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Our annual Pack A Purse Drive allows me to end my year with a sense of love, belonging, and dedication. The closer we get to the Christmas holiday and the start of the new year, the more time I spend in reflection and self-evaluation. What I know for sure is that life should be […]
Nearly a decade ago I realized that I had begun to “nag” my teenage daughter. It may be considered normal for parents but it is not someting that either of us enjoyed. It isn’t a productive method to discipline, motivate, or encourage. Soon thereafter, I began to replace the nagging with brief statements – […]
Social work is often divided into three broad practice categories: macro, mezzo and micro. Macro level social work is interventions provided on a large scale that affect entire communities and systems of care. Mezzo social work happens on an intermediate scale, involving neighborhoods, institutions or other smaller groups. Micro social work is the most […]
Social Workers for Business? How They’re Helping the Private Sector And It’s Not Just Corporate Social Responsibility By Melissa Thompson When most people think of social workers, they think of the people working in public agencies, helping individuals and families access services and live better lives. While the majority of licensed social workers […]
My heart is FULL!! So grateful for our 10th Annual Pack A Purse™ Drive donors and Purse Packing Party volunteers. JaMai and I could not provide these care packages in purses to teen girls in foster homes, group homes, and homeless shelters without all of YOU. Take the Purse Packing Party journey through photos! […]
How Social Workers Add Value to Businesses From the Inside Out By Sam Becker The corporate world is in a state of constant flux, shifting in both design and function, always adapting to market trends and adopting new efficiency models. The American business landscape is a venerable laboratory of sorts, allowing for entrepreneurs to […]
Why private companies are taking on social workers By J. Juan Macias The demand for social workers has never been greater. In fact, the US Bureau of Labour Statistics projects a 19% faster-than-average growth in social work jobs until 2022. But the need for social workers in business and non-profit administrative settings […]
TODAY is the last day colection day for our 10th Annual Pack A Purse™ Drive. We began on November 1, 2016 and are ending on today, December 5, 2016. Our goal is to collect 1,000 purses filled with toiletries and deliver before Christmas Day. JOIN US for our Purse Packing Party this Saturday […]