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Welcome to November 2023! Yesterday’s career tip for Career Tip Tuesday with Nicki Sanders was to “Heed The Warnings”. Trusting your intuition in your professional life is as important as trusting your intuition in your personal life. Toxic workplaces, horrible bosses, shady colleagues, questionable clients, or even unethical competitors – there is generally an […]
I am so super excited that the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is dedicating time and resources to environmental justice and super grateful that someone shared the virtual forum specifically with me. In a previous social media post, I asked to be connected to social workers working in environmental, eco, or green social […]
I will forever shout from the rooftops that “social workers do not take a vow of poverty”! I will forever challenge the notion that accepting financial struggles somehow makes a social worker more morally superior. I adamantly refuse to accept the notion that social workers should leave the profession if they want to make […]
The International Federation of Social Workers – Global Definition of the Social Work Profession: “Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility, and respect for diversities are central to […]
Do you have an interest in sustainability, conservation, agriculture, or policy? Social work is in the perfect position to further environmental justice and promote sustainable development. As Sport Social Work and Financial Work continue to create new ways to expand their impact, I encourage social workers to explore the opportunities and possibilities in eco-social […]
Here is what I posted on Facebook bright and early yesterday morning – Tuesday 9/26: “This video came on while I had Lifted on BET Gospel playing in the background while I worked on yesterday. I wasn’t really ‘listening’, or so I thought! I woke up this morning hearing the verse, “It’s not my […]
Text message conversation with a client this morning: Client: “You probably don’t have this issue considering you’re an educator but I’ll ask anyway. Do you have a time figuring out what to write for your accomplishments because you don’t receive it as that because it’s a regular part of your job?” Me: “Absolutely, Everyone […]
It’s September and back to school is in full effect! I am excited to support social work students at two new institutions this month. September 15, 2023 – Social Work: Myths, Movement and Magic Social Work Career Exploration Workshop Series The University of Texas at Austin | Steve Hicks School of Social Work […]
If been there, done that, and have the T-shirt to prove it was a person, it would be me. I know what it’s like to be ready for something new or different but feel like you don’t know what you should do next. I know what it’s like to find yourself in similar situations […]