Social Work Advocates Magazine

Monthly Series Engages Students, New Social Workers

Monthly Series Engages Students, New Social Workers

By Alison Laurio Managing student debt; concerns about risk and liability; how to begin a job search; what is a social work license, and why is or isn’t it important?; and landing your dream social work job are topics many social work students and recent graduates are...

Monthly Series Engages Students, New Social Workers

By Alison Laurio Managing student debt; concerns about risk and liability; how to begin a job search; what is a social work license, and why is or isn’t it important?; and landing your dream social work job are topics many social work students and recent graduates are...

HIV/AIDS workshops get favorable feedback

By Paul R. Pace, News staff The NASW Chapter HIV/AIDS Partnership Initiative to strengthen HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment is receiving an enthusiastic response from attendees, according to those involved with the effort. NASW and eligible chapters are...

Social work skills a good fit for athletics

By Rena Malai, News staff From student athletes to Olympians, those involved in the world of sports don’t have an average life. Long days of training, the stress of competitions and the pressure to win on top of everyday responsibilities are the norm for many athletes...

NASW’s youngest chapter leader working to increase membership

By Rena Malai, News staff As a high school student, Ohio resident Danielle Smith already had a clear picture of what she wanted to do with her life. “As a freshman (in high school), I had an interest in social justice and I saw the power of macro level work,” Smith...

NASW’s Workforce Center offers new online career guide

By Rena Malai, News staff NASW’s Center for Workforce Studies & Social Work Practice is introducing a series of guides for social workers called Tools and Techniques, which offers members an online resource on what to expect throughout the course of their careers...

NASW building media education campaign

By Paul R. Pace, News staff NASW and its chapters are building an education campaign this fall that promotes clarification of social work title protection in news stories and headlines so that social workers are not misrepresented in the media. When headlines...

Voice Awards shed light on mental health

By Greg Wright, News contributor Social worker Henry Acosta has probably received dozens of awards for his mental health outreach efforts in the Hispanic community. However, the Voice Award that Acosta received on Aug. 22 in Los Angeles from the Substance Abuse and...