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Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Summer 2011 edition of The New Social Worker magazine, now in its 18th year! While you're here--we have job listings, a lively discussion forum, and more for you and your social work career!
Making the Workplace (or Field Placement) Work for You Social work students sometimes experience some dissonance between classroom instruction and field education. New social workers frequently struggle with what they are prepared to do versus what they are expected to do. What’s at the heart of... Read More >>
10 Thing I've Learned In My First Post-MSW Job 1. Your New Boss is Your Friend… Most media show bosses of main characters as conniving, demanding, and downright awful. Although some likely are, most are just humans, trying to get their own jobs done and hoping that t... Read More >>
Tips for Making Home Visits in Child Welfare When first starting out, making a home visit to see a client can be an intimidating and even frightening experience for social workers. Yet, in many areas of practice, the majority of client contact is “in the field,” which typically m... Read More >>
Turtles I suppose most of us have seen a National Geographic documentary about a beach popular to female turtles for the purpose of building a nest to leave their clutch of future offspring. After dropping off the eggs, she returns to the water, perhaps w... Read More >>
Congrats New Grads!
Recent Social Work Graduates 2011 THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine asked recent social work graduates to share their memories by sending in a photo. View our slide show of new grads here. Congrats to ALL new social work graduates, and welcome to the profession of social work! Read More >>
SW 2.0
I Want You To Be Part of This Experience: Kickstarter SON (PAUL): Something happened here. I can’t remember what it was. I can’t remember anything. MOTHER: Paul, don’t believe a word your Dad says. Honey, you’re dreaming. Don’t make me shoot you. You have no idea how much... Read More >>
Advertiser Index Summer 2011 Visit our advertisers for the Summer 2011 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 >>
