March is National Social Work Month. World Social Work Day is the key day in the year that social workers worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally. The theme for 2021 Social Work Month is Social Work Is Essential. This year, World Social Work Day was recognized on March 16th with the theme […]
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Social work is about helping people. Social workers are essential to community well-being, which is why the theme for this year’s Social Work Month is Social Workers Are Essential! I taught Introduction to Social Work virtually last semester. We discussed ways the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the US economy. Four ways include: • Record unemployment
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I love my work! I always have. I always will. Even when I fell out of love with my job, I still loved my work. My work and my job are not the same. December is my time to slow down and plan. One of the questions I wanted answers to was what adaptations need
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Success is available to you. Don’t leave your career up to chance! Strategic Career Management is the lifelong process of investing resources into your career to maintain or increase your value in the workplace, undertake work that is personally satisfying, strive for work/life balance, and achieve financial security. You don’t have to linger at the
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Authenticity: Saying and doing the things that I truly believe! Although most people who meet me think I am shy or quiet, I have always advocated for myself…and for almost everyone else LOL. I mastered code-switching decades ago – an essential life skill for Black people. Diplomacy is a transferable skill that has served me
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You deserve a career that fills your heart, your head, and your wallet. Who am I here to serve? The employee experiencing Sunday Night Blues The professional who loves her job but knows that she was meant for more The woman who elevates her company but has allowed herself to hide in the background The
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Are leaders born or made? Are you a leader if you don’t have followers? I’ve studied leadership and management for over a decade – through formal education, continuing education/professional development, and through independent research sparked by my own curiosity. I’ve studied John Maxwell, Stephen Covey, and other leadership experts to improve my own leadership skills.
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As a first generation college student, I was unsure if I wanted to be a teacher or a social worker. Not only was I a great student and natural helper, these were the only professional positions I was aware of outside of doctors and lawyers. Today I have a Master’s degree in social work and
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Corporate social responsibility is the act of incorporating environmental and social concerns into a company’s business model. Corporate social responsibility programs are based on the idea that businesses can make the world a better place or at least not bring more harm to it. Corporate social responsibility seeks to alleviate environmental and social concerns such
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Long before the global spread of COVID19, emergency preparedness, sustainability, and preventing the spread of germs were important to me. I may credit part of it to my natural (planner) personality and another part may be credited to my macro social work education. It’s possible that the “want to be farm girl” in me also
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