Question: What Can I Do With A Social Work Degree? Answer: Anything that you want! I am on a mission to eliminate the old, narrow view of social work and promote the expansive diversity, opportunity, and career fields available to those with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work. Social work is more than […]
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Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social workers practice in a wide variety of settings and work across three scales or levels to create change – macro, mezzo,
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I am on a mission to eliminate the old, narrow view of social work and promote the expansive diversity, opportunity, and career fields available to those with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work. I’m also the professor who assigns group projects. We all love group projects right LOL? The completion of this blog post
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I feel like strong documentation, strong professional boundaries, and strong problem-solving skills are included in social work 101. I am a boundaries girl. Most people who interact with me know that and respect the boundaries I set. Do you know who didn’t honor the boundaries I set? Me! I didn’t honor my own boundaries
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A year ago today, March 10, 2022, I made a decision to go from idea/dream/wish to goal. Then I wrote the goal, verbalized the goal, and took action on the goal. Facebook reminded me of the social media post today: “As I was driving on Tuesday I had a strong desire to take more
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Happy Social Work Month! I love social work. I love how I have been able to leverage my education and training and carve out the perfect (employee) career and entrepreneurial pursuits for me. Social work has allowed me to learn and grow while I work and earn. Social work has allowed me to do
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Who or what is driving your career decisions? Education? Salary? Location? Family Needs? Fear? Imposter Syndrome? You will never amount to anything. You’re not good enough to make the team. You will never get into a good college. You don’t deserve that salary. Many women of color have been told what they can’t do,
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Did you watch the Super Bowl? I did not. I didn’t even know which teams were playing – I’m not a football fan at all. I’m a DC girl, so unless Washington or Dallas is the playing games don’t even catch my attention. I accidentally caught the first half of Rihanna’s half-time performance. She
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I’ve taught Introduction to Human Relations since 2015. Most professionals are unaware of human relations as a college major and professional discipline and that presents an additional challenge in the job market for my students. I begin each semester with a focus on grasping a full understanding of Human Relations which includes developing a
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I won’t say that I have issues with authority, but I do hate to be told what to do. Even as a little girl, I never appreciated being told what to do. Give me information, resources, and options but telling me exactly what to do – when, where, why, and how – just doesn’t
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