Resource Guide is produced annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Welfare Information Gateway, and FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention. The 2015 guide was developed with input from numerous national organizations, Federal partners, and parents committed to strengthening families and communities.

 

 

There is still time to enter! 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:

 

 

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:

 

 

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.

 

Please contact Linda Grobman, editor/publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER, at: lindagrobman@socialworker.com

 

 

 

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