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Tech Topics: Learning by Podcast With Jonathan Singer In recent years, issues of complexity regarding the use of technology in the social work profession have been explored from many angles. There is no doubt that technological advances have had signif... Read More >>
Kryss Meets Career
Kryss Meets Career: Words Matter A few months ago, when I began to think about what I’d like to write in my last piece under “Kryss Meets Career,” I’d planned some light-hearted words or some type of summary... Read More >>
Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Spring 2012 edition of The New Social Worker magazine, now in its 19th year! While you're here--we have job listings, a lively discussion forum, and more for you and your social work career!
What Is an Ethical Dilemma? Social workers are routinely confronted with ethical dilemmas in practice, and social work programs infuse their courses with professional ethics and values to help students prepare for this eventuality. The Council on Social Work Education (2008)... Read More >>
Field Placement
Professional Growth: Flourish or Wither in the Face of Conflict During the first week of placement, an MSW student finds herself face-to-face with an agitated agency staff member expressing strong feelings that he believes the intern is there to take his job. The employee is very confrontational and seems to h... Read More >>
Professional Development
How I Passed the Licensing Exam: 10 Tips Four years ago, I graduated with my MSW degree from what is now known as the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. My method was in Community Organizing and Planning, and after two wonderful years in grad school, I was ready to enter ... Read More >>
Reflections of a Child Welfare Social Worker Natosha walked into her supervisor’s office on her first day back from Child Welfare Foundations training and was told that she was inheriting twenty cases. Panic started to set in. She immediately ran to her desk to rummage through the case... Read More >>
Lessons from Hull House My staff member knocks tentatively on my half open office door, and I invite her in. I notice immediately the wide eyes and how she is twisting a strand of long brown hair around her finger. Read More >>
Advertiser Index Spring 2012 Visit our advertisers for the Spring 2012 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. They are: Temple University Harrisburg—http://www.temple.edu/harrisburg Child Welfare Information Gateway—http://www.childwelfare.gov Erikson Institute—http:/... Read More >>
