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Giving Non-Advice: Fostering Independence and Resilience in Social Work Clients
Excessive advice-giving doesn’t belong in the therapy room. As a new social worker, you will need to resist the temptation a dozen times a day to pack clients full of your fresh therapy knowledge.
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Caretaking Myself
A month’s worth of suggestions to caretake yourself.
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Self-Care A-Z: March Social Work Month—Self-Care. Uplift. Defend. Transform.
As we consider how to uplift, defend, and transform this Social Work Month, as a profession, we must be intentional and diligent in asking: How does the profession promote that practitioners are uplifted, defended, and transformed?
Book Review: 101 Things To Do With a Social Work Degree
There is strength in storytelling. This book shows just how broad social work is and the many possibilities. You don't have to choose the traditional roles. Read our book review of 101 Things To Do With a Social Work Degree.
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Discovering the Macro Path: How Social Workers Can Lead Systemic Change
Social work must reaffirm that our purpose is not limited to helping people navigate broken systems but to repair the systems themselves. Social work has never been just another helping profession. Social work is social justice in professional form.
Social Work Month 2026: Thank You, Social Workers, for All You Do to Uplift, Defend, and Transform
Social Workers, THANK you for your vital work in challenging times, every day, every month. Please spend Social Work Month with us at The New Social Worker. Find a social worker right now, and say “Thank you!” to that person!
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Ethics Alive! Technological Competence and Humility
AI and other technologies are tools that social workers can use in practice while retaining human oversight and responsibility for client and community well-being. This article explores technological competence and technological humility.
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Masking Is Not “High Functioning”—What Social Workers Miss When Clients Appear Put Together
By the time many clients reach us, they are not asking how to function better. They are asking, often quietly: How do I stop disappearing?
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