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Welcome to Issue #172 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 is in full swing! How are you celebrating? This year, we are featuring social workers’ talent on The New Social Worker website! We have essays, articles, poetry, art, music, and more. The full series is at http://www.socialworker.com/topics/social-work-month-2015/ and new items are 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 what we have published so far:
The Spring issue is coming SOON! 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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March marks several observances, including but not limited to:
- Social Work Month
- Social Work Management Week (March 9-13)
- World Social Work Day (March 17)
- Women’s History Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Problem Gambling Awareness Month
- National Youth Violence Prevention Week (March 7-11)
- National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10)
- National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 20)
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 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, is available! For more information, contact Gary Grobman.
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Achieving Racial Equity Through Social Work: Undoing Racism
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the Winter 2015 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. Read the full article at:
by Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP, Sandra Bernabei, LCSW, and Lisa V. Blitz, Ph.D., LCSW-R
Racial inequity is rooted in 500 years of history, encompassing all of American history and entrenched in American culture. Achieving racial equity is complex and multifaceted. Good intentions and strong desires for social justice are not enough. Targets and goals for change are not enough. Diversity is not enough. Cultural competency is not enough.
Racial equity work requires recognizing systemic oppression and changing the way systems function. To do this, we must be guided by a set of principles that help us identify barriers and pitfalls, and lead us in learning skills and strategies to transform institutional systems. We follow a set of ten principles outlined by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond ( http://pisab.org/our-principles). In each column, we will discuss one of these principles, offering our insights into how to put them into action.
We begin with the most fundamental principle: Undoing Racism.
Why are social justice ethics, diversity goals, and cultural competency not enough to undo racism? While necessary, they fall short because they do not address root causes of inequity and fail to understand the complexity of how racism permeates all aspects of society. In his book Racism Without Racists, Eduardo Bonilla Silva (2013) delineated four ideological frames that help make sense of racial inequities. These frames—cultural racism, abstract liberalism, naturalization, and minimization—create a solid, yet flexible, structure that upholds racism.
Cultural racism is the assumption that some races of people are naturally inferior. Thus, subtle assumptions of inferiority and superiority are built into culture and transmitted through normal social functioning. Stereotypes are a good example. Stereotypes come from some fraction of truth, so when we are taught to look for something, it is easy to see. For example, if I am taught that Black men are violent, my attention is drawn to examples of violence in the Black community. In so doing, I underplay the violence perpetrated by White men, and fail to notice the far more common examples of Black men being peaceful and gentle. We oppose cultural racism by learning to recognize the subtle ways in which we are taught to see the negative qualities of a group, and understanding how cultural racism interacts with the other frames.
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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Military Culture: Core Competencies for Healthcare Professionals
The Center for Deployment Psychology is offering a free online course on Military Culture: Core Competencies for Healthcare Professionals. The four modules are: Self-Assessment and Introduction to Military Ethos; Military Organization and Roles; Stressors and Resources; and Treatment, Resources, and Tools.
The Center for Deployment Psychology website at http://www.deploymentpsych.org/ offers a variety of training and resources on working with military personnel.
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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/tips
- what every new social worker needs to know about…
- 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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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.
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